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In the year 2004
710 Notable deaths
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]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 710
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld