Famous Deaths for August 1983
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◀ 1982 1983 1984 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1983: January February March April May June July September October November December
Deaths 1 - 18 of 18
1st - Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
3rd - Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer
5th - Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66
6th - Klaus Nomi, German singer (b. 1944)
12th - Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
15th - Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
15th - Benjamin V Cohen, US author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88
16th - Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
17th - Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86
18th - Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (b. 1902)
20th - Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15
21st - Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
24th - Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64
24th - Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone OD
26th - Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer
28th - Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
29th - Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61
29th - William Goyen, writer, dies at 68
