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In the year 1982
519 Notable deaths
Charles Walters
American film director and choreographer (1911-1982).
Born November 17th, 1911 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1982 at 70 years old in Malibu (lung cancer). [ref]
Hendrik Wade Bode
American controls and communications pioneer (1905-1982).
Born December 24th, 1905 in Madison.
Died June 21st, 1982 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
Sultan al-Atrash
Prominent arab druze leader, syrian nationalist and commander general of the syrian revolution (1925–1927).
Born March 5th, 1891 in Al-Qurayya.
Died March 26th, 1982 at 91 years old in Al-Qurayya (myocardial infarction).
Hubert Lanz
German general (1896-1982).
Born May 22nd, 1896 in Entringen.
Died August 15th, 1982 at 86 years old in Munich.
Adoniran Barbosa
Brazilian singer and composer.
Born August 6th, 1910 in Valinhos.
Died November 23rd, 1982 at 72 years old in São Paulo (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
John Alexander
American actor (1897-1982).
Born November 29th, 1897 in Newport.
Died July 13th, 1982 at 84 years old in New York City (disease).
Boris Bazhanov
Secretary of the soviet union's politburo (1900-1982).
Born August 9th, 1900 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1982 at 82 years old in rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île. [ref]
Gopal Swarup Pathak
Indian politician and judge (1896-1982).
Born February 26th, 1896 in Bareilly.
Died August 31st, 1982 at 86 years old in New Delhi.
John Charnley
British surgeon.
Born August 29th, 1911 in Bury.
Died August 5th, 1982 at 70 years old in Manchester.
David Frankfurter
Croatian jew (1909-1982).
Born July 9th, 1909 in Daruvar.
Died July 19th, 1982 at 73 years old in Ramat Gan. [ref]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 519
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi