Famous People Who Died in October 1983

Oct 10 Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80

Oct 12 Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
Oct 12 Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (ring name "The Grand Wizard of Wrestling"), dies at 57
Oct 14 Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), dies of kidney failure at 82
Oct 14 Willard Price, Canadian author and naturalist
Oct 15 Pat O'Brien, American actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces), dies of heart attack at 83
Oct 16 George Liberace, American violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72
Oct 16 Kelso, American racehorse (b. 1957)

Oct 16 Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian conductor and composer, dies at 80
Oct 17 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
Oct 18 Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies at 52
Oct 18 Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (b. 1897)
Oct 18 Willie Jones, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1950, 51; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from cancer at 58
Oct 19 Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83
Oct 19 Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup
Oct 20 Merle Travis, American country singer, dies at 75
Oct 20 Yves Thériault, French Canadian author (b. 1915)
Oct 21 Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop (Haarlem), dies
Oct 23 Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36
Oct 23 Tamara Shayne, Russian-American actress (Moma Yoelson-The Jolson Story), dies of a heart attack at 80
Oct 24 Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35
Oct 25 Hermann Ambrosius, German composer, dies at 86
Oct 26 Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers), dies at 80
Oct 29 Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81

Oct 31 George Halas [Papa Bear], American NFL coach and pioneering owner of the Chicago Bears, dies of pancreatic cancer at 88