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In the year 1983
507 Notable deaths
Ernesto de la Guardia
President of panama (1904-1983).
Born March 30th, 1904 in Panama City.
Died May 2nd, 1983 at 79 years old in Panama City.
Gunnar Thoroddsen
Icelandic politician (1910-1983).
Born December 29th, 1910 in Reykjavík.
Died September 25th, 1983 at 72 years old in Reykjavík (leukemia).
Jānis Ivanovs
Latvian composer (1906-1983).
Born October 9th, 1906 in Preiļi.
Died March 27th, 1983 at 76 years old in Riga. [ref]
Katsutoshi Nekoda
Japanese volleyball player.
Born February 1st, 1944 in Hiroshima.
Died September 4th, 1983 at 39 years old (stomach cancer).
Fyodor Abramov
Soviet writer.
Born February 29th, 1920 in Verkola. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1983 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Bruno Pittermann
Austrian politician (1905-1983).
Born September 3rd, 1905 in Vienna.
Died September 19th, 1983 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Romain Maes
Road bicycle racer.
Born August 10th, 1912 in Jabbeke.
Died February 22nd, 1983 at 70 years old in Dilbeek.
Erik Ode
German actor and director.
Born November 6th, 1910 in Berlin.
Died July 19th, 1983 at 72 years old in Kreuth.
José Iraragorri
Spanish footballer (1912-1983).
Born March 16th, 1912 in Basauri.
Died April 27th, 1983 at 71 years old in Galdakao.
Eva Pawlik
Austrian figure skater, actress, commentator (1927–1983).
Born October 4th, 1927 in Vienna.
Died July 31st, 1983 at 55 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 507
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius