Deaths in 1982 explained
The following is a list of notable deaths in 1982. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Deaths in 1982
January
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- January 7 – Kay Hammond, American actress (b. 1901)
- January 11
- January 13 – Marcel Camus, French film director (b. 1912)
- January 15 – Red Smith, American sportswriter (b. 1905)
- January 16 – Harald Agersnap, Danish composer, conductor, cellist, and pianist (b. 1899)
- January 20 – Marc Demeyer, professional road racing cyclist (b. 1950)
- January 23 – Hope Hampton, American silent motion picture actress and producer (b. 1897)
- January 24 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian military officer, 48th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
- January 25 – Mikhail Suslov, senior Soviet Communist Party official (b. 1902)
- January 30
- January 31 – Jiří Srnka, Czech composer (b. 1907)
February
March
- March 2 – Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)[9]
- March 3 – Georges Perec, French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. (b. 1936)[10]
- March 5
- March 6 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American author (b. 1905)[12]
- March 8
- March 19 – Randy Rhoads, American guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne (b. 1956)[14]
- March 21 – Harry H. Corbett, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
- March 22 – Pericle Felici, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1911)
- March 24 – Ken Harris, American animator (b. 1898)
- March 25 – Goodman Ace, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1899)[15]
- March 26
- March 27 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi-born American architect (b. 1929)
- March 28 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
April
May
- May 1
- May 3 – Mohammed Seddik Benyahia, Algerian politician (b. 1898)
- May 8
- May 10 – Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (b. 1916)[19]
- May 12 – Humphrey Searle, English composer (b. 1915)
- May 13
- May 14 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
- May 15 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (racing accident) (b. 1946)
- May 22 – Cevdet Sunay, Turkish army officer and political leader, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
- May 24 – Stanisława Perzanowska, Polish actress (b. 1898)
- May 26 – Guillermo Flores Avendaño, acting President of Guatemala (b. 1894)
- May 28 – Lt Col H. Jones, VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
- May 29 – Romy Schneider, German-French actress (b. 1938)
- May 30 – Albert Norden, German politician (b. 1904)
June
July
August
September
- September 1
- September 2 – Tom Baker, American actor (b. 1940)
- September 3 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general (assassinated) (b. 1920)
- September 4 – Jack Tworkov, American painter (b. 1900)
- September 5 – Sir Douglas Bader, British fighter pilot and leader during the Battle of Britain (b. 1910)[34]
- September 7 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) (b. 1931)
- September 9 – Tee Tee Luce, Burmese philanthropist (b. 1895)
- September 10 – Jane Ingham, English botanist and scientific translator (b. 1897)
- September 11
- September 12 – Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)
- September 14
- September 16 – Rolfe Sedan, American actor (b. 1896)
- September 19 – Ted Badcock, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1897)
- September 21 – Ivan Bagramyan, Soviet and Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1897)
- September 23 – Weeratunge Edward Perera, Malaysian educator, businessman and social entrepreneur (b. 1898)
- September 24 – Sarah Churchill, British actress, daughter of Winston Churchill (b. 1914)
- September 28 – Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
- September 29 – Letitia Chitty, English aeronautical engineer (b. 1897)[37]
October
- October 3 – Vivien Merchant, British actress (b. 1929)
- October 4
- October 5 – François Simon, Swiss actor (b. 1917)
- October 8
- October 9
- October 10 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
- October 16 – Hans Selye, Canadian endocrinologist (b. 1907)
- October 17 – Youssef Wahbi, Egyptian actor and film director (b. 1898)
- October 18
- October 20 – Jimmy McGrory, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1904)
- October 21 – Sylvia Lance Harper, Australian tennis player (b. 1895)
- October 22 – Savitri Devi, French-born writer and philosopher (b. 1905)[38]
- October 25 – Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)
- October 26 – Giovanni Benelli, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1921)
- October 27 – Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Guatemalan general, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1895)
- October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer (b. 1914)
- October 30 – Wolfgang Heinz, German actor (b. 1900)
- October 31 – Dick Merrill, American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
November
- November 1
- November 3 – E. H. Carr, English historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist (b. 1892)
- November 4 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)
- November 5 – Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (b. 1907)
- November 11 – S. A. Ashokan, Indian Tamil actor (b. 1931)
- November 12
- November 13 – Chesney Allen, British entertainer and comedian (b. 1894)
- November 15
- November 16 – Peter Forster, British actor (b. 1920)
- November 17
- November 19 – Erving Goffman, Canadian-American sociologist and psychologist (b. 1922)
- November 21 – Lee Patrick, American actress (b. 1901)
- November 22
- November 24 – Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (b. 1934)
- November 25 – Hugh Harman, American cartoon animator (b. 1903)
- November 26 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer (b. 1884)
- November 28 – Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania (b. 1896)
- November 29
December
- December 2 – Marty Feldman, British comedian and writer (b. 1934)
- December 7 – Will Lee, American actor who played Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street (b. 1908)
- December 8
- December 10 – Freeman Fisher Gosden, American actor (b. 1899)
- December 12 – Phil Karlson, American film director (b. 1908)
- December 15 – Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo (b. 1898)
- December 16 – Colin Chapman, British designer, inventor and builder in the automotive industry (b. 1928)
- December 17 – Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (b. 1889)
- December 18 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German World War II dive bomber pilot (b. 1916)
- December 20 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-born pianist and conductor (b. 1887)
- December 21
- December 23 – Jack Webb, American actor (b. 1920)
- December 24 – Louis Aragon, French poet and writer (b. 1897)[42]
- December 25 – Helen Foster, American actress (b. 1906)
- December 27 – Jack Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931)
- December 28 – Arthur Hughes, American actor (b. 1894)
- December 30 – Giuseppe Aquari, Italian cinematographer (b. 1916)
- December 31
Notes and References
- News: Jiro Horikoshi, 78, Dies in Tokyo; Designer of Zero Fighter Aircraft . The New York Times . January 12, 1982.
- Book: Colin Larkin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio - Rich Kids. 2006. MUZE. 978-0-19-531373-4. 837.
- Book: Bob. Eagle. Eric S.. LeBlanc. 2013. Blues: A Regional Experience. Praeger . Santa Barbara, California. 294 . 978-0313344237.
- Web site: Hilger, John Allen. Texas State Historical Association . January 25, 2024.
- https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/People/Profiles/Sex-lies-and-spies-the-mystery-of-Marthe-Richard Sex, lies and spies: the mystery of Marthe Richard
- Shimura Takashi // Encyclopedia of Japan (CD-ROM). — Kodansha Ltd, 1999. — .
- Book: Rob van der Bliek. The Thelonious Monk Reader. 22 February 2001. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-976147-0. 236.
- Book: Kathryne Slate McDorman. Ngaio Marsh. 1991. Twayne Publishers. 978-0-8057-6999-9. xiv.
- Book: Kenneth T. Jackson. Karen Markoe. Arnie Markoe. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1981-1985. 1998. Charles Scribner's Sons. 978-0-684-80492-7. 233.
- Book: Paul Schwartz. Georges Perec: Traces of His Passage. 1988. Summa Publications, Inc.. 978-0-917786-60-0. 3.
- Book: Schumacher, Martin . Die Volksvertretung 1946–1972 . Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties . 2006 . 1376 . de . The People's Representation 1946-1972.
- Book: Judith Freeman Clark. Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century. 1987. Prentice Hall. 978-0-13-022658-7. 218.
- News: জননন্দিত খান সাহেব হাতেম আলী জমাদ্দার. Mathbaria Protidin. 1 November 2017. 12 December 2017.
- Book: Pete Prown. Harvey P. Newquist. Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. 1997. Hal Leonard Corporation. 978-0-7935-4042-6. 168–.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Goodman-Ace Goodman Ace American writer
- News: Rothstein. Edward. Edward Rothstein. 31 March 1982 . Carl Orff, teacher and composer Of Carmina Burana, dead at 86 . . 13 February 2019.
- https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/94921/Auphan-Gabriel-Adrien-Joseph-Paul.htm Auphan, Gabriel Adrien Joseph Paul
- Book: The Annual Obituary. 1982. St. Martin's. 978-0-312-03877-9. 201.
- Book: Robert Cohen. Understanding Peter Weiss. 1993. Univ of South Carolina Press. 978-0-87249-898-3. 180.
- Book: দারুল উলুম হাটহাজারীর কতিপয় উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র. Babunagari, Junaid. মাওলানা শাহ আব্দুল ওহাব রহ.. 2003. Bukhari Academy. Hathazari, Chittagong District. 20. 1.
- Web site: Satchel Paige Biography, Height, Teams, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 May 2021 . en.
- Web site: O du verhaßt-geliebtes Gift. 21 June 1982 . spiegel.de . de.
- News: H. Radclyffe Roberts Jr., 76, biologist . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Obituaries . June 13, 1982 . 8-C . 306 . 164 . .
- Book: Review of Contemporary Fiction. 1993. John O'Brien. 7.
- Book: Gale, Cengage Learning. A Study Guide for John Cheever's "Swimmer". Gale, Cengage Learning. 978-1-4103-5981-0. 6.
- News: Curt Jurgens, War Films' Star . February 27, 2022 . . . June 18, 1982 . https://archive.today/20130621213632/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/19/obituaries/curt-jurgens-war-films-star.html . 2013-06-21.
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- Book: Malayalam Literary Survey. 1982. Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 18.
- Book: Stephen Farber. Marc Green. Hollywood Dynasties. 1984. Delilah. 978-0-88715-000-5. 168.
- Book: Film Review. 1983. W.H. Allen. 978-0-491-03012-0. 114.
- Web site: Going Where The People Are. Fowler-Kline. Fylvia. 2013-05-27. Hope Channel. 2020-09-25. 2021-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419223451/https://www.hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/. dead.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nahum-Goldmann Nahum Goldmann Israeli Zionist leader
- Web site: Pope praises heroic example of Blessed Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos. 2023-08-31.
- Book: The Annual Obituary. 1982. St. Martin's. 978-0-312-03877-9. 430.
- Book: Kathleen Burner. Sarah Wilson. Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). Paris: Capital of the Arts. March 2002. Harry N. Abrams. 978-0-8109-6639-0. 433.
- Book: J. Paxton. The Statesman's Year-Book 1989-90. 28 December 2016. Springer. 978-0-230-27118-0. 869.
- https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chitty/ Letitia Chitty
- Book: Koenraad Elst. The Saffron Swastika: The Notion of "Hindu Fascism". 2001. Voice of India. 978-81-85990-69-9.
- randall-sir-richard-john-dick-14287. https://web.archive.org/web/20130419090752/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/randall-sir-richard-john-dick-14287 . April 19, 2013 . live. Sir Richard John (Dick) Randall (1906–1982). Selwyn. Cornish. 2012. 18.
- https://www.svpanthers.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=542&ModuleInstanceID=4407&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=6607&PageID=3486 Hellertown's Olympic Gold Medalist
- News: Pareles . Jon . 1982-12-10 . Marty Robbins, Singer, 57; Won a Grammy for 'El Paso' . New York Times . New York, NY . October 12, 2016.
- Book: Gale Cengage. Modern French Poets. 2002. Gale Group. 978-0-7876-5252-4. 32.