In the year 2004
728 Notable deaths
Joan Aiken
English writer (1924–2004).
Born September 4th, 1924 in Rye. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2004 at 79 years old in The Hermitage. [ref]
Vilayat Khan
Indian musician.
Born August 28th, 1928 in Gauripur.
Died March 13th, 2004 at 75 years old in Mumbai (lung cancer). [ref]
John Maynard Smith
British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004).
Born February 6th, 1920 in London.
Died April 19th, 2004 at 84 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. [ref]
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.
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. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2004 at 74 years old in Konjšica. [ref]
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. [ref]
Died November 18th, 2004 at 75 years old in New York City (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Philip Arthur Fisher
American businessman.
Born September 8th, 1907 in San Francisco.
Died April 11th, 2004 at 96 years old
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.
Godfrey Hounsfield
English electrical engineer.
Born August 18th, 1919 in Newark-on-Trent, Sutton on Trent. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2004 at 84 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Irina Demick
French actress (1936-2004).
Born October 19th, 1936 in Pommeuse.
Died October 8th, 2004 at 67 years old in Indianapolis.
Karen Dior
Transgender adult film performer, director, singer (1967–2004).
Born February 14th, 1967 in Missouri.
Died August 25th, 2004 at 37 years old in Los Angeles (viral hepatitis).
Coxsone Dodd
Jamaican record producer (1932–2004).
Born January 26th, 1932 in Kingston.
Died May 5th, 2004 at 72 years old in Kingston (myocardial infarction).
Otto Kumm
German waffen-ss general.
Born November 1st, 1909 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2004 at 94 years old in Offenburg.
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thai politician (1911-2004).
Born August 11th, 1911 in Tak.
Died June 16th, 2004 at 92 years old in Bangkok (stroke, myocardial infarction).
Paul Nitze
American government official (1907–2004).
Born January 16th, 1907 in Amherst.
Died October 19th, 2004 at 97 years old in Georgetown (pneumonia). [ref]
Ruslan Gelayev
Chechen field commander (1964-2004).
Born April 16th, 1964 in Goy-Chu.
Died February 28th, 2004 at 39 years old in Dagestan.
Georgine Darcy
American dancer and actress.
Born January 14th, 1931 in Brooklyn.
Died July 18th, 2004 at 73 years old in Malibu.
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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen