Francais | English | Espanõl

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also: Deaths in 2005.

The following is a list of figures who died in 2004.

Contents 1 January 2004 2 February 2004 3 March 2004 4 April 2004 5 May 2004 6 June 2004 7 July 2004 8 August 2004 9 September 2004 10 October 2004 11 November 2004 12 December 2004 13 External links and references

[edit] January 2004

• 31 Suraiya, 75, Indian actress and singer
• 31 Eleanor Holm, 90, US swimmer
• 31 Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Arguello
• 30 Robert Harth, 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall
• 29 Joe Viterelli, 66, actor
• 29 O. W. Fischer, Austrian actor
• 29 Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party)
• 29 M. M. Kaye, 95, British author, The Far Pavilions
• 29 Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World
• 29 Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, 76, Captain of the USS Pueblo [1]
• 29 Janet Frame, 79, New Zealand writer
• 29 Ed Sciaky, 55, Philadelphia broadcaster and disk jockey
• 28 Elroy Hirsch, 80, hall of fame NFL football player
• 28 José Miguel Agrelot, "Don Cholito", 76, comedian and radio show host
• 27 Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian
• 27 Jack Paar, 85, Tonight Show host
• 26 Fred Haas, 88, golfer
• 26 Wilhemina Barns-Graham, 91, Scottish artist
• 25 Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player
• 25 Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete
• 24 Leônidas da Silva, 90, Brazilian football player [2]
• 23 Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo"
• 23 Helmut Newton, 83, photographer
• 22 Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 79, Welsh language writer
• 22 George Woodbridge, 73, illustrator
• 22 Billy May, 87, US big band and pop music arranger
• 22 Ann Miller, 81, US dancer
• 21 Bernard Punsly, 80 physician, actor
• 20 Alan Brown, 84, British F1 driver
• 19 Teresa Ferster Glazier, 96, author of The Least You Should Know About English
• 19 Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief
• 19 David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach
• 19 Antonious Seram, 20, Indonesian professional boxer
• 18 Noble Willingham, 72, actor, former candidate for the United States Congress
• 17 Czesław Niemen, 64, Polish musician
• 17 Tom Rowe, 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare
• 17 Rafael Cordero, 61, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• 17 Ray Stark, 88, publicist, actor's agent; produced Funny Girl (1968)
• 17 Harry Brecheen, 89, former MLB pitcher
• 16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister
• 15 Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, member of the Académie française
• 15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
• 15 Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer
• 15 Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
• 14 Mike Goliat, 78, member of the famous '50 Phillies' "Whiz Kids" NL champions
• 14 Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof
• 14 Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, starred in Superfly (1972)
• 14 Jack Cady, science fiction writer
• 13 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby
• 13 Arne Næss Jr., 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross
• 13 Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer
• 13 Zeno Vendler, 82, philosopher and linguist
• 12 Randy VanWarmer, 48, US singer and songwriter
• 12 Yossi Ginossar, 58, Former senior Israeli "Shin Bet" official
• 11 Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, New Orleans jazz musician
• perhaps 10/11 Spalding Gray, 62, US perfomer and writer (body identified March 8 in East River near New York City)
• 10 Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former NBA basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
• 10 Jerry Boyd, 59, Mesa, Arizona councilman
• 10 Alexandra Ripley, 70, author, Scarlett
• 9 Nissim Ezekiel, 79, Indian poet, playwright and art critic
• 9 Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist
• 8 John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, "Rambling with Gambling"
• 7 Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, "Cries and Whispers"
• 6 Pierre Charles, 49, Prime Minister of Dominica
• 6 Francesco Scavullo, 82, fashion photographer
• 5 Tug McGraw, 59, former MLB pitcher
• 5 David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, Smart Money and Red Herring)
• 5 Dame Sheila McKechnie, 55, Head of Shelter, cancer [3]
• 4 Brian Gibson, 59, film director, "What's Love Got to Do With It"
• 4 Jake Hess, 76, Southern Gospel singing legend
• 4 Jeff Nuttall, 70, poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author
• 4 Joan Aiken, 79, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
• 4 John Toland, 91, American author and historian
• 2 Paul Hopkins, 99, reported to be the oldest living former MLB player
• 2 Jessica Pacheco Calvente, 10, Puerto Rican, stray bullet victim
• 2 Lynn Cartwright, 76, U.S. actress
• 2 Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
• 1 Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine

[edit] February 2004

• 29 Jerome Lawrence, 88, playwright
• 29 Tony Onley, 75, painter
• 29 Danny Ortiz, 27, Guatemalan football goalkeeper
• 28 Daniel J. Boorstin, 89, historian
• 28 Andres Nuiamäe, 21, first Estonian soldier to be killed in Iraq
• 27 Paul Sweezy, 93, economist and founding editor of the Monthly Review
• 26 Shankarrao Chavan, 83, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 26 Adolf Ehrnrooth, 99, General; Finnish war veteran
• 26 Boris Trajkovski, 47, President of the Republic of Macedonia
• 24 John Randolph, 88, American actor
• 23 Carl Anderson, 58, American actor (Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar)
• 23 William Coates, 114? 92, asserted by advocates to be "oldest living American" but documentation showed otherwise
• 23 Sikander Bakht, 85, Governor of Kerala
• 23 Vijay Anand, 71, Bollywood filmmaker and brother of Dev Anand
• 23 Carl Liscombe, 89, Detroit Red Wings hockey player in the 1940s
• 23 Don Cornell, 79, popular singer of the 1940s and 1950s
• 22 Andy Seminick, 83, MLB catcher and last survivor of the 1950 Phillies' "Whiz Kids" that won the NL championship
• 22 Azriel Rosenfeld, 73, computer image analysis researcher
• 22 Roque Máspoli, 86, legendary Uruguayan goalkeeper
• 21 Guido Molinari, Canadian abstract artist
• 21 Bart Howard, 88, composer, "Fly Me To The Moon"
• 21 Spot Fetcher, 14, President George W. Bush's dog
• 21 John Charles, 72, Welsh football player
• 20 Stanislaw Ryniak, 88, first person imprisoned at Auschwitz (Feb 20 is burial date)
• 19 Clark Byers, American sign maker
• 19 Hermann Krings, German philosopher
• 18 Jean Rouch, 86, French filmmaker and ethnologist
• 17 José López Portillo, 83, former President of Mexico
• 16 Shirley Strickland, 78, Australian athlete, three-time Olympic champion
• 16 Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
• 16 Matthew Bowens, 21, Detroit Police Officer
• 16 Jennifer Fettig, 26, Detroit Police Officer
• 16 Bill Oakley, 39, comic book letterer
• 15 Jan Miner, 86, American actress
• 15 Jens Evensen, 86, Norwegian minister, World Court judge
• 14 Marco Pantani, 34, racing cyclist, winner of Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998
• 13 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 51, Chechen leader
• 11 Ryszard Kuklinski, 74, Polish-born colonel and spy
• 11 Tony Pope, 57, Los Angeles voice actor, complications following leg surgery
• 10 Nils Aas, 70, Norwegian sculptor and illustrator
• 9 Robert F. Colesberry, (b. 1946) film and television producer (complicatons following cardiac surgery)
• 9 Michael Rowland, 41, Horse racing jockey
• 9 Samuel Rubin, 85, popcorn promoter
• 9 Claude Ryan, 79, Canadian politician
• 8 Julius Schwartz, 89, comic book and pulp magazine editor
• 8 Cem Karaca, 58, Turkish singer and composer
• 7 Rebeca Martínez, 2 months, craniopagus parasiticus baby
• 7 Norman Thelwell, 80, cartoonist
• 6 Humphry Osmond, 86, psychiatrist and pioneer LSD experimenter
• 6 Jerome F. Lederer, 101, aviation safety pioneer
• 6 Henn Mikkin, 57, Estonian psychologist
• 5 Frances Partridge, 103, writer, last surviving member of the Bloomsbury group
• 4 Hilda Hilst, 73, Brazilian novelist
• 4 Ernest Burke, 79, baseball player
• 3 Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
• 2 Alan Bullock, 89, historian
• 1 Rocco Clein, 35, journalist, musician ([4]); ([5])
• 1 Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction victim
• 1 Ally McLeod, 72, Scottish football player and manager
• 1 Bob Stokoe, 73, footballer, F.A. Cup winning manager

[edit] March 2004

• 31 John Warburton Paul (88), British colonial administrator.
• 31 Hedi Lang, 72, first woman to preside the Swiss National Council
• 31 Joseph James Zimmerman, Jr., 92, inventor of answering machine
• 31 Omi Nieves, 24, son of salsa singer Tito Nieves
• 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
• 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
• 23 Sir Rupert Hamer, 87, Australian politician
• 23 Lorand Fenyves, 86, Hungarian violinist
• 22 Boonreung Bauchang, 34, "Snake Man"
• 22 Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, 66?, spiritual leader and founder of Hamas
• 21 Mirwais Sadiq, ?, Civil Aviation Minister for Afghanistan
• 20 Juliana, 94, former Queen of the Netherlands
• 20 Edward G. Zubler, 79, chemist, inventor of halogen lamp
• 19 Brian Maxwell, 51, long-distance runner and founder of PowerBar
• 19 Mitchell Sharp, 92, former Canadian Liberal cabinet minister
• 19 Roberto Mora, Mexican journalist, newspaper editor-in-chief
• 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 Monique Laederach, 65, French and German language author
• 17 J. J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ
• 17 George Boiardi, 22, Lacrosse player for Cornell University
• 17 Patrick Nuttgens, 74, English architect and academic
• 17 Aleksander Elango, 102, Estonian researcher in educational sciences
• 16 Vilém Tauský, 94, Czech conductor and composer
• 16 Brian Bianchini, 25, American fashion model
• 15 Amparo Arrebato, 59, Colombian dancer
• 15 William Pickering, 93, former head of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• 15 Aimo Kairamo, Finnish political columnist
• 15 John Pople, 78, British theoretical chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• 14 Blessing Makunike, 28, Zimbabwean football player
• 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
• 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 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 Frances Dee, 94, actress
• 6 John Henry Williams, 35, controversial son of baseball great Ted Williams
• 6 Ray Hernandez, 47, American professional wrestler best known as "Hercules Hernandez" or simply just "Hercules"
• 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 Stephen Sprouse, 50, American artist and fashion designer
• 4 John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie & the Banshees and PiL
• 4 Kalev Raave, 77, Estonian kolkhoz chairman and Lutheran minister
• 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
• 1 Massimo De Bernart, 54, Italian conductor

[edit] April 2004

• 30 Kioumars Saberi Foumani, 62, also known as Gol-Agha, Iranian satirist
• 30 Lou Chapman, 90, long time Milwaukee Sentinel baseball writer [6]
• 29 Johannes Berg, 47, cornerstone of Norwegian science fiction fandom
• 29 Nick Joaquin, 86, writer and Philippine national artist
• 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
• 25 Bill Grace, 69, businessman from Phoenix, Arizona
• 25 Carl Melles, Hungarian conductor
• 24 Estée Lauder, 97, cosmetics products pioneer
• 24 Jose Giovanni, 80, French director and crime-writer
• 24 Lia Laats, 78, Estonian actress
• 22 Pat Tillman, 27, former NFL player (Arizona Cardinals), Army Ranger, killed in action
• 21 Concha Zardoya, 89, (Chile/Spain) poet and writer, and one of the main links between Spanish and English literatures
• 21 Mary McGrory, 85, American journalist and columnist
• 19 (body found, death probably on March 30) Alejandro Ferretis, 59, Mexican avant-garde actor, murdered [7]
• 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 Caron Keating, 41, British television presenter
• 12 Juan Valderrama, 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer
• 12 Frankie Narvaez, 65, Puerto Rican boxer
• 10 Orazio Fumagalli, 83, Italian sculptor - AP Obituary [8]
• 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 [9]
• 9 Nick and Mary Yankovic, 86 and 81, parents of "Weird Al" Yankovic
• 9 Harry Babbitt, 90, singer
• 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
• 4 Serhane ben Abdelmajid Farkhet, ?, Moroccan, suspected Madrid train bomber
• 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 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] May 2004

• 31 Robert Quine, 61, New York punk rock guitarist
• 31 Alberta Martin, 97, last known widow of a Confederate soldier
• 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 [10]
• 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 [11]
• 27 Jim Marshall, 63, British Labour MP[12]
• 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 [13]
• 21 Michael Swindells, 44, police detective, murdered in the course of his duties [14]
• 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 [15]
• 18 Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s
• 18 Jørgen Nash, 84, Danish poet, performance artist, brother of Asger Jorn
• 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 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 Dave Hamilton, 33, professional boxer, and his 4 year old son, in car accident
• 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 Jose Limon Dance Company - [16] - [17]
• 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
• 13 Terry Crummitt, 27, actor, "SnackBoy" of The Sync fame [18]
• 12 John LaPorta, 84, jazz clarinetist, composer and educator - [19]
• 12 Syd Hoff, 91, children's book author, cartoonist
• 12 John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist, shot dead
• 11 Per Øyvind Heradstveit, 71, Norwegian television pioneer, foreign correspondent (London) and author
• 11 Mick Doyle, 63, Irish rugby player and coach
• 10 Eric Kierans, 90, Canadian politician
• 10 (death announced) George, ~83, Blue Peter pet tortoise
• 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 [20]
• 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 Celal Bilgin, 41, Turkish businessman
• 6 Kjell Hallbing, 69, also known as Louis Masterson, Norwegian Western author [21]
• 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 Robyn Herrington, 43, Australian/Canadian writer
• 3 Darrell Johnson, 75, former MLB catcher and manager [22]
• 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)
• 1 Lojze Kovacic, Slovenian writer

[edit] June 2004

• 29 Arik Lavie, 77, Israeli singer and actor
• 29 Juan Antonio Lopez, 52, Mexican boxer, fought Wilfredo Gómez, leukemia
• 28 Keith 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
• 27 Kamos Kris, Thai boxing matchmaker who worked closely with the WBA, car accident
• 26 Naomi Shemer, 74, Israeli songwriter
• 26 Yash Johar, 75, Indian Bollywood film producer
• 26 Ott Arder, 56, Estonian poet
• 25 Karol Kennedy Kucher, 72, former United States ice skating champion, pneumonia
• 24 Stanley Gortikov, 85, former head of the RIAA, [23]
• 24 Julian Davies, British civilian worker, murdered in Iraq
• 24 Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, 40, Greek songwriter, author
• 24 Carl Rakosi, 100, American poet
• 22 Thomas Gold, 84, American astrophysicist
• 22 Bob Bemer, 84, American computer scientist, cancer
• 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco, ~50, Mexican journalist, murdered
• 22 Abukar Kostoyev, 55, Ingushetia's acting Interior Minister, slain in attack by Chechen rebels. [24]
• 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
• 19 Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda militant, killed by Saudi forces [26]
• 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. [27]
• 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 George Hausmann, 88, MLB player suspended for jumping to the Mexican League (1946) [28]
• 16 Thanom Kittikachorn, 91, former Thai prime minister
• 16 Jose "Pepe" Lacap, 63, former Philippines Vice-Mayor or Pampanga, lung cancer
• 15 Andy Funnell, 21, British surfer, drowned while jet-skiing
• 15 Ahmet Piristina, 52, Turkish politician, mayor of Izmir, 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 Ralph Wiley, 52, sports journalist
• 13 Danny Dark, 65, announcer
• 12 Bassam Salih Kubba, 60, Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister
• 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 Karl Toosbuy, 76, Danish founder of international shoe company ECCO
• 8 Ronalda Pierce, 19, Florida State University basketball player, aneurysm
• 8 McCollins Umeh, 18, University of Arizona football recruit, heat stroke
• 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 Wilmer Fields, 81, former Negro League Baseball All-Star
• 4 (Body Found) Joshua Bryant, 10, Missing from Florida since May 12, 2001 [29]
• 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 [30]
• 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 Satomi Mitarai, 12, Japanese schoolgirl, murdered by a classmate
• 1 William Manchester, 82, U.S. historian

[edit] July 2004

• 31 Absamat M. Masaliyev, 71, former leader of Kyrgyzstan
• 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
• 30 Andre Noble, 25, Canadian actor
• 30 Ali Abbasi, 42, BBC Scotland travel presenter [31]
• 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, 73, Italian journalist, famous for his books on Asia
• 28 Sam Edwards, 89, American actor, Little House on the Prairie, heart failure [32]
• 28 Francis Crick, 88, British biologist, one of the discoverers of the "double-helix" shape of DNA, cancer [33]
• 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 Musab al-Awadi,