Deaths in March 1983
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1983.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
March 1983
1
- Arthur Koestler, 77, Austro-Hungarian-born novelist, memoirist, and journalist, associate of the propaganda organization Information Research Department (IRD) which funded and distributed much of his work,[1][2] suicide by an overdose of the barbiturate Tuinal taken with alcohol.[3]
2
- Fiorella Mari, 54, Brazilian-born Italian actress,[4][5]
3
- Hergé, 75, Belgian comic strip artist and representative of the ligne claire drawing style,[6] created the series The Adventures of Tintin, Quick & Flupke, and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko, died while hospitalised in intensive care, since he had suffered cardiac arrest in late February [7][8]
- Peter Ivers, 36, American singer, songwriter, film composer, and television host, bludgeoned to death with a hammer[9][10][11]
6
- Donald Maclean, 69, British diplomat and Soviet double agent, a member of the spy ring Cambridge Five, complications from pneumonia[12]
7
- Robert Bray, 65, American actor[13][14]
- Igor Markevitch, 60, Russian composer and conductor[15]
8
- William Walton, 80, English composer[16][17]
9
- Faye Emerson, 65, American actress and talk show host, stomach cancer[18][19][20]
- Rex Marshall, 64, American actor, television announcer, and radio personality, spokesman for the Reynolds Aluminum Company and the Maxwell House coffee brand[21]
11
- Will Glickman, 73, American playwright[22]
15
- Rebecca West, 90, British novelist, travel writer, literary critic, and journalist[23]
16
- Arthur Godfrey, 79, American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer, spokesman for the anti-tobacco movement, emphysema[24]
17
- Haldan Keffer Hartline, 80, American physiologist, primarily known for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.[25]
18
- Adelaide Klein, 82, American actress, brain tumor[26]
- Catherine Marshall, 68, American writer and book editor,[27] she had started her career with a biography of her deceased husband Peter Marshall,[28]heart failure[29]
- Umberto II of Italy, 78, he briefly served as the King of Italy in 1946 and was the last monarch of the country, he died in exile[30]
20
- Maria Babanova, 82, Russian actress, regarded as the first great actress to emerge after the October Revolution, she both voiced the Snow Queen in the animated fantasy film The Snow Queen (1957), and she was used as the character's live-action model in the rotoscoping process[31]
- Ivan Vinogradov, 91, Soviet mathematician, one of the creators of the modern analytic number theory, he served as the director of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics from 1934 until 1941, and again from 1946 until his death,[32] he was regarded as an informal leader among the Soviet mathematicians[33]
23
- Serge de Poligny, 79, French film director and screenwriter[34]
25
- Martha Sleeper, 72, American actress, heart attack[35][36]
- Bob Waterfield, 62, American professional football player and coach, actor, and film producer, co-founder of the production company Russ-Field Productions,[37] respiratory failure[38]
26
- Anthony Blunt, 75, British art historian and Soviet spy, member of the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five,[39][40]
27
- Elsie Eaves, 84, American engineer, she was the first female associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the first female member of the American Association of Cost Engineers (still extant under the name Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering)[41]
- James Hayter, 75, British actor.[42]
28
- Suzanne Belperron, 82, French jewellery designer, head of the jewellery house Herz-Belperron,[43][44] accidental death by scalding in her bath[45]
29
- Richard O'Brien, 65, American actor, cancer[46][47]
30
- Lisette Model, 81, Austrian-born American photographer, primarily known for her street photography, heart and respiratory disease[48][49]
31
- Ole Aavatsmark, 65, Norwegian politician and lawyer, County Governor of Nordland county from 1966 until his death in office[50]
References
- ^ Defty, Andrew (2005). Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-1953: The Information Research Department. eBook version: Routledge. p. 87.
- ^ Jenks, John (2006). British Propaganda and News Media in the Cold War. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 64.
- ^ Cesarani p. 547.
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ Massimo Emanuelli (2004). 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale. GRECO & GRECO Editori, 2004. ISBN 8879803468.
- ^ Fingeroth, Danny. The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels. Rough Guides, 2008. ISBN 1843539934 (p. 25).
- ^ Assouline 2009, p. 234; Peeters 2012, p. 334.
- ^ Thompson 1991, p. 205.
- ^ Wengrofsky, Jeffrey (September 9, 2008). "Following the Bunny Slippers Down the Rabbit Hole". Coilhouse Magazine.
- ^ Sclafani, Tony (September 9, 2008). "Josh Frank on Peter Ivers, Murder & 'New Wave Theatre'". The Washington Post.
- ^ Frank & Buckholtz 2008, p. 202.
- ^ Lucy Hodges, "Maclean may have pneumonia", The Times, 6 December 1982, p. 1.
- ^ "Robert Bray birth and death 2". allmovie.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Robert Bray death". UPI. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Igor Markevitch; Innovative Conductor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. UPI. March 8, 1983. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Igor Markevitch, the Russian-born composer and conductor...
- ^ Kennedy, Michael. "Walton, Sir William Turner (1902–1983)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, May 2008, retrieved 27 September 2010 (subscription required)
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 29 March 1982, p. 5
- ^ "Faye Emerson – Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ Prial, Frank J. (March 11, 1983). "Faye Emerson Is Dead at 65; Actress and Personality". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
- ^ name="Euler">Blaschko, Hugh K. F. (November 1985). "Ulf Svante von Euler. 7 February 1905-10 March 1983". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 31: 144–170. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1985.0006. JSTOR 769923. PMID 11621203.
- ^ "Rex Marshall, 64, Announcer on Radio and TV since 1937". The New York Times. March 11, 1983. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ Will Glickman Musicals
- ^ Linda Charlton, "Dame Rebecca West Dies in London, The New York Times, 16 March 1983.
- ^ "The Man with the Barefoot Voice". Time. March 23, 1983. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^ Granit, R.; Ratliff, F. (1985). "Haldan Keffer Hartline. 22 December 1903-18 March 1983". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 31: 262–292. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1985.0010. ISSN 0080-4606. PMID 11621205.
- ^ "Memorial Service Scheduled For Adelaide Klein, Actress". The New York Times. March 25, 1983. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ Austin, Charles (March 19, 1983). "Obit". The New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Moore, Phyllis Wilson (October 8, 2010). "Catherine Marshall". The West Virginia Encyclopedia / West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ Austin, Charles (March 19, 1983). "Obit". The New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Denis Mack Smith, Italy and Its Monarchy, New Haven: Yale University Press p. 340
- ^ "5 малоизвестных фактов о мультфильме "Снежная королева"". Яндекс Дзен | Платформа для авторов, издателей и брендов. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Cassels, J. W. S.; Vaughan, R. C. (1985). "Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov. 14 September 1891 – 20 March 1983". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 31: 613–631. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1985.0021. JSTOR 769938.
- ^ Frenkel, Edward (2013). Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-05074-1.
- ^ Archives de Paris (online), 1903, Naissances:: 16 Acte de naissance no. 159 (vue 26.31). Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 16ème arrondissement, registre des naissances de 1903 (includes notes of marriages and death).
- ^ "Actress Martha Sleeper, 72, star of Broadway and cinema". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. New York Times News Service. April 8, 1983. p. Section 2–11. Retrieved June 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bird, David (April 7, 1983). "MARTHA SLEEPER IS DEAD AT 72; STAR OF FILMS AND BROADWAY". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ "Bob Waterfield Trying Hand As Big Film Producer Now". Fort Lauderdale News. May 28, 1954. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Associated Press, "Ex-Rams Star Dies after Long Illness," Spokane Spokesman Review, March 26, 1983, pg.17.
- ^ "Blunt, Prof. Anthony (Frederick), (26 Sept. 1907 – 26 March 1983), Professor of the History of Art, University of London, and Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, 1947–September 1974; Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, 1952–72 (of the Pictures of King George VI, 1945–52); Adviser for the Queen's Pictures and Drawings, 1972–78". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u162133. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Historic Figures: The Cambridge Spies". BBC History. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of Geographical Misnomers -- Newsday.com". May 28, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2006. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ James Hayter - a working life
- ^ Raulet; Baroin (2011). Suzanne Belperron. p. 49.
- ^ Possémé, Evelyn. Bijoux Art Deco et Avant Garde. Norma, 2009. ISBN 978-2-915542-20-2.
- ^ Raulet; Baroin (2011). Suzanne Belperron. p. 54.
- ^ Associated Press (April 6, 1983). "Richard O'Brien, Hollywood Character Actor, 65, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "Longtime Character Actor Richard O' Brien Dies at 65". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. April 5, 1983. p. 7. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thomas, Ann (1990). Lisette Model. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. pp. 29, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 50, 51, 56, 59, 60, 62, 65, 66, 70, 78, 84, 86, 93, 95, 101, 102, 104, 106, 111, 112, 115, 117, 119, 122, 126, 143, 144, 145, 156, 157, 158.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ "Women Photojournalists: Lisette Model (1901–1983) – Introduction & Biographical Essay (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ Tveit, Knut Are, ed. (February 14, 2009). "Ole Severin Aavatsmark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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- Cesarani, David, 1998. Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind. ISBN 978-0-684-86720-5.
- Frank, Josh; Buckholtz, Charlie (2008). In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-5120-1.
- Kennedy, Michael (1989). Portrait of Walton. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816705-1.
- GM Arthur Koestler: The Story of a Friendship (George Mikes)
- Mack Smith, Denis (1992). Italy and Its Monarchy. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300051322.
- Peeters, Benoît (2012) [2002]. Hergé: Son of Tintin. Tina A. Kover (translator). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0454-7.
- Possémé, Evelyne; Mouillefarine, Laurence (March 18, 2009). Bijoux Art déco et avant-garde (in French). Coédition Éditions Norma / Les Arts Décoratifs. p. 256. ISBN 978-2-9155-4220-2.
- Raulet, Sylvie; Baroin, Olivier (December 16, 2011). Suzanne Belperron. Antique Collectors Club. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-85149-625-9.
- Thompson, Harry (1991). Tintin: Hergé and his Creation. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-52393-3.