In the year 1984
617 Notable deaths
Marcel Janco
Romanian-born israel painter and architect (1895-1984).
Born May 24th, 1895 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1984 at 88 years old in Ein Hod.
Bronisław Kaper
Polish composer (1902-1983).
Born February 5th, 1902 in Warsaw.
Died April 26th, 1984 at 82 years old in Hollywood.
Clarence Campbell
Canadian sports executive (1905-1984).
Born July 9th, 1905 in Saskatchewan.
Died June 24th, 1984 at 78 years old in Montreal.
Su Yu
Chinese general (1907-1984).
Born August 10th, 1907 in Huitong County.
Died February 5th, 1984 at 76 years old in Beijing.
Paul D. Harkins
United states general (1904-1984).
Born May 15th, 1904 in Boston.
Died August 21st, 1984 at 80 years old in Dallas.
Tito Gobbi
Italian opera singer (1913–1984).
Born October 24th, 1913 in Bassano del Grappa.
Died March 5th, 1984 at 70 years old in Rome.
Titus Burckhardt
Swiss philosopher, art historian, cultural anthropologist and traditionalist author (1908-1984).
Born October 24th, 1908 in Florence.
Died January 15th, 1984 at 75 years old in Lausanne.
Emmi Pikler
Hungarian pediatrician (1902–1984).
Born January 9th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died June 6th, 1984 at 82 years old in Budapest.
Arthur Schwartz
American film producer and composer (1900–1984).
Born November 4th, 1900 in Brooklyn.
Died September 3rd, 1984 at 83 years old in Kintnersville.
Jan Peerce
American opera singer (1904–1984).
Born June 3rd, 1904 in New York City.
Died December 15th, 1984 at 80 years old in New York City, New Rochelle.
Faina Ranevskaya
Soviet actress (1896-1984).
Born August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog.
Died July 19th, 1984 at 87 years old in Moscow (pneumonia, infarction).
Gjon Mili
American photographer born in albania (1904-1984).
Born November 28th, 1904 in Korçë.
Died February 14th, 1984 at 79 years old in Stamford Bridge (pneumonia).
Grigori Aleksandrov
Soviet film director (1903-1983).
Born January 23rd, 1903 in Yekaterinburg.
Died December 16th, 1984 at 81 years old in Moscow (urinary tract infection).
Byron Haskin
American film and television director (1899-1984).
Born April 22nd, 1899 in Portland.
Died April 16th, 1984 at 84 years old in Montecito.
George Low
American nasa administrator and president of rensselaer polytechnic institute (1926-1984).
Born June 10th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died July 17th, 1984 at 58 years old (cancer).
Blagoje Marjanović
Serbian footballer (1907-1984).
Born September 9th, 1907 in Belgrade.
Died October 1st, 1984 at 77 years old in Belgrade.
Panteleimon Ponomarenko
Soviet diplomat (1902-1984).
Born August 9th, 1902 in Maykopsky Otdel.
Died January 18th, 1984 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Frances Goodrich
American writer (1890-1984).
Born December 21st, 1890 in Belleville.
Died January 29th, 1984 at 93 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Alfred Kastler
French physicist (1902–1984).
Born May 3rd, 1902 in Guebwiller.
Died January 7th, 1984 at 81 years old in Bandol.
J. Lister Hill
American politician (1894–1984).
Born December 29th, 1894 in Montgomery.
Died December 21st, 1984 at 89 years old in Montgomery. [ref]
Sergei Salnikov
Soviet footballer (1925–1984).
Born September 13th, 1925 in Krasnodar.
Died May 9th, 1984 at 58 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Pascale Ogier
French actress (1958-1984).
Born October 26th, 1958 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 25th, 1984 at 25 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Fazıl Küçük
Turkish cypriot politician (1906-1984).
Born March 14th, 1906 in Nicosia.
Died January 15th, 1984 at 77 years old in London.
Brooks Atkinson
American critic (1894–1984).
Born November 28th, 1894 in Melrose.
Died January 14th, 1984 at 89 years old in Huntsville.
William Allen Egan
American politician (1914–1984).
Born October 8th, 1914 in Valdez.
Died May 6th, 1984 at 69 years old in Anchorage (lung cancer).
Deaths 201 to 225 of 617
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou