Deaths in July 1984
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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.
1
- Moshé Feldenkrais, 80, Ukrainian founder of the Feldenkrais Method[1]
- Ravishankar Vyas, 100, Indian social reformer, activist, and social worker[2]
2
- Ramiro Cortés, 50, American composer[3]
- Timmy O'Sullivan, 55, Irish Gaelic footballer
3
- Sydney E. Ahlstrom, 64, American historian[4]
- Raoul Salan, 85, French general[5]
4
- Starke R. Hathaway, 80, American psychologist[6]
- Golam Mowla, 64, Bangladeshi businessman[7]
5
- Lord Adam Gordon, 75, British royal courtier[8]
- Dick Wood, 77, Australian politician[9]
6
- Kevin Cairns, 55, Australian politician and dentist[10]
- Mina Wylie, 93, one of Australia's first female Olympic swimming representatives[11][12]
7
- Dame Flora Robson, 82, English actress[13]
8
- Brassaï, 84, Hungarian-French photographer[14]
- Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz, 91, Spanish historian and politician[15]
9
- Paulo Valentim, 50, Brazilian professional footballer
10
- Anton Hackl, German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II[16]
11
- Yasuo Akizuki, 81, Japanese mathematician[17]
12
13
- Marinus De Jong, 93, Dutch-born Belgian composer and pianist[19]
- Pina Renzi, 82, Italian film actress[20]
14
- Frater Albertus, 73, German-American esotericist[21]
- Philippe Wynne, 43, American singer[22]
15
- Enrique Godoy Sayán, 81, Cuban business magnate and banker[23]
16
- Karl Wolff, 84, German Nazi SS Officer[24]
17
- Malati Ghoshal, 81, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer[25]
- Klaus Wachsmann, 77, British ethnomusicologist[26]
18
- Lally Bowers, 70, English actress[27]
- Flora Solomon, 88, British Zionist[28]
19
- Faina Ranevskaya, 87, Soviet and Russian actress
- John Vaizey, Baron Vaizey, British author and economist[29]
20
- Gabriel Andrew Dirac, 59, Hungarian-British mathematician[30]
- Marko Ristić, 82, Serbian surrealist poet, writer, publicist and ambassador[31]
21
- Adam Adamson, 100, New Zealand businessman, accountant and local politician[32]
22
- Ernesto Albán, 72, Ecuadorian actor[33]
23
- Achiel Buysse, 65, Belgian cyclist[34]
24
- Richard Angst, 79, Swiss cinematographer[35]
25
- George Renwick, 82, British sprinter[36]
- Big Mama Thornton, 57, American singer[37]
26
- Thelma Bate, 79, Australian community leader and women's activist[38]
- George Gallup, 82, American statistician and opinion pollster[39]
- Ed Gein, 77, American serial killer, respiratory failure, secondary to lung cancer[40][41]
27
- Laurence Jackson, 83, Scottish curler[42]
- James Mason, 75, English actor[43]
28
- Paul L. Adams, 69, American academic and president of Roberts Wesleyan College[44]
- Bess Flowers, 85, American actress[45]
29
- Lorenz Fehenberger, 71, German operatic tenor[46]
- Fred Waring, 84, American bandleader, choral director, radio and television personality[47]
30
- Maurice Tremlett, 61, English cricketer[48]
- Surya Prasad Upadhyaya, 76, Nepalese politician[49]
31
- Gopi Krishna, 81, Indian yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer[50]
- Paul Le Flem, 103, French composer and music critic[51]