In the year 1994
684 Notable deaths
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer (1907–1994).
Born December 25th, 1907 in Rochester.
Died November 18th, 1994 at 86 years old in Hockessin (stroke).
Rahul Dev Burman
Indian musician (1939-1994).
Born June 27th, 1939 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1994 at 54 years old in Mumbai (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Kim Il-sung
Supreme leader of north korea from 1948 to 1994.
Born April 15th, 1912 in Mangyongdae District.
Died July 8th, 1994 at 82 years old in Pyongyang (myocardial infarction).
Dick Sargent
American actor (1930-1994).
Born April 19th, 1930 in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Died July 8th, 1994 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994).
Born February 28th, 1901 in Portland. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1994 at 93 years old in Big Sur (prostate cancer). [ref]
Maureen Starkey Tigrett
Wife of ringo starr (1946–1994).
Born August 4th, 1946 in Liverpool.
Died December 30th, 1994 at 48 years old in Seattle (leukemia).
Erich Honecker
Former leader of east germany, general secretary of the socialist unity party.
Born August 25th, 1912 in Neunkirchen. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1994 at 81 years old in La Reina (liver cancer). [ref]
William Conrad
American actor and director (1920-1994).
Born September 27th, 1920 in Louisville.
Died February 11th, 1994 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Henry Mancini
American film composer (1924–1994).
Born April 16th, 1924 in Cleveland.
Died June 14th, 1994 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills (pancreatic cancer).
Erik Erikson
American german-born psychoanalyst & essayist.
Born June 15th, 1902 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1994 at 91 years old in Harwich. [ref]
Joseph Cotten
American actor (1905–1994).
Born May 15th, 1905 in Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1994 at 88 years old in Palm Springs, Westwood (pneumonia, head and neck cancer). [ref]
Claude Akins
American actor (1926-1994).
Born May 25th, 1926 in Nelson.
Died January 27th, 1994 at 67 years old in Altadena (cancer).
Jerry Rubin
American activist.
Born July 14th, 1938 in Cincinnati.
Died November 28th, 1994 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (struck by vehicle).
Matt Busby
Scottish football player and manager (1909-1994).
Born May 26th, 1909 in Bellshill.
Died January 20th, 1994 at 84 years old in Manchester (cancer).
Tip O'Neill
American politician (1912–1994).
Born December 9th, 1912 in Cambridge.
Died January 5th, 1994 at 81 years old in Boston (colorectal cancer).
Wilma Rudolph
African american athlete.
Born June 23rd, 1940 in Clarksville.
Died November 12th, 1994 at 54 years old in Brentwood (brain cancer).
Sebastian Shaw
Stage actor; movie actor; author.
Born May 29th, 1905 in Norfolk.
Died December 23rd, 1994 at 89 years old in Brighton.
Kuvempu
Indian poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994).
Born December 29th, 1904 in Hirekodige.
Died November 11th, 1994 at 89 years old in Mysore. [ref]
Hal Smith
American actor (1916-1994).
Born August 24th, 1916 in Petoskey.
Died January 28th, 1994 at 77 years old in Santa Monica, Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Sorrell Booke
American actor (1930–1994).
Born January 4th, 1930 in Buffalo.
Died February 11th, 1994 at 64 years old in Sherman Oaks (colorectal cancer).
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Russian-american orthodox jewish rabbi (1902–1994).
Born April 18th, 1902 in Mykolaiv. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1994 at 92 years old in New York City.
James Clavell
American novelist (1921-1994).
Born October 10th, 1921 in Sydney. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1994 at 72 years old in Vevey (cancer).
Roland Ratzenberger
Austrian racing driver.
Born July 4th, 1960 in Salzburg.
Died April 30th, 1994 at 33 years old in Bologna (basilar skull fracture).
Lynne Frederick
British actress (1954-1994).
Born July 25th, 1954 in Hillingdon. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1994 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (disease). [ref]
Woody Strode
American athlete and actor (1914-1994).
Born July 25th, 1914 in Los Angeles.
Died December 31st, 1994 at 80 years old in Glendora (lung cancer). [ref]
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Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare