Dead at age 84

1,873 Notable deaths

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.

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.

Died September 21st, 1971 at 84 years old in Buenos Aires.

Taheyya Kariokka

Egyptian dancer, actress (1915–1999).

Born February 19th, 1915 in Ismailia. [ref]

Died September 20th, 1999 at 84 years old in Cairo (pneumonia). [ref]

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.

Burton Lane

American composer and lyricist (1912-1997).

Born February 2nd, 1912 in New York City.

Died January 5th, 1997 at 84 years old in New York City.

Joxe Azurmendi

Basque writer and philosopher.

Born March 19th, 1941 in Zegama.

Died July 1st, 2025 at 84 years old in San Sebastián. [ref]

Deaths 631 to 640 of 1873

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy