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Dead at age 84
1,787 Notable deaths
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950).
Born July 6th, 1865 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1950 at 84 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Firoza Begum
Bangladeshi singer (1930-2014).
Born July 28th, 1930 in Faridpur District.
Died September 9th, 2014 at 84 years old in Dhaka (heart failure).
Jovan Divjak
Bosnian general.
Born March 11th, 1937 in Belgrade.
Died April 8th, 2021 at 84 years old in Sarajevo.
Wayne C. Booth
American academic.
Born February 22nd, 1921 in American Fork. [ref]
Died October 10th, 2005 at 84 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Jacob Neusner
American rabbi and scholar.
Born July 28th, 1932 in Hartford.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Rhinebeck. [ref]
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019).
Born August 2nd, 1934 in Pavlovsky Posad.
Died March 27th, 2019 at 84 years old in Leonikha. [ref]
Bernardo Houssay
Argentine physician (1887-1971).
Born April 10th, 1887 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1971 at 84 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Taheyya Kariokka
Egyptian dancer.
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Ismailia.
Died September 20th, 1999 at 84 years old in Cairo (pneumonia).
Liang Yusheng
Hong kong writer (1924-2009).
Born April 5th, 1924 in Mengshan County.
Died January 22nd, 2009 at 84 years old in Sydney. [ref]
William Isaac Thomas
American sociologist (1863-1947).
Born August 13th, 1863 in Russell County.
Died December 5th, 1947 at 84 years old in Berkeley.
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