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Deaths in February 1982
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 1982.
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.
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February 1982
February 1

- Eilert Bøhm, 81, Norwegian gymnast and Olympian[1]
- Joseph C. Burger, 79, United States Marine Corps officer and college athlete
- Ed Edelen, 69, American professional baseball player and physician[2]
- Rennos Frangoudis, 72, Greek sprinter[3]
- Amzie Moore, 70, American civil rights leader and entrepreneur[4]
- Ernests Mālers, 78, Latvian cyclist
- Raghunath Murmu, 76, Indian Santali writer and educator[5]
- John T. Power, 98, Irish hurler
- Erwin Vierow, 91, general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II
February 2

- Gemma Bosini, 91, Italian operatic soprano[6]
- Paul Desruisseaux, 76, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician[7]
- William F. Devin, 84, four-time mayor of Seattle[8]
- Paulino Frydman, 87, Polish chess master
- Karl Hanft, 77, Austrian actor
- Jaisukhlal Hathi, 73, Indian politician
- Otto Ites, 63, German naval officer
- Bruce Kekwick, 71, Australian politician[9]
- Roy Kemp, 86, Australian rules footballer[10]
- Tommy Mather, 73, British diver and Olympian[11]
- Jacque Mercer, 51, winner of the 1949 Miss America pageant[12]
- Harrold Sincock, 74, Australian cricketer[13]
- Belle S. Spafford, 86, ninth Relief Society General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[14]
- Mohan Lal Sukhadia, 65, Indian politician
February 3

- Stringfellow Barr, 85, American historian, author, and former president of St. John's College[15]
- František Fišera, 81, Czech cross-country skier[16]
- Anton Hartman, 63, South African conductor[17]
- John A. Hilger, 73, American air force general and participant of the Doolittle Raid[18]
- Efraín Huerta, 67, Mexican poet and journalist[19]
- Adolfo Moreno Lajaña, 74, Chilean physician and politician
- Gábor Kornél Tolnai, 79, Hungarian-Swedish engineer and inventor
February 4

- Sue Carol, 75, American actress[20]
- Douglas Dodson, 60, American jockey who won the Eclipse Award[21]
- Alex Harvey, 46, Scottish musician[22]
- Moshe Menuhin, 88, Russian-born American Jewish writer and teacher of Hebrew[23]
- Konrad Morgen, 72, German SS Investigating Judge and Reich Police Official[24]
- Fritz Schmidt, 75, SS officer
- Kathleen Scrymgour, 86, Australian hospital matron[25]
- Anne Gillespie Shaw, 77, Scottish engineer and businesswoman[26]
- Donald R. Smith, 55, American politician[27]
- M. Srikantha, 68, Ceylon Tamil civil servant[28]
- Marion Sims Wyeth, 92, American architect[29]
- Kenichi Yamamoto, 56, a Japanese yakuza boss who founded the Yamaken-gumi
February 5

- Neil Aggett, 28, South African labor leader (suicide)[30]
- Lindsay Beck, 81, Australian rules footballer[31]
- Tadeusz Bielecki, 81, Polish politician and writer[32]
- Riley Brett, 86, American racing driver
- George Crothers, 73, Irish cricketer[33]
- Carl Oscar Hovind, 80, Norwegian chess player and writer
- Connie Lloyd, 86, New Zealand artist who specialised in etching[34]
- Louis Marx, 85, American toy maker who founded Louis Marx and Company[35]
- Wies Moens, 84, Belgian literary historian and poet
- Dolores Moran, 56, American actress and model[36]
- Lea Piltti, 78, Finnish soprano[37]
- Klaus von Rautenfeld, 72, German cinematographer
- Niilo Tammisalo, 87, Finnish athlete[38]
February 6

- Kamruddin Ahmed, 69, Bangladeshi diplomat, lawyer and politician[39]
- Ioan Beldiceanu, 89, Romanian brigadier general during World War II[40]
- Gaspard Cyimana, 51, Rwandan statesman, industrialist, economist, and leader of independence who served as the 1st Minister of Finance of Rwanda
- Władysław Dziewulski, 83, Polish astronomer and mathematician[41]
- Ben Nicholson, 87, English painter[42]
- Frank Wilde, 70, British tennis and table tennis player
February 7

- Irena Białówna, 81, Polish politician, pediatrician, public health professional, and concentration camp survivor
- Thomas S. Boyland, 39, American politician from New York[43]
- John D. Caemmerer, 54, American politician from New York[44]
- Roy W. Chappell, 85, British World War I flying ace
- Al Culver, 73, American football player[45]
- Nicholas Fernicola, 78, American politician from New Jersey[46]
- John J. Gallagher, 77, American football and basketball player and coach[47]
- Swami Karpatri, 74, Indian Hindu religious leader
- Frank McGurk, 66, racing driver[48]
- John Metcalfe, 80, Australian librarian, educator and author[49]
- Joseph Reinhardt, 69, French jazz guitarist[50]
February 8


- Saïd Boualam, 75, Algerian-French politician and military officer
- Albert Bourcier, 80, Canadian politician[51]
- Kurt Edelhagen, 61, German big band leader[52]
- Edwin Fullinwider, 81, American sabre fencer[53]
- Werner Fürbringer, 93, German U-boat commander during World War I
- Johnny Jacobs, 65, American television announcer[54]
- Jack Jennings, 63, American basketball player[55]
- Mousa Khiabani, 34 or 35, Iranian dissident political leader[56]
- Henry Sturgis Morgan, 81, American banker[57]
- Cedric Morris, 92, British artist, art teacher and plantsman[58]
- Ashraf Rabiei, 29 or 30, Iranian guerrilla and member of the People's Mojahedin of Iran[59]
- Hermann Rauschning, 94, German politician and author[60]
- Willy Rumpf, 78, German communist politician and Finance Minister in the German Democratic Republic
- Eddie Turchin, 64, American professional baseball infielder[61]
- Jovan Veselinov, 76, Serbian communist politician[62]
- Lauri Virtanen, 77, Finnish long-distance runner[63]
- John Hay Whitney, 77, American venture capitalist, sportsman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, film producer and diplomat[64]
- Henry Drummond Wolff, 82, Basingstoke MP
February 9

- Ivan Banov[65]
- Mary Eily de Putron
- Gustav Joseph Mattli
- Marko Mesić, soldier
- Marthe Richard, 92, French prostitute, spy and politician[66]
February 10

February 11
- Nat Caldwell
- Allan Crabb
- Albert Facey
- Annan Knudsen
- Joel Laikka
- Erich Maschke
- Eleanor Powell, American dancer and actress (b. 1912)
- Bennet Puryear Jr.
- Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)[67]
- Alfred Spinks
February 12
- Dale Alderson
- V. T. Bhattathiripad
- Geoffrey Bullough
- Elliot Carpenter
- Buck Grant, ice hockey player
- Hal Hooker
- Denis Jordan
- Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
- Philip Livingston, RAF officer
- Margaret Una Poché
- Nikolai Trufanov
- Walter Wardle
February 13
- Marguerite Duparc
- Chiemi Eri
- Zeng Jinlian
- Aleksandr Kasyanov, composer
- Miriam Mandel
- James Miller
- Giovanni Palmieri, tennis player
- J. Fred Scott
- Paul Wahl
February 14
February 15
February 16
- Märta Blomstedt
- Florence Hall
- Muhammad Enamul Haq
- Jack Kiley
- Christopher Masterman
- Nicholas Roosevelt, diplomat
- George Tanner, Australian rules footballer
- Ronald Tinker
- Vivion de Valera
- Nathan Witt
- Andrej Žarnov
February 17


- Jean Bolikango
- Peter Cazalet, Royal Navy officer
- Nestor Chylak
- Patrick A. Gleason
- Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)[68]
- Lee Strasberg, Polish-American actor and acting coach, co-founder of method acting (b. 1901)
- Heinrich Weidemann
February 18
- Tina Carver
- John Willie Kofi Harlley
- Dame Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand crime fiction writer (b. 1895)[69]
- Anthony Mirra
- J. M. Robson
- Nathaniel Shilkret
February 19
- Arthur Akre
- Ernest Falck
- Celesta Geyer
- Alexander Gillies
- Alberto Ezcurra Medrano
- Dame Margery Perham, English Africanist (b. 1895)
- Jaakko Vuorinen
February 20
February 21
- Alfred Bateson
- Tom Gentry
- Murray the K
- Robert Lowe Kunzig
- W. E. Shewell-Cooper
- Gershom Scholem, German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian (b. 1897)
- Gershom Scholem
- Ella V. Aldrich Schwing
- Ray Shearer
February 22
February 23
February 24
- Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
- Keith Henderson, artist
- Lai Jifa
- Alma Lawton
- Reb Spikes
- Oscar S. Stauffer
- Lucien Tronchet
February 25
February 26
- Syed Ali Akhtar
- Phyllis Reid Fenner
- Anders Jahre
- Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Francisco Martínez Soria
- Gábor Szabó
- Bill Miller, American right-handed pitcher
- Charles Sesher
- Andrey Smirnov
- Reina Torres de Araúz
February 27
February 28
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