Famous Deaths for May 1983
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◀ 1982 1983 1984 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1983: January February March April June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 25 of 25
1st - V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies
2nd - Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
2nd - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
3rd - Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
4th - Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
5th - John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
5th - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (b. 1901)
6th - Kai Winding, American trombonist and jazz composer (b. 1922)
7th - Peter Edel, writer, dies
10th - John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
11th - Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
14th - Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
14th - Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
16th - Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52
19th - Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission dies at 80
21st - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
21st - Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903)
23rd - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84
25th - Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
25th - Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
25th - Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
27th - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
28th - Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909)
29th - Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
30th - Alfred M Gruenther, US general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84
