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In the year 1982
566 Notable deaths
Vivien Merchant
English actress (1929-1982).
Born July 22nd, 1929 in Manchester. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1982 at 53 years old in London. [ref]
Mirabehn
English activist of the indian independence movement (1892-1982).
Born November 22nd, 1892 in Surrey.
Died July 20th, 1982 at 89 years old in Vienna.
Gershom Scholem
German-israeli philosopher (1897–1982).
Born December 5th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1982 at 84 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist (1924-1982).
Born February 2nd, 1924 in Boston.
Died July 22nd, 1982 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C..
Hermann Balck
German general (1893-1982).
Born December 7th, 1893 in Gdańsk.
Died November 29th, 1982 at 88 years old in Eberbach.
Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran
Queen consort of iran.
Born March 17th, 1896 in Baku.
Died March 10th, 1982 at 85 years old in Acapulco.
S. K. Pottekkatt
Indian politician and writer.
Born March 13th, 1913 in Kozhikode.
Died August 6th, 1982 at 69 years old in Kerala (cerebrovascular disease).
Haskell Curry
American mathematician and logician (1900-1982).
Born September 12th, 1900 in Millis.
Died September 1st, 1982 at 81 years old in State College.
Ruth First
South african politician (1925-1982).
Born May 4th, 1925 in Johannesburg.
Died August 17th, 1982 at 57 years old in Maputo (letter bomb). [ref]
Patrick Cowley
American musician (1950–1982).
Born October 19th, 1950 in Buffalo.
Died November 12th, 1982 at 32 years old in San Francisco (death from AIDS-related complications).
Deaths 121 to 130 of 566
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe