In the year 1984
617 Notable deaths
Denis Blundell
12th governor-general of new zealand from 1972 to 1977.
Born May 29th, 1907 in Wellington.
Died September 24th, 1984 at 77 years old in Townsville.
Zelda
Israeli poet (1914–1984).
Born June 20th, 1914 in Dnipro.
Died April 30th, 1984 at 69 years old in Jerusalem.
Giuseppe Fava
Italian journalist (1925-1984).
Born September 15th, 1925 in Palazzolo Acreide.
Died January 5th, 1984 at 58 years old in Catania.
Bill Holland
American racecar driver (1907-1984).
Born December 18th, 1907 in Philadelphia.
Died May 20th, 1984 at 76 years old in Tucson.
Clyde Cook
Vaudevillian and actor (1891-1984).
Born December 16th, 1891 in Port Macquarie.
Died August 13th, 1984 at 92 years old in Carpinteria.
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist (1906–1984).
Born August 6th, 1906 in Xenia.
Died November 16th, 1984 at 78 years old in New York City.
Alan Schneider
American theatre-director (1917-1984).
Born December 12th, 1917 in Kharkiv.
Died May 3rd, 1984 at 66 years old in London (struck by vehicle).
Giuseppe Colombo
Italian mathematician, astrophysicist and engineer (1920-1984).
Born October 2nd, 1920 in Padua.
Died February 20th, 1984 at 63 years old in Padua.
Manès Sperber
Austrian-french novelist, essayist and psychologist (1905–1984).
Born December 12th, 1905 in Zabolotiv.
Died February 5th, 1984 at 78 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Henri Fabre
French aviation pioneer (1882–1984).
Born November 29th, 1882 in Marseille. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1984 at 101 years old in Le Touvet.
Eulogio Martínez
Paraguayan-spanish footballer (1935-1984).
Born June 11th, 1935 in Asunción.
Died September 30th, 1984 at 49 years old in Barcelona (traffic collision).
Klavdiya Shulzhenko
Ukrainian singer (1906-1984).
Born March 24th, 1906 in Kharkiv.
Died June 17th, 1984 at 78 years old in Moscow.
H. Bruce Humberstone
American actor and director (1901-1984).
Born November 18th, 1901 in Buffalo.
Died October 11th, 1984 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills.
Kurt Martti Wallenius
Finnish major general (1893-1984).
Born July 25th, 1893 in Kuopio. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1984 at 90 years old in Helsinki.
John Davis
American weightlifter (1921-1984).
Born January 12th, 1921 in Smithtown.
Died July 13th, 1984 at 63 years old in Albuquerque (lung cancer).
Hugh Seton-Watson
British historian and political scientist specialising in russia (1916-1984).
Born February 15th, 1916 in London.
Died December 19th, 1984 at 68 years old in Washington, D.C..
Robert Adams
English sculptor and designer (1917–1984).
Born October 5th, 1917 in Northampton.
Died April 5th, 1984 at 66 years old in Great Maplestead.
Lawrence Shehan
Catholic cardinal (1898-1984).
Born March 18th, 1898 in Baltimore.
Died August 26th, 1984 at 86 years old in Baltimore.
Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña
Spanish historian and politician (1893-1984).
Born April 7th, 1893 in Madrid. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1984 at 91 years old in Ávila. [ref]
Léon Mart
Luxembourgish footballer (1914-1984).
Born September 18th, 1914 in Esch-sur-Alzette.
Died July 14th, 1984 at 69 years old in Esch-sur-Alzette.
Jin Yuelin
Logician and philosopher (1895–1984).
Born July 14th, 1895 in Changsha County.
Died October 19th, 1984 at 89 years old in Beijing.
Roy Conacher
Canadian ice hockey player (1916-1984).
Born October 5th, 1916 in Toronto.
Died December 29th, 1984 at 68 years old in Victoria.
Maurice Tabard
French photographer (1897-1984).
Born July 12th, 1897 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1984 at 86 years old in Nice. [ref]
Surjit Singh Randhawa
Indian field hockey player (1951–1984).
Born October 10th, 1951 in Surjit Singhwala.
Died January 6th, 1984 at 32 years old in Kartarpur (traffic collision).
Tilsa Tsuchiya
Peruvian painter and printmaker (died 1984).
Born September 24th, 1929 in Supe District.
Died September 23rd, 1984 at 54 years old in Lima (cancer).
Deaths 326 to 350 of 617
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson