In the year 1984
617 Notable deaths
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.
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]
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).
Viktor Chukarin
Soviet-ukrainian artistic gymnast (1921–1984).
Born November 9th, 1921 in Khreshchatytske.
Died August 25th, 1984 at 62 years old in Lviv.
Yuri Vizbor
Soviet bard (1934-1984).
Born June 20th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died September 17th, 1984 at 50 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).
Michel Magne
French composer (1930-1984).
Born March 20th, 1930 in Lisieux.
Died December 19th, 1984 at 54 years old in Cergy (barbiturate overdose).
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]
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.
Ruth Taylor
American actress (1908-1984).
Born January 13th, 1908 in Grand Rapids.
Died April 12th, 1984 at 76 years old in Palm Springs.
Xavier Herbert
Australian writer (1901–1984).
Born May 15th, 1901 in Geraldton. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1984 at 83 years old in Alice Springs. [ref]
Ralph Kirkpatrick
American harpsichordist and musicologist (1911–1984).
Born June 10th, 1911 in Massachusetts, Leominster.
Died April 13th, 1984 at 72 years old in Guilford.
Loro Boriçi
Albanian association football player (1922-1984).
Born August 4th, 1922 in Shkodër.
Died April 24th, 1984 at 61 years old in Tirana.
Gourgen Yanikian
Armenian engineer (1895–1984).
Born December 24th, 1895 in Erzurum.
Died March 27th, 1984 at 88 years old in California (myocardial infarction).
Valery Voronin
Soviet and russian footballer (1939-1984).
Born July 17th, 1939 in Moscow.
Died May 19th, 1984 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Melvin H. Evans
American politician (1917-1984).
Born August 7th, 1917 in Christiansted.
Died November 27th, 1984 at 67 years old in Christiansted.
Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
Egyptian prime minister (1926-1984).
Born February 16th, 1926 in Cairo, Kafr el-Sheikh.
Died June 5th, 1984 at 58 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
Duško Radović
Serbian poet (1922-1984).
Born November 29th, 1922 in Niš. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1984 at 61 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Kazuo Hasegawa
Japanese actor (1908–1984).
Born February 27th, 1908 in Fushimi-ku.
Died April 6th, 1984 at 76 years old in Tokyo (brain cancer).
Ali Murtopo
Indonesian politician and general (1924-1984).
Born September 23rd, 1924 in Kebumen. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1984 at 59 years old in Jakarta.
George Rigaud
Actor (1905–1984).
Born August 11th, 1905 in Buenos Aires.
Died January 17th, 1984 at 78 years old in Leganés (traffic collision).
Nodar Dumbadze
Georgian and soviet writer (1928–1984).
Born July 14th, 1928 in Tbilisi.
Died September 14th, 1984 at 56 years old in Tbilisi.
Alberto Lupo
Italian film and television actor (1924–1984).
Born December 19th, 1924 in Genoa.
Died August 13th, 1984 at 59 years old in San Felice Circeo.
Nobuo Nakagawa
Japanese film director (1905-1984).
Born April 18th, 1905 in Kyoto.
Died June 17th, 1984 at 79 years old in Tokyo.
Sawako Ariyoshi
Japanese writer and novelist (1931–1984).
Born January 20th, 1931 in Wakayama.
Died August 30th, 1984 at 53 years old in Suginami (heart failure).
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran