In the year 1994

607 Notable deaths

Pierre Boulle

French novelist (1912–1994).

Born February 20th, 1912 in Avignon. [ref]

Died January 30th, 1994 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]

Elias Canetti

Bulgarian-born swiss and british jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer.

Born July 25th, 1905 in Ruse. [ref]

Died August 14th, 1994 at 89 years old in Zürich. [ref]

Christopher Collins

Actor, voice artist and comedian (1943-1994).

Born August 30th, 1949 in Orange.

Died June 12th, 1994 at 44 years old in Ventura (cerebral hemorrhage).

Julian Schwinger

American theoretical physicist.

Born February 12th, 1918 in New York City. [ref]

Died July 16th, 1994 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).

Lindsay Anderson

British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, and film critic (1923-1994).

Born April 17th, 1923 in Bengaluru. [ref]

Died August 30th, 1994 at 71 years old in Angoulême (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Walter Lantz

American animator.

Born April 27th, 1900 in New Rochelle.

Died March 22nd, 1994 at 93 years old in Burbank (heart failure). [ref]

Carmen McRae

American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994).

Born April 8th, 1922 in New York City, Harlem.

Died November 10th, 1994 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (stroke). [ref]

Dennis Potter

English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist (1935-1994).

Born May 17th, 1935 in Berry Hill. [ref]

Died June 7th, 1994 at 59 years old in Ross-on-Wye (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Jule Styne

British-born american songwriter (1905-1994).

Born December 31st, 1905 in London. [ref]

Died September 20th, 1994 at 88 years old in New York City.

Clement Greenberg

American essayist and visual art critic (1909-1994).

Born January 16th, 1909 in The Bronx. [ref]

Died May 7th, 1994 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]

Deaths 131 to 140 of 607

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