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In the year 2004
798 Notable deaths
Veena
Indian film actress (1926–2004).
Born July 4th, 1926 in Quetta.
Died November 14th, 2004 at 78 years old in Mumbai.
Hussein al-Houthi
Yemeni zaidi religious leader (1959–2004).
Born August 20th, 1959 in Ar Ruways. [ref]
Died September 10th, 2004 at 45 years old in Saada Governorate. [ref]
George Buck Flower
American actor and director.
Born October 28th, 1937 in Milton-Freewater.
Died June 18th, 2004 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Doris Troy
American actress and singer (1937-2004).
Born January 6th, 1937 in The Bronx.
Died February 16th, 2004 at 67 years old in Las Vegas (pulmonary emphysema).
Frank Thomas
American animator (1912-2004).
Born May 12th, 1912 in Santa Monica.
Died September 8th, 2004 at 92 years old in La Cañada Flintridge (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Chiang Fang-liang
Former first lady of taiwan (1916-2004).
Died December 15th, 2004 at 88 years old in Taipei Veterans General Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Manchester
American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004).
Born April 1st, 1922 in Attleboro. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2004 at 82 years old in Middletown.
Joan Aiken
English writer (1924–2004).
Born September 4th, 1924 in Rye.
Died January 4th, 2004 at 79 years old in The Hermitage.
Vilayat Khan
Indian musician (1928–2004).
Born August 28th, 1928 in Gauripur.
Died March 13th, 2004 at 75 years old in Mumbai (lung cancer).
Gaetano Badalamenti
Italian criminal (1923–2004).
Born September 14th, 1923 in Aragona.
Died April 29th, 2004 at 80 years old in Middlesex County (myocardial infarction).
John Maynard Smith
British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004).
Born June 6th, 1920 in London.
Died April 19th, 2004 at 83 years old in Lewes (lung cancer).
Philippe de Broca
French film director (1933–2004).
Born March 15th, 1933 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 26th, 2004 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Pierre Berton
Canadian author and journalist (1920–2004).
Born July 12th, 1920 in Whitehorse.
Died November 30th, 2004 at 84 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Daniel J. Boorstin
American historian (1914–2004).
Born October 1st, 1914 in Atlanta.
Died February 28th, 2004 at 89 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Ryszard Kukliński
Polish brigadier general, and spy for nato during cold war times (1930–2004).
Born June 13th, 1930 in Warsaw.
Died February 11th, 2004 at 73 years old in Tampa (stroke).
Everett Rogers
American academic.
Born March 6th, 1931 in Carroll.
Died October 21st, 2004 at 73 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]
Carlos Kleiber
German-born austrian conductor.
Born July 3rd, 1930 in Berlin.
Died July 13th, 2004 at 74 years old in Konjšica.
András Toma
Hungarian soldier (1925-2004).
Born December 5th, 1925 in Újfehértó.
Died March 30th, 2004 at 78 years old in Nyíregyháza.
Christer Pettersson
Swedish criminal (1947–2004).
Born April 23rd, 1947 in Solna Municipality.
Died September 29th, 2004 at 57 years old in Karolinska University Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage).
Lucia Berlin
American writer.
Born November 12th, 1936 in Juneau.
Died November 12th, 2004 at 68 years old in Marina del Rey.
Cy Coleman
American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (1929-2004).
Born June 14th, 1929 in New York City.
Died November 18th, 2004 at 75 years old in New York City (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Philip Arthur Fisher
American businessman (1907–2004).
Born September 8th, 1907 in San Francisco.
Died April 11th, 2004 at 96 years old [ref]
George Busbee
American politician (1927-2004).
Born August 7th, 1927 in Vienna.
Died July 16th, 2004 at 76 years old in Savannah (myocardial infarction).
Catherine Craig
American actress (1915-2004).
Born January 18th, 1915 in Bloomington.
Died January 14th, 2004 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Indian-american sikh yogi (1929-2004).
Born August 26th, 1929 in Gujranwala.
Died October 6th, 2004 at 75 years old in Española. [ref]
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