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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 1993.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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April 1993
1
- Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, 79, Spanish royal, laryngeal cancer.[1]
- Kristian Bjørn, 73, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympian (1948).[2]
- Andrée Brunin, 56, French author.[3]
- Howard Scott Gentry, 89, American botanist.
- Kevin Gilbert, 59, Aboriginal Australian writer, activist, and visual artist.[4]
- Jerry Hausner, 83, American radio and television actor.[5]
- Alan Kulwicki, 38, American racing driver, plane crash.[6]
- Fred Schwengel, 86, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1955-1965, 1967-1973).[7]
- Czesław Suszczyk, 71, Polish football player and Olympian (1952).[8]
- Nicanor Zabaleta Zala, 86, Spanish harpist.[9]
- Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, 88, British public servant and zoologist, thrombosis.[10]
2
- Edward Edinborough Chamberlain, 86, New Zealand plant pathologist.
- Hugh Fernando, 76, Sri Lankan politician.
- Thales Monteiro, 68, Brazilian basketball player and Olympian (1952).[11]
- Masaichi Niimi, 106, Japanese naval admiral during World War II.
- Alexander Bell Patterson, 81, Canadian politician, MP (1953–1958, 1962–1968, 1972–1984).[12]
- Asoka Ponnamperuma, 56, Sri Lankan actor, singer, and scriptwriter.
- Donald W. Reynolds, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.
- Sarban, 62, Afghan singer.
- Frank Sharp, 87, American land developer and stock fraudster.[13]
- Ernst von Bodelschwingh, 86, German politician and member of the Bundestag.
3
- Red Allen, 63, American bluegrass singer and guitarist.
- Lydia Auster, 80, Estonian composer.
- Eduardo Caballero Calderón, 83, Colombian writer.[14]
- Eugene Church, 55, American R&B singer and songwriter, cancer.[15]
- Sali Herman, 95, Swiss-Australian artist.
- Pinky Lee, 85, American comedian and children's entertainer.[16]
- Eugenie Leontovich, 93-100, Russian-American actress (The Rains of Ranchipur, Homicidal, Naked City), cardiac arrest and pneumonia.[17]
- Alexandre Mnouchkine, 85, Russian-French film producer.[18]
- Peter J. De Muth, 101, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1937-1939).[19]
- Leopoldo Nachbin, 71, Brazilian mathematician.[20]
- Götz Dieter Plage, 56, German cinematographer, airship crash.[21]
- Lazkao Txiki, 66, Basque bertsolari poet and musician.
- Bonifacio Zarcal, 73, Filipino Olympic boxer (1948).[22]
4
- Alfred Mosher Butts, 93, American architect, inventor of Scrabble.
- Edera Cordiale, 73, Italian Olympic discus thrower (1948, 1952).[23]
- Pierre de Cossé-Brissac, 93, French memoirist.[24]
- Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, 82, British Royal Air Force marshal.
- Terje Rollem, 77, Norwegian resistance officer during World War II.
- Zdzisław Smoliński, 50, Polish Olympic hammer thrower (1964).[25]
- Albert Fahmy Tadros, 78, Egyptian basketball player and Olympian (1936, 1948, 1952).[26]
5
- Harbans Bhalla, 62, Indian poet.
- Divya Bharti, 19, Indian actress (Deewana, Shola Aur Shabnam, Vishwatma), fall.
- Joe Coscarart, 83, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Bees).[27]
- Vernon McCain, 84, American football and basketball coach.[28]
6
- Selma Andersson, 98, Swedish Olympic diver (1912, 1920).[29]
- George Arceneaux, 64, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana).[30]
- Viktor Avbelj, 79, Slovenian politician.
- Charles Burkill, 93, English mathematician.[31]
- Peter DeFeo, 91, American mobster belonging to the Genovese crime family.
- Miguel Ángel Gómez, 24, Spanish sprinter and Olympian (1992).[32]
- Cecil B. Lyon, 89, American diplomat.[33]
- Clarence McGeary, 66, American football player (Green Bay Packers).[34]
- Frans Slaats, 80, Dutch cyclist.
- Inge von Wangenheim, 80, German actress and author.[35]
- Chen Zaidao, 84, Chinese general.
7
- Edward Adamczyk, 71, Polish Olympic athlete (1948).[36]
- Tonny Ahm, 78, Danish badminton champion.
- Bob Alexander, 70, Canadian baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians).[37]
- Gerardo Chiaromonte, 68, Italian communist politician, journalist, and writer.
- Max Croiset, 80, Dutch actor (The Village on the River).[38]
- Billy Griffith, 78, English cricketer.
- Heinz Hoppe, 69, German lyric tenor in opera, lied and operetta.
- Leo Lafrance, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks).[39]
- Gladys Lehman, 101, American screenwriter, pneumonia.[40]
- Howie McFarland, 83, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[41]
- Vincent Perera, 74, Sri Lankan statesman.
- Terry Price, 47, Welsh rugby player, traffic collision.
- Hugh E. Rodham, 82, American businessman and father of politician Hillary Clinton, stroke.
- Arleen Whelan, 76, American actress (The Doughgirls), stroke.
8
- Marian Anderson, 96, American singer, congestive heart failure.[42]
- Stole Aranđelović, 62, Serbian actor.[43]
- Álida España, 68, Guatemalan activist and politician.
- Billy Gayles, 61, American drummer and singer, cancer.
- Bobby Mitchell, 68, Scottish football player.[44]
- Aleksei Saltykov, 58, Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
- Dave Shannon, 70, Australian bomber pilot during World War II.
- Konrad Srzednicki, 98, Polish painter.[45]
9
- Morteza Avini, 45, Iranian documentary filmmaker and author, landmine explosion.
- Robert B. Claytor, 71, American railroad administrator, cancer.[46]
- Les Cunningham, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Americans, Chicago Black Hawks).[47]
- Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, 39, Brazilian Roman Catholic nun, stabbed.[48]
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 90, American Orthodox rabbi and philosopher.
- Adolf Vogl, 82, Austrian footballer.[49]
- Jess Yates, 74, English television presenter (Stars on Sunday), stroke.
10
- Donald Broadbent, 66, English psychologist.[50]
- Chris Hani, 50, South African politician, assassinated.[51]
- Maxim Lieber, 95, American literary agent.[52]
- Leo Metzenbauer, 83, Austrian art director.[53]
11
- Fides Benini, 63, Italian Olympic swimmer (1952).[54]
- Wacław Dworzecki, 82, Soviet film and theater actor.
- George Albert Hammes, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Superior (1960–1985).
- Rahmon Nabiyev, 62, Tajik politician, president (1991, 1991–1992), infarction.
- C. William Johnson, 76, American Olympic skeleton racer (1948).[55]
- Pietro Sessa, 65, Italian Olympic rower (1948).[56]
- Malcolm Wiseman, 79, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1936).[57]
12
- Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, 73, Somalian politician and Vice President.
- Liz Andrew, 45, Australian politician, MLA (1974–1977), cancer.[58]
- Scotty Cameron, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[59]
- Troy Dandridge, 88, American baseball player.[60]
- Rafael Aguilar Guajardo, 43, Mexican drug lord, shot.[61]
- George Frederick Ives, 111, Canadian supercentenarian.[62]
- Andrew Johnston, 77, Scottish cricketer.[63]
13
- Grigori Abrikosov, 60, Soviet theatre and film actor.[64]
- Andronik Iosifyan, 87, Soviet aerospace engineers.
- Isaac Francisco del Ángel Rojas, 86, Argentine naval admiral and politician, vice president (1955–1958).
- Henning Schwarz, 64, German politician, leukemia.
- Prince Scott, 75, American football player.[65]
- Wallace Stegner, 84, American novelist (Angle of Repose, The Spectator Bird, The Big Rock Candy Mountain), traffic collision.[66]
- Ernesto Montagne Sánchez, 76, Peruvian politician.
- Rudolf Wetzer, 92, Romanian football player, manager, and Olympian (1924).[67]
14
- John Golland, 50, English composer.[68]
- Reuben Hecht, 83, Israeli industrialist.[69]
- Walther Kohlhase, 85, German painter.[70]
- Jim McDonnell, 70, American baseball player.[71]
- Roba Negousse, 56, Ethiopian sprinter and Olympian (1956, 1960).[72]
- Geza Szabo, 52, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1964, 1968).[73]
15
- Harry Alexander, 87, Australian cricketer.[74]
- William Bakewell, 84, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dance, Fools, Dance, Gold Diggers of Broadway), leukemia.[75]
- Uwe Beyer, 48, German Olympic hammer thrower (1964, 1968, 1972).[76]
- Leslie Charteris, 85, English author (The Saint).[77]
- Bertie Crellin, 90, Australian rules footballer.[78]
- Lucette Descaves, 87, French pianist and teacher.[79]
- Alberto Giolitti, 69, Italian-American comic book artist.[80]
- Georges Guillez, 83, French Olympic sprinter (1936).[81]
- John Hunter, 84, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1949-1957).[82]
- Peter Pietras, 84, American soccer player and Olympian (1936).[83]
- Herbert Dudley Purves, 84, New Zealand chemist, mathematician, and scientist.
- Eduard Rhein, 92, German writer.[84]
- Robert Westall, 63, English author and teacher.[85]
- John Tuzo Wilson, 84, Canadian geophysicist.[86]
- Rafael Ávalos, 66, Mexican football player.
16
- Mac Cara, 78, American football player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[87]
- Josef Greindl, 80, German opera singer.[88]
- Ruby Hammond, 57, Australian indigenous rights campaigner.
- Sharon Herbaugh, 39, American journalist and war correspondent, helicopter crash.[89]
- Aleksandr Kondratov, 55, Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and poet.[90]
- Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, 89, Indonesian writer and politician.
- Geoff Organ, 74, Australian rules footballer.[91]
- Malik Ram, 86, Indian poet and scholar.
17
- Joachim Karliczek, 78, Polish Olympic swimmer (1936).[92]
- Nikolai Kryukov, 77, Soviet film and theater actor.
- Mario Maccaferri, 92, Italian luthier, classical guitarist, and inventor.
- Shahen Meghrian, 41, Armenian military commander and political activist, killed in action.
- Turgut Özal, 65, Turkish politician, president (since 1989), prime minister (1983–1989), heart attack.[93]
18
- Isgender Aznaurov, 36, Azerbaijani military officer, killed in action.
- Elisabeth Frink, 62, English sculptor, cancer.[94]
- Masahiko Kimura, 75, Japanese judoka, lung cancer.
- Reynold Higgins, 76, British lassical Archaeologist.
- Walter Lohmann, 81, German cyclist.
- Werner Pochath, 53, Austrian film actor, AIDS-related complications.[95]
- Bernie Wayne, 74, American composer, heart failure.[96]
19
- Steve Douglas, 54, American saxophonist (The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Dion DiMucci), heart failure.[97]
- Blas Galindo, 83, Mexican composer (Sones de Mariachi).[98]
- Tom Jamieson, 69, Canadian ice hockey player.
- David Koresh, 33, American cult leader (Branch Davidians), gunshot wound.[99]
- Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr., 87, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania).[100]
- George S. Mickelson, 52, American politician, governor of South Dakota (since 1987), plane crash.[101]
- Barbara Stoler Miller, 52, American Indologist, cancer.[102]
- Clifford Scott, 64, American saxophonist and flautist.[103]
- Joseph A. Sellinger, 72, American Catholic priest and Jesuit, pancreatic cancer.[104]
20
- Leonas Baltrūnas, 78, Lithuanian basketball player and coach.
- Antonio Bello, 58, Italian Catholic prelate, stomach cancer.
- Luiz Borracha, 72, Brazilian footballer.[105]
- Cantinflas, 81, Mexican actor (Around the World in 80 Days, El bolero de Raquel, Pepe), lung cancer.[106]
- Evelyne Hall, 83, American hurdler and Olympic medalist (1932).[107]
- Frank Stubbs, 83, American Olympic ice hockey player (1936).[108]
- Khairallah Talfah, 82, Iraqi Ba'ath Party official and father-in-law of Saddam Hussein.
21
- Galeazzo Benti, 69, Italian actor, heart attack.[109]
- Paul G. Gassman, 57, American chemist, aortic dissection.
- Robert Dale Henderson, 48, American serial killer, execution by electrocution.
- Rowland Hilder, 88, English painter and book illustrator.
- William Curry Holden, 96, American historian and archaeologist.[110]
- Lincoln Hurring, 61, New Zealand swimmer and Olympian (1952, 1956), heart attack.[111]
- Niels Rohweder, 87, Danish architect.[112]
- Hal Schumacher, 82, American baseball player (New York Giants), stomach cancer.[113]
- Raymond Smillie, 89, Canadian Olympic boxer (1928).[114]
22
- Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa, 91, Venezuelan politician, president of the Senate (1962–1967).[115]
- Mark Koenig, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants), cancer.[116]
- Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, 31, Nepalese mountain climber, climbing accident.
- Andries Treurnicht, 72, South African politician, complications during heart surgery.[117]
23
- Bertus Aafjes, 78, Dutch poet, cancer.[118]
- Lalith Athulathmudali, 56, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1977–1991), assassinated.
- Robert Bürchler, 77, Swiss sport shooter and Olympic medalist (1952).[119]
- Guido Carli, 79, Italian banker, economist and politician.[120]
- Cesar Chavez, 66, American labor leader and civil rights activist.[121]
- Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, 91, Russian-American Chabad leader.[122]
- Fernando Hurtado, 65, Chilean footballer.[123]
- Daniel Jones, 80, Welsh composer.[124]
- Séra Martin, 86, French middle-distance runner and Olympian (1928, 1932).[125]
- John Nevius, 72, American lawyer and politician, member (1967-1969) and chairman (1972-1974) of the Council of the District of Columbia.[126]
- Janina Skirlińska, 86, Polish Olympic gymnast (1936).[127]
- DJ Subroc, 19, American hip-hop artist, traffic accident.
24
- Gustl Bayrhammer, 71, German actor, heart attack.[128]
- Richard Donchian, 87, American commodities and futures trader.[129]
- Everett F. Drumright, 86, American diplomat.[130]
- Ian Jacob, 93, British Army officer.[131]
- Ethel Magafan, 76, American painter.[132]
- Jim McDonnell, 70, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[133]
- Pierre Naville, 89, French surrealist writer and sociologist.[134]
- Oliver Reginald Tambo, 75, South African politician, complications from a stroke.[135]
- Tran Duc Thao, 75, Vietnamese philosopher.[136]
25
- Geraldo Del Rey, 62, Brazilian actor, lung cancer.[137]
- Hüseyin Erçetin, 81, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1936).[138]
- Georges Favre, 87, French composer.[139]
- Ferenc Klics, 69, Hungarian athlete and Olympian (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960).[140]
- S. M. Koya, 70, Fijian politician and statesman.
- Rosita Moreno, 86, Spanish actress (Walls of Gold, Ladies Should Listen, The Scoundrel).[141]
- Henri René, 86, American musician.[142]
26
- Vivek Agarwal, 31, Indian cricketer and flight attendant, plane crash.[143]
- Bob Broadbent, 68, English cricketer (Worcestershire).[144]
- Floyd Chalmers, 94, Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.[145]
- Desmond Crawley, 75, British diplomat.
- Darussalam, 72, Indonesian actor.
- Roger Miller, 38, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), acetylene tank explosion.[146]
27
- France Bezlaj, 82, Slovenian linguist.[147]
- Hans Sahl, 90, German writer.[148]
- Ilie Oană, 74, Romanian football player and manager.[149]
- Victims of the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash:[150]
- Patrick Banda, 19, Zambian footballer.[151]
- David Chabala, 33, Zambian footballer and Olympian (1988).[152]
- Whiteson Changwe, 28, Zambian footballer.[153]
- Wisdom Mumba Chansa, 29, Zambian footballer and Olympian (1988).[154]
- Moses Chikwalakwala, 23, Zambian footballer.
- Godfrey Chitalu, 45, Zambian footballer, coach, and Olympian (1980).[155]
- Alex Chola, 36, Zambian footballer, coach, and Olympian (1980).[156]
- Samuel Chomba, 29, Zambian footballer and Olympian (1988).[157]
- Godfrey Kangwa, Zambian footballer.
- Derby Makinka, 27, Zambian footballer and Olympian (1988).[158]
- Moses Masuwa, 21, Zambian footballer.
- Eston Mulenga, 31, Zambian footballer and Olympian (1988).[159]
- Winter Mumba, Zambian footballer.
- Kelvin Mutale, 23, Zambian footballer.
- Richard Mwanza, 33, Zambian footballer and Olympian (1988).[160]
- Numba Mwila, 21, Zambian footballer.
- Timothy Mwitwa, 24, Zambian footballer.[161]
- Kenan Simambe, 18, Zambian footballer.
- John Soko, 24, Zambian footballer.[162]
- Robert Watiyakeni, 23, Zambian footballer.[163]
28
- Jack Bighead, 63, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams).[164]
- Enrique de Chávarri, 90, Spanish Olympic athlete (1928).[165]
- Diva Diniz Corrêa, 74, Brazilian marine zoologist.
- Harold Darragh, 90, Canadian ice hockey player.[166]
- Momčilo Gavrić, 86, Serbian soldier, youngest participant of World War I.
- Valentina Grizodubova, 84, Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union.[167]
- Stefan Hajduk, 59, Polish Olympic wrestler (1960).[168]
- Santiago Pi, 63, Spanish Olympic sailor (1960).[169]
- Chon Sang-pyong, 63, South Korean writer.[170]
- Ben Schwartzwalder, 83, American football player and Hall of Fame coach (Syracuse Orange).[171]
- Jim Valvano, 47, American college basketball player (Rutgers) and coach (NC State, Iona), adenocarcinoma.[172]
- Len Walsh, 80, Australian rules footballer.[173]
29
- Kenneth Caskey, 89, American Olympic hammer thrower (1928).[174]
- Michael Gordon, 83, American film director (Pillow Talk, Cyrano de Bergerac).[175]
- Wilhelm Hanle, 92, German experimental physicist.[176]
- Cy Howard, 77, American screenwriter (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour).[177]
- Fernand Prudhomme, 76, French Olympic basketball player (1936).[178]
- Mick Ronson, 46, English guitarist (The Spiders from Mars), liver cancer.[179]
- Robert Bertram Serjeant, 78, British scholar, traveller, and Arabists.[180]
- Leona E. Tyler, 86, American psychologist.[181]
30
- Colin Emerson Bennett, 85, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1949-1957).[182]
- Tommy Caton, 30, English footballer, heart attack.[183]
- Mario Evaristo, 84, Argentine football player.
- Waruhiu Itote, 71, Kenyan rebel leader during the Mau Mau rebellion, stroke.
- Kurt Kuhlmey, 79, German general during World War II.
- Árpád Lengyel, 78, Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist (1936).[184]
- Eric Rowan, 83, South African cricket player.[185]
- Dave Waymer, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Raiders), heart attack.[186]
- Daphne Young, 77, English badminton player.
- Frija Zoaretz, 85, Israeli politician.
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