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In the year 1984
506 Notable deaths
Philippe Ariès
French academic and historian (1914-1984).
Born July 21st, 1914 in Blois. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1984 at 69 years old in Toulouse. [ref]
Akihiko Hirata
Japanese actor (1927-1984).
Born December 16th, 1927 in Seoul.
Died July 25th, 1984 at 56 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer). [ref]
Marcel Janco
Romanian-born israel painter and architect (1895-1984).
Born May 24th, 1895 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1984 at 88 years old in Ein Hod. [ref]
Vicente Aleixandre
Spanish poet.
Born April 26th, 1898 in Seville. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1984 at 86 years old in Madrid (tuberculosis). [ref]
Juan Tizol
Puerto rican trombonist and composer.
Born January 22nd, 1900 in Vega Baja. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1984 at 84 years old in Inglewood. [ref]
Ernest W. McFarland
American politician and jurist from arizona.
Born October 9th, 1894 in Earlsboro.
Died June 8th, 1984 at 89 years old in Phoenix.
Richard Benedict
American actor (1920-1984).
Born January 8th, 1920 in Palermo.
Died April 25th, 1984 at 64 years old in Studio City (myocardial infarction).
May McAvoy
Film actress (1899-1984).
Born September 8th, 1899 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1984 at 84 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tito Gobbi
Italian opera singer.
Born October 24th, 1913 in Bassano del Grappa. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1984 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Branko Ćopić
Yugoslav writer.
Born January 1st, 1915 in Hašani, Krupa na Uni. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1984 at 69 years old in Belgrade (falling). [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 506
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot