In the year 1993
684 Notable deaths
Stanley Green
Human billboard, active in oxford st. (london) in the period 1968-1993.
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Harringay.
Died December 4th, 1993 at 78 years old in Northolt.
Wolfgang Lotz
Israeli spy (1921-1993).
Born January 6th, 1921 in Mannheim.
Died May 13th, 1993 at 72 years old in Munich.
Jean Negulesco
Romanian-american film director and screenwriter (1900-1993).
Born March 13th, 1900 in Craiova. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1993 at 93 years old in Marbella.
Rahmon Nabiyev
Tajikistani politician (1930-1993).
Born October 5th, 1930 in Ghafurov District.
Died April 11th, 1993 at 62 years old in Khujand (infarction).
Reuben Fine
American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993).
Born October 11th, 1914 in New York City.
Died March 26th, 1993 at 78 years old in New York City.
Lester del Rey
American science fiction author (1915–1993).
Born June 2nd, 1915 in Saratoga Township. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1993 at 77 years old in New York City. [ref]
Innes Ireland
British racecar driver.
Born June 12th, 1930 in Mytholmroyd.
Died October 22nd, 1993 at 63 years old in Reading (cancer).
René Bousquet
French police chief (1909-1993).
Born May 11th, 1909 in Montauban. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1993 at 84 years old in Paris (deliberate murder). [ref]
Chishū Ryū
Japanese actor (1904–1993).
Born May 13th, 1904 in Tamana. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1993 at 88 years old in Yokohama. [ref]
Karl Gordon Henize
American astronomer (1926-1993).
Born October 17th, 1926 in Cincinnati.
Died October 5th, 1993 at 66 years old in Everest Base Camp (South, Nepal) (myocardial infarction, high altitude pulmonary edema).
Claude Renoir
French cinematographer (1913–1993).
Born December 4th, 1913 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 5th, 1993 at 79 years old in Troyes. [ref]
Alexander Mackendrick
Film director (1912-1993).
Born September 8th, 1912 in Boston.
Died December 22nd, 1993 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Luther Halsey Gulick
American academic (1892–1993).
Born January 17th, 1892 in Osaka.
Died January 10th, 1993 at 100 years old in Walden.
Leonid Gaidai
Soviet film director (1923-1993).
Born January 30th, 1923 in Svobodny.
Died November 19th, 1993 at 70 years old in Moscow (pulmonary embolism).
Bruno Pontecorvo
Italian nuclear physicist.
Born August 22nd, 1913 in Pisa.
Died September 24th, 1993 at 80 years old in Dubna (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Jim Pollard
American basketball player and coach.
Born July 9th, 1922 in Oakland.
Died January 22nd, 1993 at 70 years old in Stockton.
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist.
Born August 28th, 1928 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1993 at 64 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Vishnudevananda Saraswati
Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers.
Born December 31st, 1927 in Kerala.
Died November 9th, 1993 at 65 years old in Mangaluru.
Maurice Yaméogo
Burkina faso president (1921-1993).
Born December 31st, 1921 in Koudougou. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1993 at 71 years old in airplane, Ouagadougou. [ref]
Alfred Mosher Butts
American designer and architect; creator of scrabble (1899–1993).
Born April 13th, 1899 in Poughkeepsie.
Died April 4th, 1993 at 93 years old in Rhinebeck.
Gordon Douglas
American film director (1907-1993).
Born December 15th, 1907 in New York City.
Died September 29th, 1993 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Elisabeth Frink
English sculptor and printmaker (1930-1993).
Born November 14th, 1930 in Suffolk. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1993 at 62 years old in Dorset (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Tony Barton
English footballer and manager (1937–1993).
Born April 8th, 1937 in Sutton.
Died August 20th, 1993 at 56 years old in Hampshire (myocardial infarction).
Buddhadasa
Thai buddhist monk.
Born May 27th, 1906 in Phumriang.
Died May 25th, 1993 at 86 years old in Chaiya (cerebral hemorrhage).
Kay Swift
American composer of popular and classical music (1897–1993).
Born April 19th, 1897 in Manhattan.
Died January 28th, 1993 at 95 years old in Southington.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi