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Months in 1983: January February March April May June July August September November December

Deaths 1 - 29 of 29

2nd - Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75
3rd - John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69
3rd - Kurt Kusenberg, writer, dies at 79
5th - Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
6th - Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62
8th - Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49
9th - Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered
10th - Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80
12th - Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
12th - The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager
14th - Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
14th - Willard Price, Canadian author and naturalist
15th - Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83
16th - George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72
16th - Kelso, American racehorse (b. 1957)
17th - Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
18th - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies
18th - Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (b. 1897)
19th - Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83
Actor Ralph Richardson (10th) 19th - Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup
20th - Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75
20th - Yves Thériault, French Canadian author (b. 1915)
21st - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop (Haarlem), dies
23rd - Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36
23rd - Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack
24th - Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35
25th - Hermann Ambrosius, composer, dies at 86
29th - Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81
31st - George S Halas, NFL coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 88