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In the year 1984

531 Notable deaths

János Ferencsik

Hungarian conductor.

Born January 18th, 1907 in Budapest. [ref]

Died June 12th, 1984 at 77 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Niyazi

Azerbaijani conductor and composer (1912-1984).

Born August 20th, 1912 in Tbilisi.

Died August 2nd, 1984 at 71 years old in Baku.

Li Weihan

Chinese politician (1896-1984).

Born June 2nd, 1896 in Changsha County.

Died August 11th, 1984 at 88 years old in Beijing.

Anna Świrszczyńska

Polish poet.

Born February 7th, 1909 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died September 30th, 1984 at 75 years old in Kraków.

Nikolai Tomsky

Soviet artist and pedagogist (1900-1984).

Born December 6th, 1900.

Died November 22nd, 1984 at 83 years old in Moscow.

Nate Bowman

American basketball player (1943-1984).

Born March 19th, 1943 in Fort Worth.

Died December 11th, 1984 at 41 years old in New York City.

Marina Chechneva

Soviet wwii bomber pilot and hero of the soviet union.

Born August 15th, 1922 in Protasovo.

Died January 12th, 1984 at 61 years old in Moscow.

Yola d'Avril

American actress (1907-1984).

Born April 8th, 1907 in Lille.

Died March 2nd, 1984 at 76 years old in Port Hueneme.

Uladzimir Karatkievich

Belarusian writer (1930–1984).

Born November 26th, 1930 in Orsha. [ref]

Died July 25th, 1984 at 53 years old in Minsk (disease). [ref]

Ólafur Jóhannesson

Prime minister of iceland (1913-1984).

Born March 1st, 1913 in Stóra-Holt.

Died May 20th, 1984 at 71 years old

Deaths 331 to 340 of 531

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