William was the 4th most common given name among people in the file born in 1942 — 12,978 carried it. Across all birth years, 2,014,413 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Williams was 1921.
Living to 40
William died at 40. Of the 1,772,087 deaths in the file recorded in 1982, William was younger than most — the median age was 74; the oldest person among them reached 120.
Died the same month
135,386 other deaths in the file were recorded in September 1982 without a recorded day, among them Jose Aneses, Israel Joblin and Ida Borofsky.
Other Widlets records
3 people with this surname appear in the file. More Widlets deaths in the file fall in the 1970s than in any other decade; Ohio holds the largest share of last residences.