In the year 1994
684 Notable deaths
Terence Young
British film director (1915-1994).
Born June 20th, 1915 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1994 at 79 years old in Cannes (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fernando Rey
Spanish actor (1917–1994).
Born September 20th, 1917 in A Coruña.
Died March 9th, 1994 at 76 years old in Madrid (bladder cancer). [ref]
Christopher Lasch
American historian.
Died February 14th, 1994 at 61 years old in Pittsford (leukemia). [ref]
Tom Ewell
American actor.
Born April 29th, 1909 in Owensboro. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1994 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Christopher Collins
Actor, voice artist and comedian (1943-1994).
Born August 30th, 1949 in Orange.
Died June 12th, 1994 at 44 years old in Ventura (cerebral hemorrhage).
Günter Meisner
German actor (1926–1994).
Born April 18th, 1926 in Bremen.
Died December 5th, 1994 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Dennis Potter
English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist (1935-1994).
Born May 17th, 1935 in Berry Hill. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1994 at 59 years old in Ross-on-Wye (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
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).
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.
Walter Lantz
American animator.
Born April 27th, 1900 in New Rochelle.
Died March 22nd, 1994 at 93 years old in Burbank (heart failure). [ref]
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).
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).
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).
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born swiss and british jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer.
Born July 25th, 1905 in Ruse. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1994 at 89 years old in Zürich. [ref]
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).
Timothy Carey
American actor (1929-1994).
Born March 11th, 1929 in New York City.
Died May 11th, 1994 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
John Doucette
American actor (1921–1994).
Born January 21st, 1921 in Brockton.
Died August 16th, 1994 at 73 years old in Banning.
Marija Gimbutas
Lithuanian-american archaeologist.
Born January 23rd, 1921 in Vilnius.
Died February 2nd, 1994 at 73 years old in Los Angeles.
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994).
Born April 8th, 1920 in Harlem.
Died November 10th, 1994 at 74 years old in Beverly Hills (stroke).
Charles Drake
American actor (1917-1994).
Born October 2nd, 1917 in New York City.
Died September 10th, 1994 at 76 years old in East Lyme.
Billy Wright
English footballer (1924-1994).
Born February 6th, 1924 in Ironbridge.
Died September 3rd, 1994 at 70 years old in London Borough of Barnet (pancreatic cancer).
Arati Saha
Indian swimmer.
Born September 24th, 1940 in Kolkata.
Died August 23rd, 1994 at 53 years old in Kolkata (jaundice).
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After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer