Istan Rabovsky was born on 31 March 1930 in Szeged, Hungary. He was married to Nora Kovach and Candace Itow. He died on 18 August 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
He and his wife and dance partner, Nora Kovach, were passengers aboard Andrea Doria when it collided with the ship, Stockholm, off the the coast of Nantucket, Massachussets.