In the year 1993
659 Notable deaths
Dinmukhamed Konayev
Soviet politician (1912-1993).
Born January 12th, 1912 in Almaty.
Died August 22nd, 1993 at 81 years old
Arleen Auger
American soprano (1939–1993).
Born September 13th, 1939 in South Gate.
Died June 10th, 1993 at 53 years old in Leusden (brain cancer).
Denis Parsons Burkitt
British surgeon (1911-1993).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Enniskillen.
Died March 23rd, 1993 at 82 years old in Gloucester.
Debiprasad Chattopadhyay
Indian marxist philosopher (1918–1993).
Born November 19th, 1918 in Kolkata.
Died May 8th, 1993 at 74 years old in Kolkata.
Sanzo Nosaka
Japanese politician (1892-1993).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Hagi.
Died November 14th, 1993 at 101 years old in Tokyo.
Carlos Montoya
Spanish musician (1903–1993).
Born December 13th, 1903 in Madrid.
Died March 3rd, 1993 at 89 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Layla Al-Attar
Iraqi artist and painter (1944-1993).
Born May 7th, 1944 in Baghdad.
Died June 27th, 1993 at 49 years old in Baghdad.
Arleen Whelan
Actress (1914-1993).
Born September 1st, 1914 in Salt Lake City.
Died April 7th, 1993 at 78 years old in Orange County (stroke).
Sophrony
Russian monk, theologian and writer (1896–1993).
Born September 22nd, 1896 in Moscow.
Died July 11th, 1993 at 96 years old in Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist.
Boris Christoff
Bulgarian bass singer.
Born May 18th, 1918 in Plovdiv. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1993 at 75 years old in Rome. [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