In the year 2004
728 Notable deaths
Naomi Shemer
Israeli poet and songwriter.
Born July 13th, 1930 in Kvutzat Kinneret. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2004 at 73 years old in Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (cancer). [ref]
Dorothy Hart
American actress (1922-2004).
Born April 4th, 1922 in Cleveland.
Died July 11th, 2004 at 82 years old in Asheville (Alzheimer's disease).
Hugh Shearer
Prime minister of jamaica (1923-2004).
Born May 18th, 1923 in Trelawny Parish.
Died July 5th, 2004 at 81 years old in Kingston.
M. M. Kaye
British writer.
Born August 21st, 1908 in Shimla.
Died January 30th, 2004 at 95 years old in Lavenham. [ref]
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Portuguese poet and writer (1919-2004).
Born November 6th, 1919 in Porto.
Died July 2nd, 2004 at 84 years old in Lisbon.
Alphonso Ford
American basketball player (1971-2004).
Born October 31st, 1971 in Greenwood.
Died September 4th, 2004 at 32 years old in Memphis (leukemia).
Dick Heckstall-Smith
English jazz and blues saxophonist (1934-2004).
Born September 26th, 1934 in Ludlow. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2004 at 70 years old in London. [ref]
Raymond Goethals
Belgian football player and manager (1921-2004).
Born October 7th, 1921 in Brussels metropolitan area, Forest - Vorst.
Died December 6th, 2004 at 83 years old in City of Brussels (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Norberto Bobbio
Italian legal scholar (1909–2004).
Born October 18th, 1909 in Turin.
Died January 9th, 2004 at 94 years old in Turin.
Archer Blood
American diplomat (1923–2004).
Born March 20th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died September 3rd, 2004 at 81 years old in Fort Collins.
Laura Betti
Italian actress (1927-2004).
Born May 1st, 1934 in Bologna. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2004 at 70 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Maria Perschy
Austrian actress (1938-2004).
Born September 23rd, 1938 in Eisenstadt.
Died December 3rd, 2004 at 66 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Dom Moraes
Indian english-language writer and poet.
Born July 19th, 1938 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 2004 at 65 years old in Bandra (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ally MacLeod
Scottish footballer and manager (1931-2004).
Born February 26th, 1931 in Glasgow.
Died February 1st, 2004 at 72 years old in Glasgow (Alzheimer's disease).
Daniel Petrie
Canadian film director (1920-2004).
Born November 26th, 1920 in Glace Bay.
Died August 22nd, 2004 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Thomas Hinman Moorer
Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff (1912-2004).
Born February 9th, 1912 in Alabama.
Died February 5th, 2004 at 91 years old in Bethesda.
Melba Phillips
American physicist and science educator (1907–2004).
Born February 1st, 1907 in Hazleton. [ref]
Died November 8th, 2004 at 97 years old in Petersburg. [ref]
Alicia Markova
British ballerina, choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet (1910-2004).
Born December 1st, 1910 in London.
Died December 2nd, 2004 at 94 years old in Bath (stroke). [ref]
James Stillman Rockefeller
Member of the rockefeller family and american rower (1902-2004).
Born June 8th, 1902 in Manhattan.
Died August 10th, 2004 at 102 years old in Greenwich (stroke).
Abdul Reza Pahlavi
Iranian imperial (1924–2004).
Born October 1st, 1924 in Tehran.
Died May 11th, 2004 at 79 years old in Florida.
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician (1934–2004).
Born July 23rd, 1934 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2004 at 69 years old in Boston (cancer).
Jacques Benveniste
French immunologist and physician (1935–2004).
Born March 12th, 1935 in Paris.
Died October 3rd, 2004 at 69 years old in Paris.
John Pople
Nobel prize winning british chemist (1925-2004).
Born October 31st, 1925 in Burnham-on-Sea.
Died March 15th, 2004 at 78 years old in Chicago (liver cancer).
Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Japanese manga artist (1934-2004).
Born June 18th, 1934 in Kōbe. [ref]
Died April 15th, 2004 at 69 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Serge Reggiani
French singer and actor (1922-2004).
Born May 2nd, 1922 in Reggio Emilia. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 2004 at 82 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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Death? Be as proud as you want: bore me later, because Love is sovereign here. Life never ends. Joy comes in the morning. Glory hallelujah. And let it be so. Anne Lamott