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AMY EVANS = WELSH = = Operatic Soprano and Actress = |
Born: 24 October 1884 nearby Tonypandy, WALES | Died: 5 January 1983 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
98 | |
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EDITH COATES, OBE = ENGLISH = = Operatic Mezzo-Soprano = |
Born: 31 May 1908 | Died: 7 January 1983 |
74 | |
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BILLY FURY = ENGLISH = = Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Actor = |
Born: RONALD WYCHERLEY 17 April 1940 Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 28 January 1983 Paddington, West London, ENGLAND |
42 | Died after having been discovered unconscious at home |
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LORRAINE ELLISON = AMERICAN = = Soul Singer = |
Born: MARYBELLE LURAINE ELLISON 17 March 1931 Philadelphia, USA | Died: 31 January 1983 |
51 | Ovarian Cancer |
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KAREN CARPENTER = AMERICAN = = Singer and Drummer = = member of = = The Carpenters = |
Born: KAREN ANNE CARPENTER 2 March 1950 New Haven, Connecticut, USA | Died: 4 February 1983 Downey, USA |
32 | Cardiac Arrest caused by Anorexia Nervosa |
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CHARLES KULLMAN = AMERICAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: CHARLES KULLMANN 13 January 1903 New Haven, Connecticut, USA | Died: 8 February 1983 New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
80 | |
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ALFRED WALLENSTEIN = AMERICAN = = Cellist and Conductor = |
Born: 7 October 1898 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 8 February 1983 New York, USA |
84 | |
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EUBIE BLAKE = AMERICAN = = Composer, Lyricist, and = = Pianist of Ragtime, Jazz, and Popular Music = |
Born: JAMES HUBERT BLAKE 7 February 1887 Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Died: 12 February 1983 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
96 | |
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Sir ADRIAN BOULT = BRITISH = = Conductor = |
Born: ADRIAN CEDRIC BOULT 8 April 1983 Chester, Cheshire, in North West ENGLAND | Died: 22 February 1983 London, ENGLAND |
93 | |
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HERBERT HOWELLS = ENGLISH = = Organist and Composer and Teacher = |
Born: HERBERT NORMAN HOWELLS 17 October 1892 Lydney, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND | Died: 23 February 1983 Putney, London, ENGLAND |
90 | |
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WINIFRED ATWELL = TRINIDADIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: UNA WINIFRED ATWELL 27 February 1914 Tunapuna, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Died: 28 February 1983 Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
69 | Heart Attack |
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CATHY BERBERIAN = AMERICAN = = Singer and Composer = |
Born: CATHERINE ANAHID BERBERIAN 4 July 1925 Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 6 March 1983 Rome, ITALY |
57 | Heart Attack |
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IGOR MARKEVITCH = UKRAINIAN = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: IGOR BORISOVITCH MARKEVITCH 27 July 1912 Kiev, then part of UKRAINE | Died: 7 March 1983 Antibes, FRANCE |
70 | Heart Attack |
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WILLIAM WALTON = BRITISH = = Composer = |
Born: WILLIAM TURNER WALTON 29 March 1902 Oldham, Lancashire, ENGLAND | Died: 8 March 1983 La Mortella, island of Ischia, ITALY |
80 | |
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DANNY RAPP = AMERICAN = = Musician = = frontman of = = Danny and the Juniors = |
Born: DANIEL EARL RAPP 9 May 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 4 April 1983 Quartzsite, Arizona, USA |
41 | Suicide by Gunshot |
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CLIFF CARLISLE = AMERICAN = = Country and Blues Singer = |
Born: CLIFFORD CARLISLE 6 May 1903 Taylorsville, Kentucky, USA | Died: 5 April 1983 Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
79 | |
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DOLO COKER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist and Composer = |
Born: CHARLES MITCHELL COKER 16 November 1927 Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Died: 13 April 1983 |
55 | Cancer |
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PETE FARNDON = ENGLISH = = Musician = = bassist and founding member of = = The Pretenders = |
Born: PETER GRANVILLE FARNDON 12 June 1952 Hereford, ENGLAND | Died: 14 April 1983 |
30 | Drug Overdose |
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FELIX PAPPALARDI = AMERICAN = = Music Producer, Songwriter, Vocalist, and Bassist = = member of = = Mountain = |
Born: FELIX A. PAPPALARDI Jr. 30 December 1939 Bronx, New York, USA | Died: 17 April 1983 Manhattan, New York, USA |
43 | Shot and killed by his wife |
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EARL HINES = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: EARL KENNETH HINES 28 December 1903 Duquesne, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 22 April 1983 Oakland, California, USA |
79 | |
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MUDDY WATERS = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Guitarist = |
Born: McKINLEY MORGANFIELD 4 April 1913 Issaquena County, Mississippi, USA | Died: 30 April 1983 Westmont, Illinois, USA |
70 | Heart Attack |
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GEORGE BALANCHINE = RUSSIAN-born AMERICAN = = Choreographer = |
Born: GEORGI MELITONOVITCH BALANCHIVADZE 22 January 1904 St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 30 April 1983 New York City, New York, USA |
79 | |
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GEORGE BRUNS = AMERICAN = = Film Composer = |
Born: GEORGE EDWARD BRUNS 3 July 1914 Sandy, Oregon, USA | Died: 23 May 1983 Portland, Oregon, USA |
68 | Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) |
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FINN MORTENSEN = NORWEGIAN = = Composer, Educator and Music Critic = |
Born: FINN EINAR MORTENSEN 6 January 1922 Oslo, NORWAY | Died: 23 May 1983 |
61 | |
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PAUL QUINICHETTE = AMERICAN = = Saxophonist = |
Born: 17 May 1916 Denver, Colorado, USA | Died: 25 May 1983 New York City, New York, USA |
67 | |
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STAN ROGERS = CANADIAN = = Folk Musician = |
Born: STANLEY ALLISON ROGERS 29 November 1949 Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 2 June 1983 Hebron, Kentucky, USA |
33 | Smoke inhalation on 2 June 1983, while traveling on Air Canada Flight 797 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) |
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ALBERTO GINASTERA = ARGENTINE = = Composer = |
Born: ALBERTO EVARISTO GINASTERA 11 April 1916 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA | Died: 25 June 1983 Geneva, SWITZERLAND |
67 | |
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CLAUS ADAM = AMERICAN = = Composer, Cellist and Cello Teacher = |
Born: 5 November 1917 INDONESIA | Died: 4 July 1983 |
65 | |
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HARRY JAMES = AMERICAN = = Musician (Trumpet), Bandleader = |
Born: HARRY HAAG JAMES 15 March 1916 Albany, Georgia, USA | Died: 5 July 1983 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
67 | Lymphatic Cancer |
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CHRIS WOOD = ENGLISH = = Rock Musician (Saxophone, Flute, Keyboards) = = member of = = Locomotive {1965-1966} = = Traffic {1967-1969, 1970-1974} = = Mason Capaldi Wood & Frog {February 1969} = = Ginger Baker's Air Force {January 1970 – March 1970} = |
Born: CHRISTOPHER GORDON BLANDFORD WOOD 24 June 1944 Quinton, Birmingham, ENGLAND | Died: 12 July 1983 Birmingham, ENGLAND |
39 | Pneumonia |
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GEORGES AURIC = FRENCH = = Composer = = considered one of Les Six, a group of artists informally = = associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie = |
Born: 15 February 1899 Lodève, Hérault, FRANCE | Died: 23 July 1983 Paris, FRANCE |
83 | |
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JEROME MOROSS = AMERICAN-born = = Composer, Conductor and Orchestrator = |
Born: 1 August 1913 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 25 July 1983 Miami, Florida, USA |
69 | Congestive Heart Failure following a Stroke |
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HOWARD DIETZ = AMERICAN = = Publicist, Lyricist, and Librettist = |
Born: 8 September 1896 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 30 July 1983 New York City, New York, USA |
86 | Parkinson's Disease |
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JAMES JAMERSON = AMERICAN = = Bass Player = = member of = = The Funk Brothers = |
Born: JAMES LEE JAMERSON 29 January 1936 Edisto, South Carolina, USA | Died: 2 August 1983 Los Angeles, California, USA |
47 | Complications stemming from Cirrhosis of the Liver, Heart Failure and Pneumonia |
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HELGE BONNÉN = DANISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 22 March 1896 | Died: 3 August 1983 |
87 | |
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KLAUS NOMI = GERMAN = = Singer = |
Born: KLAUS SPERBER 24 January 1944 Immenstadt, Bavaria, GERMANY | Died: 6 August 1983 New York City, New York, USA |
39 | Complications from AIDS |
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ZDENĚK LIŠKA = CZECH = = Film Composer = |
Born: 16 March 1922 Smečno near Kladno in central Bohemia, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 13 August 1983 |
61 | |
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OMER LÉTOURNEAU = CANADIAN = = Pianist, Organist, Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 13 March 1891 Quebec, CANADA | Died: 14 August 1983 |
92 | |
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IRA GERSHWIN = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: ISRAEL GERSHOWITZ 6 December 1896 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 17 August 1983 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
86 | |
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ARKADY FILIPPENKO = SOVIET UKRAINIAN = = Composer = |
Born: ARKADY DMITRIYEVICH FILIPPENKO 8 January 1912 Pushcha-Vodycia, now a suburb of Kyiv (Kiev), UKRAINE | Died: 24 August 1983 Kyiv, UKRAINE |
71 | |
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JOHN GILPIN = ENGLISH = = Ballet Dancer and Actor = |
Born: JOHN BRIAN GILPIN 10 February 1930 Southsea, Hampshire, ENGLAND | Died: 5 September 1983 London, ENGLAND |
53 | Heart Attack |
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ISOBEL BAILLIE = SCOTTISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 9 March 1895 Hawick, Scottish Borders, SCOTLAND | Died: 24 September 1983 Manchester, ENGLAND |
88 | |
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PAUL JACOBS = AMERICAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 22 June 1930 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 25 September 1983 |
53 | Complications from AIDS |
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ØIVIN FJELDSTAD = NORWEGIAN = = Violinist and Conductor = |
Born: 2 May 1903 Oslo, NORWAY | Died: 16 October 1983 Oslo, NORWAY |
80 | |
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GEORGE LIBERACE = AMERICAN = = Violinist and Arranger = |
Born: 31 July 1911 Menasha, Wisconsin, USA | Died: 16 October 1983 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
72 | Leukemia |
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ALFREDO ANTONINI = ITALIAN/AMERICAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 31 May 1901 Milan, ITALY | Died: 3 November 1983 Clearwater, Florida, USA |
82 | |
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GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE = FRENCH = = Composer = = only female member of Les Six, a group of artists informally = = associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie = |
Born: MARCELLE TAILLEFESSE 19 April 1892 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, FRANCE | Died: 7 November 1983 Paris, FRANCE |
88 | |
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TOM EVANS = ENGLISH = = Musician = = bassist of the rock group = = Badfinger = |
Born: THOMAS EVANS Jr. 5 June 1947 Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 19 November 1983 London, ENGLAND |
36 | Suicide |
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LUCIENNE BOYER = FRENCH = = Singer = |
Born: ÉMILIENNE-HENRIETTE BOYER 18 August 1901 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 6 December 1983 Paris, FRANCE |
80 | |
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DENNIS WILSON = AMERICAN = = Musician, Singer, and Songwriter = = co-founder of = = The Beach Boys = |
Born: DENNIS CARL WILSON 4 December 1944 Inglewood, California, USA | Died: 28 December 1983 Marina del Rey, California, USA |
39 | Drowned |
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PAT SMYTHE = BRITISH = = Jazz pianist = |
Born: PATRICK MUNGO SMYTHE May 1923 Edinburgh, SCOTLAND | Died: 1983 London, England |
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