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.
October 1993
1
- Fran Bošnjaković, 91, Croatian engineer and thermodynamicist.
- Janine Darcey, 76, French film actress.[1]
- Raymond Bryan Dillard, 49, American theologian and biblical scholar, heart attack.
- Božo Janković, 42, Yugoslav football player.
- Sigurð Joensen, 82, Faroese lawyer, author, and politician.
- M. Vera Peters, 82, Canadian oncologist, breast cancer.[2]
- Hermann Otto Sleumer, 87, Dutch botanist.[3]
- Segundo Castillo Varela, 80, Peruvian football player.
- Giuseppe Vari, 69, Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.[4]
2
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik, 66, American jazz double bassist and oud player.[5]
- William Berger, 65, Austrian-American actor, cancer.[6]
- Henry Ringling North, 83, American businessman and circus owner.[7]
- Amin Tarif, 95, Israeli Druze religious leader.[8]
3
- 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.[9]
- 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.[10]
- Randy Shughart, 35, American Army Delta Force soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in action.[11]
4
- John Cawas, 83, Indian actor and stuntman.
- Varetta Dillard, 60, American rhythm and blues singer.
- Jim Holton, 42, Scottish football player, heart attack.[12]
- William Henry Scott, 72, American teacher and historian.
- Lorie Tarshis, 82, Canadian economist.[13]
5
- Francesco Carpino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop.
- Willard A. Hanna, 82, American writer.[14]
- Karl Gordon Henize, 66, American astronomer and astronaut, heart attack[15]
- Radhu Karmakar, 74, Indian cinematographer and film director.
- Jane Nigh, 68, American actress, stroke.
- Dumitru Stăniloae, 89, Romanian Orthodox Christian priest and theologian.[16]
6
- Sergei Babkov, 72, Soviet and Russian painter.
- Albert Bigelow, 87, American writer and pacifist.[17]
- Ray Broussard, 56, American thoroughbred horse racing jockey .
- Stillman Drake, 82, Canadian historian and academic.[18]
- Nejat Eczacıbaşı, 80, Turkish industrialist and philanthropist[19]
- Victor Razafimahatratra, 72, Malagasy Roman Catholic cardinal.
7
- Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, 87, British journalist and scientific writer.
- Cyril Cusack, 82, Irish actor (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Harold and Maude, My Left Foot), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[20]
- Agnes de Mille, 88, American dancer and choreographer, stroke.[21]
- Kenneth Nelson, 63, American actor (The Boys in the Band, Hellraiser, Seventeen).[22]
8
- Gu Cheng, 37, Chinese poet, essayist and novelist, suicide.[23]
- Pete Cooper, 78, American golfer.[24]
- Santiago Navarro, 56, Spanish basketball player.[25]
- Manke Nelis, 73, Dutch levenslied singer.
- Alfred Toepfer, 99, German entrepreneur.[26]
9
- Bernard J. Ganter, 65, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Harry Jagielski, 61, American gridiron football player.[27]
- Sachiko Murase, 88, Japanese actress.[28]
- Göta Pettersson, 66, Swedish gymnast and Olympian.[29]
- C. R. Rangachari, 77, Indian cricket player.
10
- John Bindon, 50, English actor and bodyguard, cancer.[30]
- Catherine Collard, 46, French classical pianist, cancer.[31]
- Jim Howden, 59, Australian rower and Olympian, cancer.[32]
- Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven, 90, British academic.[33]
11
- Joe Barzda, 78, American racing driver.
- Nani Bhattacharya, 75, Indian trade union activist and politician.
- Alexandra Hay, 46, American actress.[34]
- Yvar Mikhashoff, 52, American pianist and composer, AIDS-related complications.[35]
- Andy Stewart, 59, Scottish musician, heart attack.
- Jess Thomas, 66, American operatic tenor.[36]
- Lee Walls, 60, American baseball player.[37]
12
- Leon Ames, 91, American actor (Meet Me in St. Louis, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Mister Ed), stroke.[38]
- Mircea David, 78, Romanian football player.[39]
- Lawrence R. Hafstad, 89, American electrical engineer and physicist.[40]
- Ruth Gilbert, 81, American actress, brain cancer.[41]
- Patrick Holt, 81, English actor.[42]
- Myrtle Lind, 95, American film actress.
- V. Subbiah, 82, Indian communist politician.
- 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.[43]
- John G. Jackson, 86, American lecturer, teacher and writer.[44]
- Gwen Welles, 42, American actress, cancer.[45]
14
- Joseph S. Ammerman, 69, American politician.[46]
- Nikolay Baskakov, 75, Soviet and Russian painter.
- Bertie Clarke, 75, Barbadian cricket player.
- Harald Hennum, 65, Norwegian football player.[47]
- Hirohide Ishida, 78, Japanese politician.
- Walter Newman, 77, American radio writer and screenwriter.[48]
- Venmani S. Selvanather, 80, Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Obert C. Tanner, 89, American businessman and philanthropist.[49]
15
- Clarence Lung, 78, American actor.[50]
- Aydın Sayılı, 80, Turkish historian of science.
- Dan Turèll, 47, Danish writer, esophageal cancer.
- Satosi Watanabe, 83, Japanese theoretical physicist.[51]
16
- Jimmie DeShong, 83, American baseball player.[52]
- Flora Nwapa, 62, Nigerian author, pneumonia.[53]
- Arnie Oliver, 86, American soccer player.
- Bonnie Poe, 81, American actress and voice artist.
- René Sylviano, 89, French composer.[54]
17
- Syed Mohammad Ali, 64, Bangladeshi journalist and editor.
- Vijay Bhatt, 86, Indian film director and screenwriter.[55]
- Helmut Gollwitzer, 84, German Lutheran theologian and author.[56]
- Gordon Grieve, 81, New Zealand politician.
- Criss Oliva, 30, American musician, traffic collision.
- Bill Reigel, 61, American basketball player and coach.[57]
18
- Bernd Baselt, 59, German musicologist.
- Maria Rosa Candido, 26, Italian short track speed skater and Olympian, traffic collision.[58]
- Lois Kibbee, 71, American actress (The Edge of Night, Caddyshack, One Life to Live), brain cancer.[59]
- Salvador P. Lopez, 82, Filipino writer, journalist, diplomat and statesman.[60]
19
- Gidske Anderson, 71, Norwegian journalist and author.
- Pola Illéry, 83, Romanian-American actress and singer.
- John Kerr, 94, American baseball player.[61]
- Carsta Löck, 90, German film actress.[62]
20
- Aage Dons, 90, Danish author.
- Gaylord DuBois, 94, American comic book writer.[63]
- Milan Konjović, 95, Serbian painter.[64]
- Bob Olderman, 31, American gridiron football player.[65]
- Yasushi Sugiyama, 84, Japanese painter.[66]
21
- Wayne Belardi, 63, American baseball player.[67]
- James Leo Herlihy, 66, American author (Midnight Cowboy) and playwright, suicide.[68]
- Bob Hunter, 80, American sportswriter.
- Melchior Ndadaye, 40, Burundian intellectual and politician, murdered.[69]
- Annie Thayyil, 74, Indian novelist, journalist, and biographer.
- Irv Torgoff, 76, American basketball player, heart attack.[70]
- Sam Zolotow, 94, American theater critic, stomach cancer.[71]
22
- Jiří Hájek, 80, Czech politician and diplomat.[72]
- 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.
- Hans Walter Wolff, 81, German protestant theologian.[73]
23
- Thomas Begley, 22, Northern Irish IRA Volunteer, bomb explosion.
- Ulf Björlin, 60, Swedish composer and conductor.[74]
- Friedrich Dickel, 79, German politician.
- Wilhelm Feldberg, 92, German-British physiologist and biologist.[75]
- Shota Lomidze, 57, Georgian wrestler and Olympian.[76]
24
- Jo Grimond, 80, British politician.[77]
- Přemysl Hajný, 67, Czechoslovak ice hockey player.[78]
- Hajibaba Huseynov, 74, Soviet and Azerbaijani poet and pedagogue.
- Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff, 85, Austrian art director.[79]
- Heinz Kubsch, 63, German football goalkeeper.[80]
- Tonino Nardi, 54, Italian film cinematographer.
- Elena Nicolai, 88, Bulgarian operatic mezzo-soprano.[81]
25
- Danny Chan, 35, Hong Kong singer, songwriter, records producer and actor.
- Mariya Kapnist, 80, Soviet and Ukrainian actress, complications following car accident.
- Roy Hampton Park, 83, American media executive and entrepreneur.[82]
- Vincent Price, 82, American actor (House of Wax, The Fly, Edward Scissorhands), lung cancer.[83]
26
- Maurice Henry Dorman, 81, British diplomat and colonial administrator.
- František Filipovský, 86, Czechoslovak actor.[84]
- Albert Hyzler, 76, Maltese politician and President of Malta.
- Oro, 21, Mexican professional wrestler, wrestling accident.
- Harold Rome, 85, American composer, lyricist, and musical writer.[85]
- Mušan Topalović, 36, Bosnian gangster and warlord, killed.
- Albert Zugsmith, 83, American film producer, film director and screenwriter.[86]
27
- Earl Banks, 69, American gridiron football player and coach, car accident.[87]
- Cloyce Box, 70, American gridiron football player.[88]
- David Lawrence McKay, 92, American Mormon leader.
- Peter Quennell, 88, English writer, biographer, and literary historian.[89]
- 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.[90]
- Cal Koonce, 52, American baseball player, lymphoma.[91]
- Juri Lotman, 71, Russian-Estonian literary scholar, semiotician, and historian.[92]
- Bob Seeds, 86, American baseball player.[93]
29
- Lipman Bers, 79, Latvian-American mathematician.[94]
- Robert P. Dilworth, 78, American mathematician.
- Herbert Lütkebohmert, 45, German football player.[95]
- Masahiro Makino, 85, Japanese film director.[96]
- Stanisław Marusarz, 80, Polish Nordic skiing competitor and Olympian.[97]
- 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.
- 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.[98]
30
- Donald Prentice Booth, 90, American Army general.[99]
- Paul Grégoire, 82, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, stomach cancer.
- Louis B. Heller, 88, American lawyer and politician.[100]
- Peter Kemp, 78, English soldier and writer.
- Maria Matray, 86, German screenwriter and film actress.[101]
- Margaret Vyner, 78, Australian-British model and actress.[102]
- Ted Williams, 77, American gridiron football player.[103]
31
- Bob Atcher, 79, American country musician.[104]
- Federico Fellini, 73, Italian film director and screenwriter (8½, La Dolce Vita, La Strada), four-time Oscar winner, heart attack.[105]
- Al Mello, 87, American Olympic and boxer.
- Lajos Papp, 49, Hungarian sport shooter and Olympian.[106]
- River Phoenix, 23, American actor (Running on Empty, Stand by Me, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and musician, drug overdose.[107]
- 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.[108]
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