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Dead at age 84

1,786 Notable deaths

Andrey Kolmogorov

Russian mathematician.

Born April 25th, 1903 in Tambov. [ref]

Died October 20th, 1987 at 84 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist.

Born May 12th, 1910 in Cairo. [ref]

Died July 29th, 1994 at 84 years old in Ilmington (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Duke Snider

Major league baseball outfielder (1926-2011).

Born September 19th, 1926 in Los Angeles.

Died February 27th, 2011 at 84 years old in Escondido. [ref]

Gotthard Heinrici

German general (1886–1971).

Born December 25th, 1886 in Gusev.

Died December 13th, 1971 at 84 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.

A. J. Cronin

Scottish novelist.

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

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

Cale Yarborough

American racecar driver.

Born March 27th, 1939 in Florence County.

Died December 31st, 2023 at 84 years old [ref]

Shivkumar Sharma

Indian classical musician (1938–2022).

Born January 13th, 1938 in Jammu.

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

Tom Foley

American politician from washington (1929–2013).

Born March 6th, 1929 in Spokane.

Died October 18th, 2013 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (stroke).

Mario Segale

American businessman.

Born April 30th, 1934 in Seattle. [ref]

Died October 27th, 2018 at 84 years old in Tukwila. [ref]

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