Deaths in April 1993

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.

April 1993

1 Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, 79, Spanish royal, laryngeal cancer. Kristian Bjørn, 73, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympian (1948). Andrée Brunin, 56, French author. Howard Scott Gentry, 89, American botanist. Kevin Gilbert, 59, Aboriginal Australian writer, activist, and visual artist. Jerry Hausner, 83, American radio and television actor. Alan Kulwicki, 38, American racing driver, plane crash. Fred Schwengel, 86, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1955-1965, 1967-1973). Czesław Suszczyk, 71, Polish football player and Olympian (1952). Nicanor Zabaleta Zala, 86, Spanish harpist. Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, 88, British public servant and zoologist, thrombosis.

2 Edward Edinborough Chamberlain, 86, New Zealand plant pathologist. Hugh Fernando, 76, Sri Lankan politician. Thales Monteiro, 68, Brazilian basketball player and Olympian (1952). Masaichi Niimi, 106, Japanese naval admiral during World War II. Alexander Bell Patterson, 81, Canadian politician, MP (1953–1958, 1962–1968, 1972–1984). 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. 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. Eugene Church, 55, American R&B singer and songwriter, cancer. Sali Herman, 95, Swiss-Australian artist. Pinky Lee, 85, American comedian and children's entertainer. Eugenie Leontovich, 93-100, Russian-American actress (The Rains of Ranchipur, Homicidal, Naked City), cardiac arrest and pneumonia. Alexandre Mnouchkine, 85, Russian-French film producer. Peter J. De Muth, 101, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1937-1939). Leopoldo Nachbin, 71, Brazilian mathematician. Götz Dieter Plage, 56, German cinematographer, airship crash. Lazkao Txiki, 66, Basque bertsolari poet and musician. Bonifacio Zarcal, 73, Filipino Olympic boxer (1948).

4 Alfred Mosher Butts, 93, American architect, inventor of Scrabble. Edera Cordiale, 73, Italian Olympic discus thrower (1948, 1952). Pierre de Cossé, 12th Duke of Brissac, 93, French memoirist. Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, 82, British Royal Air Force marshal. Terje Rollem, 77, Norwegian resistance officer during World War II. Zdzisław Smoliński, 50, Polish Olympic hammer thrower (1964). Albert Fahmy Tadros, 78, Egyptian basketball player and Olympian (1936, 1948, 1952).

5 Harbans Bhalla, 62, Indian poet. Divya Bharti, 19, Indian actress (Deewana, Shola Aur Shabnam, Vishwatma), fall. Joe Coscarart, 83, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Bees). Vernon McCain, 84, American football and basketball coach.

6 Selma Andersson, 98, Swedish Olympic diver (1912, 1920). George Arceneaux, 64, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana). Viktor Avbelj, 79, Slovenian politician. Charles Burkill, 93, English mathematician. Peter DeFeo, 91, American mobster belonging to the Genovese crime family. Miguel Ángel Gómez, 24, Spanish sprinter and Olympian (1992). Cecil B. Lyon, 89, American diplomat. Clarence McGeary, 66, American football player (Green Bay Packers). Frans Slaats, 80, Dutch cyclist. Inge von Wangenheim, 80, German actress and author. Chen Zaidao, 84, Chinese general.

7 Edward Adamczyk, 71, Polish Olympic athlete (1948). Tonny Ahm, 78, Danish badminton champion. Bob Alexander, 70, Canadian baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians). Gerardo Chiaromonte, 68, Italian communist politician, journalist, and writer. Max Croiset, 80, Dutch actor (The Village on the River). Billy Griffith, 78, English cricketer. Heinz Hoppe, 69, German lyric tenor in opera, lied and operetta. Leo Lafrance, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks). Gladys Lehman, 101, American screenwriter, pneumonia. Howie McFarland, 83, American baseball player (Washington Senators). 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. Stole Aranđelović, 62, Serbian actor. Álida España, 68, Guatemalan activist and politician. Billy Gayles, 61, American drummer and singer, cancer. Bobby Mitchell, 68, Scottish football player. Aleksei Saltykov, 58, Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. Dave Shannon, 70, Australian bomber pilot during World War II. Konrad Srzednicki, 98, Polish painter.

9 Morteza Avini, 45, Iranian documentary filmmaker and author, landmine explosion. Robert B. Claytor, 71, American railroad administrator, cancer. Les Cunningham, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Americans, Chicago Black Hawks). Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, 39, Brazilian Roman Catholic nun, stabbed. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 90, American Orthodox rabbi and philosopher. Adolf Vogl, 82, Austrian footballer. Jess Yates, 74, English television presenter (Stars on Sunday), stroke.

10 Donald Broadbent, 66, English psychologist. Chris Hani, 50, South African politician, assassinated. Maxim Lieber, 95, American literary agent. Leo Metzenbauer, 83, Austrian art director.

11 Fides Benini, 63, Italian Olympic swimmer (1952). 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 Olympic skeleton racer (1948). Pietro Sessa, 65, Italian Olympic rower (1948). Malcolm Wiseman, 79, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1936).

12 Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, 73, Somalian politician and Vice President. Liz Andrew, 45, Australian politician, MLA (1974–1977), cancer. Scotty Cameron, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers). Troy Dandridge, 88, American baseball player. Rafael Aguilar Guajardo, 43, Mexican drug lord, shot. George Frederick Ives, 111, Canadian supercentenarian. Andrew Johnston, 77, Scottish cricketer. Emil Synek, 89, Czech playwright, novelist, biographer, and film director

13 Grigori Abrikosov, 60, Soviet theatre and film actor. 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. Prince Scott, 75, American football player. Wallace Stegner, 84, American novelist (Angle of Repose, The Spectator Bird, The Big Rock Candy Mountain), traffic collision. Ernesto Montagne Sánchez, 76, Peruvian politician. Rudolf Wetzer, 92, Romanian football player, manager, and Olympian (1924).

14 Enrique Estébanez, 80, Spanish Olympic field hockey player (1948). John Golland, 50, English composer. Reuben Hecht, 83, Israeli industrialist. Walther Kohlhase, 85, German painter. Jim McDonnell, 70, American baseball player. Negussie Roba, 56, Ethiopian sprinter and Olympian (1956, 1960). Geza Szabo, 52, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1964, 1968).

15 Harry Alexander, 87, Australian cricketer. William Bakewell, 84, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dance, Fools, Dance, Gold Diggers of Broadway), leukemia. Uwe Beyer, 48, German Olympic hammer thrower (1964, 1968, 1972). Leslie Charteris, 85, English author (The Saint). Bertie Crellin, 90, Australian rules footballer. Lucette Descaves, 87, French pianist and teacher. Alberto Giolitti, 69, Italian-American comic book artist. Georges Guillez, 83, French Olympic sprinter (1936). John Hunter, 84, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1949-1957). Peter Pietras, 84, American soccer player and Olympian (1936). Herbert Dudley Purves, 84, New Zealand chemist, mathematician, and scientist. Eduard Rhein, 92, German writer. Robert Westall, 63, English author and teacher. John Tuzo Wilson, 84, Canadian geophysicist. Rafael Ávalos, 66, Mexican football player.

16 Mac Cara, 78, American football player (Pittsburgh Pirates). Josef Greindl, 80, German opera singer. Ruby Hammond, 57, Australian indigenous rights campaigner. Sharon Herbaugh, 39, American journalist and war correspondent, helicopter crash. Aleksandr Kondratov, 55, Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and poet. Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, 89, Indonesian writer and politician. Geoff Organ, 74, Australian rules footballer. Malik Ram, 86, Indian poet and scholar.

17 Joachim Karliczek, 78, Polish Olympic swimmer (1936). 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.

18 Isgender Aznaurov, 36, Azerbaijani military officer, killed in action. Elisabeth Frink, 62, English sculptor, cancer. 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. Bernie Wayne, 74, American composer, heart failure.

19 Steve Douglas, 54, American saxophonist (The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Dion DiMucci), heart failure. Blas Galindo, 83, Mexican composer (Sones de Mariachi). Tom Jamieson, 69, Canadian ice hockey player. David Koresh, 33, American cult leader (Branch Davidians), gunshot wound. Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr., 87, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania). George S. Mickelson, 52, American politician, governor of South Dakota (since 1987), plane crash. Barbara Stoler Miller, 52, American Indologist, cancer. Clifford Scott, 64, American saxophonist and flautist. Joseph A. Sellinger, 72, American Catholic priest and Jesuit, pancreatic cancer.

20 Leonas Baltrūnas, 78, Lithuanian basketball player and coach. Antonio Bello, 58, Italian Catholic prelate, stomach cancer. Luiz Borracha, 72, Brazilian footballer. Cantinflas, 81, Mexican actor (Around the World in 80 Days, El bolero de Raquel, Pepe), lung cancer. Evelyne Hall, 83, American hurdler and Olympic medalist (1932). 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. 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. Lincoln Hurring, 61, New Zealand swimmer and Olympian (1952, 1956), heart attack. Niels Rohweder, 87, Danish architect. Hal Schumacher, 82, American baseball player (New York Giants), stomach cancer. Raymond Smillie, 89, Canadian Olympic boxer (1928).

22 Bertus Aafjes, 78, Dutch poet.Bertus Aafjes Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa, 91, Venezuelan politician, president of the Senate (1962–1967). Mark Koenig, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants), cancer. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, 31, Nepalese mountain climber, climbing accident.