Deaths in 1984

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The following is a list of notable deaths in 1984. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

Deaths in 1984 edit

January edit

Alfred Kastler

Ray Kroc

January 1 – Alexis Korner, British blues musician and broadcaster (b. 1928)
January 5 – Giuseppe Fava, Italian writer (b. 1925)
January 6 – Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
January 7 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
January 9 – Sir Deighton Lisle Ward, 4th Governor-General of Barbados (b. 1909)
January 11 – Jack La Rue, American actor (b. 1902)
January 14
- Saad Haddad, Lebanese military officer and militia leader (b. 1936)
- Ray Kroc, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
January 17 – George Rigaud, Argentinian actor (b. 1905)
January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
January 21
- Archduke Gottfried of Austria (b. 1902)
- Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
January 29 – Frances Goodrich, American screenwriter (b. 1890)
January 30 – Luke Kelly, lead singer of Irish band The Dubliners (b. 1940)
January 31 – George Harmon Coxe, American writer (b. 1901)

February edit

Yuri Andropov

February 5 – El Santo, Mexican professional wrestler and actor (b. 1917)
February 6 – Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet (b. 1893)
February 8
- Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
- Philippe Ariès, French medievalist and historian (b. 1914)
February 9 – Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1914)
February 12
- Anna Anderson, Pretender to the Russian throne (b. 1896)
- Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
February 13 – Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (b. 1941)
February 15 – Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
February 16 ― Kenny Williams, American game show announcer {Hollywood Squares) {b. 1914)
February 20 – Giuseppe Colombo, Italian scientist (b. 1920)
February 21 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

March edit

William Powell

Ahmed Sékou Touré

March 1 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
March 5
- Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)
- William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
March 6
- Martin Niemöller, German theologian and Lutheran pastor (born 1892)^[1]
- Henry Wilcoxon, British actor (b. 1905)
March 10 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
March 12 – Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
March 14 – Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and philanthropist, co-founder of the Club of Rome (b. 1908)
March 15
- Ken Carpenter, American Olympic athlete (b. 1913)
- Konstantin Badygin, Soviet Naval officer and explorer (b. 1910)
March 18 – Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist (b. 1907)
March 23 – Peter Kolosimo, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1922)
March 24 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
March 26 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
March 27 – Jack Donohue, American film screenwriter and director (b. 1908)
March 28 – Benjamin Mays, American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (b. 1894)^[2]
March 30 – Karl Rahner, German Jesuit priest and theologian (b. 1904)^[3]

April edit

Marvin Gaye

Pyotr Kapitsa

Machito

April 1
- Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
- Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (b. 1900)
April 5
- Sir Arthur Harris, British air marshal (b. 1892)
- Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar (b. 1894)
April 7 – Frank Church, American politician (b. 1924)^[4]
April 8 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
April 9 – Willem Sandberg, Dutch typographer (b. 1897)
April 12 – Edward Sokoine, 2nd Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1938)
April 15
- Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
- William Empson, English poet and critic (b. 1906)
April 16 – Byron Haskin, American film and television director (b. 1899)
April 17 – Mark W. Clark, American general (b. 1896)
April 19 – Machito, Cuban jazz musician (b. 1908)
April 20 – Otto Arosemena, 32nd President of Ecuador (b. 1925)
April 21 – Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)
April 22 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
April 23 – Roland Penrose, English artist, historian and poet (b. 1900)
April 26
- Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)
- May McAvoy, American actress (b. 1899)
April 27
- Richard Durham, American radio scriptwriter and civil rights activist (b. 1917)
April 30 – Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

May edit

Diana Dors

Karl-August Fagerholm

May 2
- Jack Barry, American game show host (The Joker's Wild) (b. 1918), heart attack.
- Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
May 4 – Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
May 15 – Lionel Robbins, British economist (b. 1898)
May 16
- Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
- Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
May 19 – Sir John Betjeman, English diplomat and poet (b. 1906)
May 20 – Ólafur Jóhannesson, 15th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1913)
May 21
- Andrea Leeds, American actress (b. 1914)
- Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
May 22
- Rambai Barni, Queen consort of King Prajadhipok of Thailand (b. 1904)
- Karl-August Fagerholm, 20th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)
- John Marley, American actor (b. 1907)
May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
May 28
- Eric Morecambe, British comedian (b. 1926)
- D'Urville Martin, American actor and director (b. 1939)

June edit

Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin

Enrico Berlinguer

June 5 – Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, 42nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1926)
June 6 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sikh theologian, Most powerful Sikh leader of the 20th century (b. 1947)
June 11 – Enrico Berlinguer, General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party (b. 1922)
June 15
- Ned Glass, American actor (b. 1906)
- Meredith Willson, American composer (b. 1902)
June 19 – Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
June 20 – Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
June 22 – Joseph Losey, American film director (b. 1909)
June 24 – William Keighley, American film director (b. 1889)
June 25 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)
June 26 – Carl Foreman, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
June 28
- Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician and Military Chief of Staff (b. 1917)
- Claude Chevalley, French mathematician (b. 1909)
June 30
- Henri Fabre, French aviator & inventor (b. 1882)
- Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)

July edit

Flora Robson

July 1 – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian founder of the Feldenkrais Method (b. 1904)
July 3 – Raoul Salan, French general (b. 1899)
July 7 – Dame Flora Robson, English actress (b. 1902)
July 8
- Brassaï, Hungarian-French photographer (b. 1899)
- Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1893)
July 17 – Karl Wolff, German Nazi SS Officer (b. 1900)
July 19 – Faina Ranevskaya, Soviet and Russian actress (b. 1896)
July 25 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer (b. 1926)
July 26 – George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (b. 1901)
July 27 – James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
July 28 – Bess Flowers, American actress (b. 1898)