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 Karl Bach, 72, German Olympic fencer (1952). Fran Bošnjaković, 91, Croatian engineer and thermodynamicist. Segundo Castillo, 80, Peruvian footballer and Olympian (1936). André Corriveau, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). Janine Darcey, 76, French film actress. 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. Polly Klaas, 12, American murder victim, strangulation. M. Vera Peters, 82, Canadian oncologist, breast cancer. Hermann Otto Sleumer, 87, Dutch botanist. Bob Standfield, 78, Australian rules footballer. Giuseppe Vari, 69, Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.
2 Ahmed Abdul-Malik, 66, American jazz double bassist and oud player. William Berger, 65, Austrian-American actor, cancer. Henry Ringling North, 83, American businessman and circus owner. Ángel Riveras, 85, Spanish Olympic sailor (1968). Amin Tarif, 95, Israeli Druze religious leader.
3 Paul Daxhelet, 87, Belgian painter. 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. 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. Randy Shughart, 35, American Army Delta Force soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in action. Hans-Dieter Wacker, 34, German footballer.
4 Josh Ashton, 44, American football player (New England Patriots, St. Louis Cardinals). John Cawas, 83, Indian actor and stuntman. Varetta Dillard, 60, American rhythm and blues singer. Jim Holton, 42, Scottish football player, heart attack. William Henry Scott, 72, American teacher and historian. Lorie Tarshis, 82, Canadian economist.
5 Graeme Bean, 45, Australian rules footballer. Francesco Carpino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop. Willard A. Hanna, 82, American writer. Karl Gordon Henize, 66, American astronomer and astronaut (STS-51-F), heart attack Radhu Karmakar, 74, Indian cinematographer and film director. Jane Nigh, 68, American actress, stroke. Mircea Socolescu, 91, Romanian Olympic bobsledder (1928). Dumitru Stăniloae, 89, Romanian Orthodox Christian priest and theologian.
6 Sergei Babkov, 72, Soviet and Russian painter. Albert Bigelow, 87, American writer and pacifist. Ray Broussard, 56, American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Andrew A. Caffrey, 73, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts). Stillman Drake, 82, Canadian historian and academic. Nejat Eczacıbaşı, 80, Turkish industrialist and philanthropist 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). Cyril Cusack, 82, Irish actor (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Harold and Maude, My Left Foot), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Agnes de Mille, 88, American dancer and choreographer, stroke. Kenneth Nelson, 63, American actor (The Boys in the Band, Hellraiser, Seventeen).
8 Gu Cheng, 37, Chinese poet, essayist and novelist, suicide. Pete Cooper, 78, American golfer. Wal Lambert, 77, Australian Olympic rower (1948). Santiago Navarro, 56, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960). Manke Nelis, 73, Dutch levenslied singer. Roy Scholl, 89, American football player. Alfred Toepfer, 99, German entrepreneur.
9 Leopold Facco, 85, Austrian footballer. Bernard J. Ganter, 65, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Harry Jagielski, 61, American gridiron football player. Sachiko Murase, 88, Japanese actress. Göta Pettersson, 66, Swedish gymnast and Olympian (1948, 1952). C. R. Rangachari, 77, Indian cricket player.
10 John Bindon, 50, English actor and bodyguard, cancer. Catherine Collard, 46, French classical pianist, cancer. Jim Howden, 59, Australian rower and Olympian (1956), cancer. Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven, 90, British academic.
11 Joe Barzda, 78, American racing driver. Nani Bhattacharya, 75, Indian trade union activist and politician. Alexandra Hay, 46, American actress. Yvar Mikhashoff, 52, American pianist and composer, AIDS-related complications. Emmett O'Neill, 75, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox). Andy Stewart, 59, Scottish musician, heart attack. Jess Thomas, 66, American operatic tenor. Lee Walls, 60, American baseball player. Annemarie Werner-Hansen, 54, Danish Olympic canoeist (1960, 1964).
12 Leon Ames, 91, American actor (Meet Me in St. Louis, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Mister Ed), stroke. Mircea David, 78, Romanian football player. Lawrence R. Hafstad, 89, American electrical engineer and physicist. Ruth Gilbert, 81, American actress, brain cancer. Patrick Holt, 81, English actor. Myrtle Lind, 95, American film actress. Paul Podmajersky, 76, American football player (Chicago Bears). V. Subbiah, 82, Indian communist politician. Rhys Thomson, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs). 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. John G. Jackson, 86, American lecturer, teacher and writer. D. Bailey Merrill, 80, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1953-1955). Gwen Welles, 42, American actress (Nashville), cancer.
14 Joseph S. Ammerman, 69, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1977-1979). Nikolay Baskakov, 75, Soviet and Russian painter. Bertie Clarke, 75, Barbadian cricket player. Harald Hennum, 65, Norwegian football player. Roy Hurley, 71, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Syracuse Nationals). Hirohide Ishida, 78, Japanese politician. Chen Hsiao-nan, 85, Chinese painter. Eruch Mistry, 70-71, Indian Olympic cyclist (1948). Walter Newman, 77, American radio writer and screenwriter. Venmani S. Selvanather, 80, Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Obert C. Tanner, 89, American businessman and philanthropist.
15 Herbert Fuller, 90, British Olympic cyclist (1924). Clarence Lung, 78, American actor. Bert McInenly, 87, Canadian ice hockey player. Aydın Sayılı, 80, Turkish historian of science. Dan Turèll, 47, Danish writer, esophageal cancer. Satosi Watanabe, 83, Japanese theoretical physicist.
16 Horace Debenham, 90, British Olympic rower (1924). Jimmie DeShong, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Washington Senators). Flora Nwapa, 62, Nigerian author, pneumonia. Arnie Oliver, 86, American soccer player. Bonnie Poe, 81, American actress and voice artist. René Sylviano, 89, French composer.
17 Syed Mohammad Ali, 64, Bangladeshi journalist and editor. Vijay Bhatt, 86, Indian film director and screenwriter. Helmut Gollwitzer, 84, German Lutheran theologian and author. Gordon Grieve, 81, New Zealand politician. Ante Krnčević, 84, Yugoslavian Olympic rower (1936). Philip Monk, 86, New Zealand cricketer and soldier. Criss Oliva, 30, American musician, traffic collision. Bill Reigel, 61, American basketball player and coach.
18 Bernd Baselt, 59, German musicologist. Maria Rosa Candido, 26, Italian short track speed skater and Olympian (1988, 1992), traffic collision. Adrian Hearn, 73, Australian rules footballer. Lois Kibbee, 71, American actress (The Edge of Night, Caddyshack, One Life to Live), brain cancer. Salvador P. Lopez, 82, Filipino writer, journalist, diplomat and statesman.
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). Carsta Löck, 90, German film actress. Johnny Lucas, 62, Luxembourgian Olympic canoeist (1952). Lucien J. Maciora, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1941-1943).
20 Aage Dons, 90, Danish author. Gaylord DuBois, 94, American comic book writer. Milan Konjović, 95, Serbian painter. Martti Matilainen, 86, Finnish Olympic runner (1932, 1936). Bob Olderman, 31, American gridiron football player (Kansas City Chiefs). Yasushi Sugiyama, 84, Japanese painter.
21 Wayne Belardi, 63, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers). James Leo Herlihy, 66, American author (Midnight Cowboy) and playwright, suicide. Bob Hunter, 80, American sportswriter. Moritz Inderbitzin, 72, Swiss Olympic wrestler (1948). Gabby Kemp, 74, American baseball player and manager. Jan Maciejko, 80, Polish ice hockey player and Olympian (1948). Jan Meijer, 72, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1948). Melchior Ndadaye, 40, Burundian intellectual and politician, murdered. Annie Thayyil, 74, Indian novelist, journalist, and biographer. Irv Torgoff, 76, American basketball player, heart attack. Ștefan Zoller, 79, Romanian Olympic handball player (1936). Sam Zolotow, 94, American theater critic, stomach cancer.
22 Jiří Hájek, 80, Czech politician and diplomat. 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. Hans Walter Wolff, 81, German protestant theologian.
23 Thomas Begley, 22, Northern Irish IRA Volunteer, bomb explosion. Ulf Björlin, 60, Swedish composer and conductor. Marv Blaylock, 64, American baseball player (New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies). Friedrich Dickel, 79, German politician. Wilhelm Feldberg, 92, German-British physiologist and biologist. Shota Lomidze, 57, Soviet Georgian Olympic wrestler (1964, 1968). John Wells, 70, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). Steve Wylie, 82, American baseball player.
24 Johnnie Cowan, 80, American baseball player. Jo Grimond, 80, British politician. Přemysl Hajný, 67, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and Olympian (1948). Hajibaba Huseynov, 74, Soviet and Azerbaijani poet and pedagogue. Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff, 85, Austrian art director. Heinz Kubsch, 63, German football goalkeeper. Tonino Nardi, 54, Italian film cinematographer. Elena Nicolai, 88, Bulgarian operatic mezzo-soprano.
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). Roy Hampton Park, 83, American media executive and entrepreneur. Vincent Price, 82, American actor (House of Wax, The Fly, Edward Scissorhands), lung cancer.
26 Maurice Henry Dorman, 81, British diplomat and colonial administrator. František Filipovský, 86, Czechoslovak actor. Albert Hyzler, 76, Maltese politician and President of Malta. Joe Krol, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Brooklyn Americans). Oro, 21, Mexican professional wrestler, wrestling accident. Harold Rome, 85, American composer, lyricist, and musical writer. Mušan Topalović, 36, Bosnian gangster and warlord, killed. Albert Zugsmith, 83, American film producer, film director and screenwriter.
27 Earl Banks, 69, American gridiron football player and coach, car accident. Cloyce Box, 70, American gridiron football player (Detroit Lions). David Lawrence McKay, 92, American Mormon leader.