List of Famous people who died at 82

Agustí Montal Costa

First Name Agustí
Born on April 5, 1934
Died on March 22, 2017 (aged 82)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Agustí Montal i Costa was a Spanish economist and businessman who was born in Barcelona, son of Agustí Montal Galobart. He was a member of an important family of Catalan cotton textile manufacturers. In 1969 he was elected president of FC Barcelona, a post he held until 1977.

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Paul Rosche

First Name Paul
Last Name Rosche
Born on April 1, 1934
Died on November 15, 2016 (aged 82)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Paul Rosche was a German engineer known for his work at BMW. He is notable for designing the engines of a number of BMW's high-performance models, including the M31 found in the BMW 2002 Turbo, the S14 for the E30 M3, the M12 for the 320i Turbo and the Brabham BT52, the M88 in the M1 and the S70/2 found in the V12 LMR and the McLaren F1.

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Gertruida Wijsmuller-Meier

First Name Gertruida
Born on April 21, 1896
Died on August 30, 1978 (aged 82)

Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer was a Dutch resistance fighter who brought Jewish children and adults into safety before and during the Second World War. Together with other people involved in the pre-war Kindertransport, she saved the lives of more than 10,000 Jewish children, fleeing anti-Semitism. She was honored as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem. After the war she served on the Amsterdam city council.

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Fernando Soto Aparicio

First Name Fernando
Last Name Aparicio
Born on October 1, 1933
Died on May 6, 2016 (aged 82)

Fernando Soto Aparicio was a Colombian poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter. He was born in Socha, in the Department of Boyacá. Fernando Soto Aparicio spent his childhood in Santa Rosa de Viterbo. He is remembered for the novel The rebellion of the rats. After several decades as a professor at various universities in the country, in 1961 he was exalted with the prize Selecciones Lengua Española, in 1970 he received the Casa de las Américas Prize, and a year later, the prize City of Murcia. In total, he wrote about 70 literary works, among them novels, poems, books of short stories, as well as theatre plays.

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Bernhard Eckstein

First Name Bernhard
Last Name Eckstein
Born on August 21, 1935
Died on November 10, 2017 (aged 82)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Bernhard Eckstein was a German cyclist. In 1960, he won the road race at the world championships and finished in 22nd place in the road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During his career he won six one-day races, four in 1958, one in 1960, and one in 1966.

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César Isella

First Name César
Last Name Isella
Born on October 20, 1938
Died on January 28, 2021 (aged 82)
Born in Salta Province

César Isella was an Argentinian singer and songwriter of folk music. He joined Los Fronterizos from 1956 to 1966, was one of the main figures of the "Movement of the New Songbook", and in the 1990s he discovered and sponsored the singer Soledad Pastorutti. He has written the music for "Canción con todos", regarded as the Latin American anthem.

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Andrés Gimeno

Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera
First Name Andrés
Last Name Gimeno
Born on August 3, 1937
Died on October 9, 2019 (aged 82)
Born in Spain, Catalonia
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera was a Spanish tennis player. His greatest achievement came in 1972, when he won the French Open and he remains the oldest first-time Grand Slam champion of the Open era at 34 years of age.

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David Ross

First Name David
Last Name Ross
Born on March 15, 1902
Died on July 31, 1984 (aged 82)
Born in Australia, Victoria

David Ross was an Australian aviator and intelligence officer. He was notably the consul of the British Empire to Portuguese Timor during the Second World War. Later in life he served as Regional Director of Civil Aviation for Western Australia.

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Wakanohana Kanji I

First Name Wakanohana
Born on March 16, 1928
Died on September 1, 2010 (aged 82)
Born in Japan

Wakanohana Kanji I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" due to his great fighting spirit and endurance.

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Tarcisio Burgnich

First Name Tarcisio
Born on April 25, 1939
Died on May 26, 2021 (aged 82)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Tarcisio Burgnich was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a defender.

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