Information about Deaths In 2004
See also: Deaths in 2005.
The following is a list of figures who died in 2004.
The following is a list of figures who died in 2004.
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 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/29/obit.bucher.ap/index.html
- 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 http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&storyID=445148§ion=news
- 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 performer 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)
- 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
- 3 Lillian Beckwith, 87, English author
- 2 Dame Sheila McKechnie, 55, Head of Shelter, cancer http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2736313.stm
- 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
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, 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 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 (http://www.turbojugend.net/pg/detail.php?k_id=1&a_id=1477); ()
- 1 Ally McLeod, 72, Scottish football player and manager
- 1 Bob Stokoe, 73, footballer, F.A. Cup winning manager
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 Chosuke Ikariya, 72, Japanese comedian, actor and leader of comedic group The Drifters
- 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 Dennis R. ("Dick") Covington, 77, American radio broadcaster, KYW (AM), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 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
- 1 Massimo De Bernart, 54, Italian conductor
April 2004
- 30 Kioumars Saberi Foumani, 62, also known as Gol-Agha, Iranian satirist
- 30 Lou Chapman, 90, long time Milwaukee Sentinel baseball writer http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/03/obituary1703EDT0339.DTL
- 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 http://www.LifeInLegacy.com/2004/WIR20040424.html#P20
- 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 Orazio Fumagalli, 83, Italian sculptor - AP Obituary http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/26/obituary1358EDT0073.DTL
- 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 http://noticias.correioweb.com.br/ultima.htm?ultima=58764
- 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
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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3760343.stm
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3756043.stm
- 27 Jim Marshall, 63, British Labour MPhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3754905.stm
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3747629.stm
- 21 Michael Swindells, 44, police detective, murdered in the course of his duties http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3747141.stm
- 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 http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=43629
- 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 Caitlin Guerra, 7, Angel
- 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 - http://www.wnbc.com/entertainment/3343588/detail.html - http://www.uprod.music.umich.edu/past/00-01/uprod-passion.html
- 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 http://www.thesync.com
- 12 John LaPorta, 84, jazz clarinetist, composer and educator - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/15/arts/music/15LAPO.html?ex=1085284800&en=4052e6fd93038ba6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3699055.stm
- 9 Akhmad Kadyrov, 52, President of Chechnya
- 8 (body found) Nick Berg, 26, American civilian killed in Iraq
- 7 Victor Hugo Cohen,56 Automobile industry}Father of Fabian CohenDied of Septic Shock]
- 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 http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article789359.ece
- 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 http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2004/0504/1795356.html
- 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
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, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/obituaries/01gortikovobit.html
- 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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3829361.stm
- 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, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3828231.stm
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3821153.stm
- 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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3817681.stm
- 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) http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/h/hausmann_george.html
- 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 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 Ralph Wiley, 52, sports journalist
- 13 Danny Dark, 65, announcer
- 12 Bassam Salih Kubba, 60, Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister
- 12 Caitlin Sweeney, 17, Hoover High School student, Ewing's Sarcoma
- 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 http://www.find-missing-children.org/Posters/poster92.htm
- 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 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/04/obituary0759EDT0483.DTL
- 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
- 2 Hélène de Beir, 29, Belgian national, Project Coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), murdered in the Badghis province of Afghanistan in ambush set by corrupt police chief Yakub Khan
- 2 Pim Kwint, Dutch national, Logistician for MSF, murdered as above.
- 2 Egil Tynaes, 62, Norwegian national, Medical Doctor for MSF, murdered as above.
- 2 Fasil Ahmad, 39, Afghan national, Translator, murdered as above.
- 2 Besmillah, Afghan national, Driver, murdered as above.
- 1 Satomi Mitarai, 12, Japanese schoolgirl, murdered by a classmate
- 1 William Manchester, 82, U.S. historian
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
- 31 LÃber Seregni, 87, Uruguayan general and politician, founder of the Frente Amplio, pancreatic cancer.
- 30 Andre Noble, 25, Canadian actor
- 30 Ali Abbasi, 42, BBC Scotland travel presenter http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3940853.stm
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3527124.stm
- 28 Francis Crick, 88, British biologist, one of the discoverers of the "double-helix" shape of DNA, cancer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=2&u=/ap/20040729/ap_on_sc/obit_crick
- 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, Iraqi politician, assassinated http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3926395.stm
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3926179.stm
- 24 Fred LaRue, 75, part of Watergate scandal
- 24 Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons, 72, NBA basketball coach
- 23 Wilton Mkwayi, 81, South African political activist during Apartheid, cancer
- 23 Joe Cahill, 84, Irish politician http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3922517.stm
- 23 Mehmood, 72, Indian actor
- 23 Janet Chisholm, 75, former British MI6 agent
- 23 Bodo H. Hauser, 58, German journalist, director of Phoenix TV network
- 23 Carlos Paredes, 79, Portuguese guitar player
- 23 Serge Reggiani, 82, French singer and actor
- 22 Nicolas Rodil del Valle, 88, Honorary President of the FIM
- 22 Illinois Jacquet, 81, U.S. jazz saxophonist
- 22 Sacha Distel, 71, French singer
- 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
- July 21 Baroness Shirley Kaufman Zlatarinskas Golden 83, First female to join the U.S. coast Guard in Ill 1941. Married 8th Baron of Pa Vitchio Ezuros, Lithuania.
- 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 Emile Peynaud, 92, French wine expert
- 18 John Kraus, 94, inventor of the "Big Ear" telescope
- 17 Sir Julian Hodge, 99, British entrepreneur, founder of the Carlyle Trust bank http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/3907323.stm
- 17 Pat Roach, 67, wrestler and actor; cancer (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3903779.stm)
- 17 Susan Cullen-Ward, 63, wife of the pretender to Albania's throne, Leka Zogu; cancer
- 16 George Busbee, 76, former governor of the State of Georgia
- 16 Bella Lewitzky, 88, modern dance pioneer and choreographer
- 16 Charles C. Welch, 83, American actor
- 15 Charles Sweeney, 84, pilot of Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki atomic bomb. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/07/17/546958-ap.html
- 15 Yoko Watanabe, 51, Japanese operatic soprano. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/24/obituaries/24watanabe.html
- 15 Mary Eleanor Thurmond Tompkins, 95, last surviving sibling of Senator Strom Thurmond
- 14 Usama Kashmula, ~60, Iraqi governor of Mosul, killed in a grenade attack. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3894653.stm
- 14 Hans A. Pestalozzi, 75, Swiss social critic
- 14 Rhys Thomas, 100, oldest-surviving member of the Llanelli Scarlets
- 13 Joe Gold, 82, bodybuilding pioneer and Gold's Gym founder
- 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
- 12 Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth, 78, American film director "The Blob"
- 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 Renée St-Cyr, 99, French actress and comedienne
- 11 Dorothy Hart, 82, American actress
- 10 Sir Terry McLean, New Zealand rugby union journalist http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_37210.shtml
- 10 Rudy LaRusso, 66, five-time NBA All-Star
- 10 Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, 74, former Prime Minister of Portugal http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10105801%255E1702,00.html
- 10 Inge Meysel, 94, German actress http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3884681.stm
- 9 Jeillo Edwards, ~62, Sierra Leonean actress, first black actor to appear on "The Bill" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3880165.stm
- 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
- 9 Gilberto Reyes Santos, 36, infamous Puerto Rican mafioso, murdered
- 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 Henrique Mendes, 73, Portuguese TV personality. He presented Ponto de Encontro
- 8 Jean Lefebvre, 84, French actor
- 7 Yang Xiaokai, 55, Australian economist
- 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 Jimmy Mack, 70, Scots radio personality http://www.clyde2.com/Article.asp?id=30258
- 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
- 2 Henry Hank, 69, top ranked Light-Heavyweight boxer of the 1960s
- 1 Enrique Mederos, Latin American voice actor
- 1 Peter Barnes, 73, British screenwriter and playwright, stroke
- 1 Marlon Brando, 80, American actor
- 1 Sir Richard May, 65, former presiding judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/obituaries/01larry.html
- 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) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3604774.stm
- 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 Friedrich Brünner, German politician
- 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 Robert Denoon Cumming, 87, professor emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University and author
- 25 Marcelo Cardinal 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 http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040825/APN/408250821
- 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 78, Swiss-born psychiatrist
- 24 Timothy B. Harbert, 53, chairman and chief executive of State Street Global Advisors, heart attack http://www.statestreetglobaladvisors.com/about_ssga/press/pres/statementfromstatestreet20040825/page.html
- 24 Eleni Ioannou, 20, Greek judoka
- 24 Bill Pilkington, 87, British actor
- 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
- 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 http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2004/Aug/EEN412b92f0924bd.html
- 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
- 21 Paul G. Garrity, 66, Judge who helped save Boston Harbor
- 21 José Luis Barry, 80, Titi Chagua show's pianist, singer and El Vocero columnist
- 20 MarÃa 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 VÃctor Cervera Pacheco, 68, Mexican politician, former Governor of Yucatán
- 18 Charlie Waller, 69, American bluegrass musician, founder of the band Country Gentlemen
- 18 Allan Laur, Estonian bishop
- 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
- 17 Frank Cotroni, 72, Montreal mob boss
- 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" USA-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 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3694953
- 13 Milton Pollack, 97, U.S. federal judge who ruled on court cases involving Wall Street
- 13 Peipei, 33, worlds oldest Panda
- 12 Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield, 84, Nobel Prize in Medicine, coinventor of the CAT scan
- 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 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/arts/12mottola.html
- 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
- 4 Joseph Papaleo, Italian-American novelist and professor
- 4 Michele Russo, 95, American painter and artist
- 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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3527500.stm
- 3 Henri Cartier-Bresson, 95, French photographer http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3536724.stm
- 1 Philip Hauge Abelson, 91, physicist, co-discoverer of Neptunium
- 1 Sidney Morgenbesser, 82, philosopher
- 1 Patrick Okpomo, 60, former Secretary General of the Nigerian Football Association
September 2004
- 30 Eugenio Pio Seghesio, 85, pioneering California vintner, (Seghesio Wineries)
- 30 Jacques Levy, 69, director of original production of Oh! Calcutta!
- 30 Jan Wind, 47, police officer from Enschede, shot dead while chasing a suspected drug dealer (it is a rare occurrence in the Netherlands that police officers are killed on duty)
- 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 Hans Bakker, 26, free software hacker, died in car crash near Paris
- 30 Gamini Fonseka, 68, Sri Lankan actor and politician
- 29 Richard L. Berger, 64, helped create Touchstone Pictures label as part of Walt Disney Pictures, lung cancer
- 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 Christl Cranz-Borchers, 90, German alpine skier, Olympic champion and twelvefold World champion
- 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
- 28 Edmund Ralph Haggar Sr., 88, brought Haggar brand to national prominence
- 27 Tsai Wan-lin, 81, Taiwan's wealthiest businessman and founder of the Lin Yuan Group
- 27 Pieter Jan Leeuwerink, 41, Dutch volleyball player with 187 caps
- 26 Tim Pauwels, 22, Belgian cyclo-crosser, aortic aneurysm during race
- 26 Amjad Hussain Farooqi, 32, Pakistani terrorist, supposed member of Al-Qaida
- 26 Dean Kutz, 48, jockey
- 26 Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, Hamas leader assassinated by car bomb
- 25 Dr. Katherine E. Keough, 61, president of St. John Fisher College
- 25 Alain Glavieux, 55, mathematician, Information technology pioneer
- 25 Marvin Davis, 79, philanthropist; ex-owner of Twentieth Century Fox and Pebble Beach
- 25 Ivan Caceres, 21, football player, haemoptysis
- 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 André Hazes, 53, Dutch singer
- 23 Billy Reay, 86, former NHL player and coach for the Chicago Blackhawks
- 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
- 22 Dirk van der Horst, 57, guitarist with popular Dutch band BZN
- 21 Samantha Chevalier, 14, student at Goff Middle School, died of drug overdose
- 21 Jack Hensley, 48, American civilian contractor, beheaded by Muslim terrorists in Iraq. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3678124.stm
- 21 Nordin ben Salah, 32, boxer, murdered
- 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
- 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
- 19 Imelda Higuera, 65?, Mexican singer, Las Jilguerillas duo, respiratory failure
- 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
- 16 Sergio Sanchez, Mexican actor
- 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 Giovanni Biacci, 93, Italian musician
- 14 Sir William Melville Peek, 84, 5th Baronet of Lodiswell
- 14 Ove Sprogøe, 84, Danish actor
- 14 Reynaldo G. Garza, 89, first Hispanic American appointed as Federal Appeals Court judgehttp://www.fjc.gov/newweb/jnetweb.nsf/hisj/
- 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, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, helicopter crash
- 10 Anthony Luigi Mancini, 71, British boxing manager and cutman
- 10 Brock Adams, 77, U.S. politician
- 10 Glyn Owen, 76, British actor
- 10 O.L. Duke, 51, actor, automobile crash
- 10 Joan Doreen Pickles, 80, early recipient of an artificail heart valve and wife of noted inventor Harry Pickles, artificial valve failure
- 9 Joan Snyder, 69, writer and producer for CBS News
- 9 Ernie Ball, 74, guitar equipment maker
- 9 Ralph G. Allen, 70, wrote the book for Broadway show Sugar Babies
- 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
- 8 James Westphal, California Institute of Technology scientist
- 8 MatÃas Prats Cañete, Spanish journalist
- 7 Hervey Feldman, 67, founder of the Embassy Suites hotel chain
- 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, Mississippi's first Republican Governor since 1874, leukemia
- 7 Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé, 89, Afrikaner-South African priest, theologian and anti-apartheid activist
- 7 Jonathan Scharer, 56, Producer, Forbidden Broadway
- 6 Miriam Pires, 77, Brazilian actress, star of many popular telenovelas
- 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 John "Red" Cochran, 82, former NFL player, scout and assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers
- 5 Alessio Perilli, 20, Italian motoracer, killed during a race
- 5 Caroline Pratt, 42, British eventer, killed during a race
- 5 Jesus Viera, 73, better known as "Cucho Viera", Puerto Rican television actor and comedian
- 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
- 3 Jessie V. Stone, 100, Philanthropist and widow of W. Clement Stone
- 3 Bram Vermeulen, 57, singer, songwriter and cabaret artist, heart attack
- 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