singer (Six) and TV presenter 7 April - Kelli Young, singer (Liberty X) 26 April – Jon Lee, singer (S Club 7) 30 April - Cleo Higgins, singer (Cleopatra) 7 June – Amy Nuttall, actress and opera singer 18 June - Haydon Eshun, singer (Ultimate Kaos) 20 June – Example, singer-songwriter, musician and rapper 30 June Andy Knowles, musician (Franz Ferdinand) Ashley Walters, rapper and actor 17 July – Natasha Hamilton, singer (Atomic Kitten) 22 September – Billie Piper, singer and actress 4 October – YolanDa Brown, jazz saxophonist 14 December – Anthony Way, chorister Deaths 12 January – Hervey Alan, operatic bass and voice teacher, 71 30 January – Stanley Holloway, actor, singer and monologist, 91 4 February – Alex Harvey, rock singer and entertainer, 46 (heart attack) 1 May – William Primrose, violist, 77 12 May – Humphrey Searle, composer, 66 24 May – Richard Hall, composer, 78 16 June – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist of The Pretenders, 25 (heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance) 25 June – Alex Welsh, jazz musician, 52 29 June – Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, bagpipe musician and composer, 65 29 September – A. L. Lloyd, folk song collector, 74 6 October – Philip Green, film and TV composer and conductor (born 1911) 16 October – Rory McEwen, artist and musician (born 1932) 29 October – William Lloyd Webber, organist and composer, 68 13 November – Chesney Allen, entertainer, 88 16 November – Arthur Askey, entertainer, 82 5 December – Caryl Brahms, musician and writer, 80 date unknown – Bob Roberts, folk singer, 74/75 See also 1982 in British radio 1982 in British television 1982 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1982 References External links BBC Radio 1's Chart Show The Official Charts Company British music British music by year