Deaths in 1984 explained

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

January

• 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

• 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)
  • Elmer Keith, American rancher, author, and firearms enthusiast (b. 1899)^[1]
    • February 13 Pierre Brambilla, French road cyclist (b. 1919)
  • Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (b. 1941)
• February 15 – Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
• February 16 ― Kenny Williams, American game show announcer

Notes and References

1. https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv50775 Elmer Keith Papers, 1984-1986