List of Famous people who died at 94

Stansfield Turner

First Name Stansfield
Last Name Turner
Died on January 18, 2018 (aged 48)

Stansfield Turner was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), Supreme Allied Commander NATO Southern Europe (1975–1977), and was Director of Central Intelligence (1977–1981) under the Carter administration. A graduate of University of Oxford and the United States Naval Academy, Turner served for more than 30 years in the Navy, commanding warships, a carrier group, and NATO's military forces in southern Europe, among other commands.

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Lou Duva

First Name Lou
Last Name Duva
Born on May 28, 1922
Died on March 8, 2017 (aged 94)

Louis Duva was a boxing trainer, manager and boxing promoter who handled nineteen world champions. The Duva family promoted boxing events in over twenty countries on six continents. Lou Duva was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and The Meadowlands Sports Hall of Fame.

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Hu Lanqi

First Name Hu
Last Name Lanqi
Born on November 30, 1900
Died on December 13, 1994 (aged 94)

Hu Lanqi, also spelled Hu Lanxi, was a Chinese writer and military leader. She joined the National Revolutionary Army in 1927 and the Chinese branch of the Communist Party of Germany in 1930. She was imprisoned by Nazi Germany in 1933 and wrote an influential memoir of her experience, for which she was invited by Maxim Gorky to meet him in Moscow. After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, she organized a team of women soldiers to resist the Japanese invasion, and became the first woman to be awarded the rank of Major General by the Republic of China. She supported the Communists during the Chinese Civil War, but was persecuted in Mao Zedong's political campaigns following the Communist victory in China. She survived the Cultural Revolution to see her political rehabilitation, and published a detailed memoir of her life in the 1980s.

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Baldev Raj Chopra

First Name Baldev
Born on April 22, 1914
Died on November 5, 2008 (aged 94)
Born in India

Baldev Raj Chopra was an Indian director and producer of Bollywood movies and television serials. Best known for directing Hindi films like Naya Daur (1957), Sadhna (1958), Kanoon (1961), Gumrah (1963), Humraaz (1967), Insaaf Ka Tarazu (1980), Nikaah (1982), Awam (1987), and the producer of TV series, Mahabharat in 1988, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1998.

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Elisabeth Waldheim

Elisabeth Ritschel
First Name Elisabeth
Born on April 13, 1922
Died on February 28, 2017 (aged 94)
Born in Austria

Elisabeth "Sissy" Waldheim was an Austrian political figure and the wife of Kurt Waldheim, the UN Secretary-General and President of Austria. She was the First Lady of Austria from 1986 to 1992.

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Geulah Cohen

First Name Geulah
Born on December 18, 1925
Died on December 18, 2019 (aged 94)

Geulah Cohen was an Israeli politician and activist who founded the Tehiya party. She won the Israel Prize in 2003. Between 1974 and 1992, she served as a member of Knesset, initially for Likud. She changed her political affiliation to Tehiya in 1979. In 1992, she lost her seat in the Knesset.

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Fahrettin Altay

First Name Fahrettin
Born on January 20, 1880
Died on October 25, 1974 (aged 94)

Fahrettin Altay was a Turkish military officer.

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Frances Dee

First Name Frances
Last Name Dee
Born on November 26, 1909
Died on March 6, 2004 (aged 94)

Frances Marion Dee was an American actress. Her first film was the musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931). She is also known for starring in the 1943 Val Lewton psychological horror film I Walked With a Zombie.

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Hans Meyer

Hans George Meyer
First Name Hans
Last Name Meyer
Born on July 21, 1925
Died on April 3, 2020 (aged 94)

Hans Meyer was a South African actor born to German parents. In Britain, he was known for his portrayal of Hauptmann Franz Ulmann in the television series Colditz (1972–1974).

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Martha Goldstein

First Name Martha
Born on June 10, 1919
Died on February 14, 2014 (aged 94)

Martha Goldstein was an American harpsichordist and pianist, who gave concerts in the United States, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. She performed works by George Frideric Handel, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Philipp Telemann, Franz Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, and others.

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