Explore notable deaths.

Ruth Dunning

1911–1983

actor

Official cause

disease

Tennessee Williams

1911–1983

playwright, novelist, screenwriter

Official cause

choking

Roy Krenkel

1918–1983

comics artist

Official cause

cancer

Georg Rydeberg

1907–1983

actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Jaqueline Tyrwhitt

1905–1983

architect

Official cause

disease

Peter Glaze

1917–1983

comedian, television actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Stan Wicks

1928–1983

association football player

Official cause

cancer

Charles Bluhdorn

1926–1983

businessperson, art collector, entrepreneur

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Julian Gibbs

1924–1983

Official cause

cardiovascular disease

Jardel Filho

1927–1983

actor, film actor, television actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Ahmed Dlimi

1931–1983

military officer, politician, military leader

Official cause

traffic collision

Donald Madden

1928–1983

actor, stage actor, television actor

Official cause

lung cancer

Lamar Williams

1949–1983

musician

Official cause

lung cancer

Ton Satomi

1888–1983

writer, novelist, screenwriter

Official cause

pneumonia

Garrincha

1933–1983

association football player

Official cause

liver cirrhosis

Don Costa

1925–1983

composer, jazz guitarist, conductor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Ahmad Boestaman

1920–1983

politician, journalist, writer

Official cause

lung cancer

Charles Heidelberger

1920–1983

chemist, university teacher

Official cause

cancer

William Martz

1945–1983

chess player

Official cause

cancer

John W. Dunn

1919–1983

story artist, inbetweener, film director

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Gérard Soisson

1935–1983

banker

Official cause

out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Olga Kosakiewicz

1915–1983

actor

Official cause

tuberculosis

Stana Tomašević

1920–1983

diplomat, politician, partisan

Official cause

liver cancer

Bruce Mason

1921–1982

playwright, journalist

Official cause

cancer