Explore notable deaths.

Marjory Collins

1912–1985

photographer, photojournalist, journalist

Official cause

cancer

Dorian Williams

1914–1985

sports journalist

Official cause

pancreatic cancer

Lundy Siegriest

1925–1985

painter

Official cause

cancer

Tish Sommers

1914–1985

writer

Official cause

cancer

Joan Shorenstein

1947–1985

journalist

Official cause

cancer

Moraima Secada

1930–1984

singer

Official cause

liver disease

Juha Widing

1947–1984

ice hockey player

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Leo Robin

1900–1984

composer, lyricist, songwriter

Official cause

heart failure

Indus Arthur

1941–1984

actor, singer, stage actor

Official cause

cancer

Sam Peckinpah

1925–1984

film director, film producer, screenwriter

Official cause

heart failure

Robert Lee Willie

1958–1984

criminal

Official cause

electrocution

Leslie Compton

1912–1984

association football player, cricketer, publican

Official cause

diabetes

Chan Sy

1932–1984

politician, military personnel

Official cause

heart failure

Ian Hendry

1931–1984

actor, film actor, stage actor

Official cause

disease

Jack Mercer

1910–1984

animator, voice actor, screenwriter

Official cause

stomach cancer

Charles Ray Hatcher

1929–1984

serial killer

Official cause

hanging to death

Jeanne Cagney

1919–1984

actor, television actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer; lung cancer

Ōkawa Hashizō II

1929–1984

actor, kabuki actor, kabuki

Official cause

colorectal cancer

William Fleming

1965–1984

employee

Official cause

gunshot wound

Kieran Fleming

1959–1984

Official cause

drowning

Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde

1957–1984

revolutionary

Official cause

gunshot wound

Caroline Rose Isenberg

1961–1984

actor, stage actor

Official cause

stab wound

Ted Page

1903–1984

baseball player

Official cause

blunt trauma

Collin Walcott

1945–1984

sitarist, jazz musician, percussionist

Official cause

traffic collision