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In the year 1983
552 Notable deaths
Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Catholic cardinal (1915-1983).
Born October 6th, 1915 in Portugal.
Died September 17th, 1983 at 67 years old in Boston.
Boris Hagelin
Swedish businessman and inventor.
Born July 2nd, 1892 in Hacıkənd, Goygol.
Died September 7th, 1983 at 91 years old in Zug.
Shahan Natalie
Armenian writer (1884–1983).
Born July 14th, 1884 in Huseinig.
Died April 18th, 1983 at 98 years old in Watertown.
Harold Stephen Black
American electrical engineer.
Born April 14th, 1898 in Leominster.
Died December 11th, 1983 at 85 years old in Summit.
Zenna Henderson
American writer (1917-1983).
Born November 1st, 1917 in Tucson. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1983 at 65 years old in Tucson (cancer).
Suzanne Belperron
French jeweler (1900–1983).
Born September 26th, 1900 in Saint-Claude. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1983 at 82 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Bahiga Hafez
Egyptian actress (1901–1983).
Born August 4th, 1908 in Alexandria.
Died December 13th, 1983 at 75 years old in Cairo.
Elisabeth Lutyens
British composer.
Born July 9th, 1906 in London, Bloomsbury.
Died April 14th, 1983 at 76 years old in Hampstead. [ref]
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev
Russian astronomer/astrophysicist.
Born September 2nd, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 27th, 1983 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 231 to 240 of 552
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon