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.

1

 * Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, 79, Spanish royal, laryngeal cancer.
 * Kristian Bjørn, 73, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympian.
 * 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.
 * Czesław Suszczyk, 71, Polish football player.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Leopoldo Nachbin, 71, Brazilian mathematician.
 * Lazkao Txiki, 66, Basque bertsolari poet and musician.

4

 * Alfred Mosher Butts, 93, American architect, inventor of Scrabble.
 * Edera Cordiale, 73, Italian Olympic discus thrower (1948).
 * Pierre de Cossé-Brissac, 93, French memoirist.
 * Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, 82, British Royal Air Force marshal.
 * Terje Rollem, 77, Norwegian resistance officer during World War II.
 * Albert Fahmy Tadros, 78, Egyptian basketball player and Olympian.

5

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

6

 * Selma Andersson, 98, Swedish Olympic diver (1912, 1920).
 * Viktor Avbelj, 79, Slovenian politician.
 * Charles Burkill, 93, English mathematician.
 * Peter DeFeo, 91, American mobster belonging to the Genovese crime family.
 * Cecil B. Lyon, 89, American diplomat.
 * Frans Slaats, 80, Dutch cyclist.
 * Inge von Wangenheim, 80, German actress and author.
 * Chen Zaidao, 84, Chinese general.

7

 * Edward Adamczyk, 71, Polish athlete and Olympian.
 * Tonny Ahm, 78, Danish badminton champion.
 * Bob Alexander, 70, Canadian baseball player.
 * 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.
 * Gladys Lehman, 101, American screenwriter, pneumonia.
 * 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.

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.
 * Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, 39, Brazilian Roman Catholic nun, stabbed.
 * Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 90, American Orthodox rabbi and philosopher.
 * 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

 * 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 skeleton racer and Olympian.
 * 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.
 * Rafael Aguilar Guajardo, 43, Mexican drug lord, shot.
 * George Frederick Ives, 111, Canadian supercentenarian.

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, American politician, leukemia.
 * 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 and manager.

14

 * John Golland, 50, English composer.
 * Reuben Hecht, 83, Israeli industrialist.
 * Jim McDonnell, 70, American baseball player.
 * Roba Negousse, 56, Ethiopian sprinter and Olympian.

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, West German hammer thrower.
 * Leslie Charteris, 85, English author (The Saint).
 * Lucette Descaves, 87, French pianist and teacher.
 * Alberto Giolitti, 69, Italian-American comic book artist.
 * Georges Guillez, 83, French Olympic sprinter (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

 * Josef Greindl, 80, German opera singer.
 * Ruby Hammond, 57, Australian indigenous rights campaigner.
 * Aleksandr Kondratov, 55, Russian linguist, biologist, journalist and poet.
 * Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, 89, Indonesian writer and politician.
 * 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, Classical 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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, Swimmer from New Zealand, heart attack.
 * Hal Schumacher, 82, American baseball player (New York Giants), stomach cancer.
 * Raymond Smillie, 89, Canadian boxer.

22

 * 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.
 * Andries Treurnicht, 72, South African politician, complications during heart surgery.

23

 * Bertus Aafjes, 78, Dutch poet, cancer.
 * Lalith Athulathmudali, 56, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1977–1991), assassinated.
 * Robert Bürchler, 77, Swiss sport shooter and Olympic medalist.
 * Guido Carli, 79, Italian banker, economist and politician.
 * Cesar Chavez, 66, American labor leader and civil rights activist.
 * Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, 91, Russian-American Chabad leader.
 * Daniel Jones, 80, Welsh composer.
 * Séra Martin, 86, French middle-distance runner and Olympian.
 * DJ Subroc, 19, American hip-hop artist, traffic accident.

24

 * Gustl Bayrhammer, 71, German actor, heart attack.
 * Richard Donchian, 87, American commodities and futures trader.
 * Everett F. Drumright, 86, American diplomat.
 * Ian Jacob, 93, British Army officer.
 * Ethel Magafan, 76, American painter.
 * Pierre Naville, 89, French surrealist writer and sociologist.
 * Oliver Reginald Tambo, 75, South African politician, complications from a stroke.
 * Tran Duc Thao, 75, Vietnamese philosopher.

25

 * Geraldo Del Rey, 62, Brazilian actor, lung cancer.
 * Georges Favre, 87, French composer.
 * Ferenc Klics, 69, Hungarian athlete and Olympian.
 * S. M. Koya, 70, Fijian politician and statesman.
 * Rosita Moreno, 86, Spanish actress (Walls of Gold, Ladies Should Listen, The Scoundrel).
 * Henri René, 86, American musician.

26

 * Bob Broadbent, 68, English cricketer (Worcestershire).
 * Floyd Chalmers, 94, Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.
 * Desmond Crawley, 75, British diplomat.
 * Darussalam, 72, Indonesian actor.
 * Roger Miller, 38, American baseball player, acetylene tank explosion.

27

 * France Bezlaj, 82, Slovenian linguist.
 * Hans Sahl, 90, German writer.
 * Ilie Oană, 74, Romanian football player and manager.
 * Victims of the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash:
 * Patrick Banda, 19, Zambian footballer.
 * David Chabala, 33, Zambian footballer.
 * Whiteson Changwe, 28, Zambian footballer.
 * Wisdom Mumba Chansa, 29, Zambian footballer.
 * Moses Chikwalakwala, 23, Zambian footballer.
 * Godfrey Chitalu, 45, Zambian footballer and coach.
 * Alex Chola, 36, Zambian footballer and coach.
 * Samuel Chomba, 29, Zambian footballer.
 * Godfrey Kangwa, Zambian footballer.
 * Derby Makinka, 27, Zambian footballer.
 * Moses Masuwa, 21, Zambian footballer.
 * Eston Mulenga, 31, Zambian footballer.
 * Winter Mumba, Zambian footballer.
 * Kelvin Mutale, 23, Zambian footballer.
 * Richard Mwanza, 33, Zambian footballer.
 * Numba Mwila, 21, Zambian footballer.
 * Timothy Mwitwa, 24, Zambian footballer.
 * Kenan Simambe, 18, Zambian footballer.
 * John Soko, 24, Zambian footballer.
 * Robert Watiyakeni, 23, Zambian footballer.

28

 * Jack Bighead, 63, American football player.
 * Diva Diniz Corrêa, 74, Brazilian marine zoologist.
 * Harold Darragh, 90, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Momčilo Gavrić, 86, Serbian soldier, youngest participant of World War I.
 * Valentina Grizodubova, 84, Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union.
 * Chon Sang-pyong, 63, South Korean writer.
 * Ben Schwartzwalder, 83, American football player and coach.
 * Jim Valvano, 47, American college basketball player (Rutgers) and coach (NC State, Iona), adenocarcinoma.

29

 * Kenneth Caskey, 89, American athlete and Olympian.
 * Michael Gordon, 83, American film director (Pillow Talk, Cyrano de Bergerac).
 * Wilhelm Hanle, 92, German experimental physicist.
 * Cy Howard, 77, American screenwriter (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour).
 * Fernand Prudhomme, 76, French basketball player and Olympian.
 * Mick Ronson, 46, English guitarist (The Spiders from Mars), liver cancer.
 * Robert Bertram Serjeant, 78, British scholar, traveller, and Arabists.
 * Leona E. Tyler, 86, American psychologist.

30

 * Tommy Caton, 30, English footballer, heart attack.
 * Mario Evaristos, 84, Argentine football player.
 * Waruhiu Itote, 71, Kenyan rebel leader during the Mau Mau rebellion, stroke.
 * Kurt Kuhlmey, 79, German general during World War II.
 * Árpád Lengyel, 78, Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist.
 * Eric Rowan, 83, South African cricket player.
 * Dave Waymer, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), heart attack.
 * Daphne Young, 77, English badminton player.
 * Frija Zoaretz, 85, Israeli politician.