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In the year 2004
711 Notable deaths
Albéric Schotte
Belgian cyclist (1919-2004).
Born September 7th, 1919 in Kanegem.
Died April 4th, 2004 at 84 years old in Kortrijk.
Sulamith Messerer
Russian ballerina and choreographer.
Born August 27th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died June 3rd, 2004 at 95 years old in London.
Hans Vonk
Dutch conductor (1942-2004).
Born June 18th, 1942 in Amsterdam.
Died August 29th, 2004 at 62 years old in Amsterdam (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Madeleine Robinson
Actress (1917-2004).
Born November 5th, 1917 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 1st, 2004 at 86 years old in Lausanne.
Helena Růžičková
Czech actress and comedian (1936-2004).
Born June 13th, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2004 at 67 years old in Plzeň (stomach cancer). [ref]
Gennadi Strekalov
Soviet and russian cosmonaut and ashoka chakra recipient (1940–2004).
Born October 26th, 1940 in Mytishchi. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2004 at 64 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Miriam Lichtheim
Israeli egyptologist (1914-2004).
Born May 3rd, 1914 in Istanbul.
Died March 27th, 2004 at 89 years old in Jerusalem.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Swedish jewelry designer (1927–2004).
Born December 4th, 1927 in Malmö.
Died July 3rd, 2004 at 76 years old in Copenhagen (leukemia).
Dido Sotiriou
Greek novelist, journalist, and playwright (1909–2004).
Born February 18th, 1909 in Aydın.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 95 years old in Athens (pneumonia).
Eric Sturgess
South african tennis player.
Born May 10th, 1920 in Johannesburg.
Died January 14th, 2004 at 83 years old in Johannesburg.
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