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In the year 1994
684 Notable deaths
Paul Delvaux
Belgian painter (1897-1994).
Born September 23rd, 1897 in Huy, Antheit. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1994 at 96 years old in Veurne. [ref]
Jack Hannah
American animator (1913-1994).
Born January 5th, 1913 in Nogales.
Died June 11th, 1994 at 81 years old in Los Angeles, Burbank (cancer).
K. T. Stevens
American film and television actress (1919-1994).
Born July 20th, 1919 in Hollywood.
Died June 13th, 1994 at 74 years old in Brentwood (lung cancer).
Julius Boros
Professional golfer (1920–1994).
Born March 3rd, 1920 in Bridgeport.
Died May 28th, 1994 at 74 years old in Fort Lauderdale (myocardial infarction).
John Boswell
American historian.
Born March 20th, 1947 in Boston.
Died December 24th, 1994 at 47 years old in New Haven (death from AIDS-related complications).
Sam Francis
American artist (1923-1994).
Born June 25th, 1923 in San Mateo. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1994 at 71 years old in Santa Monica (prostate cancer). [ref]
Karl Edward Wagner
American writer (1945–1994).
Born December 12th, 1945 in Knoxville. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1994 at 48 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Frank Belknap Long
American novelist, short story writer, poet.
Born April 27th, 1901 in New York City.
Died January 3rd, 1994 at 92 years old in Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers.
Ales Adamovich
Belarusian writer.
Born September 3rd, 1927 in Kanyukhi.
Died January 26th, 1994 at 66 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Thomas Kuchel
Former united states senator from california.
Born August 15th, 1910 in Anaheim.
Died November 21st, 1994 at 84 years old in Beverly Hills.
Alexander Shelepin
Kgb chairman (1918-1994).
Born August 18th, 1918 in Voronezh.
Died October 24th, 1994 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Shlomo Goren
Israeli military officer and rabbi (1917–1994).
Born February 3rd, 1917 in Zambrów.
Died October 7th, 1994 at 77 years old in Jerusalem.
Helen Stephens
Athletics competitor (1918–1994).
Born February 3rd, 1918 in Fulton.
Died January 17th, 1994 at 75 years old in St. Louis.
Red Rodney
American musician (1927-1994).
Born September 27th, 1927 in Philadelphia.
Died May 27th, 1994 at 66 years old in Boynton Beach.
Milan Mladenović
Serbian musician (1958–1994).
Born September 21st, 1958 in Zagreb.
Died November 5th, 1994 at 36 years old in Belgrade (pancreatic cancer).
Esther Ralston
American actress (1902–1994).
Born September 17th, 1902 in Bar Harbor.
Died January 14th, 1994 at 91 years old in Ventura (myocardial infarction).
Howard Temin
American geneticist.
Born December 10th, 1934 in Philadelphia.
Died February 9th, 1994 at 59 years old in Madison (lung cancer).
Irwin Kostal
American musical arranger of films (1911–1994).
Born October 1st, 1911 in Chicago.
Died November 23rd, 1994 at 83 years old in Studio City.
Nadia Gray
Romanian actress (1923–1994).
Born November 23rd, 1923 in Bucharest.
Died June 13th, 1994 at 70 years old in New York City (stroke).
Chaim Bar-Lev
Israeli military officer and politician (1924-1994).
Born November 16th, 1924 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1994 at 69 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer).
György Cziffra
Hungarian-french virtuoso pianist and composer (1921-1994).
Born November 5th, 1921 in Budapest.
Died January 15th, 1994 at 72 years old in Longpont-sur-Orge.
Edward Kienholz
American artist (1927-1994).
Born October 23rd, 1927 in Fairfield.
Died June 10th, 1994 at 66 years old in Hope.
Duncan Hamilton
British racecar driver (1920-1994).
Born April 30th, 1920 in Cork.
Died May 13th, 1994 at 74 years old in Dorset.
Jean-Louis Barrault
French actor and theatre director (1910–1994).
Born September 8th, 1910 in Le Vésinet. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1994 at 83 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Chung Il-kwon
South korean general, politician (1917–1994).
Born November 21st, 1917 in Ussuriysk.
Died January 17th, 1994 at 76 years old in Honolulu (lymphoma).
Deaths 226 to 250 of 684
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