Famous Deaths Happened In 1983
Friday, 18 April 2025
Jan 02 Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
Jan 07 August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 08 On this day in history gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
Jan 11 On this day in history nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79
Jan 12 Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died on this day in history.
Jan 13 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.
Jan 15 Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.
Jan 17 Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died in the year 1983.
Jan 20 On this day in history death of garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
Jan 22 In the year 1983 fred Bakewell, cricketer (dashing England bat of 30s, 6 Tests), dies
Jan 24 George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83 on this day in history.
Jan 26 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 in the year 1983.
Jan 27 Louis De Funes, actor/writer (Mad Adv of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68 on this day in history.
Jan 28 Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure in the year 1983.
Jan 30 Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia on this day in history.
Feb 01 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies in the year 1983.
Feb 02 Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies on this day in history.
Feb 04 In the year 1983 jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68
Feb 05 Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67 on this day in history.
Feb 10 Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Feb 12 Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100 on this day in history.
Feb 13 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.
Feb 14 Lina Radke, German athlete (b. 1903) died in the year 1983.
Feb 19 Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke in the year 1983.
Feb 20 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident on this day in history.
Feb 22 In the year 1983 christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
Feb 23 Adrian Boult, conductor, dies in the year 1983.
Feb 24 Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
Feb 25 John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84 on this day in history.
Mar 03 In the year 1983 arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77
Mar 06 Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55 in the year 1983.
Mar 07 In the year 1983 igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70
Mar 08 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 in the year 1983.
Mar 09 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 on this day in history.