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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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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October 1993
1
- Karl Bach, 72, German Olympic fencer (1952).[1]
- Fran Bošnjaković, 91, Croatian engineer and thermodynamicist.
- Segundo Castillo, 80, Peruvian footballer and Olympian (1936).[2]
- André Corriveau, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).[3]
- Janine Darcey, 76, French film actress.[4]
- Raymond Bryan Dillard, 49, American theologian and biblical scholar, heart attack.
- Božo Janković, 42, Yugoslav football player.[5]
- Sigurð Joensen, 82, Faroese lawyer, author, and politician.
- Polly Klaas, 12, American murder victim, strangulation.
- M. Vera Peters, 82, Canadian oncologist, breast cancer.[6]
- Hermann Otto Sleumer, 87, Dutch botanist.[7]
- Bob Standfield, 78, Australian rules footballer.[8]
- Giuseppe Vari, 69, Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.[9]
2
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik, 66, American jazz double bassist and oud player.[10]
- William Berger, 65, Austrian-American actor, cancer.[11]
- Henry Ringling North, 83, American businessman and circus owner.[12]
- Ángel Riveras, 85, Spanish Olympic sailor (1968).[13]
- Amin Tarif, 95, Israeli Druze religious leader.[14]
3
- Paul Daxhelet, 87, Belgian painter.[15]
- Katerina Gogou, 53, Greek poet, author and actress, suicide.
- Gary Gordon, 33, American Army master sergeant and recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in action.[16]
- Mihály Korom, 65, Hungarian politician and jurist.
- Patricia Lake, 74, American actress, radio comedian , and socialite.
- Rory Peck, 36, Northern-Irish freelance war cameraman, shot.[17]
- Randy Shughart, 35, American Army Delta Force soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in action.[18]
- Hans-Dieter Wacker, 34, German footballer.[19]
4
- Josh Ashton, 44, American football player (New England Patriots, St. Louis Cardinals).[20]
- John Cawas, 83, Indian actor and stuntman.
- Varetta Dillard, 60, American rhythm and blues singer.
- Jim Holton, 42, Scottish football player, heart attack.[21]
- William Henry Scott, 72, American teacher and historian.
- Lorie Tarshis, 82, Canadian economist.[22]
5
- Graeme Bean, 45, Australian rules footballer.[23]
- Francesco Carpino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop.
- Willard A. Hanna, 82, American writer.[24]
- Karl Gordon Henize, 66, American astronomer and astronaut (STS-51-F), heart attack[25]
- Radhu Karmakar, 74, Indian cinematographer and film director.
- Jane Nigh, 68, American actress, stroke.
- Mircea Socolescu, 91, Romanian Olympic bobsledder (1928).[26]
- Dumitru Stăniloae, 89, Romanian Orthodox Christian priest and theologian.[27]
6
- Sergei Babkov, 72, Soviet and Russian painter.
- Albert Bigelow, 87, American writer and pacifist.[28]
- Ray Broussard, 56, American thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
- Andrew A. Caffrey, 73, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts).[29]
- Stillman Drake, 82, Canadian historian and academic.[30]
- Nejat Eczacıbaşı, 80, Turkish industrialist and philanthropist[31]
- Victor Razafimahatratra, 72, Malagasy Roman Catholic cardinal.
7
- Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, 87, British journalist and scientific writer.
- Eddie Burke, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Americans).[32]
- Cyril Cusack, 82, Irish actor (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Harold and Maude, My Left Foot), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[33]
- Agnes de Mille, 88, American dancer and choreographer, stroke.[34]
- Kenneth Nelson, 63, American actor (The Boys in the Band, Hellraiser, Seventeen).[35]
8
- Gu Cheng, 37, Chinese poet, essayist and novelist, suicide.[36]
- Pete Cooper, 78, American golfer.[37]
- Wal Lambert, 77, Australian Olympic rower (1948).[38]
- Santiago Navarro, 56, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960).[39]
- Manke Nelis, 73, Dutch levenslied singer.
- Roy Scholl, 89, American football player.[40]
- Alfred Toepfer, 99, German entrepreneur.[41]
9
- Leopold Facco, 85, Austrian footballer.[42]
- Bernard J. Ganter, 65, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Harry Jagielski, 61, American gridiron football player.[43]
- Sachiko Murase, 88, Japanese actress.[44]
- Göta Pettersson, 66, Swedish gymnast and Olympian (1948, 1952).[45]
- C. R. Rangachari, 77, Indian cricket player.
10
- John Bindon, 50, English actor and bodyguard, cancer.[46]
- Catherine Collard, 46, French classical pianist, cancer.[47]
- Jim Howden, 59, Australian rower and Olympian (1956), cancer.[48]
- Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven, 90, British academic.[49]
11
- Joe Barzda, 78, American racing driver.
- Nani Bhattacharya, 75, Indian trade union activist and politician.
- Alexandra Hay, 46, American actress.[50]
- Yvar Mikhashoff, 52, American pianist and composer, AIDS-related complications.[51]
- Emmett O'Neill, 75, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox).[52]
- Andy Stewart, 59, Scottish musician, heart attack.
- Jess Thomas, 66, American operatic tenor.[53]
- Lee Walls, 60, American baseball player.[54]
- Annemarie Werner-Hansen, 54, Danish Olympic canoeist (1960, 1964).[55]
12
- Leon Ames, 91, American actor (Meet Me in St. Louis, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Mister Ed), stroke.[56]
- Mircea David, 78, Romanian football player.[57]
- Lawrence R. Hafstad, 89, American electrical engineer and physicist.[58]
- Ruth Gilbert, 81, American actress, brain cancer.[59]
- Patrick Holt, 81, English actor.[60]
- Myrtle Lind, 95, American film actress.
- Paul Podmajersky, 76, American football player (Chicago Bears).[61]
- V. Subbiah, 82, Indian communist politician.
- Rhys Thomson, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs).[62]
- Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah, 72, Indian politician.
13
- Tekin Arıburun, 88, Turkish soldier and statesman.
- Espectro I, 54, Mexican luchador known as "El Espectro I" ("The Ghost").
- Wade Flemons, 53, American soul singer, cancer.
- Otmar Gutmann, 56, German filmmaker, cancer.[63]
- John G. Jackson, 86, American lecturer, teacher and writer.[64]
- D. Bailey Merrill, 80, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1953-1955).[65]
- Gwen Welles, 42, American actress, cancer.[66]
14
- Joseph S. Ammerman, 69, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1977-1979).[67]
- Nikolay Baskakov, 75, Soviet and Russian painter.
- Bertie Clarke, 75, Barbadian cricket player.
- Harald Hennum, 65, Norwegian football player.[68]
- Roy Hurley, 71, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Syracuse Nationals).[69]
- Hirohide Ishida, 78, Japanese politician.
- Chen Hsiao-nan, 85, Chinese painter.[70]
- Eruch Mistry, 70-71, Indian Olympic cyclist (1948).[71]
- Walter Newman, 77, American radio writer and screenwriter.[72]
- Venmani S. Selvanather, 80, Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Obert C. Tanner, 89, American businessman and philanthropist.[73]
15
- Herbert Fuller, 90, British Olympic cyclist (1924).[74]
- Clarence Lung, 78, American actor.[75]
- Bert McInenly, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.[76]
- Aydın Sayılı, 80, Turkish historian of science.
- Dan Turèll, 47, Danish writer, esophageal cancer.
- Satosi Watanabe, 83, Japanese theoretical physicist.[77]
16
- Horace Debenham, 90, British Olympic rower (1924).[78]
- Jimmie DeShong, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Washington Senators).[79]
- Flora Nwapa, 62, Nigerian author, pneumonia.[80]
- Arnie Oliver, 86, American soccer player.
- Bonnie Poe, 81, American actress and voice artist.
- René Sylviano, 89, French composer.[81]
17
- Syed Mohammad Ali, 64, Bangladeshi journalist and editor.
- Vijay Bhatt, 86, Indian film director and screenwriter.[82]
- Helmut Gollwitzer, 84, German Lutheran theologian and author.[83]
- Gordon Grieve, 81, New Zealand politician.
- Ante Krnčević, 84, Yugoslavian Olympic rower (1936).[84]
- Philip Monk, 86, New Zealand cricketer and soldier.[85]
- Criss Oliva, 30, American musician, traffic collision.
- Bill Reigel, 61, American basketball player and coach.[86]
18
- Bernd Baselt, 59, German musicologist.
- Maria Rosa Candido, 26, Italian short track speed skater and Olympian (1988, 1992), traffic collision.[87]
- Adrian Hearn, 73, Australian rules footballer.[88]
- Lois Kibbee, 71, American actress (The Edge of Night, Caddyshack, One Life to Live), brain cancer.[89]
- Salvador P. Lopez, 82, Filipino writer, journalist, diplomat and statesman.[90]
19
- Gidske Anderson, 71, Norwegian journalist and author.
- Pola Illéry, 83, Romanian-American actress and singer.
- John Kerr, 94, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators).[91]
- Carsta Löck, 90, German film actress.[92]
- Johnny Lucas, 62, Luxembourgian Olympic canoeist (1952).[93]
- Lucien J. Maciora, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1941-1943).[94]
20
- Aage Dons, 90, Danish author.
- Gaylord DuBois, 94, American comic book writer.[95]
- Milan Konjović, 95, Serbian painter.[96]
- Martti Matilainen, 86, Finnish Olympic runner (1932, 1936).[97]
- Bob Olderman, 31, American gridiron football player (Kansas City Chiefs).[98]
- Yasushi Sugiyama, 84, Japanese painter.[99]
21
- Wayne Belardi, 63, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers).[100]
- James Leo Herlihy, 66, American author (Midnight Cowboy) and playwright, suicide.[101]
- Bob Hunter, 80, American sportswriter.
- Moritz Inderbitzin, 72, Swiss Olympic wrestler (1948).[102]
- Gabby Kemp, 74, American baseball player and manager.[103]
- Jan Maciejko, 80, Polish ice hockey player and Olympian (1948).[104]
- Jan Meijer, 72, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1948).[105]
- Melchior Ndadaye, 40, Burundian intellectual and politician, murdered.[106]
- Annie Thayyil, 74, Indian novelist, journalist, and biographer.
- Irv Torgoff, 76, American basketball player, heart attack.[107]
- Ștefan Zoller, 79, Romanian Olympic handball player (1936).[108]
- Sam Zolotow, 94, American theater critic, stomach cancer.[109]
22
- Jiří Hájek, 80, Czech politician and diplomat.[110]
- Innes Ireland, 63, British military officer and racing driver, cancer.
- Said Mohamed Jaffar, 75, President of Comoros (1975–1976).
- Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera, 80, Venezuelan musician, composer and writer.
- Frederick Stanley, 69, New Zealand cricketer.[111]
- Hans Walter Wolff, 81, German protestant theologian.[112]
23
- Thomas Begley, 22, Northern Irish IRA Volunteer, bomb explosion.
- Ulf Björlin, 60, Swedish composer and conductor.[113]
- Marv Blaylock, 64, American baseball player (New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies).[114]
- Friedrich Dickel, 79, German politician.
- Wilhelm Feldberg, 92, German-British physiologist and biologist.[115]
- Shota Lomidze, 57, Soviet Georgian Olympic wrestler (1964, 1968).[116]
- John Wells, 70, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[117]
- Steve Wylie, 82, American baseball player.[118]
24
- Johnnie Cowan, 80, American baseball player.[119]
- Jo Grimond, 80, British politician.[120]
- Přemysl Hajný, 67, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and Olympian (1948).[121]
- Hajibaba Huseynov, 74, Soviet and Azerbaijani poet and pedagogue.
- Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff, 85, Austrian art director.[122]
- Heinz Kubsch, 63, German football goalkeeper.[123]
- Tonino Nardi, 54, Italian film cinematographer.
- Elena Nicolai, 88, Bulgarian operatic mezzo-soprano.[124]
25
- Danny Chan, 35, Hong Kong singer, songwriter, records producer and actor.
- Mariya Kapnist, 80, Soviet and Ukrainian actress, complications following car accident.
- Josef Losert, 85, Austrian Olympic fencer (1936).[125]
- Roy Hampton Park, 83, American media executive and entrepreneur.[126]
- Vincent Price, 82, American actor (House of Wax, The Fly, Edward Scissorhands), lung cancer.[127]
26
- Maurice Henry Dorman, 81, British diplomat and colonial administrator.
- František Filipovský, 86, Czechoslovak actor.[128]
- Albert Hyzler, 76, Maltese politician and President of Malta.
- Joe Krol, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Brooklyn Americans).[129]
- Oro, 21, Mexican professional wrestler, wrestling accident.
- Harold Rome, 85, American composer, lyricist, and musical writer.[130]
- Mušan Topalović, 36, Bosnian gangster and warlord, killed.
- Albert Zugsmith, 83, American film producer, film director and screenwriter.[131]
27
- Earl Banks, 69, American gridiron football player and coach, car accident.[132]
- Cloyce Box, 70, American gridiron football player (Detroit Lions).[133]
- David Lawrence McKay, 92, American Mormon leader.
- Peter Quennell, 88, English writer, biographer, and literary historian.[134]
- Peter Tizard, 77, British paediatrician and university professor.
28
- Emilio Berio, 88, Italian entomologist and lawyer.
- Doris Duke, 80, American heiress, philanthropist, art collector, and socialite, edema.[135]
- Cal Koonce, 52, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox), lymphoma.[136]
- Juri Lotman, 71, Russian-Estonian literary scholar, semiotician, and historian.[137]
- Bob Seeds, 86, American baseball player.[138]
29
- Lipman Bers, 79, Latvian-American mathematician.[139]
- Robert P. Dilworth, 78, American mathematician.
- Herbert Lütkebohmert, 45, German football player.[140]
- Masahiro Makino, 85, Japanese film director.[141]
- Stanisław Marusarz, 80, Polish Nordic skiing competitor and Olympian (1932, 1936, 1948, 1952).[142]
- Anse Moore, 76, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[143]
- Edie Parker, 71, American author and first wife of writer Jack Kerouac.
- Zdeněk Podskalský, 70, Czech film director and screenwriter.
- George Pope, 82, English cricket player.
- Ewald Riebschläger, 89, German diver and Olympian (1928).[144]
- Elliot Scott, 78, English production designer (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Labyrinth, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).
- František Tokár, 68, Czechoslovak table tennis player.
- Roger Turner, 92, American figure skater and Olympian (1928, 1932).[145]
30
- Donald Prentice Booth, 90, American Army general.[146]
- Paul Grégoire, 82, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, stomach cancer.
- Louis B. Heller, 88, American lawyer and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1949-1954).[147]
- Peter Kemp, 78, English soldier and writer.
- Maria Matray, 86, German screenwriter and film actress.[148]
- Margaret Vyner, 78, Australian-British model and actress.[149]
- Ted Williams, 77, American gridiron football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[150]
31
- Bob Atcher, 79, American country musician.[151]
- Federico Fellini, 73, Italian film director and screenwriter (8½, La Dolce Vita, La Strada), four-time Oscar winner, heart attack.[152]
- Al Mello, 87, American Olympic boxer (1924).[153]
- Lajos Papp, 49, Hungarian sport shooter and Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976).[154]
- River Phoenix, 23, American actor (Running on Empty, Stand by Me, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and musician, drug overdose.[155]
- Gilman Rankin, 82, American actor (Midnight Cowboy, Tombstone Territory, Assault on Precinct 13).
- Edwin Walker, 83, American Army officer, anti-communist, and white supremacist, lung cancer.[156]
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