Celebrity Deaths in 1982

135 notable figures died in 1982. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Laura Bergquist

  1918 – 1982 · Authors and Writers
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  Tomiji Hirano

  1846 – 1982
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  Yasuo Hamatsu

  1918 – 1982 · Actors
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  Dr Frank Condie Baxter

  1896 – 1982 · Actors Jan 1
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  Fred Harman

  1902 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Helen Isabel Barnett Ford

  1894 – 1982 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Iris Dobson Korn

  1907 – 1982 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Kay Hammond

  1901 – 1982 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Paul Belmondo

  1898 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Reta Shaw

  1912 – 1982 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Sally Anne Golden

  1910 – 1982 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Victor Buono

  1938 – 1982 · Actors Jan 1
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  Hans Conried

  1917 – 1982 · Actors Jan 5
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  Harvey Lembeck

  1923 – 1982 · Actors Jan 5
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  Huang Xianfan

  1899 – 1982 · Politicians Jan 18
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  Hope Hampton

  1897 – 1982 · Actresses Jan 23
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  1896 – 1982 · Business Magnates Feb 2
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  Frank Stringfellow Barr

  1897 – 1982 Feb 2
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  Louis Marx

  1896 – 1982 · Business Magnates Feb 2
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  Robert Lowe Kunzig

  1918 – 1982 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2
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  Sue Carol Ladd

  1907 – 1982 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Dolores Moran

  1924 – 1982 · Actresses Feb 5
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  Eleanor Powell

  1912 – 1982 · Actresses, Entertainers Feb 11
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  Victor Jory

  1902 – 1982 · Actors Feb 12
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  Thelonious Monk

  1917 – 1982 · Musicians and Composers Feb 17
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  Philip K. Dick

  1928 – 1982 · Authors and Writers Mar 2
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  Goodman Ace

  1899 – 1982 · Actors Mar 3
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  Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

  1893 – 1982 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Harry H Corbett

  1925 – 1982 · Actors Mar 3
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  Ray Bloch

  1902 – 1982 · Actors Mar 3
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  John Belushi

  1949 – 1982 · Actors Mar 5
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  Walter Plunkett

  1902 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Mar 8
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  Randy Rhoads

  1956 – 1982 · Musicians and Composers, Producer Mar 19
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  Sonny Greer

  1895 – 1982 · Musicians and Composers Mar 23
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  Carl Orff

  1895 – 1982 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Mar 29
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  Brenda Benet

  1945 – 1982 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Lenny Baker

  1945 – 1982 · Actors Apr 4
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  Susan Alamo

  1925 – 1982 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 4
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  William Riley Burnett, II

  1899 – 1982 · Authors and Writers Apr 4
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  Woo Bum-Kon

  1955 – 1982 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 4
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  Abe Fortas

  1910 – 1982 · Authors and Writers, Politicians, US Supreme Court Justices Apr 5
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  Jay Velie

  1892 – 1982 · Actors, Entertainers Apr 22
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  Don Wilson

  1900 – 1982 · Actors, Radio Performers Apr 25
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  Celia Johnson

  1908 – 1982 · Actresses Apr 26
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  Lester Bangs

  1948 – 1982 · Authors and Writers, Musicians and Composers Apr 30
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  Helmut Dantine

  1918 – 1982 · Actors May 2
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  Hugh Marlowe

  1911 – 1982 · Actors May 2
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  Brenda Frazier

  1921 – 1982 · Socialite May 3
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  Hugh Beaumont

  1909 – 1982 · Actors May 5
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  Joseph Bodner

  1925 – 1982 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Larry J. Blake

  1914 – 1982 · Actors May 5
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  Leigh Snowden

  1929 – 1982 · Actresses May 5
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  Mia Kovacs

  1959 – 1982 · Actresses May 5
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  Nélida Lobato

  1934 – 1982 · Actresses May 5
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  Wini Shaw

  1910 – 1982 · Actresses May 5
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  Cevdet Sunay

  1899 – 1982 · Politicians May 22
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  Romy Schneider

  1938 – 1982 · Actresses May 29
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  Michelle Garvey

  1967 – 1982 · Victims of crime and disaster Jun 1
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  Djuna Barnes

  1892 – 1982 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  John Cheever

  1912 – 1982 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Marjorie Bennett

  1896 – 1982 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Michael Brennan

  1912 – 1982 · Actors Jun 6
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  Robert Gottschalk

  1918 – 1982 · Actors Jun 6
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  Ferdinand Demara

  1921 – 1982 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jun 7
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  Satchel Paige

  1906 – 1982 · Athletes, Baseball Jun 8
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  Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  1945 – 1982 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Jun 10
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  Khalid of Saudi Arabia

  1912 – 1982 · Politicians, Royalty Jun 13
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  DeFord Bailey

  1899 – 1982 · Country Music Jul 2
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  Alma Reville

  1899 – 1982 · Director, Film Director Jul 6
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  Courtlandt Sherrington Gross

  1904 – 1982 Jul 7
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  Frank Christi

  1929 – 1982 · Actors Jul 7
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  Goldie Colwell

  1889 – 1982 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Harold R. Foster

  1892 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  John Alexander

  1897 – 1982 · Actors Jul 7
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  Patrick Dewaere

  1947 – 1982 · Actors Jul 7
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  Renee Shin-Yi Chen

  1976 – 1982 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Isa Miranda

  1909 – 1982 · Actresses Jul 8
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  Bill Justis

  1926 – 1982 · Musicians and Composers Jul 15
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  Dave Garroway

  1913 – 1982 · Entertainers Jul 21
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  Jimmy Hoffa

  1913 – 1982 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 30
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  Beverly Bayne

  1893 – 1982 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Dieter Borsche

  1909 – 1982 · Actors Aug 8
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  Ernie Bushmiller

  1905 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  George F. Brasno

  1911 – 1982 · Actors Aug 8
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  Ingrid Bergman

  1915 – 1982 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Jill Banner

  1946 – 1982 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Kazuo Iwama

  1918 – 1982 Aug 8
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  Tom “Buddy” Drake

  1918 – 1982 · Actors Aug 8
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  Henry Fonda

  1905 – 1982 · Actors Aug 12
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  Salvador Sánchez

  1959 – 1982 · Boxers Aug 12
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  Charles Walters

  1911 – 1982 · Director, Film Director Aug 13
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  Ruth First

  1925 – 1982 · Social Reformers Aug 17
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  Alberto Cavalcanti

  1897 – 1982 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Aug 23
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  Béatrice Anne-Marie Bolchesi Bretty

  1893 – 1982 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Frederic Dannay

  1905 – 1982 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Mabel Ida Albertson

  1901 – 1982 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Rosalinde Fuller

  1892 – 1982 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Sarah Churchill

  1914 – 1982 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Ted DeGrazia

  1909 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  Grace Kelly

  1929 – 1982 · Actresses, Philanthropists, Royalty Sep 14
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  Lisa Millican

  1969 – 1982 · Victims of crime and disaster Sep 28
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  Vivien Merchant

  1929 – 1982 · Actresses Oct 3
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  Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

  1889 – 1982 · Politicians Oct 8
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  Francis X. Carey

  1933 – 1982 · Astronaut Oct 10
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  Joyce Clyde Hall

  1891 – 1982 Oct 10
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  Viridiana Alatriste

  1963 – 1982 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Virginia Fox

  1902 – 1982 · Actresses Oct 14
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  Doyle Wilburn

  1930 – 1982 · Country Music Oct 16
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  Mario Del Monaco

  1915 – 1982 · Singer, Theater Actor Oct 16
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  Bess Truman

  1885 – 1982 · Politicians, US First Ladies Oct 18
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  James Broderick

  1927 – 1982 · Actors Nov 1
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  King Vidor

  1894 – 1982 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Nov 1
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  Leonid Brezhnev

  1906 – 1982 · Celebrities, Politicians Nov 10
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  Arthur Bowden Askey

  1900 – 1982 · Actors Nov 11
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  Dominique Ellen Dunne

  1959 – 1982 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Donald Dillaway

  1903 – 1982 · Actors Nov 11
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  Hugh Harman

  1903 – 1982 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Roy Mark Hofheinz

  1912 – 1982 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Nov 11
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  Ruth Donnelly

  1896 – 1982 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Sophie Cubbison

  1890 – 1982 Nov 11
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  Chesney Allen

  1893 – 1982 · Entertainers Nov 13
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  Lee Patrick

  1901 – 1982 · Actresses Nov 21
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  Robert Coote

  1909 – 1982 · Actors Nov 26
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  Herman Lay

  1909 – 1982 · Business Magnates Dec 6
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  Charles Brooks Jr.

  1942 – 1982 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 7
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  Harry Jerome

  1940 – 1982 · Athletes Dec 7
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  Marty Robbins

  1925 – 1982 · Country Music Dec 8
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  Freeman Fisher Gosden

  1899 – 1982 · Actors Dec 12
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  Gino Corrado

  1893 – 1982 · Actors Dec 12
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  John Leonard “Jack” Swigert, Jr

  1931 – 1982 · Astronaut Dec 12
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  Leon Jaworski

  1905 – 1982 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12
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  Marty Feldman

  1934 – 1982 · Actors Dec 12
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  Arthur Rubinstein

  1887 – 1982 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Dec 20
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  Louis Aragon

  1897 – 1982 · Politicians Dec 24
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  Jack Swigert

  1931 – 1982 · Astronaut Dec 27