Batten, New Zealand aviator (b. 1909) Stanisław Ostrowski, Polish politician, 3rd President of Poland in exile (b. 1892) November 23 Benny Friedman, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1905) Grady Nutt, American humorist (b. 1934) November 24 – Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (b. 1934) November 25 – Hugh Harman, American cartoon animator (b. 1903) November 26 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer (b. 1884) November 27 – Steve Gordon, American filmmaker (b. 1938) November 28 – Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania (b. 1896) November 29 Hermann Balck, German general (b. 1893) Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908) November 30 Rosario Riccobono, Italian gangster (b. 1929) Aldo Vidussoni, Italian lawyer and Fascist politician (b. 1914) December December 2 – Marty Feldman, British comedian and writer (b. 1934) December 7 – Will Lee, American actor who played Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street (b. 1908) December 8 Encarnación Fuyola, Spanish teacher and activist (b. 1907) Marty Robbins, American singer, songwriter and racing driver (b. 1925) December 10 – Freeman Fisher Gosden, American actor (b. 1899) December 15 – Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo (b. 1898) December 16 – Colin Chapman, British designer, inventor and builder in the automotive industry (b. 1928) December 17 – Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (b. 1889) December 18 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German World War II dive bomber pilot (b. 1916) December 20 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-born pianist and conductor (b. 1887) December 21 Charles Hapgood, American college professor (b. 1904) Gladys Henson, Irish actress (b. 1897) December 23 – Jack Webb, American actor (b. 1920) December 24 – Louis Aragon, French poet and writer (b. 1897) December 25 – Helen Foster, American actress (b. 1906) December 27 – Jack Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931) December 28 – Arthur Hughes, American actor (b. 1894) December 30 – Giuseppe Aquari, Italian cinematographer (b. 1916) December 31 John Collins, British Anglican priest and venerable (b. 1905) Kurt Otto Friedrichs, German-born American mathematician (b. 1901) Date unknown Corneliu Carp, Romanian general (b. 1895) Nobel Prizes Physics – Kenneth G. Wilson Chemistry – Aaron Klug Medicine – Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson, John R. Vane Literature – Gabriel García Márquez Peace – Alva Myrdal, Alfonso García Robles Economics – George Stigler Fields Medal Alain Connes, William Thurston, Shing-Tung Yau References External links Chronology of major events — 1982