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Dead at age 84
1,714 Notable deaths
Richard Schickel
American film scholar.
Born February 10th, 1933 in Milwaukee.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]
Thomas Gold
Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004).
Born May 22nd, 1920 in Vienna.
Died June 22nd, 2004 at 84 years old in Ithaca.
Richard F. Heck
American chemist (1931-2015).
Born August 15th, 1931 in Springfield.
Died October 10th, 2015 at 84 years old in Manila.
Frederick Ashton
British dancer and choreographer (1904–1988).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Guayaquil.
Died October 18th, 1988 at 84 years old in Suffolk.
Anna Louise Strong
American journalist.
Born November 24th, 1885 in Friend.
Died March 29th, 1970 at 84 years old in Beijing.
Herbert Pitman
Third officer of titanic.
Born November 20th, 1877 in Sutton Montis.
Died December 7th, 1961 at 84 years old in Pitcombe (cerebral hemorrhage).
Hermann Staudinger
German chemist, winner of the 1953 nobel prize in chemistry.
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Worms. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1965 at 84 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
George Ball
American diplomat (1909-1994).
Born December 21st, 1909 in Des Moines.
Died May 26th, 1994 at 84 years old in New York City.
Betty Holberton
American computer programmer.
Born March 7th, 1917 in Philadelphia.
Died December 8th, 2001 at 84 years old in Rockville (disease).
Maurizio Costanzo
Italian journalist, television presenter, actor, screenwriter and film director (1938–2023).
Born August 28th, 1938 in Rome.
Died February 24th, 2023 at 84 years old in Rome (pneumonia). [ref]
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