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- Billy Conn was born on 8 October 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Pittsburgh Kid (1941), World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn (1941) and Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944). He was married to Mary Louise Smith. He died on 28 May 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Duncan Browne was born on 25 March 1947. He was a composer, known for Father of My Children (2009), Travelling Man (1984) and The Play on One (1988). He died on 28 May 1993 in England, UK.- Derek Geoffrey Hersey (October 26, 1956 - May 28, 1993) was a British rock climber and for many years an active participant in the Boulder town climbing scene in Colorado. He was 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighed 63 kg (138 lb).
Hailing from Stretford, Greater Manchester, England, Hersey called Eldorado Canyon his "office", where he could be seen any day of the week, if not on a road trip to Yosemite National Park or somewhere else. He appears in archival footage in several climbing movies like "Front Range Freaks", "Free Solo", The Alpinist"... Hersey was introduced to rock climbing by his father, who hiked near Manchester every week. Hersey learned to climb on the gritstone in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. In 1983, after living unemployed for five years in England, Hersey decided to travel to the United States, where he a would remain for the rest of his life. Hersey specialized in unroped "free solo" climbing, often in the 5.10-5.11 rating. Few climbers have attempted to repeat his feats, which included many of the toughest traditional routes in Colorado.
Constantly pushing the limits of his sport, he was nicknamed "Dr. Death". Hersey was renowned for his exploits at Eldorado Canyon, but his resume of many other tough climbs (and descents) extends to other lands; Among them was his free solo ascent of Crack of Fear, a sustained 5.10+ out-of-width route at Lumpy Ridge, Colorado and an impressive effort on the Diamond (a 275-meter (902-foot) wall on Longs Peak), when he solo climbed two routes and descended another in a single day. He was well known for running the 5.10 Rosy Crucifixion route up and down in Eldorado Canyon as a workout.
Derek Hersey died on May 28, 1993 in an accident while solo climbing the Steck-Salathé route on Sentinel Rock in Yosemite National Park, falling several dozen meters. Although there was no reported rainfall in the area that day, Craig Luebben, a friend of Hersey and an official report concludes that "rain-smoothed rock" had led to its fall. The search for Hersey's body was featured in a report on CBS News' 48 Hours. - Leonilson was born on 1 March 1957 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. He died on 28 May 1993 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
- Charles Barnett was born on 3 July 1910 in Fairview, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He died on 28 May 1993 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
- Bobby Joe Green was born on 7 May 1936 in Vernon, Texas, USA. He died on 28 May 1993 in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
- Hanna Rózanska was born on 19 March 1908. She was an actress, known for Zona i nie zona (1941), Znachor (1937) and Moi rodzice rozwodza sie (1938). She died on 28 May 1993 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.