In the year 1993
684 Notable deaths
Billy Eckstine
American musician.
Born July 8th, 1914 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1993 at 78 years old in Pittsburgh (stroke). [ref]
Ranasinghe Premadasa
President of sri lanka from 1989 to 1993.
Born June 23rd, 1924 in Colombo.
Died May 1st, 1993 at 68 years old in Colombo.
Ishirō Honda
Japanese filmmaker (1911–1993).
Born May 7th, 1911 in Yamagata.
Died February 28th, 1993 at 81 years old in Tokyo (respiratory failure).
Alexandra of Yugoslavia
Queen consort of yugoslavia from 1944 to 1945.
Born March 25th, 1921 in Athens.
Died January 30th, 1993 at 71 years old in East Sussex (cancer).
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
First president of ivory coast, from 1960 to 1993 (1905-1993).
Born October 18th, 1905 in Yamoussoukro, N’Gokro. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1993 at 88 years old in Yamoussoukro (prostate cancer). [ref]
Ray Sharkey
American stage, film and television actor (1952–1993).
Born November 14th, 1952 in Brooklyn.
Died June 11th, 1993 at 40 years old in Brooklyn (death from AIDS-related complications).
Sammy Cahn
American lyricist, songwriter, musician (1913-1993).
Born June 18th, 1913 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1993 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Wong Ka Kui
Hong kong singer-songwriter.
Born June 10th, 1962 in British Hong Kong.
Died June 30th, 1993 at 31 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage).
James Donald
Scottish actor.
Born May 18th, 1917 in Aberdeen. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1993 at 76 years old in Wiltshire (stomach cancer). [ref]
George McFarland
American child actor (1928–1993).
Born October 2nd, 1928 in Dallas.
Died June 30th, 1993 at 64 years old in Grapevine (myocardial infarction).
Wallace Stegner
American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993).
Born February 18th, 1909 in Lake Mills.
Died April 13th, 1993 at 84 years old in Santa Fe (traffic collision).
Albert Sabin
Polish-american physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993).
Born August 26th, 1906 in Białystok.
Died March 3rd, 1993 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Ann Todd
British actress (1907–1993).
Born January 24th, 1909 in Hartford.
Died May 6th, 1993 at 84 years old in London (stroke).
E. P. Thompson
British historian & peace activist (1924-1993).
Born February 3rd, 1924 in Oxford.
Died August 28th, 1993 at 69 years old in Worcester.
Jan Gies
Dutch resistance member; dutch righteous among the nations; world war ii humanitarian.
Born August 18th, 1905 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1993 at 87 years old in Amsterdam (diabetes).
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music.
Born July 1st, 1899 in Villa Rica. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1993 at 93 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Leon Ames
American actor (1902-1993).
Born January 20th, 1902 in Portland.
Died October 12th, 1993 at 91 years old in Laguna Beach (stroke).
Michael Clarke
American drummer (1946–1993).
Born June 3rd, 1946 in Spokane.
Died December 19th, 1993 at 47 years old in Treasure Island.
Karen Dalton
American musician (1937-1993).
Born July 19th, 1937 in Bonham. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1993 at 55 years old in Hurley (laryngeal cancer).
James Bridges
American film director and screenwriter (1936-1993).
Born February 3rd, 1936 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1993 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor.
Died January 22nd, 1993 at 68 years old in Tokyo (cardiac arrest).
John Frost
British airborne officer (1912-1993).
Born December 31st, 1912 in Pune.
Died May 21st, 1993 at 80 years old in West Sussex.
Danny Chan
Hong kong singer-songwriter and actor (1958-93).
Born September 7th, 1958 in British Hong Kong.
Died October 25th, 1993 at 35 years old in British Hong Kong.
Luciano Leggio
Italian criminal with murder conviction (1925–1993).
Born January 6th, 1925 in Corleone.
Died November 15th, 1993 at 68 years old in Nuoro (myocardial infarction).
Kakuei Tanaka
Japanese politician (1918-1993).
Died December 16th, 1993 at 75 years old in Keio University Hospital (pneumonia).
Deaths 101 to 125 of 684
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder