The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.
May 1984 1 Jüri Lossmann, 93, Estonian Olympic long-distance runner
2 Jack Barry, 66, American game show host (The Joker's Wild), heart attack Bob Clampett, 70, American animator, film director, film producer and puppeteer, heart attack
3 Aghashirin Jafarov, 77, Azerbaijani Red Army Starshina and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
4
Diana Dors, 52, English actress, ovarian cancer
5 J. C. Agajanian, 70, American motorsports promoter, race car owner, and Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee
6 Mary Cain, 79, American newspaper editor and politician
7 Helen Kalvak, 82 or 83, Copper Inuk graphic artist
8 William Ling, 75, English football referee
9 Maureen O'Carroll, 71, Irish Labour Party politician Sergei Salnikov, 58, Russian footballer and Olympic gold medalist
10 Joaquim Agostinho, 41, Portuguese professional bicycle racer
11 Rajkavi Inderjeet Singh Tulsi, 58, Indian poet, lyricist, and author Toni Turek, 65, German football goalkeeper
12 M. A. Muthiah Chettiar, 78, Indian Industrialist, banker, politician, philanthropist, and cultural activistDr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar – Biography on release of postal stamp on his honour. Indianpost.com. Retrieved on 10 December 2018.
13 Pat Abbott, 72, American golfer Stanislaw Ulam, 75, Polish-born American mathematicianStanislaw Ulam American scientist
14 Walter Rauff, 77, SS commander in Nazi Germany
15 Mary Adams, 86, English television producer, program director and administratorSally Adams, "Adams, Mary Grace Agnes (1898–1984)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 Nov 2012 doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30750 Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins, 85, British economist Francis Schaeffer, 72, American Evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastorWHO IS FRANCIS SCHAEFFER?
16
Ruth Ainsworth, 75, British writer Andy Kaufman, 35, American comedian Irwin Shaw, 71, American author, prostate cancer
17 Frederick Alexander, 59, English cricketer
18 Nasuh Akar, 59, Turkish sports wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
19
Sir John Betjeman, 77, English diplomat and poet, Parkinson's disease
20 Ólafur Jóhannesson, 71, 15th Prime Minister of Iceland
21 Andrea Leeds, 70, American actress Ann Little, 93, American actress
22
Rambai Barni, 79, Queen consort of King Prajadhipok of Thailand Karl-August Fagerholm, 82, 20th Prime Minister of Finland John Marley, 76, American actor, death following open-heart surgery
23 Luisa Rossi, 59, Italian actress
24 Vincent J. McMahon, 69, American professional wrestling promoter
25 Margaretha Reichardt, 77, German textile artist, weaver, and graphic designer
26 Hilda Abbott, 93, Australian humanitarian Vera Stanley Alder, 85, English portrait painter and mystic
27 Reginald Bosanquet, 51, British journalist and broadcaster
28 Eric Morecambe, 58, British comedian D'Urville Martin, 45, American actor and director
29 Cyril Lord, 72, British businessman and manufacturer
30 Walter Smetak, 71, Swiss-born musician, composer, writer, sculptor and producer of musical instruments
31 Juhani Järvinen, 49, Finnish speed skater
References
External links List of May 1984 deaths at IMDb