The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.
March 1984
1
- Jackie Coogan, 69, American actor, heart failure[1]
2
- Mebrure Aksoley, 81, Turkish politician, educator, philanthropist, and women's rights activist[2]
3
- John Adams, 63, English accelerator physicist and administrator[3]
4
- Julio Ahumada, 67, Argentine bandoneonist, composer, and orchestra conductor[4]
5
- Faraj Abbo, 62, Assyrian Iraqi artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator[5]
- Tito Gobbi, 70, Italian operatic baritone[6]
- William Powell, 91, American actor[7]
6
- Martin Niemöller, 92, German theologian and Lutheran pastor[8]
- Henry Wilcoxon, 78, British actor, heart failure[9]
7
- Robert Bloch, 95, French racing driver
- Paul Rotha, 76, English documentary film-maker, film historian and critic
8
- John Adamson, 73, Australian politician[10]
- John F. Shelton, 81, Australian rules footballer
9
- Skënder Jareci, 52, Albanian former football manager and player
- Kim Il, 73, North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea[11]
10
- June Marlowe, 80, American actress, Parkinson's Disease[12]
11
- Charles Hodson, Baron Hodson, 88, British judge[13]
12
- Antònia Abelló, 80, Spanish political activist, republican journalist, pianist, writer, and feminist[14]
- Hakon Ahlberg, 92, Swedish architect, author, and editor[15]
- Arnold Ridley, 88, English playwright and actor[16]
13
- Marija Ilić Agapova, 88, Serbian jurist, translator, librarian, civil rights activist and the first director of the Belgrade City Library
14
- Aurelio Peccei, 75, Italian industrialist and philanthropist, co-founder of the Club of Rome, heart attack[17]
15
- Ken Carpenter, 70, American Olympic athlete[18]
- Konstantin Badygin, 73, Soviet Naval officer and explorer
16
- Ervin Abel, 54, Estonian actor[19]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht, 89, Polish Lutheran missionary and pastor[20]
17
- Paul Woolley, 82, American pastor and professor[21]
18
- Paul Francis Webster, 76, American lyricist[22]
19
- Komatsu Imai, 84, Japanese aviator and essayist
- Bo Ljungberg, 72, Swedish athlete[23]
- Charlie Ware Snr, 80, Irish hurler[24]
20
- John Fairbairn, 72, South African Naval officer[25]
- Robin Tait, 43, New Zealander discus thrower and Olympian[26]
21
- August Frank, 85, German SS functionary who was a Nazi concentration camp administrator
- Carlo Lombardi, 84, Italian actor
22
- Kenneth Wilson, 69, Scotland international rugby union player
23
- Peter Kolosimo, 61, Italian journalist and writer
24
- Sam Jaffe, 93, American actor[27]
25
- Martin Stokken, 61, Norwegian cross-country skier[28]
26
- Ahmed Sékou Touré, 62, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea[29]
27
- Jack Donohue, 75, American film screenwriter and director[30]
28
- Benjamin Mays, 89, American Baptist minister and civil rights leader[31]
29
- Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, 80, British Conservative Party politician[32]
30
- Karl Rahner, 80, German Jesuit priest and theologian[33]
31
- Jean Drysdale, 44, South African tennis player[34]
References
- ^ Aaker, Everett (1997). Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949–1959. McFarland. p. 141. ISBN 0-7864-0284-9.
- ^ Demirel, Ahmet (May 1, 2015). Tek Partinin İktidarı - Türkiye'de Seçimler ve Siyaset (1923-1946) (in Turkish). İletişim Yayınları. p. 493. ISBN 978-975-051-055-7. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Obituary : Sir John Bertram Adams, 63; led European atomic center". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Biography of Julio Ahumada by Gaspar Astarita - Todotango.com". www.todotango.com. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "In the Glorious World of Iraqi Artist". Qatar Tribune. May 14, 2009. p. 23.
- ^ Holland, Bernard (March 6, 1984). "Tito Gobbi, 68, Italian operatic baritone and director, dies". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (March 6, 1984). "William Powell, Film Star, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Pace, Eric (March 8, 1984). "Martin Niemoller, Resolute Foe Of Hitler". New York Times.
- ^ "AP News: Henry Wilcoxon Dead at 78; Screen Actor and Producer". The New York Times. March 8, 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "Mr John Clark Adamson (1910-1984)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "Kim Il of North Korea, A Vice President, Dies". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 11, 1984. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub. p. 198. ISBN 0-786-40983-5.
- ^ "Lord Hodson: Former Lord of Appeal". The Times. March 14, 1984. p. 18.
- ^ Martínez, Isabel (March 10, 2017). "Antònia Abelló Filella, una vida encara desconeguda" [Antònia Abelló Filella, a still unknown life]. Reusdigital.cat diari de Reus. Notícies i actualitat del Camp de Tarragona (in Catalan). Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Ahlberg, Hakon". Grove Art Online. 2023. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T001221.
- ^ "Ridley, (William) Arnold (1896–1984)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53977. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Aurelio Peccei, a prominent Italian businessman who was president of the Club of Rome". UPI. March 14, 1984.
- ^ Ken Carpenter. sports-reference.com
- ^ Haan, Kalju; Aassalu, Heino; Paalma, Vilma, eds. (2000). "Abel, Ervin". Eesti Teatri Biograafiline Leksikon. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. p. 19. ISBN 9789985700563.
- ^ Schild, Maurice, "Albrecht, Friedrich Wilhelm (1894–1984)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved November 25, 2019
- ^ "Paul Woolley". The New York Times. April 7, 1984. p. 32. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2646/7. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Bo Ljungberg Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "Charlie Ware hurling star dies aged 83". Irish Press. March 20, 1984. Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via archive.irishnewsarchive.com.
- ^ "Fairbairn dies at 72". Cape Times. March 22, 1984. p. 13.
- ^ Robin Tait at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ^ Pearson, Richard (March 26, 1984). "Character Actor Sam Jaffe, 93, Dies of Cancer". The Washington Post.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martin Stokken". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Associated Press (March 29, 1984). "Thousands of Guineans Pay Homage to Late President". Hartford Courant. p. 33.
- ^ Associated Press (April 10, 1984). "Jack Donohue, 75, a director of films and TV for 3 decades". The New York Times. p. B10.
- ^ Mays, Benjamin Elijah
- ^ "Lord Brooke of Cumnor – Former Conservative Home Secretary". The Times. April 1, 1984. p. 14.
- ^ Byers, Paula K.; Bourgoin, Suzanne M., eds. (2004). "Karl Rahner". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Vol. 13 (2nd ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Gale. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7876-2553-5.
- ^ "Tennis pro Jean Drysdale dies". Austin American-Statesman. April 1, 1984.
External links
- List of March 1984 deaths at IMDb
