In the year 1984
578 Notable deaths
Ann Little
Actress (1891-1984).
Born February 7th, 1891 in Mount Shasta.
Died May 21st, 1984 at 93 years old in Los Angeles.
Freddie Steele
American boxer (1912-1984).
Born December 18th, 1912 in Seattle.
Died August 23rd, 1984 at 71 years old in Aberdeen (stroke).
Paul Ben-Haim
Israeli composer (1897-1984).
Born July 5th, 1897 in Munich. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1984 at 86 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Arieh Sharon
Israeli academic.
Born May 28th, 1900 in Jarosław.
Died July 24th, 1984 at 84 years old in Paris.
Fulvio Bernardini
Italian footballer (1905–1984).
Born December 28th, 1905 in Rome.
Died January 13th, 1984 at 78 years old in Rome.
Jorge Guillén
Spanish poet (1893–1984).
Born January 18th, 1893 in Valladolid.
Died February 6th, 1984 at 91 years old in Málaga.
Marcel Moyse
French musician.
Born May 17th, 1889 in Saint-Amour. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1984 at 95 years old in Brattleboro. [ref]
Sven Jonasson
Swedish footballer and manager (1909-1984).
Born July 9th, 1909 in Borås Municipality.
Died September 17th, 1984 at 75 years old in Varberg Municipality.
Pierre Cochereau
French musician.
Born July 9th, 1924 in Saint-Mandé. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1984 at 59 years old in 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Toni Turek
German footballer (1919–1984).
Born January 18th, 1919 in Duisburg.
Died May 11th, 1984 at 65 years old in Neuss.
Paul Rotha
British filmmaker (1907-1984).
Born June 3rd, 1907 in London. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1984 at 76 years old in Wallingford. [ref]
Yvon Petra
French tennis player (1916–1984).
Born March 8th, 1916 in Cholon. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1984 at 68 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Thorold Dickinson
British film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer (1903-1984).
Born November 16th, 1903 in Bristol.
Died April 14th, 1984 at 80 years old in Oxford.
Michel Magne
French composer (1930-1984).
Born March 20th, 1930 in Lisieux.
Died December 19th, 1984 at 54 years old in Cergy (barbiturate overdose).
Yuri Vizbor
Soviet bard (1934-1984).
Born June 20th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died September 17th, 1984 at 50 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).
Nikolai Shchelokov
Russian politician (1910-1984).
Born November 26th, 1910 in Almazna.
Died December 13th, 1984 at 74 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Ruth Taylor
American actress (1908-1984).
Born January 13th, 1905 in Grand Rapids.
Died April 12th, 1984 at 79 years old in Palm Springs.
Jack Donohue
American actor and director (1908-1984).
Born November 3rd, 1908 in Brooklyn.
Died March 27th, 1984 at 75 years old in Marina del Rey (myocardial infarction).
Loro Boriçi
Albanian association football player (1922-1984).
Born August 4th, 1922 in Shkodër.
Died April 24th, 1984 at 61 years old in Tirana.
Ralph Kirkpatrick
American harpsichordist and musicologist (1911-1984).
Born June 10th, 1911 in Massachusetts, Leominster. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1984 at 72 years old in Guilford.
Viktor Chukarin
Ukrainian soviet gymnast (1921–1984).
Born November 9th, 1921 in Khreshchatytske.
Died August 25th, 1984 at 62 years old in Lviv.
Karl-August Fagerholm
Finland swedish politician (1901-1984).
Born December 31st, 1901 in Siuntio. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1984 at 82 years old in Helsinki.
Valery Voronin
Russian footballer (1939-1984).
Born July 17th, 1939 in Moscow.
Died May 19th, 1984 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Boris Souvarine
French politician and writer (1895-1984).
Born October 20th, 1895 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1984 at 89 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Gourgen Yanikian
Armenian engineer (1895–1984).
Born December 24th, 1895 in Erzurum.
Died March 27th, 1984 at 88 years old in California (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 276 to 300 of 578
The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu