Deaths in 2004
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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2004.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
[edit] December 2004
[edit] November 2004
[edit] October 2004
[edit] September 2004
- 30 Jacques Levy, 69, director of original production of Oh! Calcutta!
- 30 Ignatius Wolfington, 84, American character actor
- 30 Willem Oltmans, 79, Dutch maverick journalist, cancer
- 30 Justin Strzelczyk, 36, former NFL Pittsburgh Steelers player, car crash while leading police on chase
- 30 Gamini Fonseka, 68, Sri Lankan actor and politician
- 29 Ernst van der Beugel, 86, former Dutch junior Foreign Minister and former CEO of KLM
- 29 Christer Pettersson, 57, suspected murderer of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme
- 29 Richard Sainct, 34, French rally motorcyclist, accident
- 29 Gertrude Dunn, 72, American women's baseball and field hockey player, plane crash
- 29 Shimon Wincelberg (also known as S. Bar David), 80, television writer
- 28 Geoffrey Beene, 77, fashion designer, pneumonia
- 28 Mulk Raj Anand, 98, Indian author in English
- 28 Scott Muni, 74, longtime New York City radio disc jockey
- 27 Tsai Wan-lin, 81, Taiwan's wealthiest businessman and founder of the Lin Yuan Group
- 26 Amjad Hussain Farooqi, 32, Pakistani terrorist, supposed member of Al-Qaida
- 26 Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, Hamas leader assassinated by car bomb
- 25 Alain Glavieux, 55, mathematician, Information technology pioneer
- 25 Marvin Davis, 79, philanthropist; ex-owner of Twentieth Century Fox and Pebble Beach
- 25 Nicholas Rosas, 76, Mexican farmer, liver disease
- 24 Tim Choate, 49, actor (Babylon 5), motorcycle accident
- 24 Françoise Sagan, 69, French novelist
- 23 Margaret Sloan-Hunter, 57, former editor of Ms. Magazine, feminist and civil rights advocate
- 23 Maurice Michael Stephens, 84, British World War II flying ace.
- 23 André Hazes, 53, Dutch singer
- 23 Billy Reay, 86, former NHL player and coach for the Chicago Black Hawks
- 23 Raja Ramanna, 79, nuclear scientist and father of India's nuclear program
- 23 Bill Ballance, 85, radio personality; forerunner of shock jocks Tom Leykis and Howard Stern
- 22 Ray Traylor, 42, American professional wrestler known as The Big Boss Man
- 21 Jack Hensley, 48, American civilian contractor, beheaded by Muslim terrorists in Iraq. [1]
- 21 Larry Phillips, 62, stock car racer
- 20 Eugene Armstrong, 52, American civilian contractor, beheaded by Muslim terrorists in Iraq
- 20 Brian Clough OBE, 69, English footballer and cup-winning coach and manager
- 20 Kalmer Tennosaar, 75, Estonian singer and television journalist.
- 19 Line Østvold, 25, Norwegian snowboarder
- 19 Eddie Adams, 71, photojournalist
- 19 Skeeter Davis, 73, country music singer
- 19 Ellis Marsalis, Sr., 96, patriarch of family of jazz musicians
- 19 Ryhor Reles, 91, the last writer from Belarus who wrote in Yiddish
- 18 Norman Cantor, 74, medieval scholar
- 18 Russ Meyer, 82, filmmaker
- 18 Marvin Mitchelson, 76, divorce lawyer to the stars, cancer
- 18 Klara Rumyanova, 74, Russian actress
- 17 Katharina Dalton, 87, pioneered research on premenstrual stress syndrome
- 16 Dolly Rathebe, South African musician
- 16 Izora Rhodes Armstead, American singer, one of the two Weather Girls
- 16 Virginia Hamilton Adair, 91, American poet
- 15 Nalda Bird, 77, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)
- 15 Donald Yetter Gardner, 91, songwriter, All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
- 15 Daouda Malam Wanke, 50?, leader of the 1999 transitional government in Niger
- 15 Johnny Ramone, 55, guitarist and founding member of The Ramones, prostate cancer
- 14 Ove Sprogøe, 84, Danish actor
- 14 Reynaldo G. Garza, 89, first Hispanic American appointed as Federal Appeals Court judge [2]
- 13 Glenn Presnell, 99, early NFL player with the Detroit Lions
- 12 Max Abramovitz, 96, architect
- 12 Ahmed Dini Ahmed, 72, Djibouti politician, vice-president of the government council (1959–60) and prime minister (1977–78)
- 12 John Buller, 77, British composer
- 12 Jerome Chodorov, 93, playwright, My Sister Eileen
- 11 Juraj Beneš, 64, Slovak composer
- 11 Fred Ebb, 71, Broadway lyricist (Cabaret, Chicago), heart attack
- 11 Peter VII, 55, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, helicopter crash
- 10 Brock Adams, 77, U.S. politician
- 10 Glyn Owen, 76, British actor
- 10 O.L. Duke, 51, actor, automobile crash
- 9 Joan Snyder, 69, writer and producer for CBS News
- 9 Ernie Ball, 74, guitar equipment maker
- 9 Jimmy Spence, 69, British ice hockey player
- 8 Ian Cochrane, 62, British novelist
- 8 Frank Thomas, 91, Disney animator
- 8 Raymond Marcellin, 90, former Interior minister of France
- 8? Richard Girnt Butler, 86, founder of the Aryan Nations
- 7 Samira Bellil, 31, campaigner for Muslim girls' and women's rights, cancer
- 7 Munir, 39, prominent Indonesian human rights activist, arsenic
- 7 Gerard Piel, 89, publisher of Scientific American, complications from a stroke
- 7 Kirk Fordice, 70, first Republican governor of Mississippi since 1874, leukemia
- 7 Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé, 89, Afrikaner-South African cleric, theologian and anti-apartheid activist
- 6 Elly Annie Schneider, 90, one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz
- 6 Harvey Wheeler, 85, political scientist and author (Fail-Safe)
- 5 Fritha Goodey, 31, actress (About a Boy), apparent suicide
- 5 Gerald Merrithew, 73, New Brunswick, Canada politician and former federal cabinet minister, cancer
- 5 Alessio Perilli, 20, Italian motoracer, killed during a race
- 5 Caroline Pratt, 42, British eventer, killed during a race
- 5 Steve Wayne, 84, American actor
- 4 Michael Louden, 40, actor, autoerotic asphyxiation
- 4 Bob Boyd, 84?, former MLB; first black player to sign with the White Sox, and first Oriole to bat over .300 in the 20th century
- 4 James O. Page, 68, North Carolina's former chief of EMS and founder of modern emergency medical response, heart attack
- 4 Moe Norman, 75, PGA and Canadian Tour golfer, congestive heart failure
- 4 Alphonso Ford, 33, American-born Euroleague player, leukemia
- 3 Steven Blackford, 28, former University of Arizona wrestler, car accident
- 2 Billy Davis, 72, commercial jingle writer (I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke)
- 2 Paul Shmyr, 58, former NHL and WHA defenseman, throat cancer
- 2 Donald Leslie, 93, creator of the Leslie speaker
- 2 Bob O. Evans, 77, IBM computer scientist
- 2 Joan Oró i Florensa, 80, biochemist
- 1 Ahmed Kuftaro, 89, the Grand Mufti of Syria
- 1 Kenneth Alexander Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre, 88, life peer and former chairman of Rolls-Royce, Hill Samuel, Beecham Group, and STC
- 1 Herbert H. Haft, 84, owner of Dart Drugs Chain, congestive heart failure
- 1 Johnny Bragg, 79, leader of The Prisonaires, one of earliest music groups to record for Sam Phillips and Sun Records
- 1 Sir Alastair Morton, 66, former chief executive of Eurotunnel and chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority
[edit] August 2004
- 31 Joe Barry, 65, Swamp Pop singer of "I'm a Fool to Care"
- 31 Carl Wayne, 61, lead singer of pop group The Move, cancer
- 30 Willie Duff, 69, goalkeeper of Heart of Midlothian, Charlton Athletic, Peterborough United and Dunfermline Athletic
- 30 Fred Whipple, 97, American astronomer
- 30 Fay Jones, 83, architect trained by Frank Lloyd Wright
- 30 Larry Desmedt, 55, motorcycle designer, injuries suffered during a stunt [3]
- 28 Robert Lewin, 84, Producer and Screenwriter, Academy Award nomination for writing The Bold and the Brave, lung cancer
- 28 Lina Zimmer, 111, oldest German
- 27 Ko Young-hee, 51, former consort to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, cancer (rumoured) [4]
- 27 William Pierson, 78, actor Stalag 17
- 27 Fernand Auberjonois, 93, foreign news correspondent for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade; father of actor René Auberjonois
- 27 Suzanne Kaaren, 92, actress (Three Stooges films)
- 27 Willie Crawford, 57, former outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- 26 José Carlos, 53, Portuguese fashion designer
- 26 Laura Branigan, 47, American pop singer
- 26 Enzo G. Baldoni, 56, Italian journalist, murdered in Iraq
- 26 David Myers, 90, Cinematographer (Woodstock, Elvis on Tour)
- 25 Marcelo Gonzalez Martin, 86, former Roman Catholic primate of Spain, Cardinal since 1973 and Archbishop of Toledo from 1971 to 1995 (Papal condolence message)
- 25 Don Ashton, 85, British film art director and production designer
- 24 Richard Ervin, 99, former attorney general and chief justice of Florida [5]
- 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 78, Swiss-born psychiatrist
- 24 Eleni Ioannou, 20, Greek judoka
- 23 Francesco Minerva, 100, centenarian Italian Roman Catholic archbishop
- 23 Hank Borowy, 88, former Yankees, Cubs, Phillies, Pirates and Tigers pitcher
- 23 Mary Guiney, 103, chairperson of the Clerys Department Store
- 23 Heinrich Mark, 92, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile 1971-1990
- 22 Muriel Angelus, 95, British silent film actress
- 22 Konstantin Aseev, 43, chess Grandmaster and coach
- 22 Al Dvorin, 81, announcer who popularized the phrase "Elvis has left the building", automobile accident [6]
- 22 Marcel Caux, 105, Australian First World War veteran, last known survivor of the Battle of Pozières
- 22 George Kirgo, 78, television and film writer, former president of the Writers Guild of America
- 22 Daniel Petrie, Sr., 83, film director, A Raisin in the Sun
- 22 Ota Sik, 84, architect of economic liberalization during Czechoslovakia's ill-fated 1968 Prague Spring
- 20 María Antonieta Pons, 82, Cuban-born star of rumbera films
- 20 Moshe Shamir, 83, Israeli politician and novelist
- 19 Rudolf Miele, 74, German entrepreneur
- 19 Günter Rexrodt, 62, German politician, former Economics Minister of Germany
- 18 Hiram Fong, 97, first Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate
- 18 Elmer Bernstein, 82, composer of classic film music such as The Magnificent Seven
- 18 Víctor Cervera Pacheco, 68, Mexican politician, former Governor of Yucatán
- 18 Charlie Waller, 69, American bluegrass musician, founder of the band Country Gentlemen
- 17 Dennis "D-Roc" Miles, 45, rhythm guitarist for Body Count, from lymphoma complications
- 17 Anatoly Guzhvin, 58, head of the administration of Astrakhan Oblast
- 17 Gérard Souzay, 85, French baritone
- 17 Thea Astley, 78, Australian novelist
- 16 J. Irwin Miller, 95, American industrialist and architectural philanthropist
- 16 Ivan Hlinka, 54, Czech Republic national hockey team and Pittsburgh Penguins coach
- 16 Acquanetta, 83, "Venezuelan" United States-born B-movie actress
- 16 Carl Mydans, 91, photographer
- 16 Robert Quiroga, 35, world champion boxer, murdered
- 15 Semiha Berksoy, 94, Turkish opera singer
- 15 Sune K. Bergström, 88, Nobel Prize in Medicine
- 15 Neal Fredericks, 35, cinematographer for the movie The Blair Witch Project, drowned in helicopter crash while filming
- 14 William D. Ford, 77, member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan from 1965 to 1995
- 14 Dhananjoy Chatterjee, 42, rapist and murderer; the first person executed in India since 1995
- 14 Czesław Miłosz, 93, Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980
- 13 Julia Child, 91, author and television hostess on French cuisine [7]
- 13 Milton Pollack, 97, U.S. federal judge who ruled on court cases involving Wall Street
- 13 Stefan Dimitrov, Bulgarian opera basso singer
- 12 Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield, 84, Nobel Prize in Medicine, coinventor of the CAT scan
- 12 Robert L. Morris, 62, American parapsychologist.
- 12 Peter Woodthorpe, 72, British character actor
- 12 George Yardley, 75, NBA Hall of Famer
- 11 Bill Martin, Jr., 88, author of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
- 11 Joe Falls, 76, longtime sports writer for The Detroit News
- 10 James Stillman Rockefeller, 102, oldest known U.S. Olympic medal winner
- 10 Alan N. Cohen, 73, former owner of the Boston Celtics
- 9 Michael Grant, 89, classical scholar and author
- 9 Tony Mottola, 86, guitarist who played with Frank Sinatra and on the Tonight Show orchestra [8]
- 9 David Raksin, 92, film composer
- 8 Fay Wray, 96, King Kong actress
- 8 Dimitris Papamichael, 70, Greek actor
- 8 Robert "Gypsy Boots" Bootzin, 89, health and fitness pioneer
- 8 Leon Golub, 82, internationally recognized artist and painter
- 8 Paul "Mousie" Garner, 95, comedian, Three Stooges associate
- 8 Richard Taylor, 23, skating and skiing champion, collided with a concrete lamp-post
- 7 Paul "Red" Adair, 89, American oil well fire-fighter
- 7 Colin Bibby, 55, English ornithologist
- 7 Bernard Levin, 75, journalist and broadcaster
- 6 Rick James, 56, funk singer
- 5 James Alford, 90, British athlete.
- 4 Hunter Hancock, 88, Legendary R&B and Rock Disc Jockey
- 3 Bob Murphy, 79, Major League Baseball/New York Mets announcer
- 3 Arturo Tolentino, 94, Philippine lawyer and politician
- 3 Margo McLennan, 66, British actress, Prisoner, cancer [9]
- 3 Henri Cartier-Bresson, 95, French photographer [10]
- 1 Philip Hauge Abelson, 91, physicist, co-discoverer of Neptunium
- 1 Sidney Morgenbesser, 82, philosopher
[edit] July 2004
- 31 Laura Betti, 70, Italian actress
- 31 Elder David B. Haight, 97, oldest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 31 Virginia Grey, 87, American actress. Little Eva in the first film adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 31 Ray Tolchard, English cricketer and umpire
- 30 Andre Noble, 25, Canadian actor
- 30 Ali Abbasi, 42, BBC Scotland travel presenter [11]
- 29 Nafisa Joseph, 25, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997; suicide
- 29 Susan Buffett, 71, estranged wife of billionaire/investment guru Warren Buffett
- 29 Rena Vlahopoulou, 81, Greek comedienne
- 28 Tiziano Terzani, 65, Italian journalist, famous for his books on Asia
- 28 Sam Edwards, 89, American actor, Little House on the Prairie, heart failure [12]
- 28 Francis Crick, 88, British biologist, one of the discoverers of the "double-helix" shape of DNA, cancer [13]
- 28 Jackson Beck, 92, announcer and voice actor
- 28 Eugene Roche, 75, American character actor and the "Ajax" Man
- 28 Steve Patterson, 56, former center of the UCLA basketball team, coach at Arizona State University and founder of the Grand Canyon State Games
- 27 Carmine G. DeSapio, 95, last boss of Tammany Hall
- 27 Bob Tisdall, 97, won the gold medal in hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- 26 William A. Mitchell, 92, food scientist, inventor of Pop Rocks candy and Tang drink mix
- 26 Rubén Gómez, 77, Puerto Rico, former MLB pitcher who played for the Giants, Phillies, Indians and Twins
- 26 Oguz Aral, 68, Turkish caricaturist; creator of Avanak Avni, Kostebek Husnu, and Utanmaz Adam
- 26 Sidney Francis Greene, Lord Greene of Harrow Weald, 94, British railroad worker, trade union leader, and life peer
- 25 Francisco Romão, 61, Angolan deputy foreign minister, suicide [14]
- 24 Edward D. Thalmann, 59, retired Navy Captain and doctor whose research developed military and recreational dive tables, congestive heart failure
- 24 Fred LaRue, 75, part of Watergate scandal
- 24 Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons, 72, NBA basketball coach
- 23 Joe Cahill, 84, Irish politician [15]
- 23 Mehmood, 72, Indian actor
- 23 Janet Chisholm, 75, former British MI6 agent
- 23 Carlos Paredes, 79, Portuguese guitar player
- 23 Serge Reggiani, 82, French singer and actor
- 22 Illinois Jacquet, 81, United States jazz saxophonist
- 22 Sacha Distel, 71, French singer
- 22 Hume Horan, 69, American diplomat
- 21 Edward B. Lewis, 85, US-biologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995)
- 21 Elder Neal A. Maxwell, 78, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 21 Jerry Goldsmith, 75, movie and television composer
- 20 Adi Lady Lala Mara, 73, Fijian chieftainess and former First Lady; widow of Prime Minister and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
- 20 Antonio Gades, 67, Spanish Flamenco dancer, cancer
- 19 Carvalho Leite, 92, Brazilian footballer, one of the last survivor of national team in 1930 FIFA World Cup
- 19 Zenko Suzuki, 93, former Prime Minister of Japan
- 19 Lori Hacking, 27, wife of Mark Hacking
- 18 Paul Foot, 66, British journalist and campaigner
- 18 Émile Peynaud, 92, French wine expert
- 17 Sir Julian Hodge, 99, British entrepreneur, founder of the Carlyle Trust bank [16]
- 17 Pat Roach, 67, wrestler and actor; cancer ([17])
- 17 Susan Cullen-Ward, 63, wife of the pretender to Albania's throne, Leka Zogu; cancer
- 16 George Busbee, 76, former governor of Georgia
- 16 Bella Lewitzky, 88, modern dance pioneer and choreographer
- 15 Charles Sweeney, 84, pilot of Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki atomic bomb. [18]
- 15 Yoko Watanabe, 51, Japanese operatic soprano. [19]
- 14 Hans A. Pestalozzi, 75, Swiss social critic
- 14 Alex Willoughby, 59, British footballer
- 13 Joe Gold, 82, bodybuilding pioneer and Gold's Gym founder
- 13 Clifford Irving, 90, Manx politician
- 13 Arthur Kane, 53, American bassist for the New York Dolls, leukemia
- 13 Carlos Kleiber, 74, Austrian conductor
- 12 Ersel Hickey, 70, rockabilly singer
- 12 George Mallaby, 64, Australian actor
- 11 Walter Wager, 79, American author
- 11 Betty Oliphant, 85, founder of Canada's National Ballet School
- 11 Frances Hyland, 77, Canadian theatre actress
- 11 Laurance Rockefeller, 94, conservationist and philanthropist
- 11 Dorothy Hart, 82, American actress
- 10 Rudy LaRusso, 66, five-time NBA All-Star
- 10 Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, 74, former Prime Minister of Portugal [20]
- 10 Inge Meysel, 94, German actress [21]
- 9 Jeillo Edwards, ~62, Sierra Leonean actress, first black actor to appear on "The Bill" [22]
- 9 Isabel Sanford, 86, actress, The Jeffersons, natural causes
- 9 Paul Klebnikov, 41, editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, murdered
- 9 Ron Milner, 66, African-American playwright
- 9 Jeff Smith, 65, chef and host of The Frugal Gourmet
- 8 Jaroslav Hules, 30, Czech motorcycle racer, suicide
- 8 Paula Danziger, 59, U.S. author
- 8 Mike Woodin, 38, Principal Speaker of Green Party of England and Wales and Oxford City Councillor
- 8 Jean Lefebvre, 84, French actor
- 7 Xiaokai Yang, 55, Australian economist
- 6 Peter Birks, 62, British academic lawyer
- 6 Eric Douglas, 46, youngest son of actor Kirk Douglas
- 6 Thomas Klestil, 71, Federal President of Austria, heart failure
- 6 Syreeta Wright, 58, singer, songwriter, ex-wife of Stevie Wonder
- 5 Robert Burchfield, 81, OED lexicographer
- 5 Hugh Shearer, 81, former Prime Minister of Jamaica
- 5 Rodger Ward, 83, two-time Indianapolis 500 champion
- 4 Andrian Nikolayev, 74, Russian cosmonaut
- 4 Jean-Marie Auberson, 84, Swiss orchestra conductor
- 3 John Barron, 83, actor
- 3 Michael Curtis, 84, British newspaper editor and executive [23]
- 3 Jimmy Mack, 70, Scots radio personality [24]
- 2 Sir John William Kay, Lord Justice of Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- 2 John Cullen Murphy, 85, comic strip artist (Prince Valiant)
- 2 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, 84, Portuguese writer and poet
- 2 Gareth Payne, 68, former Welsh rugby union international
- 1 Enrique Mederos, Latin American voice actor
- 1 Peter Barnes, 73, British screenwriter and playwright, stroke
- 1 Marlon Brando, 80, American actor, pulmonary fibrosis.
- 1 Sir Richard May, 65, former presiding judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
[edit] June 2004
- 29 Juan Antonio Lopez, 52, Mexican boxer, fought Wilfredo Gómez, leukemia
- 28 David A. Thomas, 86, American educator.
- 28 Keith "Matt" Maupin, 20, U.S. Army Private First Class, killed by Islamist militants in Iraq
- 28 Anthony Buckeridge, 92, English author, creator of the Jennings books
- 27 George Patton IV, 80, US Army general and son of George Patton
- 27 Darrell Russell, 35, NHRA drag racer, first racer killed at an NHRA event since 1996
- 26 Naomi Shemer, 74, Israeli songwriter
- 26 Yash Johar, 75, Indian Bollywood film producer
- 25 Karol Kennedy Kucher, 72, former United States ice skating champion, pneumonia
- 24 Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, 40, Greek songwriter, author
- 24 Carl Rakosi, 100, American poet
- 22 Carlton Skinner, 91, American naval officer and politician, first civilian governor of Guam
- 22 Thomas Gold, 84, American astrophysicist
- 22 Bob Bemer, 84, American computer scientist, cancer
- 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco, ~50, Mexican journalist, murdered
- 22 Mattie Stepanek, 13, American poet and advocate, muscular dystrophy
- 22 Kim Sun-il, 33, South Korean translator, decapitated by Iraqi militants
- 21 Leonel Brizola, 82, Brazilian politician, heart failure, [25]
- 20 Nabil Sahraoui, Algerian militant, head of GSPC and linked to al-Qaeda
- 20 Jim Bacon, 54, Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania
- 19 Nob Yoshigahara, 68, mathematician and puzzle expert
- 18 Frederick Jaeger, 76, German born British character actor
- 18 Paul Johnson, ~49, American hostage, decapitated by al-Qaeda
- 18 Nek Mohammed, ~27, Pakistani tribal leader in Waziristan and key Taliban ally, killed by Pakistani military forces. [26]
- 17 Sir Stuart Hampshire, 89, philosopher
- 17 Gerry McNeil, 78, Stanley Cup-winning NHL goaltender
- 17 Jacek Kuroń, 70, Polish dissident and statesman
- 16 Dr. Herman Goldstine, 90, computing pioneer who helped develop ENIAC, Parkinson's disease
- 16 Thanom Kittikachorn, 91, former Thai prime minister
- 15 Ahmet Piriştina, 52, Turkish politician, mayor of İzmir, heart attack
- 15 Frank Nastasi, 81, actor and comedian (Lunch with Soupy)
- 14 Robert Teeter, 65, Republican pollster
- 14 Jack McClelland, 81, Canadian book publisher
- 14 Ulrich Inderbinen, 103, mountain guide
- 14 Max Rosenberg, 89, producer of horror movies
- 13 Dick Durrance, 89, 17-time American national champion in skiing
- 13 Sir Stuart Hampshire, 89, British philosopher.
- 13 Ralph Wiley, 52, sports journalist
- 13 Danny Dark, 65, announcer
- 11 Egon von Furstenberg, 57, fashion designer; nephew of late Fiat head Gianni Agnelli
- 11 Micah Harris, 21, Duke University defensive lineman, car accident
- 11 Xenophon Zolotas, 100, former Prime Minister of Greece
- 10 Ray Charles, 73, rhythm and blues singer and soul pioneer
- 10 Brian Williamson, 59, Jamaican gay rights activist and founder of J-Flag, murdered
- 10 Kiki Djan, 47, Ghanaian musician, AIDS and drug-related complications
- 9 Rosey Brown, 71, Pro Football Hall of Famer
- 9 Barbara Whiting Smith, 73, actress
- 8 Mack Jones, 65, former MLB outfielder with the Braves, Reds and Expos
- 8 Ronalda Pierce, 19, Florida State University basketball player, aneurysm
- 7 Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, 38, black metal pioneer and main member of Bathory (band), heart failure.
- 7 Donald Trumbull, 95, special effects pioneer
- 6 Judy Campbell, 88, actress
- 6 Robert Lees, 91, screenwriter, found decapitated
- 6 Kate Worley, 46, comic book writer (Omaha the Cat Dancer)
- 6 Necdet Mahfi Ayral, 96, Turkish actor
- 6 Iona Brown, 63, violinist and conductor
- 6 Simon Cumbers, 36, Irish freelance cameraman/journalist, working for the BBC in Saudi Arabia, killed by Al Qaeda
- 5 Ronald Reagan, 93, film actor and 40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
- 4 Phillip Bartlett, 44, original narrator of Pokémon and voice of Mewtwo from Pokémon: The First Movie, aortic dissection
- 4 Wilmer Fields, 81, former Negro League Baseball All-Star
- 4 Steve Lacy, 69, innovative jazz soprano saxophonist
- 4 Brian Linehan, 58, Canadian television host and interviewer (canada.com) (Toronto Star) (The Globe and Mail)
- 4 Nino Manfredi, 83, Italian actor [27]
- 3 Frances Shand Kydd, 68, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales
- 2 Dom Moraes, 65, Indian poet and writer
- 2 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, ~69, former defense minister and acting president of Ethiopia
- 2 Nicolai Ghiaurov, 71, opera singer
- 1 William Manchester, 82, U.S. historian
[edit] May 2004
- 31 Robert Quine, 61, New York punk rock guitarist
- 31 Alberta Martin, 97, last known widow of a Confederate soldier
- 30 Bobbie Irvine, 71, British ballroom dancer.
- 29 Archibald Cox, 92, Watergate special prosecutor
- 29 Sam Dash, 79, chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal
- 29 Jack Rosenthal, 72, British television dramatist [28]
- 29 Magne Havnå, 40, Norwegian former professional boxer, in boating accident
- 29 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan, 114, oldest documented person in the world
- 28 Gerald Anthony, 52, actor, best known for playing Marco Dane on the TV show One Life to Live
- 28 Irene Manning, 91, actress and singer (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
- 28 Josie Carey, 73, host of the Pittsburgh children's show "Children's Corner"
- 28 Michael Alison,77,British Privy Council member and former minister and MP
- 27 Umberto Agnelli, 69, Italian industrialist, head of Fiat [29]
- 27 Jim Marshall, 63, British Labour MP[30]
- 27 Jack Losch, 69, member of 1st Little League World Series championship team
- 26 Gatjil Djerrkura, 54, Australian indigenous leader, Chairman of ATSIC 1996-2000
- 25 Roger W. Straus, Jr., 87, publisher (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- 25 David Dellinger, 88, American antiwar activist, member of Chicago Eight
- 25 Glenn Cunningham, 60, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- 24 Henry Ries, 87, American photographer
- 23 Trudy Marshall, 84, actress
- 22 Richard Biggs, 44, American actor, Babylon 5
- 22 Mikhail Voronin, 59, Russian gymnast, double Olympic champion
- 22 Dessi España, 32, circus performer, died from fall while performing without a net
- 22 Samuel Curtis Johnson, 76, fourth generation president of SC Johnson company
- 21 Rod Hall, 53, literary agent, murdered [31]
- 21 Gene Wood, 78, announcer of Family Feud and other US game shows
- 20 Len Murray, Lord Murray of Epping Forest, 81, British trade union leader
- 19 Jack Eckerd, 91, former owner of the Eckerd drugstore chain
- 19 Mary Dresselhuys, 97, Dutch actress
- 19 Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist
- 19 E.K. Nayanar, 87, three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, India [32]
- 18 Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s
- 18 Hyacinthe Thiandoum, 83, Roman Catholic Cardinal, former Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
- 18 Arnold O. Beckman, 104, inventor, industrialist, philanthropist
- 18 Joey Curtis, 79, former professional boxer, boxing referee and business owner
- 17 Buster Narum, 63, former MLB pitcher for the Orioles and Senators
- 17 Jørgen Nash, 84, Danish poet, performance artist, brother of Asger Jorn
- 17 Tony Randall, 84, television actor (The Odd Couple)
- 17 June Taylor, 86, television dancer and choreographer
- 17 Ezzedine Salim, 60?, president of the Iraqi Governing Council
- 17 (or May 18) Gunnar Graps, 57, Estonian rock singer and percussionist
- 16 Marika Rökk, 90, actress
- 16 Lord Hill-Norton, 89, British Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
- 15 Carlos Orta, 60, Venezuelan artist, and principal dancer and choreographer of the José Limón Dance Company - [33] - [34]
- 15 Jack Bradbury, 89, animator and comic book artist
- 15 William H. Hinton, 85, Marxist, author of Fanshen
- 15 Gill Fox, 84, political cartoonist, comic book artist, and animator
- 15 Colonel Robert Morgan, 85, former pilot of the Memphis Belle
- 14 Anna Lee, 91, actress, best known for playing Lila Quartermaine on the TV show General Hospital
- 14 Jesus Gil, 71, controversial owner of Atlético Madrid football club
- 14 Charlotte Benkner, 114, oldest recognized person in United States
- 14 Shaun Sutton, 84, British television executive
- 13 Terry Crummitt, 27, actor, "SnackBoy" of The Sync fame [35]
- 13 Brian McNaughton, 68, American horror and fantasy writer
- 12 John LaPorta, 84, jazz clarinetist, composer and educator - [36]
- 12 Syd Hoff, 91, children's book author, cartoonist
- 12 John Robson, 54, English footballer
- 12 John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist, shot dead
- 12 Judith Cook, historian, campaigner and novelist
- 11 Mick Doyle, 63, Irish rugby union player and coach
- 10 Eric Kierans, 90, Canadian politician
- 10 (death announced) George, ~83, Blue Peter pet tortoise
- 9 Tommy Farrell, 82, American film and television actor
- 9 Percy M. Young, 91, British musicologist
- 9 Olive Osmond, 79, mother of entertainers Marie Osmond and the various Osmond Brothers
- 9 Rust Epique, 35, American Songwriter/Guitarist
- 9 Alan King, 76, American comedian/actor
- 9 Brenda Fassie, 39, South African singer [37]
- 9 Akhmad Kadyrov, 52, President of Chechnya
- 8 (body found) Nick Berg, 26, American civilian killed in Iraq
- 7 Waldemar Milewicz, 48, Polish journalist, and Mounyra Beouamrane, killed in Iraq
- 6 Kjell Hallbing, 69, also known as Louis Masterson, Norwegian Western author [38]
- 6 Sir John Hill, 90, British poice officer
- 6 Barney Kessel, 80, American jazz guitarist and studio musician
- 5 David Reimer, 39, notable gender-reassignment case
- 5 Ritsuko Okazaki, 44, Japanese singer-songwriter and author
- 4 Clement Dodd, 72, Jamaican reggae pioneer
- 3 Anthony Ainley, 71, British actor best known as The Master in Doctor Who
- 3 Darrell Johnson, 75, former MLB catcher and manager [39]
- 3 Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, 84, British politician
- 3 Basil Wells, 91, science fiction author
- 2 Moe Burtschy, 82, former MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics
- 2 Paul Guimard, 83, French writer
- 1 Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
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- 30 Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke, 74, British educator.
- 30 Kioumars Saberi Foumani, 62, also known as Gol-Agha, Iranian satirist
- 30 Jeffrey Alan Gray, 69, British psychiatrist
- 29 Johannes Berg, 47, cornerstone of Norwegian science fiction fandom
- 29 Nick Joaquin, 86, writer and Philippine national artist
- 28 B.J. Schramm, 65, businessman and aircraft developer
- 27 David Jenkinson, 69, railway modeller and historian
- 27 Roy Walford, 79, dietician and author
- 26 Hubert Selby Jr., 75, author of "Last Exit to Brooklyn"
- 25 Thom Gunn, 74, British poet
- 25 Feridun Karakaya, 76, Turkish actor
- 24 Estée Lauder, 97, cosmetics products pioneer
- 24 Brian Manning, 76, British historian
- 24 Willie Watson, 84, English cricketer
- 22 Pat Tillman, 27, former NFL player (Arizona Cardinals), Army Ranger, killed in action by friendly fire
- 21 Mary McGrory, 85, American journalist and columnist
- 20 Patrick Gibson, Baron Gibson, 88, British publisher and arts administrator
- 19 Frank B. Morrison, 98, former Governor of Nebraska
- 19 Tim Burstall, 76, Australian film director and producer
- 19 John Maynard Smith, 84, British biologist
- 19 Norris McWhirter, 78, founder of the Guinness Book of Records
- 19 Jim Cantalupo, 60, CEO of McDonald's
- 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, 83, long-time Prime Minister and President of Fiji
- 17 (body found, death probably in November 2003) Dru Sjodin, 22, U.S. kidnap victim
- 17 Edmond Pidoux, 95, Swiss author
- 17 Barbara Kenyatta Bey, 59, Yoruba priestess and widow of jazz percussionist Chief Bey
- 17 Geraint Howells, 79, Welsh politician
- 17 Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, 56, Hamas leader
- 17 Soundarya, 32, Indian film actress
- 15 Hans Gmür, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer
- 15 Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 69, Japanese manga artist
- 13 Csaba Horváth, 74, Chemical engineer and scientist
- 13 Caron Keating, 41, British television presenter
- 12 Juan Valderrama, 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer
- 12 Frankie Narvaez, 65, Puerto Rican boxer
- 10 Lou Berberet, 74, former Major League Baseball catcher
- 10 Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
- 10 Sakip Sabanci, 71, Turkish businessman
- 9 Lélia Abramo, 93, Celebrity Brazilian actress, and one of the founders of President Lula da Silva's Workers Party - Obituary in Portuguese [40]
- 9 Nick and Mary Yankovic, 86 and 81, parents of "Weird Al" Yankovic
- 9 Harry Babbitt, 90, singer
- 9 Tom Lewis, 85, British obstetrician
- 8 Chief Bey, 90, American jazz percussionist and African folklorist
- 8 Maureen Potter, 79, Irish comedienne and actor
- 8 Bruce Edwards, 49, caddy of golfer Tom Watson
- 7 Robert Sangster, 67, leading British racehorse owner
- 7 Kelucharan Mohapatra, 77, traditional Indian Odissi dancer
- 6 Larisa Bogoraz, 74, Russian dissident and human rights activist
- 6 Marjorie Pay Hinckley, 92, wife of Gordon B. Hinckley
- 6 Timothy, ~160, tortoise that served as a Royal Navy mascot in the Crimean War
- 5 Austin Willis, 86, Canadian movie actor and television host
- 4 George Bamberger, 80, former major league pitcher and manager
- 4 Gito Baloi, 39, Southern African musician
- 3 John Diamond, Baron Diamond, 96, British life peer
- 3 Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian Singer
- 2 Lawrence McGrew, 46, former New England Patriots linebacker
- 1 Nilo Soruco, 76, Bolivian singer-songwriter
- 1 Paul Atkinson, 58, British guitarist
- 1 Carrie Snodgress, 57, actress
- 1 Aaron Bank, 101, "Father of Special Forces"
- 1 Enrique Grau, 83, Colombian painter and sculptor
- 1 Annette Daniels, 42, American opera singer
[edit] March 2004
- 31 Sir John Warburton Paul, 88, British colonial administrator.
- 31 Hedi Lang, 72, first woman to preside the Swiss National Council
- 31 Gurcharan Singh Tohra, 79, Sikh leader
- 30 Michael King, 58, New Zealand historian
- 30 Erick Friedman, 64, American concert violinist, violin professor at Yale University
- 30 Alistair Cooke, 95, BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator
- 30 Hubert Gregg, 89, BBC broadcaster
- 29 Chen Yi-hsiung, failed assassin in the 3-19 shooting incident
- 28 Lise de Baissac, 98, Special Operations Executive agent.
- 28 Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, British actor
- 28 Robert Merle, 95, French author
- 27 Art James, 74, game show host and announcer
- 27 Larry Trask, 59, linguist and expert on the Basques
- 27 Adán Sánchez, 19, Mexican singer
- 27 James Wapakhabulo, 59, foreign minister of Uganda
- 26 Jan Berry, 62, the 'Jan' of Jan and Dean
- 26 Jan Sterling, 82, American actress
- 24 Dominic Agostino, 44, Ontario Liberal MPP
- 24 Michael Garrison, 47, American ambient musician, liver failure
- 23 Sir Rupert Hamer, 87, Australian politician
- 22 Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, 66?, spiritual leader and founder of Hamas
- 21 Mirwais Sadiq, ?, Civil Aviation Minister for Afghanistan
- 20 Chosuke Ikariya, 72, Japanese comedian, actor and leader of comedic group The Drifters
- 20 Juliana, 94, former Queen of the Netherlands
- 19 Brian Maxwell, 51, long-distance runner and founder of PowerBar
- 19 Sir Horace Phillips, 86, British diplomat.
- 19 Mitchell Sharp, 92, former Canadian Liberal cabinet minister
- 18 Gene Bearden, 83, baseball player with the Cleveland Indians
- 18 Vytas Brenner, 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
- 18 Wallace Davenport, 78, New Orleans jazz trumpeter
- 18 Harrison McCain, 76, Canadian businessman, founder of McCain Foods
- 18 Guillermo Rivas, 72, Mexican comedy actor
- 17 J.J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ
- 17 George Boiardi, 22, Lacrosse player for Cornell University
- 16 Vilém Tauský, 94, Czech conductor and composer
- 16 Brian Bianchini, 25, American fashion model
- 16 Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 68, German prince
- 15 Amparo Arrebato, 59, Colombian dancer
- 15 Patrick Nuttgens, 74, British architect
- 15 William Pickering, 93, former head of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 15 John Pople, 78, British theoretical chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 13 Franz König, 98, Austrian cardinal
- 13 Dullah Omar, 69, South African cabinet minister
- 12 Finn Carling, 78, Norwegian author and playwright with cerebral palsy
- 12 Yvonne Cernota, 24, German bobsled driver, in training accident
- 12 Cid Corman, 79, Japan-based American poet and translator
- 11 Seymour Geisser, 74, statistician, DNA-evidence expert
- 11 Sidney James, 97, first managing editor of Sports Illustrated[citation needed]
- 11 Edmund Sylvers, 47, lead singer of The Sylvers
- 10 Robert D. Orr, 86, former Governor of Indiana
- 10 James Parrish, 35, former National Football League player
- 10 Dave Blood, 47, Dead Milkmen bassist
- 9 Albert Mol, 87, dancer, cabaret performer, actor, TV personality, author
- 8 Nicolae Cajal, 84, doctor, chairman of Romania's Jewish community
- 8 Keith Hopkins, 69, British ancient historian and sociologist [41]
- 8 Robert Pastorelli, 49, actor on Murphy Brown
- 8 Muhammad Zaidan (Abu Abbas), 55, founder of Palestine Liberation Front
- 7 Paul Winfield, 62, Emmy-winning actor
- 6 Eugene T. Booth, 91, American nuclear physicist.
- 6 Alan Short, 83, California legislator, co-author of the Short-Doyle Mental Health Act
- 6 Frances Dee, 94, actress
- 6 John Henry Williams, 35, controversial son of baseball great Ted Williams
- 6 Ray Fernandez, 47, American professional wrestler best known as "Hercules Hernandez" or simply just "Hercules"
- 5 Mike O'Callaghan, 74, American politician, Governor of Nevada (1971–1979)
- 5 Julito Collazo, 78, Cuban Master Percussionist
- 5 Joan Riudavets, 114, world's oldest documented man and oldest recognized person in Europe
- 5 Percy Browne, 80, former British MP, jockey and farmer
- 4 Claude Nougaro, 74, French chanteur
- 4 Sir Malcolm Pasley, 77, British literary scholar
- 4 Stephen Sprouse, 50, American artist and fashion designer
- 4 John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
- 3 Susan Moller Okin, 57, liberal feminism political philosopher
- 3 Luis Villalta, 35, professional boxer
- 3 Cecily Adams, 39, actress
- 2 Mercedes McCambridge, 85, Academy Award winning actress
- 2 Marge Schott, 75, former primary owner of the Cincinnati Reds
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