Famous People Who Died in April 1994

Apr 5 Aubrey Joseph Watson Sr., bishop, dies at 65
Apr 5 Marlon Riggs, American writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
Apr 5 Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94

Kurt Cobain

Apr 5 Kurt Cobain, American grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide at 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun

Apr 6 Dick Cary, American jazz musician, dies at 77
Apr 6 Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist and architect (Amsterdam), dies of cardiac arrest at 54
Apr 6 Cyprien Ntaryamira, 5th President of Burundi (1994), assassinated by missile strike on the plane he was travelling on over Kigali, Rwanda at 39

Juvénal Habyarimana

Apr 6 Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan General, Dictator and President of Rwanda (1973-94), assassinated by missile strike on his plane over Kigali, Rwanda at 57

Apr 7 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (1993-94) and one of the 1st female political figures in Africa, assassinated by the presidential guard in the opening stages of the Rwandan Genocide at 40
Apr 7 Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85
Apr 7 Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
Apr 7 Francois de Grossouvre, French politician and adviser to President Mitterrand, commits suicide at 76
Apr 7 Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (Minister of Finance), dies at 70
Apr 7 Lee Brilleaux, British R&B singer, harmonica player, and guitarist (Dr. Feelgood), dies of lymphoma at 41
Apr 8 Irene Eisinger, German-British singer, dies at 91
Apr 8 Walter Arnold, German theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
Apr 8 François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
Apr 9 Cor van Dis jr. [Cornelis Nicolas van Dis jr.], Dutch politician (1971-94), dies at 71
Apr 9 Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
Apr 9 Marcel Ichac, French director (Karakoram) and alpinist, dies at 87
Apr 9 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
Apr 10 James L. Lyons, American jazz promoter (founder of the Monterey Jazz Festival), dies at 77
Apr 10 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
Apr 10 Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
Apr 11 John Nicolaas Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair, Transavia), dies at 64
Apr 12 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
Apr 12 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
Apr 13 Donald Benjamin Harden, British researcher, dies at 92
Apr 13 Nikolai Kryuchkov, Soviet Russian film actor (Telegram; Ballad of a Soldier; Town People), dies at 83
Apr 13 P. J. Engels, Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 70
Apr 13 Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor & director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 73
Apr 13 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
Apr 14 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
Apr 14 Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (b. 1897)
Apr 15 John Curry, British figure skater (Olympic gold, World C'ship gold, European C'ship gold 1976), dies from AIDS at 44
Apr 15 Walter Clegg, British politician, dies at 73
Apr 16 John McLiam [Williams], Canadian actor (First Blood, Sleeper, Men From Shiloh), dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
Apr 16 Ralph Waldo Ellison, American writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
Apr 16 Ron Vawter, American actor (Roy Cohn; The Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
Apr 16 Samuel "Sam" Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (The Lonely Londoners), dies at 70
Apr 17 Peter Hacker, American journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
Apr 18 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
Apr 18 Bill Rexford, American auto racer (NASCAR Grand National Series championship 1950, youngest Cup champion [23]), dies at 67
Apr 19 Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
Apr 19 Larry Davis, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 57
Apr 19 Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
Apr 19 Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
Apr 19 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
Apr 20 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), dies of a heart attack at 72
Apr 21 Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
Apr 22 Denis Pitts, English journalist, dies at 64
Apr 22 Jack Bently, English trombonist, dies at 80

Richard Nixon

Apr 22 Richard Nixon, American politician (37th US President (Republican 1969-74; Vice-President, 1953-61; US Senator from California, 1950-53) and navy veteran, dies of a stroke at 81

Apr 22 Hans Burkhardt, Swiss-American artist, dies at 89
Apr 23 Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
Apr 23 Cecile Dreesmann, Dutch textile artist & son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
Apr 25 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), dies of a heart attack at 82
Apr 25 George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
Apr 25 Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Muslim leader, shot dead at 32
Apr 26 Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate, dies at 70
Apr 26 Manuel Enríquez, Mexican composer, dies at 67
Apr 27 John Preston, American writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
Apr 27 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
Apr 29 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), dies of natural causes at 81
Apr 29 Oscar Sheldon A Williams, artist/critic, dies at 74
Apr 30 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
Apr 30 Geoffrey Roberts, English wine merchant (championed Australian and Californian wines), dies at 46
Apr 30 Richard Scarry, American children's book writer and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), dies at 74
Apr 30 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31

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Famous People Who Died in April 1994

Kurt Cobain

Juvénal Habyarimana

Richard Nixon

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