Deaths in June 2004
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2004.
June 2004
- William Manchester, 82, U.S. historian.
- Mujeeb Aalam, 56, Pakistani playback singer.
- Dom Moraes, 65, Indian poet and writer.
- Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, c. 69, former defense minister and acting president of Ethiopia.
- Nicolai Ghiaurov, 71, opera singer.
- Quorthon, 38, Bathory founder.
- Joe Carr, 82, Irish golfer.
- Frances Shand Kydd, 68, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- Phillip Bartlett, 44, original narrator of Pokémon and voice of Mewtwo from Pokémon: The First Movie, aortic dissection.
- Wilmer Fields, 81, former Negro League Baseball All-Star.
- Steve Lacy, 69, American jazz soprano saxophonist.
- Brian Linehan, 58, Canadian television host and interviewer .(canada.com) (Toronto Star) (The Globe and Mail)
- Nino Manfredi, 83, Italian actor. [1]
- T. M. Samarasinghe, 61, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
- Jack Foster, 72, British-born New Zealand athlete.
- Ronald Reagan, 93, film actor and 40th President of the United States (1981–1989).
- Judy Campbell, 88, actress.
- Robert Lees, 91, screenwriter, found decapitated.
- Kate Worley, 46, comic book writer (Omaha the Cat Dancer).
- Necdet Mahfi Ayral, 96, Turkish actor.
- Iona Brown, 63, violinist and conductor.
- Simon Cumbers, 36, Irish freelance cameraman/journalist, working for the BBC in Saudi Arabia, killed by Al Qaeda.
- Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, 38, black metal pioneer and main member of Bathory, heart failure.
- Don Potter, 102, British sculptor.
- Eugene Raskin, 94, American musician and playwright.
- Donald Trumbull, 95, special effects pioneer.
- Mack Jones, 65, former Major League Baseball outfielder with the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
- Humayun Khan, 27, American soldier serving in the Iraq War.
- Roderick Macleod, 95, Canadian politician.
- Ronalda Pierce, 19, Florida State University basketball player, aneurysm.
- Rosey Brown, 71, Pro Football Hall of Famer.
- Robert MacDonald Ford, 93, American politician and insurance agent.
- Ted Martin, 101, Australian cricketer and cententarian.
- Ralph Moody, 86, American NASCAR driver and team owner.
- Barbara Whiting Smith, 73, actress.
- Ray Charles, 73, American rhythm and blues singer and soul music pioneer.
- Kiki Djan, 47, Ghanaian musician, AIDS and drug-related complications.
- Brian Williamson, 59, Jamaican gay rights activist and founder of J-Flag, murdered.
- Xenophon Zolotas, 100, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister (1989–1990).
- Egon von Furstenberg, 57, fashion designer; nephew of late Fiat head Gianni Agnelli.
- Joyce Symons, 85, Hong Kong educator.
- Geoffrey Thompson, 67, businessman and owner of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, aneurysm.
- Dorothy Lavinia Brown, 85, American surgeon and politician.
- Danny Dark, 65, announcer.
- Dick Durrance, 89, 17-time American national champion in skiing.
- Sir Stuart Hampshire, 89, British philosopher.
- Ralph Wiley, 52, sports journalist.
- Robert Teeter, 65, Republican pollster.
- Jack McClelland, 81, Canadian book publisher.
- Ulrich Inderbinen, 103, mountain guide.
- Max Rosenberg, 89, producer of horror movies.
- J. Gwyn Griffiths, 92, Welsh poet and Egyptologist.
- Frank Nastasi, 81, actor and comedian (Lunch with Soupy).
- Ahmet Piriştina, 52, Turkish politician, mayor of İzmir, heart attack.
- John Lasarus Williams, 79, Welsh nationalist activist.
- Barry Cowan, 56, Northern Irish broadcaster.
- Albert Fischer, 84, German jurist.
- Dr. Herman Goldstine, 90, computing pioneer who helped develop ENIAC, Parkinson's disease.
- Thanom Kittikachorn, 91, former Thai prime minister.
- Hilda Thompson, 85, New Zealand cricketer
- Vilayat Inayat Khan, 87, British Sufist.
- Jacek Kuroń, 70, Polish dissident and statesman.
- Gerry McNeil, 78, Stanley Cup-winning National Hockey League goaltender.
- Steven Oken, 42, convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Maryland.
- Frederick Jaeger, 76, German born British character actor.
- Paul Johnson, c. 49, American hostage, decapitated by al-Qaeda.
- Nek Mohammed, c. 27, Pakistani tribal leader in Waziristan and key Taliban ally, killed by Pakistani military forces. [2]
- Colin McCormack, 62, Welsh actor.
- Nob Yoshigahara, 68, mathematician and puzzle expert.
- Nabil Sahraoui, 37, Algerian militant, head of GSPC and linked to al-Qaeda.
- Jim Bacon, 54, Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania.
- Leonel Brizola, 82, Brazilian politician, heart failure. [3]
- Ted Scott, 85, Canadian Anglican prelate.
- Bob Bemer, 84, American computer scientist, cancer.
- Thomas Gold, 84, American astrophysicist.
- Francisco Ortiz Franco, c. 50, Mexican journalist, murdered.
- Carlton Skinner, 91, American naval officer and politician, first civilian governor of Guam.
- Mattie Stepanek, 13, American poet and advocate, muscular dystrophy.
- Kim Sun-il, 33, South Korean translator, decapitated by Iraqi militants.
- Doris Thompson, 101, businesswoman and owner of Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
- Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, 40, Greek songwriter, author.
- Carl Rakosi, 100, American poet.
- Peter Wragg, 73, British footballer.
- Karol Kennedy Kucher, 72, former United States ice skating champion, pneumonia.
- William H. Avery, 91, American aeronautical engineer.
- Naomi Shemer, 74, Israeli songwriter.
- Yash Johar, 75, Indian Bollywood film producer.
- Hugh B. Cave, 93, British writer.
- George Patton IV, 80, US Army general and son of George Patton.
- Darrell Russell, 35, National Hot Rod Association drag racer, first racer killed at an NHRA event since 1996.
- Anthony Buckeridge, 92, English author, creator of the Jennings books.
- Keith "Matt" Maupin, 20, U.S. Army Private First Class, killed by Islamist militants in Iraq.
- David A. Thomas, 86, American educator.
- Juan Antonio Lopez, 52, Mexican boxer, fought Wilfredo Gómez, leukemia.