Chronology of Notable Deaths

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1993

July 2
  • Death of Fred Gwynne at age 76 of pancreatic cancer; actor (The Munsters, Car 54 Where are You?). [31] [457]
July 3
  • Death of Joe DeRita AKA Joseph Wardell of complications of diabetes at age 83; actor (Curly - The Three Stooges (1958-)). [31] [457]
July 15
  • Death of David Brian at age 78 of cancer; actor (Mr. District Attorney radio and TV show). [457]
July 20
  • Vincent Foster, White House Counsel is found in park dead of gunshot, called suicide. [31] [1270.219]
July 28
  • Death of Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (heart ailment) (born 1965). [31] (July 27 [5])
July 31
  • Death of Baudouin I, King of Belgium (born 1930). [31]
August 10
  • Death of Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (born 1968). [31]
September 4
  • Death of Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor (Tattoo - Fantasy Island) (born 1943). [5] [31]
September 11
  • Death of Erich Leinsdorf in Vienna, Austria; conductor, concert pianist, director of the New York Metropolitan Opera (1939) (born 1912). [31] [37]
September 12
  • Death of Raymond Burr at age 76; actor (Fort Laramie radio show, Perry Mason TV show (1957-66, two Emmy awards), Ironside TV show (1967-75)). [457]
September 20
  • Death of Erich Hartmann, world's highest-scoring Fighter Ace (born 1922). [31]
September 27
  • Death of Fraser MacPherson at age 65 of cancer; jazz saxophonist ("Fraser: Live at the Planetarium" album (1975)). [457]
October 12
  • Death of Leon Ames at age 91 of a stroke; actor (Life with Father, Father of the Bride, Mr. Ed). [457]
October 17
  • Death of Criss Oliva, American lead guitarist of Savatage (born 1964). [31]
October 18
  • Death of Lois Kibbee at age 71 from a brain tumor; actress (Edge of Night, Somerset, One Life to Live). [457]
October 25
  • Death of Vincent Price at age 82 of lung cancer; actor (The Saint radio show), TV host (Mystery). [31] [457]

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November 1
  • Death of Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1905). [31]
November 3
  • Death of Leon Theremin, Russian inventor and creator of the theremin. [31]
November 12
  • Death of Harry. R. Haldeman, Chief of Staff for President Richard Nixon, American Watergate scandal figure (born 1926). [31]
November 21
  • Death of Bill Bixby of prostate cancer at age 58; American TV actor (The Incredible Hulk, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, My Favorite Martian, The Magician). [31] [457]
November 28
  • Death of Garry Moore AKA Thomas Garrison Morfit at age 78 of emphysema; host (I've Got A Secret, To Tell the Truth, Club Matinee radio show). [457]
  • Death of Jerry Edmonton at age 47 in a motor vehicle accident in Santa Barbara, California, USA; drummer (Sparrow, Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride"). [457]
December 2
  • Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel, is gunned down in Medellín when police try to arrest him. [1] [31]
December 3
  • Lewis Thomas, American biologist, dies of cancer at age 80 (born 1913). [1] [31]
  • Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at age 40. [1]
  • Death of Joe Fowler at age 99 in Florida, USA; graduated US Naval Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed World War II aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, retired 1948 as rear admiral, joined Disney team April 1954, oversaw construction of Disneyland, supervised operations, in charge of construction of Walt Disney World, retired 1978, named a Disney Legend 1990. [510.174]
December 4
  • Frank Sturgis, Watergate burglar, dies at age 68. [1]
  • Death of Frank Zappa at age 52 of prostate cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock singer and composer ("Memories of El Monte", Mothers of Invention band, 50 albums, "Jazz From Hell" album (Grammy Award 1988)). [5] [31] [457]
  • Margaret Landon, US author (Anna and the King of Siam), dies at age 90. [1]
December 5
  • Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at age 87. [1]
  • Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at age 86. [1]
  • Douglas Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at age 32 (born 1961). [1] [31]
December 6
  • Death of Don Ameche at age 85 of prostate cancer; actor (Betty and Bob radio show, Grand Hotel, First Nighter, The (Battling) Bickersons, Charlie McCarthy Show, Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show TV show, Cocoon movie). [1] [457]
  • Professor Wolfgang Paul, German physicist (Nobel Prize 1989), dies at age 80. [1]
  • Rita Macedo, actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at age 65. [1]
  • Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered. [1]
December 7
  • Félix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at age 88 (born 1905). [1] [31]
  • Janet Margolin, actress (David and Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at age 50. [1]
  • Death of Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Noble Prize for Physics 1989, in Bonn, Germany (born 1913). [31] [37]
December 8
  • André Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at age 93. [1]
December 9
  • Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at age 67 (born 1926). [1] [31]
  • Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies. [1]
December 10
  • Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at age 42. [1]
December 11
  • Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at age 99. [1]
December 12
  • Gerard "Gé" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at age 90. [1]
  • Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop), dies of AIDS at age 58. [1]
  • Jozsef Antall, historian/premier of Hungary (1990-93), dies at age 61. [1]
December 13
  • Charles Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Ogentroost), dies at age 87. [1]
  • A U-2 spyplane crashes on a local training flight at Beale Air Force Base in California; US Air Force pilot Captain Richard Schneider is killed. [31]
  • Death of Vanessa Duriès, French novelist (car crash) (born 1972). [31]
December 14
  • Death of Myrna Loy at age 88 from complications during surgery; actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair, Ironside, Columbo, The Virginian, Family Affair, Love Sidney). [1] [5] [457]
December 16
  • Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at age 46. [1]
  • Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at age 75. [1]
  • Death of Moses Gunn at age 64 of asthma; actor (Roots, Good Times, The Cowboys, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy). [457]
  • Ratu Penaia Ganilau, President of Fiji (1987-93), dies at age 75. [1]
  • Richard Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at age 68. [1]
December 17
  • Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at age 50 of ovarian cancer. [1]
December 18
  • Sam Wanamaker, actor (Private Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at age 74. [1]
December 19
  • Anthonius "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at age 47. [1]
  • Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP Assistant Secretary of Education (1973-75), dies at age 77. [1]
  • Death of Michael Clarke at age 47 of liver failure; drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jerry Jeff Walker). [1] [457]
December 20
  • Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at age 64. [1]
  • W Edwards Deming, US economist (helped Japan after WWII), dies at age 93. [1]
December 21
  • Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at age 100. [1]
December 22
  • Don DeFore, actor (George Baxter - Hazel), dies of cardiac arrest at age 76. [1]
December 24
  • Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers, Whiskey Galore!), dies at age 81. [1]
  • Norman Vincent Peale, reverend (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at age 95. [1]
  • Yen Chia-kan, Prime Minister/President of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies. [1]
December 26
  • Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at age 80. [1]
December 27
  • Blandine Ebinger [Loeser], actress (Mädchen in Uniform), dies at age 94. [1]
  • Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at age 50. [1]
December 28
  • Death of Howard Caine at age 64; actor (Hogan's Heroes, War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo). [457]
  • Death of William L. Shirer at age 89; radio journalist (CBS correspondent in Berlin), writer (Rise and Fall of Third Reich). [1] [457]
December 30
  • Mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at age 81. [1]
  • [Irving Paul] "Swifty" Lazar, superagent, dies of kidney failure at age 86. [1]
December 31
  • Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at age 85. [1]
  • Lambert Fokkema, founder of Dutch Export Combination, dies at age 80. [1]
  • Thomas J Watson Junior, president of IBM (1956-71)/diplomat, dies at age 79. [1]
  • Zviad Gamsachurdia, first President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), dies of suicide at age 54 (born 1939). [1] [31]

End of 1993. Next: 1994.

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