Dead at age 84

1,647 Notable deaths

Shivkumar Sharma

Indian classical musician.

Born January 13th, 1938 in Jammu.

Died May 10th, 2022 at 84 years old in Mumbai. [ref]

Orval Faubus

36th governor of arkansas (1910-1994).

Born January 7th, 1910 in Madison County.

Died December 14th, 1994 at 84 years old in Conway (prostate cancer).

J. Willard Marriott

American hotel founder.

Born September 17th, 1900 in Ogden.

Died August 13th, 1985 at 84 years old in New Hampshire.

William D. Leahy

United states admiral, ambassador to france, chief of staff (1875-1959).

Born May 6th, 1875 in Hampton. [ref]

Died July 20th, 1959 at 84 years old in Bethesda, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. [ref]

Edward Everett Horton

American actor (1886-1970).

Born March 18th, 1886 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died September 29th, 1970 at 84 years old in Encino (cancer). [ref]

E. L. Doctorow

Novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015).

Born January 6th, 1931 in New York City. [ref]

Died July 21st, 2015 at 84 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]

A. J. Cronin

Scottish novelist.

Born July 19th, 1896 in Cardross. [ref]

Died January 6th, 1981 at 84 years old in Montreux. [ref]

Karl Wolff

Waffen-ss general and war criminal (1900-1984).

Born May 13th, 1900 in Darmstadt. [ref]

Died July 17th, 1984 at 84 years old in Rosenheim. [ref]

Scotty Moore

American musician (1931-2016).

Born December 27th, 1931 in Gadsden.

Died June 28th, 2016 at 84 years old in Nashville. [ref]

Clare Boothe Luce

American writer, politician, ambassador, journalist and anti-communist activist (1903-1987).

Born April 10th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]

Died October 9th, 1987 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer). [ref]

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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs