Deaths Date 1982 December | History by KabAstro

Dec 8 Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney and pro-democracy advocate murdered by the military
Dec 8 John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer and pro-democracy advocate murdered by the military
Dec 8 Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, and pro-democracy advocate murdered by the military
Dec 8 Kenneth Goncalves, Suriname deacon and pro-democracy advocate murdered by the military
Dec 8 Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, and pro-democracy advocate murdered by the military
Dec 8 Marty Robbins, American country singer (Devil Woman; I Walk Alone), dies of complications following cardiac surgery at 57
Dec 8 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, and pro-democracy advocate murdered by the military at 29
Dec 9 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song Against Death), dies at 87
Dec 9 Joey Forman, American actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
Dec 9 Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor, dies at 77
Dec 9 Paul Godwin, Polish-Dutch violinist, dies at 80
Dec 9 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, Hammond organ player, and bandleader, dies at 55
Dec 10 Freeman Gosden, American radio and television writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show; Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 83
Dec 10 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), dies at 94
Dec 13 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies at 68

Colin Chapman (1928-1982)

Dec 16 English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars, dies at 54

Dec 17 Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (b. 1889)
Dec 17 Leonid Kogan, Soviet Russian violinist (Lenin Prize, 1952), dies of a heart attack at 58
Dec 17 Philipp Jarnach, French pianist, composer, and music educator (Hamburg Music Academy, 1949-70), dies at 90
Dec 18 Bernard Malivoire, French rower (Olympic gold coxed pair 1952), dies at 44
Dec 18 Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII, founder of South American Nazi relief organization, and military consultant, dies after a series of strokes at 66
Dec 18 Ray Emery, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 2 wickets, BB 2/52; Auckland, Canterbury), dies at 67
Dec 18 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, dies at 70
Dec 19 Dwight Macdonald, American social critic (b. 1906)

Dec 19 American professor of engineering at Stanford University known as the "father of Silicon Valley", dies at 82

Dec 19 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist and composer, dies at 71
Dec 19 Lawrance Collingwood, English composer, dies at 95
Dec 20 Artur Rubinstein, Polish-American concert pianist, dies in Geneva at 95
Dec 20 Milan Ristić, Serbian composer, dies at 76
Dec 23 Jack Webb, American screenwriter, director and actor (Dragnet, Sunset Boulevard), dies of a heart attack at 62
Dec 23 Norman Dinerstein, American composer, dies of a heart attack at 45
Dec 24 Louis Aragon, French poet and writer (Les Lettres françaises, Pour un réalisme socialiste), dies at 85
Dec 27 John Leonard Swigert Jr., American astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51
Dec 28 Frederick Douglass Hall, American composer, dies at 84
Dec 29 Sol C Siegel, American film producer (A Letter To Three Wives, High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies of a heart attack at 79
Dec 30 Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter, primarily of "pin-up girls", dies at 86
Dec 31 Kurt Otto Friedrichs, German-American mathematician, and educator (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences), dies at 82