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1983 Losses Across Arts and Public Life Highlight Legacy
A Chronicle-Telegram retrospective lists leading figures who died in 1983. Notables include choreographer Balanchine, playwright Tennessee Williams, actress Gloria Swanson, blues musician Muddy Waters, and public figures such as Senator Scoop Jackson and King Leopold. The deaths spanned entertainment, government, and literature, marking a year of significant cultural loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Balanchine
Tennessee Williams
America
Ralph Richardson
Worlds of
Art and Entertainment
Gloria Swanson
Muddy Waters
Arthur Godfrey
Philippines
Benigno Aquino
Manila
Larry McDonald
Barney Clark
Utah
Karen Carpenter
Eubie Blake
Broadway
George Cukor
Hollywood
Camille
Gaslight
Lynne Fontanne
Alfred Lunt
Ira Gershwin
George
Lord Laurence Olivier
John Gielgud
Britain
Godfrey
David Niven
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Kildare
Michael Conrad
Jean Hackett
Norma Shearer
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
Walter Slezak
Arts and
Williams
Balanchine
Soviet Union
School of American Ballet
New York City Ballet
Ross McDonald
Lew Archer
Private Eye
Rebecca West
Richard
Henry
Jackson
Senate
Arvid Yanovich Pershe
Erastus
Corning
Albany
N.Y
Pearl Harbor
Leopold
Belgium
John Vorster
South Africa
U.S
Wayne Aspinall
Colorado
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Dn.y
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Oregon
Tom McCall
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
Umberto II
Italy
Julius J. Hoffman