In the year 1994
744 Notable deaths
Giulietta Masina
Italian actress (1921–1994).
Born February 22nd, 1921 in San Giorgio di Piano. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1994 at 73 years old in Rome (lung cancer).
Ken Oosterbroek
South african photographer (1963–1994).
Born February 14th, 1963 in Johannesburg.
Died April 18th, 1994 at 31 years old in Thokoza (gunshot wound).
Terence Young
British film director and screenwriter (1915–1994).
Born June 20th, 1915 in Shanghai.
Died September 7th, 1994 at 79 years old in Cannes (myocardial infarction).
Macdonald Carey
American actor (1913–1994).
Born March 15th, 1913 in Sioux City.
Died March 21st, 1994 at 81 years old in Beverly Hills (lung cancer).
Christopher Lasch
American historian (1932-1994).
Died February 14th, 1994 at 61 years old in Pittsford (leukemia).
Lady May Abel Smith
Noblewoman; british royal family descendant (1906–1994).
Born January 23rd, 1906 in Esher.
Died May 29th, 1994 at 88 years old in London.
Tom Ewell
American actor (1909-1994).
Born April 29th, 1909 in Owensboro. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1994 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills.
Christopher Collins
American actor, voice artist and comedian (1943-1994).
Born August 30th, 1949 in Orange.
Died June 12th, 1994 at 44 years old in Ventura (encephalitis).
Pujie
Chinese politician and younger brother of puyi (1907-1994).
Born April 16th, 1907 in Beijing.
Died February 28th, 1994 at 86 years old in Beijing.
Parveen Shakir
Pakistani writer and poet (1952–1994).
Born November 24th, 1952 in Karachi.
Died December 26th, 1994 at 42 years old in Islamabad (traffic collision).
Günter Meisner
German actor (1926–1994).
Born April 18th, 1926 in Bremen.
Died December 5th, 1994 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Dennis Potter
British dramatist and screenwriter (1935–1994).
Born May 17th, 1935 in Berry Hill.
Died June 7th, 1994 at 59 years old in Ross-on-Wye (pancreatic cancer).
Angelines Fernández
Mexican actress and comedian (1924–1994).
Born July 30th, 1924 in Madrid. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1994 at 69 years old in Mexico City (heart arrhythmia, respiratory failure, chronic renal insufficiency).
Harry Saltzman
Canadian theatre and film producer.
Born October 27th, 1915 in Sherbrooke.
Died September 28th, 1994 at 78 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Walter Lantz
American animator.
Born April 27th, 1900 in New Rochelle.
Died March 22nd, 1994 at 93 years old in Burbank (heart failure). [ref]
Fredi Washington
American actress (1903–1994).
Born December 23rd, 1903 in Savannah.
Died June 28th, 1994 at 90 years old in Stamford (stroke).
Julian Schwinger
American theoretical physicist (1918–1994).
Born February 12th, 1918 in New York City.
Died July 16th, 1994 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born swiss and british jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994).
Died August 14th, 1994 at 89 years old in Zurich.
Lindsay Anderson
British feature-film, theatre and documentary director and film critic (1923-1994).
Born April 17th, 1923 in Bengaluru.
Died August 30th, 1994 at 71 years old in Angoulême (myocardial infarction).
Jule Styne
British-born american songwriter (1905-1994).
Born December 31st, 1905 in London.
Died September 20th, 1994 at 88 years old in New York City.
Domenico Modugno
Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994).
Born January 9th, 1928 in Polignano a Mare.
Died August 6th, 1994 at 66 years old in Lampedusa e Linosa (myocardial infarction).
Rollo May
American psychologist (1909–1994).
Born April 21st, 1909 in Ada.
Died October 22nd, 1994 at 85 years old in Tiburon.
Ralph Miliband
Marxist theorist (1924–1994).
Born January 7th, 1924 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died May 21st, 1994 at 70 years old in Westminster (myocardial infarction).
Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Greek eastern orthodox monk and saint (1924-1994).
Born July 25th, 1924 in Çamlıca.
Died July 12th, 1994 at 69 years old in Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Souroti (cancer).
John Doucette
American actor (1921–1994).
Born January 21st, 1921 in Brockton.
Died August 16th, 1994 at 73 years old in Banning.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 744
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine