In the year 1994
651 Notable deaths
Lawrence Wetherby
American politician (1908–1994).
Born January 2nd, 1908 in Middletown.
Died March 27th, 1994 at 86 years old in Frankfort.
Roy J. Plunkett
American chemist.
Born June 26th, 1910 in New Carlisle.
Died May 12th, 1994 at 83 years old in Corpus Christi (cancer).
Alain Daniélou
French historian, musicologist and indologist (1907–1994).
Born October 4th, 1907 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died January 27th, 1994 at 86 years old in Lonay.
Federica Montseny
Spanish politician, anarchist, intellectual and writer (1905–1994).
Born February 12th, 1905 in Madrid.
Died January 14th, 1994 at 88 years old in Toulouse.
John Wain
British writer.
Born March 14th, 1925 in Stoke-on-Trent. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1994 at 69 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Motoo Kimura
Japanese scientist (1924–1994).
Born November 13th, 1924 in Okazaki. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1994 at 70 years old in Japan (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Manfred Wörner
German politician (1934-1994).
Born September 24th, 1934 in Stuttgart.
Died August 13th, 1994 at 59 years old in Brussels-Capital Region (colorectal cancer).
Nobuko Otowa
Japanese actress.
Born October 1st, 1924 in Yonago.
Died December 22nd, 1994 at 70 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer).
John Anthony Volpe
American politician (1908-1994).
Born December 8th, 1908 in Wakefield.
Died November 11th, 1994 at 85 years old in Nahant.
Luis Ocaña
Spanish racing cyclist.
Born June 9th, 1945 in Priego. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1994 at 48 years old in Mont-de-Marsan (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 651
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche