In the year 1984
617 Notable deaths
Hovhannes Shiraz
Armenian poet (1915–1984).
Born April 27th, 1915 in Gyumri. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1984 at 68 years old in Yerevan.
Collin Walcott
American musician, ethnomusicologist (1945–1984).
Born April 24th, 1945 in New York City.
Died November 8th, 1984 at 39 years old in Magdeburg (traffic collision).
Joaquim Agostinho
Portuguese racing cyclist (1943–1984).
Born April 7th, 1943 in Torres Vedras.
Died May 10th, 1984 at 41 years old in Lisbon (falling from height).
Reinhard Suhren
German naval officer and u-boat commander during world war ii.
Born April 16th, 1916 in Bad Schwalbach.
Died August 25th, 1984 at 68 years old in Halstenbek (stomach cancer).
Leonard Rose
American musician (1918-1984).
Born July 27th, 1918 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 16th, 1984 at 66 years old in White Plains (lung cancer).
Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
German prince (1901-1984).
Born June 30th, 1901 in Cologne.
Died October 4th, 1984 at 83 years old in Bad Krozingen.
Émile Gagnan
French engineer (1900–1984).
Born December 11th, 1900 in Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
Died April 27th, 1984 at 83 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Charles G. Finney
American fantasy writer (1905-1984).
Born December 1st, 1905 in Sedalia.
Died April 16th, 1984 at 78 years old in Pima.
Wolfgang Staudte
German film director (1906-1984).
Born October 9th, 1906 in Saarbrücken.
Died January 19th, 1984 at 77 years old in Žigrski Vrh.
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).
Fikret Amirov
Azerbaijani soviet composer (1922–1984).
Born November 21st, 1922 in Ganja.
Died February 20th, 1984 at 61 years old in Baku.
Paul Ben-Haim
Israeli composer (1897–1984).
Born July 5th, 1897 in Munich.
Died January 14th, 1984 at 86 years old in Tel Aviv.
Arieh Sharon
Israeli architect.
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.
Sven Jonasson
Swedish footballer and manager (1909-1984).
Died September 17th, 1984 at 75 years old in Varberg.
Anders Olsen Haugen
Ski jumper (1888–1984).
Born October 24th, 1888 in Bø Municipality.
Died April 14th, 1984 at 95 years old in Yucaipa (kidney failure).
Paul Rotha
British filmmaker (1907-1984).
Born June 3rd, 1907 in London.
Died March 7th, 1984 at 76 years old in Wallingford.
Jorge Guillén
Spanish poet (1893–1984).
Born January 18th, 1893 in Valladolid.
Died February 6th, 1984 at 91 years old in Málaga.
Izzat Darwaza
Palestinian politician and historian (1888–1984).
Born June 21st, 1888 in Nablus. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1984 at 96 years old in Damascus.
Marcel Moyse
French flute player (1889–1984).
Born May 17th, 1889 in Saint-Amour. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1984 at 95 years old in Brattleboro.
Toni Turek
German footballer (1919–1984).
Born January 18th, 1919 in Duisburg.
Died May 11th, 1984 at 65 years old in Neuss.
Pierre Cochereau
French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue (1924–1984).
Born July 9th, 1924 in Saint-Mandé.
Died March 6th, 1984 at 59 years old in 5th arrondissement of Lyon.
Nikolai Shchelokov
Russian politician (1910-1984).
Born November 26th, 1910 in Almazna.
Died December 13th, 1984 at 74 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
John Gilling
British film director and screenwriter (1912-1984).
Born May 29th, 1912 in London.
Died November 22nd, 1984 at 72 years old in Madrid.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 617
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner