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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.

December 1983

2

• Fifi D'Orsay, 79, Canadian-American actress and singer, cancer ^[1]

5

• John Robinson, 64, English New Testament scholar, Anglican Bishop of Woolwich, ^[2] lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later Dean of Chapel at Trinity College, ^[3] cancer ^{[4] [5] [6]}

6

• Gul Khan Nasir, 69, Pakistani politician, historian, and journalist, lung cancer ^[7]

7

• Fanny Cano, 39, Mexican actress and producer, one of the passengers killed in the 1983 Madrid Airport runway collision ^[8]
• Marc Raubenheimer, 31, South African pianist, winner of the 1982 version of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, one of the passengers killed in the 1983 Madrid Airport runway collision ^{[9] [10]}

8

• Keith Holyoake, 79, New Zealand politician, Governor-General of New Zealand (term 1977-1980) and Prime Minister of New Zealand (terms 1957, 1960-1972) ^[11]

9

• David Rounds, 53, American actor, cancer ^[12]

10

• Nicolay Aarestrup, 85, Norwegian businessperson, ^[13] former chief executive officer of Hygea ^[14]

11

• Neil Ritchie, 86, British military officer and businessperson, veteran of both world wars, the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, and the Malayan Emergency ^{[15] [16]}

13

• Leora Dana, 60, American actress, cancer ^[17]
• Mary Renault, 78, British historical novelist whose work focused on Ancient Greece ^[18] , lung cancer and pneumonia ^[19]

15

• Eden Hartford, 53, American actress, endometrial cancer ^[20]

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• Alan Dexter, 65, American actor, heart attack ^[21]

20

• John Vivyan, 68, American actor, heart failure ^[22]

21

• Rod Cameron, 73, Canadian actor, cancer ^{[23] [24]}

22

• Charles Lloyd-Pack, 81, British actor ^[25]

24

• Paul Gégauff, 61, French screenwriter, winner of an Edgar Award ^[26] , mariticide, fatally stabbed by his second wife ^[27]

25

• Joan Miró, 90, Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist, representative of Surrealism, Fauvism, and Expressionism, ^[28] heart failure ^[29]

26

• Violet Carson, 85, British actress, singer, and pianist, heart failure ^{[30] [31]}

28

• William Demarest, 91, American actor ^[32]
• Jimmy Demaret, 73, American professional golfer, heart attack ^{[33] [34] [35]}
• Dennis Wilson, 39, American drummer, singer, and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band The Beach Boys , associate and landlord of the commune Manson Family, ^{[36] [37]} drowned ^[38] as a probable result of shallow-water blackout ^[39]

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• Lloyd Ahern, 78, American cinematographer, complications from strokes. ^[40]

References

1. United Press International (December 4, 1983). "Fifi d'Orsay, Movie Actress; Played French Flirts in 30's". The New York Times . Retrieved December 23, 2013. Fifi d'Orsay, the French Bombshell of 1930's motion pictures who was never able to visit France, has died at the age of 79. Miss d'Orsay was ill with cancer for several months before her death Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Country Hospital in suburban Woodland Hills.
2. "New Bishop Suffragan of Woolwich". Official Appointments and Notices. The Times . No. 54477. London. June 3, 1959. p. 12, col G..
3. Who was Who 1897–1990, London: A&C Black, 1991, ISBN   0-7136-3457-X .
4. "Deaths", The Times , no. 61706, London, ENG, UK, p. 30, col A, December 7, 1983.
5. Belcher, Fred (October 19, 2008). "Living with cancer". Sermons from Sherborne. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014.
6. Saxon, Wolfgang (December 7, 1983), "New York Times Obituary", The New York Times
7. Mir Gul Khan Nasir's Bitter Last Days by Lal Bakhsh Rind http://baask.com/diwwan/index.php?topic=4746.0
8. "30 años de la pérdida de José Mª Cagigal en el siniestro de Barajas y del que se libró Ballesteros" [30 years after the loss of José Mª Cagigal in the Barajas incident and from which Ballesteros was spared]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). December 7, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2020. Tal día como hoy de 1983, el aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas registraba su accidente más mortal hasta el momento, con un total de 93 muertos. La desgracia quiso que entre esas vítimas se encontrase José María Cagigal y dos colaboradores.[On this day, as of 1983, the Madrid-Barajas airport recorded its deadliest accident so far, with a total of 93 dead. Misfortune wanted José María Cagigal and two collaborators to be among those victims.]
9. "El Mundo en Orbyt - Suscripción digital online". documenta.elmundo.orbyt.es. Archived from the original on February 24, 2001. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
10. Joyce, Peter (1989). The South African family encyclopaedia. Internet Archive. Cape Town : Struik Publishers. ISBN   978-0-86977-887-6.
11. "The state funeral of the Right Honourable Sir Keith Holyoake, Tuesday, 13 December 1983, 11 a.m., Wellington Cathedral". 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
12. Lawson, Carol (December 10, 1983). "David Rounds, Tony Winner". The New York Times . Retrieved June 4, 2025.
13. Falck, Einar (December 14, 1983). "Nicolay Aarestrup (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
14. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Aarestrup, Gustav Nicolay". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 617. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
15. Who's Who 1991, p. 641.
16. Carver, Michael (January 6, 2011). "Ritchie, Sir Neil Methuen". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31611.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
17. "Leora Dana, 60, Stage Actress" . The New York Times . December 14, 1983. p. B5. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
18. Manivong, Mark (November 20, 2024). "The Nature of Mary Renault". Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections. Library of Congress. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
19. Sweetman 1993, pp. 301–304.
20. Profile, stuffnobodycaresabout.com, September 11, 2013; accessed November 20, 2015.
21. Films and Filming. Hansom Books. 1984. p. 48 – via Google Books.
22. "John Vivyan, TV's 'Mr. Lucky', Dies". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. December 22, 1983. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
23. "Actor Rod Cameron dies". UPI News. Gainesville, Georgia. United Press International. December 22, 1983. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
24. "Rod Cameron, Actor, 73; Career Spanned 30 Years" . The New York Times . Associated Press. December 23, 1983. p. B6. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
25. BFI.org
26. "Category List – Best Foreign film". Edgarawards.com. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
27. "PAUL GÉGAUFF (1922-1983) Le perdant magnifique de la Nouvelle vague". March 26, 2013.
28. "Joan Miro | Biography, Paintings, Style, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
29. "Joan Miró (Spanish), 1893–1983: Featured artist works, exhibitions and biography from Walton Fine Arts". Artnet.com. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
30. "Violet Carson". Manchester Evening News. December 31, 1983. p. 12. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
31. "Violet Carson". The Guardian. January 5, 1984. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
32. Pareles, Jon (December 29, 1983). "William Demarest, 91, Actor, Known for Roles in Comedies (obituary)". The New York Times . p. D19. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
33. "Jimmy Demaret, pro golfing great, dies at 73". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. December 29, 1983. p. 4D.
34. "Golfing great Demaret dies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. December 29, 1983. p. 20.
35. Glick, Shav (December 29, 1983). "3-time Masters champion Demaret dead at age 73". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 3C.
36. Webb, Adam (December 14, 2003). "A profile of Dennis Wilson: the lonely one". The Guardian . Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
37. Badman 2004, pp. 224–225.
38. Goldberg, Michael (June 7, 1984). "Dennis Wilson: The Beach Boy Who Went Overboard". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
39. Hunter, Michael; Taylor, Ed; Kelpie, Michael (March 18, 2017). "Dennis Wilson". Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Season 7. Episode 8. Reelz.
40. Associated Press (January 9, 1984). "Cinematographer Lloyd Ahern Of 'Miracle on 34th Street' Dies". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. p. 16. Retrieved September 26, 2021– via Newspapers.com.

Sources

• Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio . Backbeat Books. ISBN   978-0-87930-818-6.
• Sweetman, David (1993). Mary Renault: A Biography. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN   0-7011-3568-9.
• Who Was Who 1981-1990: A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Decade 1981-1990. Vol. 8. London: A. & C. Black. 1991. ISBN   978-0-7136-3336-8. OCLC   26303805.

External links

• List of December 1983 deaths at IMDb