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In the year 1994
607 Notable deaths
Jeffrey Dahmer
American serial killer, cannibal and necrophile (1960-1994).
Born May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1994 at 34 years old in Portage (blunt trauma, head injury). [ref]
Richard Nixon
President of the united states from 1969 to 1974.
Born January 9th, 1913 in Yorba Linda. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1994 at 81 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Kurt Cobain
American singer, musician, and songwriter.
Born February 20th, 1967 in Aberdeen. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1994 at 27 years old in Seattle (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First lady of the united states (1961—1963).
Born July 28th, 1929 in Southampton.
Died May 19th, 1994 at 64 years old in New York City (non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
John Wayne Gacy Jr.
American serial killer and torturer (1942-1994).
Born March 17th, 1942 in Edgewater Hospital.
Died May 10th, 1994 at 52 years old in Stateville Correctional Center (lethal injection).
John Candy
Canadian actor (1950-1994).
Born October 31st, 1950 in Newmarket. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1994 at 43 years old in Durango (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nicole Brown Simpson
Former wife of american football player o. j. simpson.
Born May 19th, 1959 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died June 12th, 1994 at 35 years old in Brentwood (stabbing).
Ayrton Senna
Brazilian racing driver (1960-1994).
Born March 21st, 1960 in maternity hospital of São Paulo. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1994 at 34 years old in Ospedale Maggiore di Bologna, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (traumatic brain injury). [ref]
Kim Il-sung
President and supreme leader of the democratic people's republic of korea (1948—1994).
Born April 15th, 1912 in Pyongyang. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1994 at 82 years old in Pyongyang (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charles Bukowski
German-american writer (1920–1994).
Born August 16th, 1920 in Andernach. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1994 at 73 years old in San Pedro (leukemia). [ref]
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