List of Famous people who died at 82
Uvo Hölscher
Uvo Hölscher was a German classical philologist.
Noboru Karashima
Noboru Karashima was a Japanese historian, writer and Professor Emeritus in University of Tokyo, Japan. He also served as Professor Emeritus at the Taisho University, Japan. He was a prominent scholar of Asia in the studies of south Indian and South Asian histories. He has rewritten historical accounts on medieval south India and published a number of writings.
Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the last governor of British Cyprus.
Raúl Sánchez
Raúl Pedro Sánchez Soya was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Santiago Wanderers, Everton and Colo-Colo.
Devan Nair
Devan Nair Chengara Veetil, also known as C. V. Devan Nair, was a Malaysian–Singaporean politician. He served as the third President of Singapore and the commander-in-chief of the Singapore Armed Forces serving a three-year term from 23 October 1981 to 28 March 1985.
Alfred Schickel
Alfred Schickel was a German revisionist historian and Scientific Director of the Zeitgeschichtliche Forschungsstelle Ingolstadt.
Karl Gotch
Charles Istaz was a Belgian-born German professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch. In Japan, Gotch was known as the "God of Wrestling" due to his influence in shaping the Japanese professional wrestling style.
Gyulli Mubaryakova
Gyulli Mubaryakova or Gyulli Arslanovna Mubaryakova was a Soviet actor. She led the Bashkir Drama Theatre and became a People's Artist of the USSR.
Louis Dandrel
Louis Dandrel was a French sound designer, composer, musician, and journalist. He was in charge of the sound design unit at IRCAM, as well as the studio he created, Diasonic. He was the husband of Fabienne Pascaud, who was managing editor at Télérama.
Christa Wolf
Christa Wolf was a German novelist and essayist. She was one of the best-known writers to emerge from the former East Germany.