Deaths
- 4 February - Alex Harvey, rock singer and entertainer (born 1935)
- 1 May - William Primrose, violist (born 1903)
- 12 May - Humphrey Searle, composer (born 1915
- 24 May - Richard Hall, composer (born 1903)
- 16 June - James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist with The Pretenders (born 1956)
- 6 October - Philip Green, film and TV composer and conductor (born 1911)
- 29 October - William Lloyd Webber, organist and composer (born 1914)
- 5 December - Caryl Brahms, musician and writer (born 1901)
- date unknown
- Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, bagpipe musician and composer (born 1917)
- Bob Roberts, folk singer (born 1907)
Read more about this topic: 1982 In British Music
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