Deaths Date 1994 December | History by KabAstro

Dec 6 Alun Owen, Welsh screenwriter and playwright (Hard Day's Night, The Rose Affair), dies at 69
Dec 6 Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), dies at 61
Dec 7 Edward Rell Madigan, American politician (US Secretary of Agriculture 91-93, Rep-R-IL, 1973-91), dies of cancer at 58
Dec 7 Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58
Dec 7 J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup x 5 Montreal Canadiens; 7 x NHL All Star), dies of kidney cancer at 55
Dec 8 Antônio Carlos Jobim [Tom Jobim], Brazilian singer-songwriter and composer (Getz/Gilberto), dies from pulmonary embolism at 67
Dec 8 Israel Aaron Maisels, South African lawyer and communal leader, dies at 89
Dec 9 Alex Wilson, Canadian athlete (Olympic silver 800m, 2 x bronze 400m, 4x400m relay 1932), dies at 87
Dec 9 Garnett Silk [Garnet Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Hey Mama Africa; Greenline), dies in a house fire while trying to save his mother at 28
Dec 9 Maureen Starkey [Mary Cox], English ex-wife of Beatle Ringo Starr, dies of leukemia at 48
Dec 9 Max Bill, Swiss painter, sculptor, and politician, dies at 85
Dec 10 Alexander Wilson, Canadian athlete (b. 1905)
Dec 10 George van Renesse, Dutch concert pianist and music director, dies at 85
Dec 10 Keith Joseph, British Conservative politician and minister under four PMs who helped create the ideology of Thatcherism, dies at 76
Dec 10 Robert Blum, Swiss composer, dies at 94

Dec 10 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, English anaesthetist, dies at 92
Dec 11 Carl Marzani, Italian-born American left wing political activist, publisher and documentarian, dies at 81
Dec 11 Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (Mississippian culture), dies at 94
Dec 11 Stanislav Maczek, Polish general, tank commander and war hero (WWII Battle of Falaise, Normandy invasion), dies at 102
Dec 11 Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China (1979-88), dies at 77
Dec 12 Donna J. Stone, American poet, dies of heart failure at 61
Dec 12 Herman Felderhof, Dutch radio-announcer (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83
Dec 12 John Edward Colwell Hearne, Jamaican writer and educator, dies at 68
Dec 12 Stuart Allen Roosa, American naval officer and astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46
Dec 13 Antoine Pinay, French politician (Prime Minister of France 1952, Minister of Foreign Affairs), dies at 102
Dec 13 Glenn M. Anderson, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1969-93), dies at 81
Dec 13 Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, American rare books scholar and librarian (Yale University), dies at 83
Dec 13 Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
Dec 14 Catherine Filene Shouse, American philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute), dies at 98
Dec 14 Mary Ann McCall, American singer, dies at 75

Dec 14 Orval Faubus, American politician (Governor of Arkansas, 1955–67), dies at 84
Dec 15 Hans de Jong, Dutch conductor (De Damrakkertjes; Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
Dec 15 Harry Tobias, American lyricist (“Sweet and Lovely”; “It’s a Lonesome Old Town”; “Sail Along, Silv’ry Moon”), dies at 99
Dec 15 Henry Phelps Brown, British historian and economist, dies at 88
Dec 15 Mollie Phillips, British figure skater and judge (first woman to referee a world championship), dies at 87
Dec 16 Mary Durack, Australian author and historian (Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country), dies at 81
Dec 16 Samuel Lipman, American pianist and music critic, dies of leukemia at 60
Dec 17 Jan Wiegel, director and producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64
Dec 18 Heinz Bernhard [Löwenstein], German-born British actor and director (Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 71
Dec 18 Lilia Skala, Austrian/American actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98
Dec 18 Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at 64
Dec 18 Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (b. 1916)
Dec 19 Noel Pointer, American jazz violinist and record producer, dies of a stoke at 39
Dec 20 Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69), dies at 85
Dec 20 J C "Jody" Bateman, fiddler, dies at 75
Dec 21 Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37
Dec 23 Charles Shirley, American big band jazz arranger (Stan Kenton; Les Elgart), and alcoholism counselor, dies of a heart attack at 74
Dec 23 Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41
Dec 23 Nora Dunfee, American actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil), dies at 78

Dec 23 Sebastian Shaw, British actor, director, playwright and poet (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste), dies of natural causes at 89
Dec 24 Buddy Ace, [Jimmie Lee Land] American Texas blues singer, dies of a heart attack while performing at 57
Dec 24 John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and writer (Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality), dies of AIDS at 47
Dec 24 John Keith Wright, English economist, diplomat and Under-Secretary, Overseas Development Administration (1971-84), dies at 66 [1]
Dec 24 John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Look Back in Anger, Luther, dies at 65
Dec 24 Julie Haydon [Donella Donaldson], American actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
Dec 24 Nathan I. Daniel, American inventor (Danelectric and Silvertone guitars), dies of a heart attack at 82
Dec 24 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (Final Justice, South Pacific, The Barefoot Contessa), dies of a neural virus at 78
Dec 25 Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87
Dec 25 Zail Singh, Indian politician, (7th President of India 1982-87), dies of injuries from a motor accident at 78

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Dec 26 American baseball pitcher who won 6 World Series NY Yankees; 6 x MLB All-Star, dies from complications of lymphoma and diabetes at 77

Dec 26 Asta Elstak, Surinamese-Dutch welfare worker, dies at 74
Dec 26 Joop Klant, Dutch economist and author, dies at 79
Dec 26 Karl Schiller, German economist and politician (Minister of Economics), dies at 83
Dec 26 Robert Emhardt, American actor (Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers), dies at 80
Dec 26 Sylvia Koscina, Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at 61
Dec 27 Fanny Cradock, English TV chef and food critic, dies at 85
Dec 27 Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70
Dec 27 J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (b. 1902)
Dec 27 Marjorie Stewart Joyner, American hair and beauty entrepreneur (invented permanent wave machine) and activist, dies at 98 [1]
Dec 27 Peter May, English cricket batsman (66 Tests, 4,537 @ 46.77, 13 x 100, 22 x 50; HS 285no; Surrey CCC), dies from a brain tumour at 64
Dec 27 Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82
Dec 28 Julian Rochfort Belfrage, English theatre agent, dies at 60
Dec 29 Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58
Dec 29 Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68
Dec 30 Lloyd James Austin, Australian linguist and literary scholar, dies at 79
Dec 31 BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79
Dec 31 Harri Webb, Welsh poet and nationalist, dies at 74
Dec 31 Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist and designer, dies of AIDS at 33
Dec 31 Leo Fuchs, Polish-born Jewish American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, Avalon), dies at 83