Deaths in January 2004

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2004.

January 2004

1

• Elma Lewis, 82, American arts leader.
• Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine.
• Harold Henning, 69, South African golfer.
• Manuel Félix López, 66, Ecuadorian politician.

2

• Dame Sheila McKechnie, 55, Head of Shelter, cancer. [1]
• Paul Hopkins, 99, reported to be the oldest living former Major League Baseball player.
• Sir John Grandy, 90, British Royal Air Force officer.
• Lynn Cartwright, 76, U.S. actress.
• Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress.

3

• Lillian Beckwith, 87, English author

4

• Joan Aiken, 79, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
• John Gallacher, Baron Gallacher, 83, British life peer.
• Brian Gibson, 59, film director, What's Love Got to Do With It.
• Jake Hess, 76, Southern Gospel singing legend.
• Jeff Nuttall, 70, poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author.
• John Toland, 91, American author and historian.

5

• Tug McGraw, 59, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, SmartMoney and Red Herring)

6

• Pierre Charles, 49, Prime Minister of Dominica.
• John Evans, 74, British footballer.
• Francesco Scavullo, 82, fashion photographer.
• Charles Laverne Singleton, 44, convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Arkansas.

7

• Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, Cries and Whispers

8

• Charles Brown, 57, American actor
• John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, Rambling with Gambling

9

• Nissim Ezekiel, 79, Indian poet, playwright and art critic
• Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist
• Raymond Dale Rowsey, 32, convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in North Carolina.

10

• Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former National Basketball Association basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
• Princess Kira of Prussia, 60, German princess.
• Alexandra Ripley, 70, author, Scarlett

11

• Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, New Orleans jazz musician
• Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike, 85, British politician
• Spalding Gray, 62, United States performer and writer (body identified March 8 in East River near New York City)

12

• Randy VanWarmer, 48, United States singer and songwriter
• William T. Young, 85, American businessman

13

• Phillip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby.
• Dean Miller, 79, American broadcaster and actor.
• Arne Næss, Jr., 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross.
• Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer.
• Zeno Vendler, 82, philosopher and linguist.

14

• Jack Cady, 71, science fiction writer.
• Mike Goliat, 78, member of the famous '50 Phillies' "Whiz Kids" National League champions.
• Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof.
• Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, starred in Superfly (1972).

15

• Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, member of the Académie française
• Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
• Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer
• Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates

16

• Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister

17

• Raymond Bonham Carter, 74, British banker.
• Harry Brecheen, 89, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Rafael Cordero, 61, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• Czesław Niemen, 64, Polish musician
• Tom Rowe, 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare
• Ray Stark, 88, publicist, agent; produced Funny Girl (1968)

18

• Noble Willingham, 72, actor, former candidate for the United States Congress

19

• Teresa Ferster Glazier, 96, author of The Least You Should Know About English
• Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief
• David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach

20

• Alan Brown, 84, British Formula One driver

21

• Bernard Punsly, 80 physician, actor

22

• Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 79, Welsh language writer.
• Billy May, 87, US big band and pop music arranger.
• Tom Mead, 85, Australian politician.
• Ann Miller, 81, US dancer.
• George Woodbridge, 73, illustrator.

23

• Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo"
• Helmut Newton, 83, photographer

24

• Leônidas da Silva, 90, Brazilian football player [2]

25

• Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player
• Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete

26

• Fred Haas, 88, golfer

27

• Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian.
• Jack Paar, 85, The Tonight Show host.

28

• Elroy Hirsch, 80, hall of fame National Football League football player
• José Miguel Agrelot ("Don Cholito"), 76, comedian and radio show host
• Mel Pritchard, 56, British drummer
• Alaettin Tahir, 55, Macedonian poet. Heart attack.

29

• Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, 76, Captain of the USS Pueblo. [3]
• Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World.
• O. W. Fischer, 88, Austrian actor.
• Janet Frame, 79, New Zealand writer.
• M. M. Kaye, 95, British author, The Far Pavilions.
• Guusje Nederhorst, 34, Dutch actress.
• Louie B. Nunn, 79, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1967-1971)
• Ed Sciaky, 55, Philadelphia broadcaster and disk jockey.
• Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party).
• Joe Viterelli, 66, actor.

30

• George Bennions, 90, British World War II fighter pilot. [4]
• Robert Harth, 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall.

31

• Suraiya, 75, Indian actress and singer
• Eleanor Holm, 90, US swimmer
• Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Argüello