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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1984
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1983 * * 1985
January
Johnny Weissmuller (actor/former Olympic swimmer) -- Dead. Died January 20, 1984. Born June 2, 1904. Tarzan and His Mate IMDb
February
Ethel Merman (singer/actress) -- Dead. Died February 15, 1984. Born January 16, 1909. "There's no business, like show business...," more of a Broadway star than a movie actress, very briefly married to Ernest Borgnine IMDb
March
Jackie Coogan
(actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died March 1, 1984.
Born October 26, 1914. Uncle Fester on TV's The Addams Family 
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William Powell
(actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died March 5, 1984. Born July 29, 1892. The Thin Man, Life with Father, Mr. Roberts, survived nearly 50 years after experimental cancer surgery in the '30s, married to Diana Lewis for over 40 years.
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Sam Jaffe (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 24, 1984. Born March 10, 1891. Many movie roles, a co-star of Ben Casey IMDb
April
Marvin Gaye
(singer) -- Dead. Murder by gun. Died April 1, 1984.
Born April 2, 1939. Murdered by his father during a family argument IMDb
Ansel Adams
(photographer) -- Dead. Heart failure and cancer. Died April 22, 1984.
Born February 20, 1902. Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
Count Basie (jazz great) -- Dead. Died April 26, 1984. Born August 21, 1904. April in Paris IMDb
May
Jack Barry (game show host) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 4, 1984. Born March 20, 1918. Joker's Wild in the '70s, host of the infamous 21 in the '50s IMDb
Andy Kaufman
(comedian) -- Dead. Lung cancer/quack medicine(?). Died May 16, 1984.
Born January 17, 1949. Created a character that was tranplanted to Taxi as Latka Gravas, did
not show up at a show in "his honor" on May 16, 2004, so he must still be dead
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June
Ned Glass
(actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died June 15, 1984.
Born April 1, 1906. Character actor in dozens of movies and TV
shows, candy store owner in West Side Story.
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Michel Foucault (philosopher) -- Dead. AIDS. Died June 25, 1984. Born October 15, 1926. History of Sexuality
Lillian Hellman
(writer, teacher) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died June 30, 1984. Born June 20, 1905. Wrote The Children's Hour and The Little Foxes, and a memoir Pentimento that inspired the movie Julia (which may have been an appropriated story), longtime companion of Dashiell Hammett.
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July
Christine McIntyre (actress) -- Dead. Died July 8, 1984. Born April 16, 1911. The blonde with The Three Stooges during the '40s IMDb
Jim Fixx (runner/writer) -- Dead. Heart attack (while jogging!). Died July 20, 1984. Born April 23, 1932. Running popularist of the '70s who wrote The Complete Book of Running
James Mason (actor) -- Dead. Died July 27, 1984. Born May 15, 1909. IMDb
Fred Waring
(chorale director) -- Dead. Died July 29, 1984. Born June 9, 1900. Innovative director who created The Pennsylvanians, started summer music institutes and mentored Robert Shaw and Harry Simeone.
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August
Richard Burton (actor) -- Dead. Brain hemorrhage. Died August 5, 1984. Born November 10, 1925. Married to Liz twice, father of Kate Burton IMDb
Richard Deacon (bald actor) -- Dead. Died August 8, 1984. Born May 14, 1922. IMDb
Truman Capote (author) -- Dead. Booze and pills suspected. Died August 25, 1984. Born September 30, 1924. Childhood friend Harper Lee helped him research In Cold Blood
September
Richard Basehart (actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died September 17, 1984. Born August 13, 1914. IMDb
Walter Pidgeon
(actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died September 25, 1984. Born September 23, 1897. Forbidden Planet, Mrs. Miniver, a Screen Actors Guild president during the '50s.
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October
Oskar Werner (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 23, 1984. Born November 13, 1922. Fahrenheit 451 IMDb
Richard Brautigan
(counter-culture writer) -- Dead. Suicide (gunshot wound). Died 1984.
Born January 30, 1935. Trout Fishing...and Other Novels...
Alice Neel
(artist) -- Dead. Died October 13, 1984.
Born January 28, 1900. Bohemian artist who painted (and lived!) large...
Jon-Erik Hexum (actor) -- Dead. Stupidity/bad luck. Shot himself accidentally. Died October 18, 1984. Born November 5, 1957. IMDb
Indira Gandhi (Indian president) -- Dead. Murdered. Died October 31, 1984. Born November 19, 1917.
November
December
Jack Mercer
(voice/writer/artist) -- Dead. Died December 1984.
Born June 13, 1911. Main voice of Popeye, also helped draw the cartoons in the '30s and wrote many later shows IMDb
Peter Lawford (actor) -- Dead. Cirrhosis of the liver. Died December 24, 1984. Born September 7, 1923. IMDb
Sam Peckinpah (director) -- Dead. Died December 28, 1984. Born February 21, 1925. IMDb