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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.[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.
- Alan Kulwicki, 38, American racing driver, plane crash.[5]
- Fred Schwengel, 86, American politician.
- Czesław Suszczyk, 71, Polish football player.[6]
- Nicanor Zabaleta Zala, 86, Spanish harpist.[7]
- Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, 88, British public servant and zoologist, thrombosis.[8]
2
- Edward Edinborough Chamberlain, 86, New Zealand plant pathologist.
- Hugh Fernando, 76, Sri Lankan politician.
- Thales Monteiro, 68, Brazilian basketball player and Olympian.[9]
- Masaichi Niimi, 106, Japanese naval admiral during World War II.
- Alexander Bell Patterson, 81, Canadian politician, MP (1953–1958, 1962–1968, 1972–1984).[10]
- 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.[11]
- 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.[12]
- Eugene Church, 55, American R&B singer and songwriter, cancer.[13]
- Sali Herman, 95, Swiss-Australian artist.
- Pinky Lee, 85, American comedian and children's entertainer.[14]
- Eugenie Leontovich, 93-100, Russian-American actress (The Rains of Ranchipur, Homicidal, Naked City), cardiac arrest and pneumonia.[15]
- Alexandre Mnouchkine, 85, Russian-French film producer.[16]
- Leopoldo Nachbin, 71, Brazilian mathematician.[17]
- Götz Dieter Plage, 56, German cinematographer, airship crash.[18]
- Lazkao Txiki, 66, Basque bertsolari poet and musician.
4
- Alfred Mosher Butts, 93, American architect, inventor of Scrabble.
- Edera Cordiale, 73, Italian Olympic discus thrower (1948).
- Pierre de Cossé-Brissac, 93, French memoirist.[19]
- Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, 82, British Royal Air Force marshal.
- Terje Rollem, 77, Norwegian resistance officer during World War II.
- Albert Fahmy Tadros, 78, Egyptian basketball player and Olympian.[20]
5
- Harbans Bhalla, 62, Indian poet.
- Divya Bharti, 19, Indian actress (Deewana, Shola Aur Shabnam, Vishwatma), fall.
- Joe Coscarart, 83, American baseball player.[21]
- Vernon McCain, 84, American football and basketball coach.[22]
6
- Selma Andersson, 98, Swedish Olympic diver (1912, 1920).[23]
- Viktor Avbelj, 79, Slovenian politician.
- Charles Burkill, 93, English mathematician.[24]
- Peter DeFeo, 91, American mobster belonging to the Genovese crime family.
- Cecil B. Lyon, 89, American diplomat.[25]
- Frans Slaats, 80, Dutch cyclist.
- Inge von Wangenheim, 80, German actress and author.[26]
- Chen Zaidao, 84, Chinese general.
7
- Edward Adamczyk, 71, Polish athlete and Olympian.[27]
- Tonny Ahm, 78, Danish badminton champion.
- Bob Alexander, 70, Canadian baseball player.[28]
- Gerardo Chiaromonte, 68, Italian communist politician, journalist, and writer.
- Max Croiset, 80, Dutch actor (The Village on the River).[29]
- Billy Griffith, 78, English cricketer.
- Heinz Hoppe, 69, German lyric tenor in opera, lied and operetta.
- Gladys Lehman, 101, American screenwriter, pneumonia.[30]
- 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.[31]
- Stole Aranđelović, 62, Serbian actor.[32]
- Álida España, 68, Guatemalan activist and politician.
- Billy Gayles, 61, American drummer and singer, cancer.
- Bobby Mitchell, 68, Scottish football player.[33]
- Aleksei Saltykov, 58, Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
- Dave Shannon, 70, Australian bomber pilot during World War II.
9
- Morteza Avini, 45, Iranian documentary filmmaker and author, landmine explosion.
- Robert B. Claytor, 71, American railroad administrator, cancer.[34]
- Les Cunningham, 79, Canadian ice hockey player.[35]
- Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, 39, Brazilian Roman Catholic nun, stabbed.[36]
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 90, American Orthodox rabbi and philosopher.
- Jess Yates, 74, English television presenter (Stars on Sunday), stroke.
10
- Donald Broadbent, 66, English psychologist.[37]
- Chris Hani, 50, South African politician, assassinated.[38]
- Maxim Lieber, 95, American literary agent.[39]
- Leo Metzenbauer, 83, Austrian art director.[40]
11
- 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 skeleton racer and Olympian.[41]
- Malcolm Wiseman, 79, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1936).[42]
12
- Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, 73, Somalian politician and Vice President.
- Liz Andrew, 45, Australian politician, MLA (1974–1977), cancer.[43]
- Rafael Aguilar Guajardo, 43, Mexican drug lord, shot.[44]
- George Frederick Ives, 111, Canadian supercentenarian.[45]
13
- Grigori Abrikosov, 60, Soviet theatre and film actor.[46]
- 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.
- Wallace Stegner, 84, American novelist (Angle of Repose, The Spectator Bird, The Big Rock Candy Mountain), traffic collision.[47]
- Ernesto Montagne Sánchez, 76, Peruvian politician.
- Rudolf Wetzer, 92, Romanian football player and manager.[48]
14
- John Golland, 50, English composer.[49]
- Reuben Hecht, 83, Israeli industrialist.[50]
- Jim McDonnell, 70, American baseball player.[51]
- Roba Negousse, 56, Ethiopian sprinter and Olympian.[52]
15
- Harry Alexander, 87, Australian cricketer.[53]
- William Bakewell, 84, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dance, Fools, Dance, Gold Diggers of Broadway), leukemia.[54]
- Uwe Beyer, 48, West German hammer thrower.[55]
- Leslie Charteris, 85, English author (The Saint).[56]
- Lucette Descaves, 87, French pianist and teacher.[57]
- Alberto Giolitti, 69, Italian-American comic book artist.[58]
- Georges Guillez, 83, French Olympic sprinter (1936).[59]
- Herbert Dudley Purves, 84, New Zealand chemist, mathematician, and scientist.
- Eduard Rhein, 92, German writer.[60]
- Robert Westall, 63, English author and teacher.[61]
- John Tuzo Wilson, 84, Canadian geophysicist.[62]
- Rafael Ávalos, 66, Mexican football player.
16
- Josef Greindl, 80, German opera singer.[63]
- Ruby Hammond, 57, Australian indigenous rights campaigner.
- Sharon Herbaugh, 39, American journalist and war correspondent, helicopter crash.[64]
- Aleksandr Kondratov, 55, Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and poet.[65]
- Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, 89, Indonesian writer and politician.
- Malik Ram, 86, Indian poet and scholar.
17
- Joachim Karliczek, 78, Polish Olympic swimmer (1936).[66]
- 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.[67]
18
- Isgender Aznaurov, 36, Azerbaijani military officer, killed in action.
- Elisabeth Frink, 62, English sculptor, cancer.[68]
- 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.[69]
- Bernie Wayne, 74, American composer, heart failure.[70]
19
- Steve Douglas, 54, American saxophonist (The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Dion DiMucci), heart failure.[71]
- Blas Galindo, 83, Mexican composer (Sones de Mariachi).[72]
- Tom Jamieson, 69, Canadian ice hockey player.
- David Koresh, 33, American cult leader (Branch Davidians), gunshot wound.[73]
- George S. Mickelson, 52, American politician, governor of South Dakota (since 1987), plane crash.[74]
- Barbara Stoler Miller, 52, American Indologist, cancer.[75]
- Clifford Scott, 64, American saxophonist and flautist.[76]
- Joseph A. Sellinger, 72, American Catholic priest and Jesuit, pancreatic cancer.[77]
20
- Leonas Baltrūnas, 78, Lithuanian basketball player and coach.
- Antonio Bello, 58, Italian Catholic prelate, stomach cancer.
- Cantinflas, 81, Mexican actor (Around the World in 80 Days, El bolero de Raquel, Pepe), lung cancer.[78]
- Evelyne Hall, 83, American hurdler and Olympic medalist.[79]
- Frank Stubbs, 83, American Olympic ice hockey player (1936).
- Khairallah Talfah, 82, Iraqi Ba'ath Party official and father-in-law of Saddam Hussein.
21
- Galeazzo Benti, 69, Italian actor, heart attack.[80]
- 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.[81]
- Lincoln Hurring, 61, Swimmer from New Zealand, heart attack.[82]
- Hal Schumacher, 82, American baseball player (New York Giants), stomach cancer.[83]
- Raymond Smillie, 89, Canadian boxer.[84]
22
- Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa, 91, Venezuelan politician, president of the Senate (1962–1967).[85]
- Mark Koenig, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants), cancer.[86]
- Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, 31, Nepalese mountain climber, climbing accident.
- Andries Treurnicht, 72, South African politician, complications during heart surgery.[87]
23
- Bertus Aafjes, 78, Dutch poet, cancer.[88]
- Lalith Athulathmudali, 56, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1977–1991), assassinated.
- Robert Bürchler, 77, Swiss sport shooter and Olympic medalist.[89]
- Guido Carli, 79, Italian banker, economist and politician.[90]
- Cesar Chavez, 66, American labor leader and civil rights activist.[91]
- Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, 91, Russian-American Chabad leader.[92]
- Daniel Jones, 80, Welsh composer.[93]
- Séra Martin, 86, French middle-distance runner and Olympian.[94]
- John Nevius, 72, American lawyer and politician, member (1967-1969) and chairman (1972-1974) of the Council of the District of Columbia.[95]
- DJ Subroc, 19, American hip-hop artist, traffic accident.
24
- Gustl Bayrhammer, 71, German actor, heart attack.[96]
- Richard Donchian, 87, American commodities and futures trader.[97]
- Everett F. Drumright, 86, American diplomat.[98]
- Ian Jacob, 93, British Army officer.[99]
- Ethel Magafan, 76, American painter.[100]
- Pierre Naville, 89, French surrealist writer and sociologist.[101]
- Oliver Reginald Tambo, 75, South African politician, complications from a stroke.[102]
- Tran Duc Thao, 75, Vietnamese philosopher.[103]
25
- Geraldo Del Rey, 62, Brazilian actor, lung cancer.[104]
- Georges Favre, 87, French composer.[105]
- Ferenc Klics, 69, Hungarian athlete and Olympian.[106]
- S. M. Koya, 70, Fijian politician and statesman.
- Rosita Moreno, 86, Spanish actress (Walls of Gold, Ladies Should Listen, The Scoundrel).[107]
- Henri René, 86, American musician.[108]
26
- Vivek Agarwal, 31, Indian cricketer and flight attendant, plane crash.[109]
- Bob Broadbent, 68, English cricketer (Worcestershire).[110]
- Floyd Chalmers, 94, Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.[111]
- Desmond Crawley, 75, British diplomat.
- Darussalam, 72, Indonesian actor.
- Roger Miller, 38, American baseball player, acetylene tank explosion.[112]
27
- France Bezlaj, 82, Slovenian linguist.[113]
- Hans Sahl, 90, German writer.[114]
- Ilie Oană, 74, Romanian football player and manager.
- Victims of the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash:[115]
- Patrick Banda, 19, Zambian footballer.[116]
- David Chabala, 33, Zambian footballer.
- Whiteson Changwe, 28, Zambian footballer.[117]
- Wisdom Mumba Chansa, 29, Zambian footballer.
- Moses Chikwalakwala, 23, Zambian footballer.
- Godfrey Chitalu, 45, Zambian footballer and coach.[118]
- Alex Chola, 36, Zambian footballer and coach.[119]
- Samuel Chomba, 29, Zambian footballer.[120]
- Godfrey Kangwa, Zambian footballer.
- Derby Makinka, 27, Zambian footballer.[121]
- Moses Masuwa, 21, Zambian footballer.
- Eston Mulenga, 31, Zambian footballer.[122]
- Winter Mumba, Zambian footballer.
- Kelvin Mutale, 23, Zambian footballer.
- Richard Mwanza, 33, Zambian footballer.[123]
- Numba Mwila, 21, Zambian footballer.
- Timothy Mwitwa, 24, Zambian footballer.[124]
- Kenan Simambe, 18, Zambian footballer.
- John Soko, 24, Zambian footballer.[125]
- Robert Watiyakeni, 23, Zambian footballer.[126]
28
- Jack Bighead, 63, American football player.[127]
- Diva Diniz Corrêa, 74, Brazilian marine zoologist.
- Harold Darragh, 90, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Momčilo Gavrić, 86, Serbian soldier, youngest participant of World War I.
- Valentina Grizodubova, 84, Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union.[128]
- Chon Sang-pyong, 63, South Korean writer.[129]
- Ben Schwartzwalder, 83, American football player and coach.
- Jim Valvano, 47, American college basketball player (Rutgers) and coach (NC State, Iona), adenocarcinoma.[130]
29
- Kenneth Caskey, 89, American athlete and Olympian.[131]
- Michael Gordon, 83, American film director (Pillow Talk, Cyrano de Bergerac).[132]
- Wilhelm Hanle, 92, German experimental physicist.[133]
- Cy Howard, 77, American screenwriter (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour).[134]
- Fernand Prudhomme, 76, French basketball player and Olympian.[135]
- Mick Ronson, 46, English guitarist (The Spiders from Mars), liver cancer.[136]
- Robert Bertram Serjeant, 78, British scholar, traveller, and Arabists.[137]
- Leona E. Tyler, 86, American psychologist.[138]
30
- Tommy Caton, 30, English footballer, heart attack.[139]
- 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.[140]
- Eric Rowan, 83, South African cricket player.
- Dave Waymer, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), heart attack.[141]
- Daphne Young, 77, English badminton player.
- Frija Zoaretz, 85, Israeli politician.
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