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Dead at age 84

1,656 Notable deaths

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian singer-songwriter.

Born November 17th, 1938 in Orillia. [ref]

Died May 1st, 2023 at 84 years old in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. [ref]

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869-1954).

Born December 31st, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. [ref]

Died November 3rd, 1954 at 84 years old in Nice (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Frank Gifford

American football player, television sportscaster (1930-2015).

Born August 16th, 1930 in Santa Monica.

Died August 9th, 2015 at 84 years old in New Haven (myocardial infarction).

Yvonne De Carlo

Canadian-born american actress, dancer and singer (1922-2007).

Born September 1st, 1922 in Vancouver. [ref]

Died January 8th, 2007 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (disease). [ref]

Robert Conrad

American actor (1935–2020).

Born March 1st, 1935 in Chicago.

Died February 8th, 2020 at 84 years old in Malibu (heart failure). [ref]

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935-2019).

Born July 17th, 1935 in The Bronx.

Died October 4th, 2019 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]

Andy Williams

American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.

Born December 3rd, 1927 in Wall Lake. [ref]

Died September 25th, 2012 at 84 years old in Branson (bladder cancer). [ref]

Patricia Neal

American stage and film actress (1926-2010).

Born January 20th, 1926 in Packard. [ref]

Died August 8th, 2010 at 84 years old in Edgartown (lung cancer). [ref]

Jean Piaget

Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896-1980).

Born August 9th, 1896 in Neuchâtel. [ref]

Died September 16th, 1980 at 84 years old in Geneva. [ref]

Claude Shannon

American mathematician and information theorist (1916-2001).

Born April 30th, 1916 in Petoskey. [ref]

Died February 24th, 2001 at 84 years old in Medford (Alzheimer's disease).

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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman