Deaths in April 1983

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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 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.

April 1983

1

• John R. Buckmaster, 67, English actor and cabaret singer-songwriter, suicide at the end of 23 years of confinement at the Priory Hospital ^[1]

3

• Jimmy Bloomfield, 49, English football player and manager, he served as the manager of Orient from 1968 until 1971, and again from 1977 until 1981, and as the manager of Leicester City from 1971 until 1977, cancer^[2][3]

4

Gloria Swanson

• Jacqueline Logan, 80, American actress, screenwriter, and film director, named a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.^[4]
• Gloria Swanson, 84, American actress, heart disease^[5]

6

• Christopher Rule, 88, American comic book artist, he served as the first regular Marvel Comics inker for the artwork of Jack Kirby during the Silver Age of Comic Books,^[6] he was previously a staff artist for Timely Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books^[7]

7

• Gavin Gordon, 82, American actor^[8][9]
• Kenyon Hopkins, 71, American film composer and arranger, representative of the jazz music tradition^[10]

11

Dolores del Río

• Dolores del Río, 78, Mexican actress, one of the most important female figures in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema,^[11] famed in American cinema for portraying a feminine version of the Latin lover,^[12]liver failure

12

• Desmond Bagley, 59, English journalist and novelist, he specialized in writing thrillers and he is credited with setting the genre's conventions,^[13] complications from a stroke^[14]
• Jørgen Juve, 76, Norwegian football player, jurist, journalist, and non-fiction writer,^[15] minor ballot candidate for the Liberal Party in the 1949 Norwegian parliamentary election^[16]

13

• Gloria Marín, 63, Mexican actress, emphysema^[17][18]

14

• Elisabeth Lutyens, 76, English composer and autobiographer^[19]

15

• Corrie ten Boom, 91, Dutch watchmaker, Christian writer and autobiographer, public speaker, former prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp,^[20]stroke^[21]
• Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., 67, Mexican-American actor^[22]
• Ernestine Wade, 76, American actress, portrayed Sapphire Stevens on both the radio and TV versions of The Amos 'n' Andy Show^[23]

17

• Siegfried Müller, 62, German-born soldier and mercenary, he was an officer-candidate in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a commander in the 5 Commando during the Congo Crisis,^[24]stomach cancer^[25]
• Felix Pappalardi, 43, American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist, he served as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Mountain,^[26] shot and killed by his own wife, Gail Collins Pappalardi^[26][27]

21

• Walter Slezak, 80, Austrian actor, suicide by firearm^[28] while suffering from a series of health problems, including heart and prostate ailments, and a shoulder injury^[29]

22

• Earl Hines, 79, American jazz pianist and bandleader, heart attack^[30]
• Lamberto Maggiorani, 73, Italian actor^[31]

23

• Anita Blanch, 72, Spanish-born Mexican actress,^[32] member of the activist group Rosa Mexicano, which requested protection for actresses and their children, and the formation of nurseries for the children of actresses^[33]
• Buster Crabbe, 75, American Olympic swimmer and actor, he portrayed in film adaptations the top three syndicated comic-strip heroes of the 1930s: Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers, heart attack^[34][35]
• Suzanne La Follette, 89, American journalist, magazine editor, and advocate for libertarian feminism^[36]
• Selena Royle, 78, American actress, cookbook writer, writer and editor for magazines^[37][38]

25

• Jack Ritchie, 61, American crime fiction writer, primarily a short story writer, he published well over 500 stories during his career,^[39]heart attack^[40]
• Saloma, 48, Singaporean-Malaysian singer, actress, and fashion icon, liver failure associated with jaundice^[41]

26

• Henrietta Buckmaster, 74, American activist, journalist, and author^[42]
• Shirley Deane, 70, American actress, portrayed Princess Aura in the third Flash Gordon serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe,^[43] cancer^[44]
• Bronisław Kaper, 81, Polish film composer, worked in the theater and the film industries of France, Germany, and the United States, co-wrote the jazz standard "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"^[45][46]
• Vaughn Taylor, 73, American actor, cerebral hemorrhage^[47]

30

• George Balanchine, 79, Georgian-American ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century,^[48]
• Jerry Fujikawa, 71, American actor and veteran of World War II, having taken part in military operations in Italy and France^[49][50]
• Muddy Waters, 70, American blues singer-songwriter and bandleader, regarded as the founding father of the music genre of Chicago blues,^[51][52] heart failure and cancer-related complications^[53]

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4. "Ex-film star dies in Florida". Herald and Review. Illinois, Decatur. April 15, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved June 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Flint, Peter B. (April 5, 1983). "Gloria Swanson Dies. 20's Film Idol". The New York Times. p. A1. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Gloria Swanson, a symbol of enduring glamour who was perhaps the most glittering goddess of Hollywood's golden youth in the 1920s, died of a heart ailment yesterday in New York Hospital. The actress entered the hospital two weeks ago after suffering what friends said was a mild heart attack...
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22. "Rodolfo Hoyos". Daily News. New York City. April 18, 1983. p. 24. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
23. MacDonald, J. Fred. "Blacks and White TV, African Americans in Television Since 1948". jfredmacdonald.com. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
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27. Black, Johnny (April 17, 2021). "Drugs, guns, and the tragic death of Mountain's Felix Pappalardi". Loudersound.com. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
28. "Turner Classic Movies: Biography for Walter Slezak". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
29. Jones, Jack. "Actor Walter Slezak Shoots Self to Death at New York Home". Los Angeles Times. 23 April 1983. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
30. Rodríguez, José (December 8, 2009). "Campus Musicians Receive Gift from Pianist Earl Hines' Estate". No. UC Berkeley News.
31. AP (April 24, 1983). "Lamberto Maggiorani Dead; Starred in 'The Bicycle Thief'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
32. "La niña prodigio Shirley Temple nació hace 82 años" (in Spanish). Cine Forever. April 23, 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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34. "Buster Crabbe profile". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 1983. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
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36. Presley, Sharon (January 1981). "Suzanne La Follette: The Freewoman" (PDF). Libertarian Review. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
37. "Actress-Author Shows Herself Skilled Bandage-Maker, Too". The Salt Lake Tribune. March 18, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
38. "Actress Selena Royle Dies in Mexico at 78". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Associated Press. May 6, 1983 – via Newspapers.com.
39. "2004 Notable Wisconsin Authors". Wisconsin Library Association. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
40. "Mystery writer Jack Ritchie dies". The Milwaukee Journal. April 25, 1983.
41. "Saloma meninggal: Ramai yang terkejut". Eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
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44. "Actress Deane dies of cancer at 70". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 29, 1983. p. 30. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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46. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
47. "Television and film actor Vaughn Taylor dies at 73". The Courier-Journal. Kentucky, Louisville. Associated Press. May 7, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved October 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
48. Jane Philbin Wood (November 1998). "Memories of Ballet Society and choreographer George Balanchine". Dance Magazine. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
49. Iwai, Warren (September 1996). "Charlie Chapter News" (PDF). Puka-Puka Parade. 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Club. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
50. Gates-Fujikawa, Cynthia (February 11, 2013). "Cindy Fuj's Vaudeville Family #5: Marion 'Skeeter' Gates and Jerry Fujikawa". Travalanche. Trav S.D. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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53. Ward, Clifford (April 15, 2015). "Late bluesman Muddy Waters at center of legal dispute in DuPage". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

Sources

• Bunnenberg, Christian (2007). Der "Kongo-Müller" : eine deutsche Söldnerkarriere. Berlin: Lit. ISBN 9783825899004.
• Doerschuk, Robert L. (2001), 88: The Giants of Jazz Piano, San Francisco: Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-656-4.
• Hall, Linda (2013). Dolores del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade (1st ed.). Redwood City, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8621-8.
• Morley, Sheridan (1979). Gladys Cooper : A Biography (hardcover). London: Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-434-47896-5.
• Vickers, Hugo (1990) [First published 1988]. Vivien Leigh (softcover). London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-330-31166-3.
• Zolov, Eric (2015). Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo. New York: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-044-7. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

External links

• List of April 1983 deaths at IMDb