Deaths in April 1994
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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 1994.
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.
April 1994
1
- Cliff Addison, 80, British chemist.[1]
- John Chase, 87, American ice hockey player, Olympian (1932), and coach.[2]
- Robert Doisneau, 81, French photographer.[3]
- Alexander Kaletchitz, 96, American Olympic boxer (1928).[4]
- John McMullan, 60, American gridiron football player (New York Titans).[5]
- Thomas Head Raddall, 90, Canadian writer.
- Netty Simons, 80, American pianist, music editor, and composer.
- Gennady Voronov, 83, Soviet/Russian statesman.
2
- Irene Baker, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1964-1965).[6]
- Betty Furness, 78, American actress, consumer advocate, and commentator.[7]
- Raymond Z. Gallun, 83, American science fiction writer.[8]
- Rowland Greenberg, 73, Norwegian jazz trumpeter.
- Gil Paulsen, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).[9]
- Edward Vissers, 81, Belgian road bicycle racer.[10]
3
- Agostinho da Silva, 88, Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer.[11]
- Tom Hamilton, 88, American football player, coach, and naval aviator.[12]
- Beverly Johnson, 46, American rock climber and adventurer, helicopter crash.[13]
- Chad Kinch, 35, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks), AIDS-related complications.[14]
- Jérôme Lejeune, 67, French pediatrician and geneticist, cancer.[15]
- Aharon Remez, 74, Israeli Air Force commander, politician and diplomat.
- William Thompson, 88, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier (1928).
- Willis A. Trafton Jr., 76, American lawyer and politician.
- Armand Vetulani, 84, Polish art historian and educator, tumor.
- Frank Wells, 62, American businessman and president of The Walt Disney Company, helicopter crash.[16]
4
- Misael Acosta Solís, 83, Ecuadorian naturalist.
- Pippo Barzizza, 91, Italian composer, arranger, conductor and music director.
- Luther Cressman, 96, American archaeologist.[17]
- André Derrien, 98, French Olympic sailor (1928).[18]
- Kurt Meisel, 81, Austrian actor and film director.[19]
- Gabriella Mészáros, 80, Hungarian gymnast and Olympian (1936).[20]
- Ginny Simms, 80, American singer and film actress.
- Valentin Stănescu, 71, Romanian goalkeeper and football manager.[21]
- Jean-Pierre Weisgerber, 89, Luxembourgish football player and Olympian (1924, 1928).[22]
5
- Harold V. Almquist, 90, American college football player and athletics coach.[23]
- Ada Carrasco, 81, Mexican actress, heart attack.
- Kurt Cobain, 27, American Hall of Fame singer (Nirvana) and songwriter ("Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come as You Are"), suicide by gunshot.[24]
- Lou Dials, 90, American baseball player.[25]
- Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga, 75, Uruguayan jurist, traffic collision.
- Bobby Hofman, 68, American baseball player (New York Giants), and coach, cancer.[26]
- Otari Kvantrishvili, 46, Georgian mafia boss, homicide.
- Charles Newton, 77, American gridiron football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[27]
- Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury, 88, British Royal Air Force officer and a politician.
- Marlon Riggs, 37, American filmmaker, poet, and gay rights activist, AIDS-related complications.[28]
- Ghulam Fareed Sabri, 64, Pakistani qawwali singer.[29]
- Roy Smeck, 94, American musician.[30]
- André Tchelistcheff, 92, American winemaker.[31]
6
- Margit Albrechtsson, 76, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (1952).[32]
- Hub Barker, 75, American football player (New York Giants).[33]
- Klaus Bodinger, 61, German swimmer.
- Dick Cary, 77, American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger.[34]
- Shekhar Chatterjee, 70, Indian actor and film director.
- Bernard Ciza, Burundian politician, Minister of Public Works (since 1994), assassinated.[35]
- Sheck Exley, 45, American cave diver, diving accident.
- Bill Ford, 78, American baseball player (Boston Bees).[36]
- Juvénal Habyarimana, 57, Rwandan politician and military officer, president of Rwanda (since 1973), assassinated.[37]
- Catherine Lombard, 28, French freestyle skier, AIDS-related complications.[38]
- Patricia Ann McGee, 67, Native American tribal leader.
- Kahnu Charan Mohanty, 87, Indian novelist.
- Déogratias Nsabimana, 48, Rwandan military officer, chief of staff of the Rwandan Armed Forces (since 1992), assassinated.[39]
- Cyprien Ntaryamira, 39, Burundian politician, president of Burundi (since 1994), assassinated.[40]
- Cuthbert Peacocke, 90, Irish Anglican bishop.
- Goody Rosen, 81, Canadian baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants).[41]
- Cyriaque Simbizi, Burundian politician, Minister of Communication, assassinated.[42]
- Paola Tovaglia, 28, Italian children's television presenter, brain cancer.
7
- Harry Adaskin, 92, Canadian violinist, academic, and radio broadcaster.[43]
- Robert P. Baldwin, 76, American USAF pilot.[44]
- Lee Brilleaux, 41, English R&B singer and musician, lymphoma.[45]
- Ken Carson, 79, American singer, songwriter, and musician.[46]
- Bill Dickinson, 77, Scottish rugby player and coach.
- Ștefan Dobay, 84, Romanian football player.[47]
- Antônio Jacobina Filho, 87, Brazilian Olympic water polo player (1932).[48]
- François de Grossouvre, 76, French politician, suicide by gunshot.[49]
- Cecil Gould, 75, British art historian and curator, brain cancer.[50]
- Albert Guðmundsson, 70, Icelandic football player and politician.[51]
- Ramesh Chandra Jha, 65, Indian poet, novelist and freedom fighter.
- Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa, 68, Scottish peer.[52]
- Cesar Legaspi, 77, Filipino painter, prostate cancer.[53]
- Golo Mann, 85, German historian and essayist.[54]
- Ruben Rustia, 70, Filipino actor.
- Sigmund Ruud, 86, Norwegian ski jumper and Olympian (1928, 1932, 1936).[55]
- Charles W. Shea, 72, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[56]
- Auguste Sirot, 74, French Olympic gymnast (1948).[57]
- Agathe Uwilingiyimana, 40, Prime Minister of Rwanda, murdered.
8
- Irene Eisinger, 90, German-British opera singer and film actress.[58]
- Josef Neumann, 83, Swiss athlete and Olympian (1936).[59]
- François Rozet, 95, French-Canadian actor.
- Jean-Marie Rudasingwa, 33, Rwandan Olympic middle-distance runner (1984).[60]
- Roman Seljak, 59, Yugoslavian Olympic cross-country skier (1964).[61]
- Leonard Small, 88, Scottish minister and author.
- Paul Söllner, 82, German Olympic rower (1936).[62]
- Dada Vujasinović, 30, Serbian journalist and reporter.[63]
- Åke Wallenquist, 90, Swedish astronomer.
9
- Gaston Bauer, 58, Luxembourgian footballer.[64]
- Lewis Billups, 30, American gridiron football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers), car crash.[65]
- M. S. Fernando, 58, Sri Lankan singer and musician.
- Marcel Ichac, 87, French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director.[66]
- Mieczysław Maneli, 72, Polish lawyer, diplomat and academic.
- Theodore D. Mann, 71, American politician.
- Douglas McKay, 89, Australian cricketer.[67]
- Hal Missingham, 87, Australian artist and watercolourist.[68]
- Keith Park, 73, Australian rules footballer.[69]
- Anthony E. Pratt, 90, English musician and inventor of board game Cluedo, Alzheimer's disease.
- Paul Păun, 78, Romanian-Israeli avant-garde poet and visual artist.
- Keith Watson, 59, British comics artist, cancer.[70]
10
- Terry Adlington, 58, English footballer.[71]
- Viktor Afanasyev, 71, Soviet/Russian journalist and professor of philosophy.
- Reinaldo Gorno, 75, Argentine long-distance runner and Olympian (1952).[72]
- Sam B. Hall, 70, American lawyer, politician, and judge.[73]
- John O'Brien, 33, American author (Leaving Las Vegas), suicide.[74]
- V. G. W. Ratnayake, 85, Sri Lankan politician.
11
- Wesley Barry, 86, American actor, director, and producer.
- John Block, 64, Dutch aviation pioneer.[75]
- Sticks Evans, 71, American drummer, percussionist, arranger and musical director.[76]
- Matthew Feldman, 75, American politician.[77]
- Johnny Posewitz, 87, American basketball player.[78]
- Chu Tunan, 95, Chinese politician.
- Bill Wondolowski, 47, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[79]
12
- Elissa Aalto, 71, Finnish architect.[80]
- Bob Cryer, 59, English politician, traffic collision.
- Daniel Levinson, 73, American psychologist.[81]
- Branko Mikulić, 65, Yugoslavian statesman, lung cancer.
- Pamela Mitford, 86, English socialite and one of the Mitford sisters.
- Joseph Nelis, 77, Belgian football player.[82]
- Frank V. Phillips, 82, American cinematographer (The Black Hole, Pete's Dragon, The Apple Dumpling Gang).
13
- Kurt Aland, 79, German theologian and biblical scholar.[83]
- Jørgen Buckhøj, 59, Danish actor
- Fred Dawley, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions).[84]
- Bob Dummett, 58, Australian rules footballer.[85]
- Birnie Duthie, 88, British Olympic alpine skier (1936).[86]
- Piet Engels, 70, Dutch politician.[87]
- Robert K. A. Gardiner, 79, Ghanaian government official, university professor, and economist.
- Claude Heymann, 86, French screenwriter and film director.[88]
- Rudolf Hrušínský, 73, Czech actor and director.[89]
- Giuseppe Kressevich, 78, Italian Olympic racewalker (1952).[90]
- Nikolai Kryuchkov, 83, Soviet/Russian film actor.[91]
- John Marriott, 81, Australian politician.[92]
- Bert Ramelson, 84, British communist politician.
- Mika Tiivola, 71, Finnish businessman.
14
- Bobby Gurney, 86, English football player and manager.[93]
- Evelyn King, 86, British politician.[94]
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, 96, Pakistani organic chemist, painter, and poet.
- Hugh Springer, 80, Barbados politician and fourth Governor-general of Barbados.
15
- István Boros, 84, Male Hungarian international table tennis player.
- Walter Clegg, 73, British Conservative politician.[95]
- John Curry, 44, British figure skater and Olympian (1972, 1976), heart attack.[96]
- Vardges Petrosyan, 61, Armenian writer of fiction and drama, homicide.
- Milan Skřont, 63, Czech Olympic racewalker (1956).[97]
16
- Anna-Kaarina Aalto, 73, Finnish physician and politician, MP.[98]
- József Albert, 81, Hungarian football player.
- Chris Carroll, 70, Australian rules footballer.[99]
- Renu Chakravartty, 76, Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India.
- Ralph Ellison, 80, American novelist, literary critic, and scholar, pancreatic cancer.[100]
- Leslie Flint, 83, British psychic medium.
- John McLiam, 76, Canadian actor (Cool Hand Luke, In Cold Blood, First Blood), Parkinson's disease.[101]
- Reginald Parkin, 84, English cricketer.[102]
- Victor Popov, 56, Russian theoretical physicist.
- José Ramón Sauto, 81, Mexican football player.
- Samuel Selvon, 70, Trinidad and Tobago writer, respiratory failure.[103]
- Allan "Whitey" Snyder, 79, American make-up artist.
- Ron Vawter, 45, American actor (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Sex, Lies, and Videotape), heart attack.[104]
17
- Don Jefferson, 98, American baseball player.[105]
- Robert Legget, 89, Canadian civil engineer, historian and writer.[106]
- Karl Lillge, 76, American basketball player.[107]
- Arthur Muhl, 81, Australian cricketer.[108]
- André Oriol, 91, French Olympic rower (1924).[109]
- Roger Sperry, 80, American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel Prize laureate.[110]
- Walter Wilson, 80, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[111]
- Manno Wolf-Ferrari, 82, Italian conductor.[112]
18
- Tamás Aczél, 72, Hungarian poet, writer, and journalist.
- Dener, 23, Brazilian football player and manager, traffic collision.[113]
- George Hesik, 80, American basketball player.[114]
- Ken Oosterbroek, 32, South African photojournalist, shot.[115]
- Ruggero Orlando, 86, Italian journalist, writer and politician.
- Bill Rexford, 67, American racecar driver.[116]
- Anni Stolte, 79, German Olympic swimmer (1936).[117]
19
- Taisia Afonina, 80, Soviet/Russian painter and watercolorist.
- Virginia Bell, 66, American baseball player.[118]
- Michael Carreras, 66, British film producer and director.[119]
- Larry Davis, 57, American blues musician, cancer.[120]
- Rodolfo de Álzaga, 63, Argentine racing driver.
- Josip Kujundžić, 79, Yugoslavian Olympic gymnast (1948).[121]
- Tommy McCue, 80, English rugby player.
- Edward Raymond Neaher, 81, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York).[122]
- Rolf Paetz, 71, German football player.[123]
20
- Anna Molka Ahmed, 76, Pakistani artist.
- Jean Carmet, 73, French actor, heart attack.[124]
- Miguel Diab, 73, Uruguayan Olympic basketball player (1948).[125]
- Frederick Feary, 82, American Olympic boxer (1932).[126]
- Frederick Fortune, 73, American bobsledder and Olympian (1948, 1952).[127]
- Rosalie Gicanda, 66, Rwandan queen, murdered.
- Jean Ousset, 79, French catholic ideologist, stroke.[128]
- Qəmər Salamzadə, 85, Azerbaijani and Soviet film director and screenwriter.
- Dennis Cleveland Stewart, 46, American actor (Grease) and dancer, AIDS-related disease.
21
- Robert Bonnett, 77, Australian politician.
- Clyde Crabtree, 88, American gridiron football player.[129]
- Howard Barraclough Fell, 76, New Zealand zoologist.[130]
- Ruth Hiatt, 88, American actress.[131]
- Edmond Keosayan, 57, Armenian and Soviet film director and musician, laryngeal cancer.[132]
- Rolf Schønheyder, 80, Norwegian Olympic sprinter (1936).[133]
- Raúl Soldi, 89, Argentine painter and production designer.[134]
22
- Charles Reginald Dodwell, 72, British art historian.[135]
- Oretta Fiume, 74, Italian film actress.
- Karl Hess, 70, American speechwriter and author.[136]
- Jan Klingers, 64, Dutch Olympic canoeist (1952).[137]
- Richard Nixon, 81, 37th President of the United States, stroke.[138]
- Don Simensen, 67, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[139]
- Emil Uremovich, 77, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Rockets).[140]
23
- Lucho Bermúdez, 82, Colombian musician, DJ, and performer, heart attack.
- Cécile Dreesmann, 74, Dutch textile artist.[141]
- Zhu Futang, 94, Chinese pediatrician.
- Jimmy Izquierdo, 32, Ecuadorian football player, traffic collision.[142]
- Flavio Mogherini, 72, Italian production designer, art director and film director.[143]
24
- Donald J. Atwood Jr., 69, American engineer and Deputy Secretary of Defense.[144]
- Edwin Adams Davis, 90, American historian.[145]
- Lawren P. Harris, 83, Canadian visual artist and art educator.
- S. L. Kirloskar, 90, Indian businessman.[146]
- Gus Leishman, 82, Australian rules footballer.[147]
- Margot Trooger, 70, German film actress.[148]
25
- Swede Ellstrom, 87, American football player.[149]
- Georgios Gennimatas, 54, Greek politician, lung cancer.
- Gordon Jones, 64, American Major League Baseball player.[150]
- Mike Kreevich, 85, American baseball player.[151]
- David Langton, 82, British actor.[152]
- Giovanni Pettinati, 68, Italian racing cyclist.[153]
- Roberto Scarone, 76, Uruguayan football player and manager, Alzheimer's disease.[154]
26
- Andrey Ayzderdzis, 35, Russian politician, homicide.[155]
- Rostam Bastuni, 71, Israeli politician and journalist.
- Arne Larsson, 59, Swedish footballer.[156]
- Mas Oyama, 70, Korean-Japanese karate master, lung cancer.
- Bill Pellington, 66, American gridiron football player (Baltimore Colts).[157]
- Bob Pike, 60, Australian politician.
- Manuel Enríquez Salazar, 67, Mexican composer, violinist and pedagogue.[158]
- Zein al-Sharaf Talal, 77, Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Talal.[159]
- Maximilian von Edelsheim, 96, German nazi Wehrmacht general during World War II.
27
- Lynne Frederick, 39, English actress (Nicholas and Alexandra, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, The Amazing Mr. Blunden), seizure.[160]
- Vasilis Goulandris, 80, Greek shipowner and art collector.
- Jim Snyder, 74, American college basketball player and coach (Ohio Bobcats).[161]
- Timothy Wilson Spencer, 32, American serial killer, execution by electrocution.[162]
28
- Oleg Borisov, 64, Soviet and Russian actor, leukemia.[163]
- Darryl Carlton, 40, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).[164]
- Robert Spencer Carr, 85, American writer of science fiction and fantasy.[165]
- Avner Hizkiyahu, 67, Israeli actor (Impossible on Saturday, The Thin Line) and singer.[166]
- Gerhard Lindemann, 97, German nazi Wehrmacht general during World War II.
- John Preston, 48, American author of gay erotica, AIDS-related complications.[167]
- Berton Roueché, 84, American medical writer, suicide.
29
- Marcel Bernard, 79, French tennis player.
- Jimmy Darden, 71, American basketball player and coach.[168]
- Juan Guilbe, 79, Puerto Rican baseball player.[169]
- Ignacio Farrés Iquino, 83, Spanish film director, screenwriter, and producer.[170]
- Russell Kirk, 75, American political theorist and writer.[171]
- John Mangum, 51, American football player (Boston Patriots).[172]
- Bill Quinn, 81, American actor (Archie Bunker's Place, The Birds, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier).
- Sak Sutsakhan, 66, Cambodian soldier and anti-communist politician.
30
- Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone, 89, British politician.[173]
- Chris A. Butler, 41, American set decorator (Chaplin, Postcards from the Edge, L.A. Story), complications from AIDS.[174]
- George Constantin, 60, Romanian actor.[175]
- Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, 64, Sierra Leonean politician and labor activist.
- Ina Lamason, 82, New Zealand cricketer.[176]
- Roland Ratzenberger, 33, Austrian racing driver, racing accident.
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti, 53, Italian art director and production designer.[177]
- Richard Scarry, 74, American children's author and illustrator, heart attack.[178]