In the year 1994
744 Notable deaths
Raymond Scott
American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994).
Born September 10th, 1908 in Brooklyn.
Died February 8th, 1994 at 85 years old in North Hills.
Roger Sperry
American neuroscientist.
Born August 20th, 1913 in Hartford.
Died April 17th, 1994 at 80 years old in Pasadena.
Robert Doisneau
French photographer (1912–1994).
Born April 14th, 1912 in Gentilly.
Died April 1st, 1994 at 81 years old in Paris.
Cyprien Ntaryamira
5th president of burundi (1955–1994).
Born March 6th, 1955 in Mubimbi Commune.
Died April 6th, 1994 at 39 years old in Kigali (surface-to-air missile).
Lew Hoad
Australian tennis player (1934–1994).
Born November 23rd, 1934 in Glebe.
Died July 3rd, 1994 at 59 years old in Fuengirola (leukemia).
Luis Donaldo Colosio
Mexican politician (1950-1994).
Born February 10th, 1950 in Magdalena de Kino.
Died March 23rd, 1994 at 44 years old in Tijuana.
William Marshall
American singer and bandleader (1917-1994).
Born October 12th, 1917 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1994 at 76 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Anni Albers
German-american textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the bauhaus (1899–1994).
Born June 12th, 1899 in Berlin.
Died May 9th, 1994 at 94 years old in Orange.
Olan Soule
Actor (1909–1994).
Born February 28th, 1909 in La Harpe.
Died February 1st, 1994 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Lilia Skala
Austrian-american actress (1896-1994).
Born November 28th, 1896 in Vienna.
Died December 18th, 1994 at 98 years old in Long Island.
Johnny Berry
English footballer (1926–1994).
Born June 1st, 1926 in Aldershot.
Died September 23rd, 1994 at 68 years old in Farnham.
William Arthur Ward
American writer.
Born December 17th, 1921 in Louisiana.
Died March 30th, 1994 at 72 years old
Mark Stevens
American actor (1916–1994).
Born December 13th, 1916 in Cleveland.
Died September 15th, 1994 at 77 years old in Spain (cancer).
Jack Sharkey
American boxer (1902–1994).
Born October 26th, 1902 in Binghamton.
Died August 17th, 1994 at 91 years old in Beverly.
Roberto Burle Marx
Brazilian landscape architect (1909-1994).
Born August 4th, 1909 in São Paulo.
Died June 4th, 1994 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Swaran Singh
Indian politician (1907–1994).
Born August 19th, 1907 in Punjab.
Died October 30th, 1994 at 87 years old in New Delhi.
Stephen Cole Kleene
American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist (1909–1994).
Born January 5th, 1909 in Hartford.
Died January 25th, 1994 at 85 years old in Madison.
Eric Gale
American jazz guitarist (1938–1994).
Born September 20th, 1938 in Brooklyn.
Died May 25th, 1994 at 55 years old in Baja California peninsula (lung cancer).
Bernard Moitessier
French boat navigator and writer (1925–1994).
Born April 10th, 1925 in Hanoi.
Died June 16th, 1994 at 69 years old in Vanves (prostate cancer).
Franco Moschino
Italian fashion designer and artist (1950–1994).
Born February 27th, 1950 in Abbiategrasso.
Died September 18th, 1994 at 44 years old in Annone di Brianza (HIV/AIDS).
Roberto Eduardo Viola
Military officer, dictator and de facto president of argentina.
Born October 13th, 1924 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 30th, 1994 at 69 years old in Buenos Aires (heart failure).
Max Bill
Swiss architect, painter and sculptor (1908-1994).
Born December 22nd, 1908 in Winterthur.
Died December 9th, 1994 at 85 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Marcel Bich
Co-founder of bic.
Born July 29th, 1914 in Turin.
Died May 30th, 1994 at 79 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Mbaye Diagne
Senegalese army officer (1958-1994).
Born March 18th, 1958 in Senegal.
Died May 31st, 1994 at 36 years old in Kigali.
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Israeli intellectual (1903-1994).
Born January 29th, 1903 in Riga.
Died August 18th, 1994 at 91 years old in Jerusalem.
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It’s better to burn out than to fade away. Neil Young