In the year 1993
659 Notable deaths
Leonid Gaidai
Soviet film director (1923-1993).
Born January 30th, 1923 in Svobodny.
Died November 19th, 1993 at 70 years old in Moscow (pulmonary embolism).
Bruno Pontecorvo
Italian nuclear physicist.
Born August 22nd, 1913 in Pisa.
Died September 24th, 1993 at 80 years old in Dubna (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Jim Pollard
American basketball player and coach.
Born July 9th, 1922 in Oakland.
Died January 22nd, 1993 at 70 years old in Stockton.
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist.
Born August 28th, 1928 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1993 at 64 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Vishnudevananda Saraswati
Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers.
Born December 31st, 1927 in Kerala.
Died November 9th, 1993 at 65 years old in Mangaluru.
Maurice Yaméogo
Burkina faso president (1921-1993).
Born December 31st, 1921 in Koudougou. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1993 at 71 years old in airplane, Ouagadougou. [ref]
Alfred Mosher Butts
American designer and architect; creator of scrabble.
Born April 13th, 1899 in Poughkeepsie.
Died April 4th, 1993 at 93 years old in Rhinebeck.
Gordon Douglas
American film director (1907-1993).
Born December 15th, 1907 in New York City.
Died September 29th, 1993 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Elisabeth Frink
English sculptor and printmaker (1930-1993).
Born November 14th, 1930 in Suffolk. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1993 at 62 years old in Dorset (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Tony Barton
English footballer and manager (1937-1993).
Born April 8th, 1937 in Sutton.
Died August 20th, 1993 at 56 years old in Hampshire (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 659
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci