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Mia Zapata grew up listening to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles and Hank Williams. She was also a gifted poet and artist. In the fall of 1986, she formed a rock band called The Gits with three classmates at Antioch College in Ohio. In 1989, they relocated to Seattle, where grunge rock and street punk was burgeoning. The Gits quickly gained popularity in the Seattle music scene of the early 1990s, and major record labels took notice. But just as The Gits were poised to explode onto the national music scene, tragedy struck. On July 7, 1993, Mia was raped and murdered while walking home. Her murder remained unsolved for a decade, prompting numerous conspiracy theories, including that she was killed by a rival band, stalked by a rabid fan, or that a Satanic cult was involved. Finally, using old DNA evidence, a Cuban drifter was convicted in 2004 of Mia's murder and is serving a 37-year sentence.
The Seattle music community had been shattered by death many times in the early 1990s. In 1990, Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose. In 1991, local poet Jesse Bernstein shot himself. Stefanie Sargent of 7 Year Bitch overdosed in 1992. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana committed suicide in 1994. All of these deaths altered the local music scene, but because Mia's death was a homicide, her memory in particular haunted the community. Many bands broke up after her murder, and her posters still hang in clubs and cafés.
In response to her murder, friends created a women's self-defense group called Home Alive, which produces fundraising concerts and CDs with the participation of Seattle's music elite, including Pearl Jam, Heart, and the Presidents of the United States. Joan Jett recorded an album with the surviving members of The Gits.- Herbert Sievers was born on 22 February 1922 in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Coriolan (1978) and Die Nacht im Grenzwald (1968). He died on 7 July 1993 in Berg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Rifat Ilgaz (1911-1993) was born in Cide, Kastamonu, Turkey. He was a teacher, a poet/writer. He started writing poetry during his junior school years and evolved into one of the prolific social-realist writers of 20th century Turkish Literature. His works are successful representations of the political clashes of mid-20th century and the coup d'etat period Turkey. While he has never really been a partisan of political ideologies, the fact that he has written about the sufferings of the people placed him at a left wing perspective. He has been arrested several times due to the critical content of his works and his works have been seized. He passed away in Istanbul due to lung failure and a little broken hearted. His works are: Apartiman Cocuklari, Cart Curt, Calis Osman Ciftlik Senin, Devam, Don Kisot Istanbul'da, Garibin Horozu, Gecmise Mazi, Guvercinim Uyur mu?, Hababam Sinifi (made into a movie), Hababam Sinifi Baskinda (made into a movie), Hababam Sinifi Icraatin Icinde, Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi (made into a movie), Hababam Sinifi Uyaniyor, Hoca Nasrettin Ve Comezleri, Karadeniz'in Kiyiciginda, Karartma Geceleri (made into a movie), Kirk Yil Once Kirk Yil Sonra, Kulagimiz Kiriste, Nerde Kalmistik, Nerde O Eski usturalar, Ocak Katiri Alagoz, Pijamalilar, Radarin Anahtari, Rusvetin Alamancasi, Sari Yazma, Sinif, Soluk Soluga/Karakilcik/Uzak Degil, Sosyal Kadinlar Partisi, Seker Kutusu, Uskudar'da Sabah Oldu, Yarenlik, Yasadýkca, Yildiz Karayel, Yokus Yukari.
- Actress
Gerda Diesen was born on 8 December 1921 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress. She died on 7 July 1993 in Oslo, Norway.- Wladyslawa Skwarska was born on 28 June 1913 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Granica (1978) and Wesela nie bedzie (1978). She died on 7 July 1993 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Larry Napp was born on 21 May 1919 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Phyllis Tencza. He died on 7 July 1993 in Plantation, Florida, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isai Gurov was born on 13 July 1922. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Serdtse druga (1967), Trener (1970) and Ivanov kater (1972). He died on 7 July 1993.