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In the year 1984
531 Notable deaths
Fazıl Küçük
Turkish cypriot politician (1906-1984).
Born March 14th, 1906 in Nicosia.
Died January 15th, 1984 at 77 years old in London.
Uwe Johnson
German writer.
Born July 20th, 1934 in Kamień Pomorski. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1984 at 49 years old in Sheerness (myocardial infarction).
Sybil Seely
American actress.
Born January 2nd, 1902 in Los Angeles.
Died June 26th, 1984 at 82 years old in Culver City (disease).
Trygve Bratteli
26th prime minister of norway.
Born January 11th, 1910 in Nøtterøy.
Died November 20th, 1984 at 74 years old in Oslo (cerebrovascular disease).
Brooks Atkinson
American critic (1894–1984).
Born November 28th, 1894 in Melrose.
Died January 14th, 1984 at 89 years old in Huntsville.
Leo Robin
American composer, lyricist and songwriter (1900-1984).
Born April 6th, 1900 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1984 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills (heart failure). [ref]
William Allen Egan
American politician (1914–1984).
Born October 8th, 1914 in Valdez.
Died May 6th, 1984 at 69 years old in Anchorage (lung cancer).
Josyf Slipyj
Major archbishop of lviv.
Born February 17th, 1892 in Zazdrist. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1984 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
John Turton Randall
British physicist (1905-1984).
Born March 23rd, 1905 in Newton-le-Willows.
Died June 16th, 1984 at 79 years old in Edinburgh.
Murray Alper
American actor (1904-1984).
Born January 11th, 1904 in New York City.
Died November 16th, 1984 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 531
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir