Famous Deaths for April 1983
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Months in 1983: January February March May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 34 of 34
4th - Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
4th - Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78
5th - Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
6th - Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
7th - Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
10th - Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
10th - Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies at 78
11th - Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
12th - Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
13th - Theodore Stephanides, Greek doctor and naturalist (b. 1896)
14th - Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64
14th - Pete Farndon, rock bassist (Pretenders), dies
14th - Willem F Bon, Dutch composer, dies at 42
15th - Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
15th - Rodolfo Hoyos, actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
15th - Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1892)
17th - Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
17th - Mark W Clark, US general (WW II), dies at 87
17th - Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78
Musician Pete Farndon (14th)
18th - Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
19th - Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
19th - Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
20th - Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies
22nd - Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
22nd - Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80
23rd - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73
23rd - Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
24th - Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
26th - Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81
26th - Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
28th - Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies
30th - George Balanchine, Russian/US ballet composer/choreographer, dies from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at 79
30th - Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
30th - Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 70
