Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1982
581 Notable deaths
Edmund Roman Orlik
Polish soldier and architect (1918-1982).
Born January 26th, 1918 in Rogoźno.
Died April 8th, 1982 at 64 years old in Opole (traffic collision).
Khadija Mastoor
Pakistani writer (1927-1982).
Born December 11th, 1927 in Bareilly.
Died July 25th, 1982 at 54 years old in London.
Mario Praz
Italian art collector, art historian, journalist and writer (1896-1982).
Born September 6th, 1896 in Rome.
Died March 23rd, 1982 at 85 years old in Rome.
Nikolai Kamanin
Soviet aviator and military commander (1908-1982).
Born October 18th, 1908 in Melenki.
Died March 11th, 1982 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Manos Loïzos
Greek composer (1937–1982).
Born October 22nd, 1937 in Alexandria.
Died September 17th, 1982 at 44 years old in Moscow (stroke).
William Giauque
American chemist (1895-1982).
Born May 12th, 1895 in Niagara Falls.
Died March 28th, 1982 at 86 years old in Berkeley.
Maria Jeritza
Czech opera singer (1887–1982).
Born October 6th, 1887 in Brno. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1982 at 94 years old in Orange. [ref]
Humphrey Searle
English composer (1915-1982).
Born August 26th, 1915 in Oxford. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1982 at 66 years old in London. [ref]
Stanford Moore
U.s. biochemist (1913-1982).
Born September 4th, 1913 in Chicago.
Died August 23rd, 1982 at 68 years old in New York City.
Jean Girault
French film director.
Born May 9th, 1924 in Villenauxe-la-Grande. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1982 at 58 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 581
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson