Deaths in March 1994
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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.
March 1994
1
- Manmohan Desai, 57, Indian film producer and director.
- Eliseo Diego, 74, Cuban poet and writer of short stories.[1]
- Hennie Dijkstra, 81, Dutch footballer.[2]
- Herschel Friday, 72, American lawyer, plane crash.[3]
- Ludwig Günderoth, 83, German football player and manager.[4]
- Alexei Haieff, 79, American composer of orchestral and choral works.[5]
- Herbert Schade, 71, German long-distance runner and Olympian (1952, 1956).[6]
- Dallas Shirley, 80, American basketball referee.
- Armonía Somers, 79, Uruguayan feminist, pedagogue, and novelist.
- Tim Souster, 51, British composer and writer on music.[7]
- Ethel Terrell, 68, American politician.[8]
- Joe Tipton, 72, American baseball player.[9]
2
- Kleggie Hermsen, 70, American basketball player.[10]
- Walter Kent, 82, American composer and conductor.[11]
- Giuseppe La Loggia, 82, Italian politician, lawyer and teacher.
- Donald M. MacKinnon, 80, Scottish philosopher and theologian.[12]
- Anita Morris, 50, American actress, singer and dancer, ovarian cancer.[13]
- Butch Sutcliffe, 78, American baseball player (Boston Bees).[14]
- Yevgeniya Zhigulenko, 73, Soviet pilot and navigator during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union.
3
- Bob Crisp, 82, South African cricketer.[15]
- Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, 75, Composer and music editor.[16]
- Rune Källqvist, 64, Swedish Olympic water polo player (1952).[17]
- Karel Kryl, 49, Czechoslovak poet, singer-songwriter and activist, heart attack.[18]
- Bilge Olgaç, 54, Turkish film director.
- Ezra Stone, 76, American actor and director, traffic collision.[19]
- Lars Widding, 69, Swedish author and journalist.
- John Edward Williams, 71, American author, editor and professor.
- Gary Wood, 52, American gridiron football player (New York Giants, New Orleans Saints).[20]
4
- Gianni Agus, 76, Italian actor.[21]
- Aníbal, 53, Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler), brain cancer.
- Sándor Békési, 65, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1960).[22]
- Will Berzinski, 59, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[23]
- Louis Brower, 93, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[24]
- John Candy, 43, Canadian actor (Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Spaceballs, Uncle Buck) and comedian, Emmy winner (1982, 1983), heart attack.[25]
- George Edward Hughes, 75, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician.
- Marie-Joseph Lemieux, 91, Canadian Catholic archbishop and Holy See diplomat.
- Brian McCowage, 58, Australian Olympic fencer (1956, 1960, 1964).[26]
- Ross Treleaven, 86-87, Australian rules footballer.[27]
5
- Abdullah as-Sallal, 77, President of the Yemen Arab Republic.
- Joseph Birdsell, 85, American anthropologist.[28]
- Arnold Brown, 66, Canadian politician.[29]
- Jan Dobraczyński, 83, Polish writer, novelist, and politician.[30]
- Conrad Heidkamp, 88, German footballer and Olympian (1928).[31]
- Abd El-Karim Sakr, 75, Egyptian football player and Olympian (1936, 1948).[32]
6
- Tengiz Abuladze, 70, Georgian film director, screenwriter, and theatre teacher.[33]
- Mane Bajić, 52, Serbian midfielder, traffic collision.[34]
- Larry Eyler, 41, American serial killer, AIDS-related complications.
- Yvonne Fair, 51, American singer, cancer.
- George Heath, 81, English cricketer.[35]
- Melina Mercouri, 73, Greek actress, singer, activist and politician, cancer.[36]
- Tony Momsen, 66, American gridiron football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins).[37]
- Ken Noritake, 71, Japanese football player.[38]
7
- Ray Arcel, 94, American boxing trainer.[39]
- Fortunato Arena, 71, Italian stuntman and actor.
- James Hannigan, 65, Irish-prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Stew Hofferth, 81, American baseball player (Boston Braves).[40]
- Lindsay Tipping, 43, Australian rules footballer.[41]
8
- Mervyn Brogan, 79, Australian Army general.
- Leonard K. Carson, 70, American Air Force fighter ace.
- Rosemary Du Cros, 92, British aviation pioneer.
- John Ewart, 66, Australian actor, head and neck cancer.[42]
- Uberto Gillarduzzi, 84, Italian bobsledder and Olympian (1936, 1952).[43]
- Knut Haukelid, 82, Norwegian military officer.
- Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya, 86, Russian memoirist and Gulag prisoner.
- Yvonne Martin, 82, French film editor.
- Brian McGowan, 58, Australian politician.[44]
- Jack Spector, 65, American radio DJ and TV host, heart attack.[45]
9
- Zoltán Beke, 82, Romanian football player and coach.[46]
- Sándor Békési, 65, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1960).[47]
- Karl Wilhelm Berkhan, 78, German politician.
- Wilhelm Brese, 97, German politician and member of the Bundestag.
- Charles Bukowski, 73, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer, leukemia.[48]
- Paul Dubreil, 90, French mathematician.[49]
- Elbie Fletcher, 77, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates).[50]
- Bernie Fyffe, 72, Australian rules footballer.[51]
- Jon Kimche, 84, Swiss-British journalist and historian.[52]
- Moe Purtill, 77, American swing jazz drummer.
- Devika Rani, 85, Indian actress.[53]
- Fernando Rey, 76, Spanish actor, bladder cancer.[54]
- Gilbert Rondeau, 66, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1962-1965, 1968-1979).[55]
- Lawrence E. Spivak, 93, American publisher and journalist.[56]
10
- Roger Bocquet, 72, Swiss football player.
- Jim Brenneman, 53, American baseball player (New York Yankees).[57]
- Rupert Bruce-Mitford, 79, British archaeologist and scholar.[58]
- Aurelio Galleppini, 76, Italian comics artist and illustrator.[59]
- Jim Honochick, 76, American baseball umpire.[60]
- Pierre-Olivier Lapie, 92, French essayist and novelist.[61]
- Östen Sandström, 83, Swedish Olympic sprinter (1936).[62]
- Robert Shea, 61, American novelist and journalist.
11
- Charlie Bivins, 55, American gridiron football player (Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers Buffalo Bills).[63]
- Fausta Cialente, 95, Italian novelist, journalist and political activist.
- Evelyn Gardner, 90, British socialite.
- Aldo Puccinelli, 73, Italian football player and manager.[64]
- Kaku Takashina, 75, Japanese actor.
- Brenda Wootton, 66, English folk singer and poet.[65]
12
- Gordy Coleman, 59, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds).[66]
- Philippe Daudy, 68, French member of the French Resistance, journalist, and novelist.[67]
- Frank Gorrell, 66, American politician, choking incident.[68]
- Don Joseph, 70, American jazz musician.
- Mehmed Orhan, 84, Ottoman prince and head of the Ottoman dynasty.[69]
13
- Danny Barker, 85, American jazz musician, vocalist, and author .[70]
- Jean Gourguet, 91, French film director, screenwriter and film producer.
- Sam Ranzino, 66, American college and basketball player (NC State Wolfpack, Rochester Royals).[71]
- Martha Esther Rogers, 79, American nurse, theorist, and author.[72]
- Buddy Rosar, 79, American baseball player.[73]
- Eva Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein, 90, American politician.
- John Yeon, 83, American architect, heart failure.[74]
14
- Tei Abal, 61-62, Papua New Guinean politician.[75]
- Sally Belfrage, 57, American writer and journalist, cancer.[76]
- Serge Blusson, 65, French cyclist and Olympian (1948).[77]
- Tony Freitas, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds).[78]
- Otto Hartmann, 90, Austrian stage and film actor.[79]
- Sheila Humphreys, 95, Irish political activist.
- Willie Hobbs Moore, 59, American physicist and engineer, cancer.[80]
- Floyd Reid, 66, American gridiron football player.
- Indra Sen, 90, Indian psychologist.
- Georges Claes sr., 74, Belgian racing cyclist.
15
- Bill Green, 53, American basketball player.[81]
- Jack Hargreaves, 82, English television presenter and writer.
- M. K. Indira, 77, Indian novelist.[82]
- Tom Kirk, 77, Australian rugby player.
- Josef Kohout, 79, Austrian Nazi concentration camp survivor and author.
- Jürgen Manger, 71, German actor and comedian.[83]
- Floyd Reid, 66, American football player (Green Bay Packers).[84]
16
- Albert Bühlmann, 70, Swiss physician, heart failure.
- Janet Chandler, 82, American actress and model.[85]
- Nicolas Flagello, 66, American composer and conductor of classical music.[86]
- Bill Harp, 70, American set decorator.[87]
- Richard Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford, 86, British politician.
- Mykola Kudrytsky, 31, Ukrainian football player, traffic collision.
- Eric Show, 37, American Major League Baseball player (San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics), drug overdose.[88]
- Kantarō Suga, 59, Japanese actor, traffic accident.
17
- Kalyan Bulchand Advani, 82, Indian poet, critic, and scholar.[89]
- Charlotte Auerbach, 94, German geneticist.[90]
- Wilson Homer Elkins, 85, American educator and university administrator.
- Cliff Goldstraw, 78, Australian rules footballer.[91]
- Walter Janka, 79, German communist, political activist and writer.[92]
- Elenjikal Chandy Kuruvila, 71, Indian Navy flag officer.
- Ellsworth Vines, 82, American tennis champion[93]
- Mai Zetterling, 68, Swedish actress, novelist and film director, cancer.[94]
18
- Mehboob Alam, 46, Pakistani actor.[95]
- William Bergsma, 72, American composer and teacher, heart attack.[96]
- Peter Borgelt, 66, German television actor, cancer.[97]
- Yehia Chahine, 76, Egyptian film producer and actor.
- Andrew Crawford, 76, Scottish actor.
- David Ginsburg, 73, British politician.
- Erwin Kohn, 82, Austrian table tennis player.
- Günter Mittag, 67, German politician.[98]
19
- Rafig Babayev, 56, Azerbaijani jazz musician and author of scores for films, terrorist attack.
- José Coronel Hurtecho, 88, Nicaraguan poet, critic, playwright, and diplomat.[99]
- Jim Lawrence, 75, American author.[100]
- Josef Meixner, 85, German theoretical physicist.
- Charles Paris, 82, American comic book artist.[101]
- Milt Piepul, 75, American football player (Detroit Lions), and coach.[102]
- Mel Rudd, 80, Australian rules footballer.[103]
- Benjamin Clemens Stone, 60, British–American botanist.
20
- Ilaria Alpi, 32, Italian journalist, killed in ambush.[104]
- IJke Buisma, 86, Dutch Olympic high jumper (1928).[105]
- Irvin Flores, 69, Puerto Rican political activist.
- Lewis Grizzard, 47, American writer and humorist.[106]
- Reg Groth, 80, Australian politician.
- Miran Hrovatin, 44, Italian photographer and camera operator, killed in ambush.[107]
- Alfonso Rodríguez Salas, 54, Spanish football player, colorectal cancer.
21
- John Thomas Blackburn, 82, American naval aviator and flying ace.[108]
- Macdonald Carey, 81, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Shadow of a Doubt, Lock-Up), lung cancer.[109]
- Lili Damita, 89, French-American actress and singer, Alzheimer's disease.[110]
- Cornelia Gilissen, 78, American Olympic diver (1936).[111]
- Franz Pelikan, 68, Austrian football goalkeeper and Olympian (1948).[112]
- Dack Rambo, 52, American actor (Dallas, The Guns of Will Sonnett, The Loretta Young Show), AIDS-related complications.[113]
22
- Dan Hartman, 43, American musician and record producer, AIDS-related complications.[114]
- Horton Holcombe Hobbs, Jr., 79, American taxonomist and carcinologist.[115]
- Ilse Hornung, 85, Austrian figure skater and Olympian (1928).[116]
- Walter Lantz, 94, American cartoonist and animator (Woody Woodpecker), heart failure.[117]
- Ulrich Poltera, 71, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948, 1952).[118]
23
- Luis Donaldo Colosio, 44, Mexican economist and politician, homicide.
- Nancy Cárdenas, 59, Mexican actor, poet, writer and feminist.
- Álvaro del Portillo, 80, Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and prelate of Opus Dei.[119]
- Giulietta Masina, 73, Italian film actress, lung cancer.[120]
- Goar Mestre, 81, Cuban-Argentine businessman, cancer.
- Jack Norman, 84, Australian rules footballer.[121]
- Bob Richards, 38, American meteorologist, suicide by plane crash.[122]
- Donald Swann, 70, Welsh musician, singer and entertainer, cancer.[123]
- Paula Trueman, 96, American actress (The Outlaw Josey Wales, Dirty Dancing, Moonstruck).[124]
- Valentina Vladimirova, 66, Ukrainian-Russian actress.
- Roger Wolff, 82, American baseball player.[125]
24
- Zbigniew Gołąb, 71, Polish-American linguist and slavist.
- Hans Jakob, 85, German football player and Olympian (1936).[126]
- John L. May, 71, American Roman Catholic archbishop, brain cancer.
- Walle Nauta, 77, Dutch-American neuroscientist.[127]
- Edith Porada, 81, Austrian-American art historian and archaeologist.[128]
- David van Vactor, 87, American composer of contemporary classical music.[129]
- Jiang Yizhen, 79, Chinese communist politician.
25
- Rudi Feld, 97, German art director and set designer.[130]
- Angelines Fernández, 69, Spanish-Mexican actress and comedian, lung cancer.
- Bob Fontaine Sr., 70, American baseball player, scout and executive.[131]
- Bernard Kangro, 83, Estonian writer and poet.[132]
- Max Petitpierre, 95, Swiss politician and jurist.[133]
- Jesus M. Vargas, 89, Filipino politician.
26
- Emma Bosch, 23, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1992).[134]
- Dame Whina Cooper, 98, New Zealand Māori leader.
- Wadad Hamdi, 70, Egyptian actress, stabbed.[135]
- Willi Kirschner, 82, Romanian Olympic handball player (1936).[136]
- Owen McCann, 86, South African Catholic cardinal and journalist.
- Margaret Millar, 79, American-Canadian writer.[137]
27
- Otto Bonsema, 84, Dutch football player and manager.[138]
- Frances Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Kingsbridge, 87, British writer and biographer.[139]
- Elisabeth Schmid, 81, German archaeologist and osteologist.[140]
- Lawrence Wetherby, 86, American politician.[141]
28
- Richard Brandram, 82, British Army officer.
- Albert Goldman, 66, American academic and author.[142]
- Ștefan Gușă, 53, Romanian general, cancer.[143]
- Eugène Ionesco, 84, Romanian-French playwright.[144]
- Cyrus Longworth Lundell, 86, American botanist.
- Ira Murchison, 61, American sprinter and Olympic champion (1956), cancer.[145]
- Wendell Niles, 89, American radio and television announcer, cancer.[146]
29
- Ray Bare, 44, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers).[147]
- Paul Grimault, 89, French animator.[148]
- Lynda Hull, 39, American poet, car accident.[149]
- William Huston Natcher, 84, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1953-).[150]
- Charles Oser, 92, Swiss politician.
- Bill Travers, 72, British actor, screenwriter, and animal rights activist.[151]
- Jiang Zehan, 91, Chinese mathematician.
30
- Ina Hooft, 100, Dutch painter.[152]
- Leslie Howard Saunders, 94, Canadian politician and Mayor of Toronto.
- William Arthur Ward, 72, American motivational writer.
- Sid Weiss, 79, American jazz double-bassist.[153]
31
- Léon Degrelle, 87, Belgian politician and nazi collaborator, heart attack.[154]
- Henri Gouhier, 94, French philosopher and literary critic.[155]
- William Henry Hance, 42, American soldier and serial killer, execution by electrocution.[156]
- Medea Japaridze, 71, Soviet/Georgian actress.
- Béla Kenéz, 71, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1952).[157]
- Mohibullah "Mo" Khan, 56, Pakistani squash player.
- José Escobar Saliente, 85, Spanish comic book writer and artist.[158]