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In the year 1982
566 Notable deaths
Pericle Felici
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 1st, 1911 in Segni.
Died March 22nd, 1982 at 70 years old in Foggia.
Dorothy Round
English tennis player (1909-1982).
Born July 13th, 1909 in Dudley. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1982 at 73 years old in Kidderminster. [ref]
Khalid al-Islambuli
Egyptian military officer (1955-1982).
Born January 15th, 1955 in Egypt.
Died April 15th, 1982 at 27 years old in Egypt (gunshot wound).
Florence Violet McKenzie
Australian electrical engineer (1890-1982).
Born September 28th, 1890 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1982 at 91 years old in Sydney.
Philip Hall
British mathematician.
Born April 11th, 1904 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1982 at 78 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Heinz Heck
German biologist (1894-1982).
Born January 22nd, 1894 in Berlin.
Died March 5th, 1982 at 88 years old in Munich.
Alfredo Ovando Candía
President of bolivia (1918-1982).
Born April 6th, 1918 in Cobija.
Died January 24th, 1982 at 63 years old in La Paz.
Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo
Italian prince (1898-1982).
Born March 19th, 1898 in Agliè.
Died December 12th, 1982 at 84 years old in Turin.
Walter Fries
German general.
Born April 22nd, 1894 in Gusternhain.
Died August 6th, 1982 at 88 years old in Weilburg.
Robert Havemann
German chemist, and an east german dissident (1910-1982).
Born March 11th, 1910 in Munich.
Died April 9th, 1982 at 72 years old in Grünheide (Mark).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel