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In the year 2004
798 Notable deaths
Godfrey Hounsfield
English electrical engineer (1919–2004).
Born August 18th, 1919 in Sutton on Trent. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2004 at 84 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Irina Demick
French actress (1936-2004).
Born October 16th, 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
Prime minister of thailand from 1958 and 1963 to 1973.
Born August 11th, 1911 in Mueang Tak.
Died June 16th, 2004 at 92 years old in Bangkok Hospital (myocardial infarction, stroke).
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.
Princess Kira of Prussia
Prussian royal (1943–2004).
Born June 27th, 1943 in Kadyny.
Died January 10th, 2004 at 60 years old in Berlin.
Georgine Darcy
American dancer and actress.
Born January 14th, 1936 in Brooklyn.
Died July 18th, 2004 at 68 years old in Malibu.
André Hazes
Dutch singer (1951–2004).
Born June 30th, 1951 in Amsterdam.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 53 years old in Woerden (heart failure).
Samuel Edward Konkin III
American anarchist (1947–2004).
Born July 8th, 1947 in Edmonton.
Died February 23rd, 2004 at 56 years old in West Los Angeles.
Helmut Griem
German actor and theatre director (1932-2004).
Born April 6th, 1932 in Hamburg.
Died November 19th, 2004 at 72 years old in Munich (disease). [ref]
Piero Piccioni
Italian lawyer and film composer (1921–2004).
Born December 6th, 1921 in Turin.
Died July 23rd, 2004 at 82 years old in Rome.
Laxmi Chhaya
Indian actress (1948-2004).
Born January 7th, 1948 in Maharashtra.
Died May 9th, 2004 at 56 years old in Mumbai.
Thom Gunn
English poet (1929-2004).
Born August 29th, 1929 in Gravesend.
Died April 25th, 2004 at 74 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Robert Merrill
American opera singer (1917-2004).
Born June 4th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died October 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
Nigel Nicolson
British politician and writer (1917–2004).
Born January 19th, 1917 in London.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Cotton Fitzsimmons
American basketball coach (1931–2004).
Born October 7th, 1931 in Hannibal.
Died July 24th, 2004 at 72 years old in Phoenix (lung cancer).
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter (1916–2004).
Born November 10th, 1916 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 22nd, 2004 at 87 years old in San Juan Capistrano (myocardial infarction).
Jesús Gil
Spanish politician (1933-2004).
Born March 12th, 1933 in El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma.
Died May 14th, 2004 at 71 years old in Madrid (stroke).
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Indian dancer (1926–2004).
Born August 1st, 1926 in Raghurajpur.
Died April 7th, 2004 at 77 years old in Bhubaneswar. [ref]
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
French singer (1956-2004).
Born December 16th, 1956 in Paris.
Died April 20th, 2004 at 47 years old in Saint-Florent (cancer).
Cem Karaca
Turkish singer-songwriter (1945–2004).
Born April 5th, 1945 in Bakırköy. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2004 at 58 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Andrea Absolonová
Czech pornographic actress and model (1976–2004).
Born December 26th, 1976 in Prague.
Died December 9th, 2004 at 27 years old in Prague (brain cancer). [ref]
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