1984 Deaths
- Adams, Ansel (22 April)
- Basie, Count (26 April)
- Brautigan, Richard (25 October)
- Capote, Truman (25 August)
- Gandhi, Indira
- Gaye, Marvin (1 April)
- Gein, Ed (26 July)
- Kaufman, Andy (16 May)
- Lawford, Peter (24 December)
- Merman, Ethel (15 February)
- Peckinpah, Sam (28 December)
- Sinclair, Gordon (17 May)
- Thornton, Willie Mae (25 July)
- Wilson, Jackie (21 January)