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*[[Michael Alexander (British Army officer)|Michael Alexander]], 84, British soldier and ''[[Oflag IV-C#The "Prominente" and famous inmates|Prominente]]'' German Prisoner of War. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article25757.ece] |
*[[Michael Alexander (British Army officer)|Michael Alexander]], 84, British soldier and ''[[Oflag IV-C#The "Prominente" and famous inmates|Prominente]]'' German Prisoner of War. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article25757.ece]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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*[[Richard Best (film editor)|Richard Best]], 88, British film editor. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-best-6155453.html] |
*[[Richard Best (film editor)|Richard Best]], 88, British film editor. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-best-6155453.html] |
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*[[Herbert C. Brown]], 92, British [[Nobel Prize]]-winning chemist ([[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], 1979), heart attack. [https://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2004-12-21-hbrown-obit_x.htm] |
*[[Herbert C. Brown]], 92, British [[Nobel Prize]]-winning chemist ([[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], 1979), heart attack. [https://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2004-12-21-hbrown-obit_x.htm] |
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*[[Mark Fiennes]], 71, English photographer and illustrator. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mark-fiennes-17316.html] |
*[[Mark Fiennes]], 71, English photographer and illustrator. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mark-fiennes-17316.html] |
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*[[Masao Kato]], 57, Japanese go player. [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/topics2005/kato_obit.htm] |
*[[Masao Kato]], 57, Japanese go player. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150807/http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/topics2005/kato_obit.htm] |
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*[[Artie Shaw]], 94, American jazz musician, complications of diabetes. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37911-2004Dec30.html] |
*[[Artie Shaw]], 94, American jazz musician, complications of diabetes. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37911-2004Dec30.html] |
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Revision as of 10:49, 7 September 2017
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2004.
December 2004
1
- Fathi Arafat, 71, Palestinian physician, brother of Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, stomach cancer. [1]
- Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, 93, Dutch royal, father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, lung and colon cancer. [2]
- David Vienneau, 53, Canadian journalist, pancreatic cancer. [3]
2
- Larry Buchanan, 81, American B-movie director, producer and writer, complications of collapsed lung. [4]
- Kevin Coyne, 60, English musician, filmmaker and author, pulmonary fibrosis. [5]
- Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, 71, Argentine poet and translator. [6]
- Dame Alicia Markova, 94, English ballerina. [7]
- Nadine Shamir, 32, American techno singer/songwriter, complications in childbirth. Archived December 23, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- Mona Van Duyn, 83, American poet, US Poet Laureate (1992), bone cancer. [8]
3
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster, 90, Irish nobleman. [9]
- Maria Perschy, 66, Austrian film, stage and TV actor, cancer. [10]
- Helmut Rix, 78, German linguist, car accident. [11]
- Josef Schwammberger, 92, German former Nazi labor camp commander. [12]
- Shiing-Shen Chern, 93, Chinese mathematician, heart failure following heart attack. [13]
4
- Tom Fitzgerald, 53, American soccer coach (University of Tampa), injuries from motorcycle accident. [14]
- Elena Souliotis, 61, Greek operatic soprano, heart failure. [15]
5
- Seymour Ginsburg, 76, American computer scientist, Alzheimer's disease.[16]
- Cristiano Júnior, 24, Brazilian footballer, cardiac arrest after on-field collision. [17]
- Hicham Zerouali, 27, Moroccan footballer, car accident. [18]
6
- Frank Reginald Carey, 92, British World War II fighter ace. [19]
- Raymond Goethals, 83, Belgian soccer coach. [20]
- Adrian Morris, 75, English painter. [21]
- Enrique Salinas, 52, Mexican businessman, brother of former president of Mexico Carlos Salinas, asphyxiation. [22] (Spanish)
7
- Pacita Abad, 58, Filipino painter. [23]
- Frederick Fennell, 90, American conductor, founder of Eastman Wind Ensemble. [24]
- Jerry Scoggins, 93, American musician ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett"), natural causes. [25]
- Jay Van Andel, 80, American co-founder and former chairman of Amway, Parkinson's disease. [26]
8
- Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott, 38, American heavy metal guitarist (Pantera, Damageplan), shot. [27]
- Cleve Gray, 86, American abstract painter. [28]
- Jackson Mac Low, 82, American poet, composer and performance artist, complications from stroke. [29]
- Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, 93, British politician and life peer, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1977–1986). [30]
9
- David Brudnoy, 64, American radio talk show host (Boston), Merkel cell carcinoma. [31]
- Paul Edwards, 81, Austrian-born American philosopher. [32]
- Sir Peter Emery, 78, British Conservative politician (Honiton, 1967–1997; East Devon, 1997–2001). [33]
- Philippe Gigantès, 81, Canadian former senator, cancer. [34]
- Lea De Mae, 27, Czech pornographic film actress, brain cancer. [35]
- Sergey Voychenko, 49, Belarusian artist and designer.[citation needed]
10
- Norman Borrett, 87, English sportsman. [36]
- Bob King, 81, American college basketball coach. [37]
- Gary Webb, 49, American investigative reporter ("Dark Alliance"), apparent suicide. [38]
11
- José Luis Cuciuffo, 42, Argentinian footballer and 1986 Football World Cup champion, hunting accident. [39] (Spanish)
- Arthur Lydiard, 87, New Zealand marathon runner and athletics coach. [40]
- M. S. Subbulakshmi, 88, Indian Carnatic musician, heart irregularities. [41]
12
- Antonio Paredes Candia, 81, Bolivian folklorist and writer. [42] (Spanish)
- Simon Combes, 64, British wildlife artist, gored by a buffalo. [43]
- Phaswane Mpe, 34, South African novelist, after short illness. [44]
- Fabian O'Dea, 86, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. [45]
- Syed Mir Qasim, 83, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. [46]
13
- Donald S. Jones, 76, American admiral. [47]
- Syed Mir Qasim, 83, Indian politician, chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971–1975). [48]
- Andre Rodgers, 70, Bahamian baseball player, first Bahamian to play in Major League Baseball. [49]
- Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 101, American painter, lithographer, widow of Ben Shahn. [50]
- David Wheeler, 77, English computer scientist. [51]
14
- Harry Bowcott, 97, Welsh rugby union player (London Welsh, Wales) and president of the Welsh Rugby Union. [52]
- Candice Daly, 41, American film and TV actor (The Young and the Restless). [53]
- Sidonie Goossens, 105, British harpist. [54]
- Rod Kanehl, 70, American baseball player who hit the first grand slam in the New York Mets history, heart attack. [55]
- Alexey Korneyev, 65, Russian footballer. [56] (Russian)
- Fernando Poe, Jr., 65, Filipino actor and former presidential candidate, stroke. [57]
- Robert Watson, 81, American artist, cancer. [58]
15
- Chiang Fang-liang, 88, Russian-born widow of Chiang Ching-kuo and First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan (1978–1988), pulmonary and cardiac failure. [59]
- Harry Errington, 94, British firefighter, recipient of the George Cross. [60]
- Vassal Gadoengin, 61, Nauruan politician and then-incumbent Speaker of Parliament, heart attack. [61]
- Pauline LaFon Gore, 92, American mother of former US vice-president Al Gore, wife of Albert Gore, Sr.. [62]
- Jiban Ghosh, 69, Indian cricket umpire. [63]
- Jim Holliday, American pornographic film producer and historian, complications from diabetes. [64]
- Rodney O'Gliasain Kennedy-Minott, 76, American diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Sweden, complications of pancreatitis. [65]
- Lorenzo "Larry" J. Ponza Jr., 86, American baseball pitching machine innovator, cancer-related illness. [66]
- Athena Starwoman, 59, Australian astrologer, breast cancer. [67]
16
- Ted Abernathy, 71, American baseball player. [68]
- Richard B. Fisher, 68, American banker, cancer. [69]
- Agnes Martin, 92, American abstract painter, pneumonia. [70]
- Bobby Mattick, 89, American former baseball player and manager, stroke. [71]
- Lawrence O'Brien, 53, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons, cancer. [72]
- Freddie Perren, 61, American Grammy Award-winning record producer. [73]
17
- Dick Heckstall-Smith, 70, British saxophone player (Colosseum, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers), cancer. [74]
- Janina Niedźwiecka, 82, Polish film editor. [75]
- Tom Wesselmann, 73, American pop artist, following heart surgery. [76]
- Sir James Wilson, 83, British army general. [77]
18
- Noel Beaton, 78, Australian MP (Bendigo, 1960–1969) and journalist, after short illness.[78]
- John W. Downey, 77, American classical musician. [79]
- Vijay Hazare, 89, Indian cricketer, Captain of India (1951–1953), illness following intestinal cancer. [80]
- Albert Nordengen, 81, Norwegian Conservative politician, Mayor of Oslo (1976–1990), heart failure. [81] (Norwegian)
- Anthony Sampson, 78, British journalist and author, official biographer of Nelson Mandela, heart attack. [82]
- Princess Takamatsu, 92, Japanese member of the imperial family, blood poisoning. [83]
19
- Michael Alexander, 84, British soldier and Prominente German Prisoner of War. [84][permanent dead link]
- Richard Best, 88, British film editor. [85]
- Herbert C. Brown, 92, British Nobel Prize-winning chemist (Chemistry, 1979), heart attack. [86]
- Mel Gabler, 89, American conservative textbook critic, brain hemorrhage after fall. [87]
- Renata Tebaldi, 82, Italian opera singer, after short illness. [88]
20
- Jack Newfield, 66, American journalist, metastatic kidney cancer. [89]
- Son Seals, 62, American blues musician, complications of diabetes. [90]
21
- Lennart Bernadotte, 95, Swedish prince. [91]
22
- Doug Ault, 54, American Major League Baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot. [92]
23
- Richard Abel Smith, 71, British Army officer and landowner, stroke. [93]
- Richard Barnet, 75, American political activist. [94]
- John W. Duarte, 85, British classical guitarist and writer, cancer. [95]
- Ifor James, 73, British horn player. [96]
- Roger Moorey, 67, British archaeologist and historian. [97]
- P. V. Narasimha Rao, 83, Indian Prime Minister (1991–1996), heart attack. [98]
24
- Capt. Richard Annand, 90, British soldier, first Victoria Cross recipient of World War II. [99]
- Sir Anthony Meyer, 84, British Conservative MP (West Flintshire, 1970–1983; Clwyd North-West, 1983–1992), cancer. [100]
- Johnny Oates, 58, American Major League Baseball catcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees) and manager (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers), brain tumor. [101]
- Pete Palangio, 96, Canadian ice hockey player. [102]
- Dame Rosemary Rue, 76, British physician and civil servant. [103]
25
- Sandy Cameron, 66, Canadian politician. [104]
- James Hunter Blair, 78, Scottish historic preservationist. [105]
- Jane Muskie, 77, American model and bookkeeper, widow of politician Edmund Muskie, Alzheimer's disease. [106]
- Donald Pederson, 79, American electrical engineer. [107]
- Antony Preston, 66, British naval historian and writer.[citation needed]
- Eddie Spicer, 82, English footballer (Liverpool). [108]
- Gennady Strekalov, 64, Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, cancer. [109]
26
- Troy Broadbridge, 24, Australian Football League player (Melbourne), in 2004 Asian tsunami. [110]
- Jonathan Drummond-Webb, 45, South African paediatric heart surgeon, suicide by overdose. [111]
- Kristina Fröjmark, 47, Swedish reality TV show star, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [112]
- Garard Green, 80, British actor. [113]
- Marianne Heiberg, 59, Norwegian diplomat, Oslo Accords mediator, heart attack. [114]
- Bhumi Jensen, 21, Thai prince, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [115]
- Sujeewa Kamalasuriya, 39, Sri Lankan cricketer, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [116]
- Sigurd Køhn, 45, Norwegian composer, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [117]
- Eddie Layton, 77, American organist (New York Yankees), after short illness. [118]
- David McKay, 83, Australian journalist and racing driver, cancer. [119]
- Sir Angus Ogilvy, 76, British businessman, husband of HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy, throat cancer. [120]
- Markus Sandlund, 29, Swedish cellist, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [121]
- Aki Sirkesalo, 42, Finnish musician, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [122]
- Mieszko Talarczyk, 30, Swedish musician, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [123]
- Reggie White, 43, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, cardiac arrhythmia. [124]
- Robert Whymant, 60, British journalist (The Times) and author, in 2004 Asian tsunami. [125]
27
- Hank Garland, 74, American studio guitarist (Elvis Presley, Charlie Parker), staphylococcus infection. [126]
- Heorhiy Kirpa, 58, Ukrainian industrialist and politician (Transport Minister since 2002), shot. [127]
28
- Jerry Orbach, 69, American actor (Law & Order), prostate cancer. [128]
- Susan Sontag, 71, American author, literary theorist and activist, acute myeloid leukemia. [129]
29
- Julius Axelrod, 92, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist (Medicine, 1970), natural causes. [130]
- William Boyett, 77, American actor (Adam-12), complications from pneumonia and kidney failure. [131]
- John Bridgeman, 88, British sculptor. [132]
- Ken Burkhart, 89, American Major League Baseball pitcher and umpire, emphysema. [133]
- Arthur B. Chapman, 96, British-born American geneticist. [134]
- Liddy Holloway, 57, New Zealand actress (Shortland Street) and writer, liver cancer. [135]
30
- Mark Fiennes, 71, English photographer and illustrator. [136]
- Masao Kato, 57, Japanese go player. [137]
- Artie Shaw, 94, American jazz musician, complications of diabetes. [138]
31
- John Chataway, 57, Canadian politician, complications from stroke. [139]
- Gérard Debreu, 83, French-born American Nobel Prize-winning economist (Economics, 1983), natural causes. [140]
- George Wackenhut, 85, American businessman, founder of Wackenhut Corporation, heart failure. [141]