In the year 1994
675 Notable deaths
Melina Mercouri
Greek actress, singer and politician. minister of culture of greece (1920-1994).
Born October 18th, 1920 in Athens.
Died March 6th, 1994 at 73 years old in Upper East Side (cancer).
Jersey Joe Walcott
American boxer (1914-1994).
Born January 31st, 1914 in New Jersey, Merchantville. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1994 at 80 years old in Camden. [ref]
Leigh Bowery
Australian artist (1961-1994).
Born March 26th, 1961 in Melbourne, Sunshine.
Died December 31st, 1994 at 33 years old in London (death from AIDS-related complications).
Bill Travers
British activist (1922-1994).
Born January 3rd, 1922 in Newcastle upon Tyne. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1994 at 72 years old in Dorking. [ref]
Orval Faubus
36th governor of arkansas (1910-1994).
Born January 7th, 1910 in Madison County.
Died December 14th, 1994 at 84 years old in Conway (prostate cancer).
Volodymyr Ivashko
Ukrainian politician (1932-1994).
Born October 28th, 1932 in Poltava.
Died November 13th, 1994 at 62 years old in Moscow (disease).
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist.
Born May 12th, 1910 in Cairo. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1994 at 84 years old in Ilmington (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Mas Oyama
Korean karate master.
Born July 27th, 1923 in Gunsan, Gimje.
Died April 26th, 1994 at 70 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
L. V. Prasad
Indian actor, director, producer.
Born January 17th, 1908 in Somavarappadu, Eluru.
Died June 22nd, 1994 at 86 years old
Mildred Natwick
American actress (1905-1994).
Born June 19th, 1905 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1994 at 89 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 675
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde