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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1993
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January
Dizzy Gillespie
(jazz trumpeter) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died January 6, 1993. Born October 21, 1917. In Cab Calloway's band, introduced more Afro-Cuban music into jazz, a musical ambassador for the U. S.
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Rudolf Nureyev (dancer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died January 6, 1993. Born March 17, 1938. A ballet genius and Soviet defector IMDb
Audrey Hepburn
(actress) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died January 20, 1993.
Born May 4, 1929. Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair
Lady, originated the role of Gigi on Broadway, married to Mel Ferrer.
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Thurgood Marshall (jurist) -- Dead. Died January 24, 1993. Born July 2, 1908. First black man on the Supreme Court
Andre the Giant (wrestler/actor) -- Dead. Heart attack (near the time of his father's funeral). Died January 27, 1993. Born circa 1940. The Princess Bride IMDb
February
Arthur Ashe (tennis great/writer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died February 6, 1993. Born July 10, 1943. Broke the color barrier in men's tennis, wrote a very moving memoir, Days of Grace
Lillian Gish (actress) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died February 27, 1993. Born October 14, 1893. IMDb
Ruby Keeler (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 28, 1993. Born August 25, 1910. Starred in many 30s musicals like 42nd Street, later made a Broadway comeback in 1971 with No No Nanette, married for a few years to Al Jolson, aunt of Ken Weatherwax. IBDB IMDb Obituary
March
Helen Hayes (great actress, demolished theater (later rebuilt) -- Dead. Died March 17, 1993.
Born October 10, 1900. Married to dead playwright Charles MacArthur, mother of 60s hunky actor James MacArthur IMDb
Kate Reid
(actress) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died March 27, 1993. Born November 4, 1930. Dr. Leavitt in The Andromeda Strain, was married to Austin Willis.
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Brandon Lee (actor) -- Dead. Shot by a gun that was supposed to have been cleaned out by a stage hand, but it hadn't been completely. Died March 31, 1993. Born February 1, 1965. IMDb
April
Pinky Lee (comic) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 3, 1993. Born May 2, 1907. IMDb
Marian Anderson
(singer) -- Dead. . Died April 8, 1993.
Born February 27, 1897. Superb singer who held a famous concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her perform at Constitution Hall because she was black IMDb
Leslie Charteris (writer) -- Dead. Died April 15, 1993. Born circa 1907. Created The Saint IMDb
May
Julio Gallo (businessman) -- Dead. Jeep accident. Died May 2, 1993. Born March 21, 1910. Started making wine with his brother Ernest became the biggest winemaker in the U. S. Obituary FindAGrave
Sun Ra (musician) -- Dead. Stroke. Died May 30, 1993.
Born circa 1914.
June
Conway Twitty (country singer) -- Dead. Died June 5, 1993.
Born September 1, 1933. Ultimate Collection IMDb
Alexis Smith (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 9, 1993. Born June 8, 1921. The Two Mrs. Carrolls, TV in the '70s and '80s, married to Craig Stevens
Ray Sharkey (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died June 11, 1993. Born November 14, 1952. IMDb
Deke Slayton
(Mercury astronaut/NASA administrator) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died June 13, 1993.
Born March 1924. IMDb
John Connally
(politician) -- Dead. Died June 15, 1993. Born February 27, 1917. Texas governor who was riding in front of JFK, was shot and survived.
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Pat Nixon (political spouse) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 22, 1993.
Born circa 1911.
George "Spanky" McFarland (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 30, 1993. Born October 2, 1928. Our Gang kid in the mid-30s IMDb
July
Fred Gwynne (actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died July 2, 1993. Born July 10, 1926. IMDb
Joe DeRita (stooge) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died July 3, 1993. Born July 12, 1909. Curly-Joe -- the "last" "third" stooge IMDb
Gusti Huber (actress) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died July 12, 1993. Born July 27, 1914. Memorable as Mrs. Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, mother of Bibi Besch, grandmother of Samantha Mathis. IBDB IMDb
August
Stewart Granger (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 16, 1993. Born May 6, 1913. King Solomon's Mines, co-starred with his then-wife Jean Simmons in Young Bess. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
Richard Jordan (actor) -- Dead. Brain tumor. Died August 30, 1993. Born July 19, 1938. Played a southern general in Gettysburg IMDb
September
Herve Villechaize (actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died September 4, 1993. Born April 23, 1943. IMDb
Helen O'Connell (singer) -- Dead. Died September 9, 1993. Born May 23, 1920. Band singer, second wife of Frank De Vol IMDb
Raymond Burr (actor) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died September 12, 1993. Born May 21, 1917. The only North American in the U.S. version of Godzilla, Perry Mason IMDb
Jimmy Doolittle (war hero/businessman) -- Dead. Old age. Died September 27, 1993. Born December 14, 1896. Led bombing of Tokyo in WW II
October
James Leo Herlihy (author) -- Dead. Suicide (drugs and asphixiation). Died October 20, 1993. Born February 27, 1927. (Author of Midnight Cowboy.)
Vincent Price (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 25, 1993. Born May 27, 1911. IMDb
Federico Fellini (director) -- Dead. Heart attack and stroke. Died October 31, 1993. Born January 20, 1920. IMDb
River Phoenix (actor) -- Dead. Stupidity (dope). Died October 31, 1993. Born August 23, 1970. First, but not the last, young star of My Own Private Idaho to die from drugs IMDb
November
Leon Theremin
(electronics whiz) -- Dead. Died November 3, 1993. Born August 27, 1896. Russian inventor of the theremin, an early electronic instrument that made '50s SF movies (especially Forbidden Planet sound other-worldly, invented devices to support KGB spying, once met Robert Moog.
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Fritz Feld (actor) -- Dead. Died November 18, 1993. Born October 15, 1900. Played officious characters in over 100 movies, married to Mrs. Olson for over 50 years IMDb
Bill Bixby (director/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 21, 1993. Born January 22, 1934. Married to Brenda Benet in the '70s, Born on the same day as Graham Kerr. IMDb
Anthony Burgess (writer/civil servant) -- Dead. Died November 25, 1993. Born February 25, 1917. A Clockwork Orange IMDb
Garry Moore (TV game show host) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died November 28, 1993. Born January 31, 1915. IMDb
December
Frank Zappa (musician) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died December 4, 1993.
Born December 21, 1940. Father of a brood of non-commercial music (Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar) and a number of interestingly-named children IMDb
Don Ameche (actor) -- Dead. Died December 6, 1993. Born May 31, 1908. Made a comeback in Cocoon IMDb
Myrna Loy (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died December 14, 1993. Born August 2, 1905. The Thin Man, Cheaper by the Dozen. The Best Years of Our Lives. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
Sam Wanamaker (actor/director) Dead. Cancer. Died December 18, 1993. Born 14, 1919. The driving force behind rebuilding the wonderful replica of the Globe Theater in London. IMDb
Don DeFore (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 22, 1993. Born August 25, 1913. George Baxter in Hazel. IMDb