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In the year 1994
684 Notable deaths
Cameron Mitchell
American actor (1918–1994).
Born November 4th, 1918 in Dallastown.
Died July 7th, 1994 at 75 years old in Pacific Palisades (lung cancer).
Moana Pozzi
Italian pornographic actress.
Born April 27th, 1961 in Genoa. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1994 at 33 years old in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon (liver cancer). [ref]
Carlos Gracie
Brazilian brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner.
Born September 14th, 1902 in Belém.
Died October 7th, 1994 at 92 years old in Petrópolis.
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Indian author (1908–1994).
Born January 21st, 1908 in Thalayolaparambu.
Died July 5th, 1994 at 86 years old in Beypore.
Mary Maxwell Gates
American businesswoman.
Born July 5th, 1929 in Seattle.
Died June 10th, 1994 at 64 years old in Seattle (breast cancer). [ref]
Juvénal Habyarimana
2nd president of rwanda (1937–1994).
Born March 8th, 1937 in Gisenyi Province.
Died April 6th, 1994 at 57 years old in Kigali (surface-to-air missile).
Jack Unterweger
Austrian serial killer.
Born August 16th, 1950 in Judenburg. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1994 at 43 years old in Graz (hanging). [ref]
Savannah
American pornographic actress.
Born October 9th, 1970 in Mission Viejo.
Died July 11th, 1994 at 23 years old in Burbank (gunshot wound).
Dan Hartman
American musician (1950–1994).
Born December 8th, 1950 in Harrisburg.
Died March 22nd, 1994 at 43 years old in Westport (death from AIDS-related complications, brain tumor).
Pat Buttram
American actor.
Born June 19th, 1915 in Addison.
Died January 8th, 1994 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
John Smith
Labour party leader from scotland (1938-1994).
Born September 13th, 1938 in Dalmally.
Died May 12th, 1994 at 55 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
Prince of prussia (1907-1994).
Born November 9th, 1907 in Potsdam.
Died September 26th, 1994 at 86 years old in Bremen.
Royal Dano
American actor (1922-1994).
Born November 16th, 1922 in New York City.
Died May 15th, 1994 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Zail Singh
Indian politician and former president of india (1916-1994).
Born May 5th, 1916 in Sandhwan. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1994 at 78 years old in Chandigarh (traffic collision).
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994).
Born January 25th, 1927 in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 8th, 1994 at 67 years old in New York City (heart failure).
Vitas Gerulaitis
American tennis player.
Born July 26th, 1954 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1994 at 40 years old in Long Island (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Paul Anderson
American weightlifter (1932–1994).
Born October 17th, 1932 in Toccoa.
Died August 15th, 1994 at 61 years old in Vidalia (nephritis).
Martha Raye
American comic actress and singer (1916-1994).
Born August 27th, 1916 in Butte. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1994 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Ralph Ellison
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994).
Born March 1st, 1914 in Oklahoma City.
Died April 16th, 1994 at 80 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer).
Bassel al-Assad
Syrian engineer, soldier, politician, and eldest son of former syrian president hafez al-assad.
Born March 23rd, 1962 in Damascus.
Died January 21st, 1994 at 31 years old in Damascus (car collision).
David Berg
American leader of children of god (1920–1994).
Born February 18th, 1919 in Oakland.
Died October 1st, 1994 at 75 years old in Portugal.
Baruch Goldstein
American-israeli doctor, perpetrator of the cave of the patriarchs massacre (1956-1994).
Born December 9th, 1956 in Brooklyn.
Died February 25th, 1994 at 37 years old in Hebron (lynching, blunt trauma).
Nicky Hopkins
English pianist and organist (1944–1994).
Born February 24th, 1944 in Greater London.
Died September 6th, 1994 at 50 years old in Nashville.
Dub Taylor
American actor (1907-1994).
Born February 26th, 1907 in Richmond.
Died October 3rd, 1994 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Derek Jarman
British film director and artist (1942-1994).
Born January 31st, 1942 in Northwood.
Died February 19th, 1994 at 52 years old in St Bartholomew's Hospital (death from AIDS-related complications).
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