Phillips, poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod, 72 23 August - Robert Bye, VC recipient, 72 23 September - Margaret Jane Gordon (Lady Gordon), singer, 82 5 November (in London) – Percy Cudlipp, journalist, 56 30 November – Lewis Pugh Evans, Victoria Cross recipient, 81 15 December – Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor, politician, 63 17 December – Lonza Bowdler, Wales international rugby player, 61 21 December – Gary Hocking, motorcycle road racer, 25 (racing accident) See also 1962 in Northern Ireland References Wales