May 1984
1
- Jüri Lossmann, 93, Estonian long-distance runner and Olympian [1]
2
- Jack Barry, 66, American game show host ( The Joker's Wild ), heart attack [2]
- Bob Clampett, 70, American animator, film director, film producer and puppeteer, heart attack [3] [4]
3
- Aghashirin Jafarov, 77, Azerbaijani Red Army Starshina and a Hero of the Soviet Union. [5]
4
- Diana Dors, 52, English actress, ovarian cancer [6]
5
- J. C. Agajanian, 70, American motorsports promoter, race car owner, and Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee [7]
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- Helen Kalvak, 82 or 83, Copper Inuk graphic artist [9]
8
- William Ling, 75, English football referee [10]
9
- Maureen O'Carroll, 71, Irish Labour Party politician [11]
- Sergei Salnikov, 58, Russian footballer and Olympic gold medalist [12]
10
- Joaquim Agostinho, 41, Portuguese professional bicycle racer [13]
11
- Rajkavi Inderjeet Singh Tulsi, 58, Indian poet, lyricist, and author
- Toni Turek, 65, German footballer who played as a goalkeeper
12
- M. A. Muthiah Chettiar, 78, Indian Industrialist, banker, politician, philanthropist, and cultural activist [14]
13
- Pat Abbott, 72, American golfer [15]
14
- Walter Rauff, 77, SS commander in Nazi Germany [16] [17]
15
- Mary Adams, 86, English television producer, program director and administrator [18]
- Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins, 85, British economist [19]
16
- Ruth Ainsworth, 75, British writer [20]
- Andy Kaufman, 35, American comedian [21]
- Irwin Shaw, 71, American author, prostate cancer [22]
17
- Frederick Alexander, 59, English cricketer [23]
18
- Nasuh Akar, 59, Turkish sports wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
19
- Sir John Betjeman, 77, English diplomat and poet, Parkinson's Disease [24]
20
- Ólafur Jóhannesson, 71, 15th Prime Minister of Iceland [25]
21
- Andrea Leeds, 70, American actress [26]
- Ann Little, 93, American actress [27]
22
- Rambai Barni, 79, Queen consort of King Prajadhipok of Thailand [28]
- Karl-August Fagerholm, 82, 20th Prime Minister of Finland [29]
- John Marley, 76, American actor, death following open-heart surgery [30]
23
- Luisa Rossi, 59, Italian actress [31]
24
- Vincent J. McMahon, 69, American professional wrestling promoter [32]
25
- Margaretha Reichardt, 77, German textile artist, weaver, and graphic designer [33]
26
- Hilda Abbott, 93, Australian humanitarian [34]
- Vera Stanley Alder, 85, English portrait painter and mystic [35]
27
- Reginald Bosanquet, 51, British journalist and broadcaster [36]
28
- Eric Morecambe, 58, British comedian [37]
- D'Urville Martin, 45, American actor and director [38]
29
- Cyril Lord, 72, British businessman and maufacturer [39]
30
- Walter Smetak, 71, Swiss-born musician, composer, writer, sculptor and producer of musical instruments [40]
31
- Juhani Järvinen, 49, Finnish speed skater