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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
Dizzy Gillespie statue
DIZZY GILLESPIE
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz trumpet virtuoso and co-founder of bebop =
Born: JOHN BIRKS GILLESPIE
21 October 1917
Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
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Died:
6 January 1993
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
75 Pancreatic Cancer
Rudolf Nureyev
RUDOLF NUREYEV
= RUSSIAN-AMERICAN =
= Ballet Dancer, Actor =
Born: RUDOLF KHAMETOVICH NUREYEV
17 March 1938
on a train, near Irkutsk, Siberia, USSR
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Died:
6 January 1993
Paris, FRANCE
54 Aids
SAMMY CAHN
= AMERICAN =
= Lyricist, Songwriter and Musician =
Born: SAMUEL COHEN
18 June 1913
New York City, New York, USA
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Died:
15 January 1993
Los Angeles, California, USA
79  
KAREL GOEYVAERTS
= BELGIAN =
= Composer =
Born:
8 June 1923
Antwerp, BELGIUM
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Died:
3 February 1993
Antwerp, BELGIUM
69  
TOY CALDWELL
= AMERICAN =
= Lead Guitarist, Main Songwriter =


= a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group =
= The Marshall Tucker Band =
Born: TOY TALMADGE CALDWELL Jr.
13 November 1947
Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Died:
25 February 1993
Moore, South Carolina, USA
45 Cardio-Respiratory Failure
due to Cocaine Ingestion
Pina Carmirelli
PINA CARMIRELLI
= ITALIAN =
= Violinist, founder member of the Boccherini Quintet =
Born:
23 January 1914
Varzi, ITALY
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Died:
26 February 1993
Capena, ITALY
78  
Carlos Montoya
CARLOS MONTOYA
= SPANISH =
= Flamenco Guitarist and Composer =
Born: CARLOS GARCÍA MONTOYA
13 December 1903
Madrid, SPAIN
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Died:
3 March 1993
Wainscott, New York, USA
89  
BUDDY RED BOW
= AMERICAN =
= Lakota Country and Western Singer =
Born: WARFIELD RICHARDS
26 June 1948
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, USA
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Died:
28 March 1993
Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
44 Cirrhosis of the Liver
MITCHELL PARISH
= AMERICAN =
= Lyricist =
Born: MICHAEL HYMAN PASHELINSKY
10 July 1900
Lithuania, RUSSIAN EMPIRE
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Died:
31 March 1993
Manhattan, USA
92  
Daniel Jenkyn Jones
DANIEL JONES
= WELSH =
= Composer =
Born: DANIEL JENKYN JONES
7 December 1912
Pembroke, WALES
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Died:
23 April 1993
Swansea, WALES
80  
Mick Ronson
MICK RONSON
= ENGLISH =
= Guitarist, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, Arranger, and Producer =
Born: MICHAEL RONSON
26 May 1946
Kingston upon Hull, ENGLAND
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Died:
29 April 1993
London, ENGLAND
46 Liver Cancer
JUICE WILSON
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Violinist =
Born: ROBERT WILSON
21 January 1904

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Died:
22 May 1993
89  
Sun Ra
SUN RA
legal name: LE SONY'R RA
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Composer, Bandleader, Piano and Synthesizer Player, =
= Poet and Philosopher =
Born: HERMAN POOLE BLOUNT
22 May 1914
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Died:
30 May 1993
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
79 Pneumonia
Conway_Twitty
CONWAY TWITTY
= AMERICAN =
= Country Rock Singer =
Born: HAROLD LLOYD JENKINS
1 September 1933
Friars Point, Mississippi, USA
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Died:
5 June 1993
Springfield, Missouri, USA
59 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Mia Zapata
MIA ZAPATA
= AMERICAN =
= Musician =


= lead singer for =
= The Gits =
Born: MIA KATHERINE ZAPATA
25 August 1965
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Died:
7 July 1993
Seattle, Washington, USA
27 Murdered
Leo Ferre
LÉO FERRÉ
= FRENCH-born MONÉGASQUE =
= Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Conductor =
Born:
24 August 1916
MONACO
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Died:
14 July 1993
Castellina in Chianti, ITALY
76  
SZYMON GOLDBERG
= POLISH-born AMERICAN =
= Violinist and Conductor =
Born:
1 June 1909
Włocławek, CONGRESS POLAND
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Died:
19 July 1993
Toyama, JAPAN
84  
Eugen Suchon
EUGEN SUCHOŇ
= SLOVAK =
= Composer =
Born:
25 September 1908
Pezinok, SLOVAKIA
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Died:
5 August 1993
Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
84  
Roy Budd
ROY BUDD
= BRITISH =
= Jazz Pianist and Film Composer =
Born: ROY FREDERICK BUDD
14 March 1947
South Norwood, Surrey, ENGLAND
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Died:
7 August 1993
London, ENGLAND
46 Brain Haemorrhage
Euronymous
"EURONYMOUS"
= NORWEGIAN =
= Musician and Producer =


= co-founder and guitarist of =
= Mayhem =
Born: ØYSTEIN AARSETH
22 March 1968
Egersund, NORWAY
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Died:
10 August 1993
Oslo, NORWAY
25 Murdered by Stabbing
with 23 stab wounds
two to the head, five to the neck, and 16 to the back
Helen O'Connell
HELEN O'CONNELL
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Actress, Hostess and Dancer =
Born:
23 May 1920
Lima, Ohio, USA
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Died:
9 September 1993
San Diego, California, USA
73 Following a battle with
Hepatitis C
MAURICE DE ABRAVANEL
= AMERICAN =
= Conductor =
Born: MAURICE ABRAVANEL
6 January 1903
Thessaloniki, Rumelia Province, OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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Died:
22 September 1993
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
90  
ELENA NICOLAI
= BULGARIAN =
= Mezzo-Soprano and Opera Singer =
Born: STOYANKA SAVOVA NIKOLOVA
24 January 1905
Tzerovo, Pazardzhik, BULGARIA
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Died:
23 October 1993
88  
River Phoenix
RIVER PHOENIX
= AMERICAN =
= Actor, Musician and Activist =


= singer of =
= Aleka's Attic =
Born: RIVER JUDE BOTTOM
23 August 1970
Madras, Oregon, USA
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Died:
31 October 1993
West Hollywood, California, USA
23 Drug Overdose
Leon Theremin
LÉON THEREMIN
= RUSSIAN =
= Inventor of the Theremin musical instrument =
Born: LEV SERGEYEVICH TERMEN
27 August 1896
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE
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Died:
3 November 1993
Moscow, RUSSIA
97  
Torsten Fenslau
TORSTEN FENSLAU
= GERMAN =
= Disc Jockey and Music Producer =


= founder of the project =
= Culture Beat {1989-1993} =
Born:
23 April 1964
Kleinheubach, GERMANY
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Died:
6 November 1993
Darmstadt, GERMANY
29 Car Accident
Anthony Burgess
ANTHONY BURGESS
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Polymath best known as a Novelist =
Born: JOHN BURGESS WILSON
25 February 1917
Harpurhey, Lancashire, ENGLAND
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Died:
22 November 1993
St John's Wood, London, ENGLAND
76 Lung Cancer
Cesar Guerra-Peixe
CÉSAR GUERRA-PEIXE
= BRAZILIAN =
= Violinist, Composer and Conductor =
Born:
18 March 1914
Petrópolis, RJ, BRAZIL
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Died:
26 November 1993
79  
David Houston
DAVID HOUSTON
= AMERICAN =
= Country Music Singer-Songwriter =
Born: CHARLES DAVID HOUSTON
9 December 1935
Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
30 November 1993
Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
57 Brain Aneurysm
RAY GILLEN
= AMERICAN =
= Singer-Songwriter =


= vocalist of =
= Black Sabbath =
= Badlands =
Born: RAYMOND ARTHUR GILLEN
12 May 1959
New York City, USA
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Died:
1 December 1993
New York City, New York, USA
34 AIDS-Related

FRANK ZAPPA
= AMERICAN =
= Musician, Composer and Filmmaker =


= guitarist and leader of =
= "Mothers of Invention" =
Born: FRANK VINCENT ZAPPA
21 December 1940
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Died:
4 December 1993
Los Angeles, California, USA
52 Prostate Cancer
Doug Hopkins
DOUG HOPKINS
= AMERICAN =
= Musician and Songwriter =


= co-founder and guitarist for =
= Gin Blossoms {1987-1992} =
Born: DOUGLAS OWEN HOPKINS
11 April 1961
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Died:
5 December 1993
Tempe, Arizona, USA
32 Suicide by Shooting
Joan Cross
JOAN CROSS
= ENGLISH =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
7 September 1900
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
12 December 1993
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, ENGLAND
93  
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