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In the year 1982
518 Notable deaths
Georg Konrad Morgen
Ss judge and chief investigator, reich criminal police office (1909-1982).
Born June 8th, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died February 4th, 1982 at 72 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Patrick Cowley
American musician.
Born October 19th, 1950 in Buffalo. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1982 at 32 years old in San Francisco (death from AIDS-related complications).
Jimmy McGrory
Scottish footballer (1904–1982).
Born April 26th, 1904 in Glasgow.
Died October 20th, 1982 at 78 years old in Glasgow.
Johannes Hentschel
German mechanic (1908-1982).
Born May 10th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died April 27th, 1982 at 73 years old in Achern.
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-american linguist and educator (1892–1982).
Born November 3rd, 1892 in Tianjin. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1982 at 89 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
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.
Ulla Jacobsson
Swedish actress (1929-1982).
Born May 23rd, 1929 in Mölndal. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1982 at 53 years old in Vienna (bone cancer). [ref]
Tom Tully
American actor (1908-1982).
Born August 21st, 1908 in Durango.
Died April 27th, 1982 at 73 years old in Newport Beach (cancer).
Mirza Nasir Ahmad
Caliph of the ahmadiyya.
Born November 16th, 1909 in Qadian.
Died June 9th, 1982 at 72 years old in Islamabad.
John Gardner
American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor.
Born July 21st, 1933 in Batavia. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1982 at 49 years old in Susquehanna River (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 518
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner