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In the year 1993
635 Notable deaths
Billy Conn
American boxer (1917–1993).
Born October 8th, 1917 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 29th, 1993 at 75 years old in Pittsburgh.
Pierre Bérégovoy
90th prime minister of france (1925-1993).
Born December 23rd, 1925 in Déville-lès-Rouen.
Died May 1st, 1993 at 67 years old in Nevers (gunshot wound).
Luther Gulick
American academic (1892-1993).
Born January 17th, 1892 in Osaka.
Died January 10th, 1993 at 100 years old in Walden.
Reuben Fine
American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993).
Born October 11th, 1914 in New York City.
Died March 26th, 1993 at 78 years old in New York City.
Claude Renoir
French cinematographer (1913–1993).
Born December 4th, 1913 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 5th, 1993 at 79 years old in Troyes. [ref]
Karl Gordon Henize
American astronomer (1926-1993).
Born October 17th, 1926 in Cincinnati.
Died October 5th, 1993 at 66 years old in Everest Base Camp (South, Nepal) (myocardial infarction, high altitude pulmonary edema).
René Bousquet
French police chief (1909-1993).
Born May 11th, 1909 in Montauban. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1993 at 84 years old in Paris (deliberate murder). [ref]
Jim Pollard
American basketball player and coach.
Born July 9th, 1922 in Oakland.
Died January 22nd, 1993 at 70 years old in Stockton.
Robert Taft, Jr.
American politician (1917–1993).
Born February 26th, 1917 in Cincinnati.
Died December 7th, 1993 at 76 years old in Cincinnati.
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]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel