page_title: 1984
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1984 / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984).
context_page_description: 1984 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: May 2
  Jack Barry, American television host and producer (b. 1918)
  Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
  Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
  May 4 – Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
  May 6 – Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
  May 8 – Lila Wallace, American publisher (b. 1889)
  May 12 – Charlie Stubbs, English footballer (b. 1920)
  May 15 – Lionel Robbins, British economist (b. 1898)
  May 16
  Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
  Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
  May 19 – Sir John Betjeman, English diplomat and poet (b. 1906)
  May 20 – Ólafur Jóhannesson, 15th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1913)
  May 21
  Andrea Leeds, American actress (b. 1914)
  Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
  May 22
  Rambai Barni, Queen consort of King Prajadhipok of Thailand (b. 1904)
  Karl-August Fagerholm, 20th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)
  John Marley, American actor (b. 1907)
  May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, professional wrestling promoter WWF (b. 1914)
  May 26 – Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
  May 27 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)
  May 28 – Eric Morecambe, British comedian (b. 1926)
caption: Sir John Betjeman
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