In the year 1984
568 Notable deaths
Paul Rotha
British filmmaker (1907-1984).
Born June 3rd, 1907 in London. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1984 at 76 years old in Wallingford. [ref]
Yvon Petra
French tennis player (1916–1984).
Born March 8th, 1916 in Cholon. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1984 at 68 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Thorold Dickinson
British film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer (1903-1984).
Born November 16th, 1903 in Bristol.
Died April 14th, 1984 at 80 years old in Oxford.
Michel Magne
French composer (1930-1984).
Born March 20th, 1930 in Lisieux.
Died December 19th, 1984 at 54 years old in Cergy (barbiturate overdose).
Yuri Vizbor
Soviet bard (1934-1984).
Born June 20th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died September 17th, 1984 at 50 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).
Nikolai Shchelokov
Russian politician (1910-1984).
Born November 26th, 1910 in Almazna.
Died December 13th, 1984 at 74 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Ruth Taylor
American actress (1908-1984).
Born January 13th, 1905 in Grand Rapids.
Died April 12th, 1984 at 79 years old in Palm Springs.
Jack Donohue
American actor and director (1908-1984).
Born November 3rd, 1908 in Brooklyn.
Died March 27th, 1984 at 75 years old in Marina del Rey (myocardial infarction).
Loro Boriçi
Albanian association football player (1922-1984).
Born August 4th, 1922 in Shkodër.
Died April 24th, 1984 at 61 years old in Tirana.
Ralph Kirkpatrick
American harpsichordist and musicologist (1911-1984).
Born June 10th, 1911 in Massachusetts, Leominster. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1984 at 72 years old in Guilford.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 568
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore