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In the year 2004
711 Notable deaths
Lojze Kovačič
Slovenian writer (1928–2004).
Born November 9th, 1928 in Basel.
Died May 1st, 2004 at 75 years old in Ljubljana.
Volodymyr Kaplychnyi
Ukrainian footballer (1944-2004).
Born February 26th, 1944 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died April 19th, 2004 at 60 years old in Kyiv.
Walter Gómez
Uruguayan footballer (1927–2004).
Born December 17th, 1927 in Montevideo.
Died March 4th, 2004 at 76 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ejler Bille
Danish artist (1910-2004).
Born March 10th, 1910 in Odder.
Died May 1st, 2004 at 94 years old in Copenhagen.
Veronika Cherkasova
Belarusian journalist (1959–2004).
Born January 12th, 1959 in Minsk.
Died October 25th, 2004 at 45 years old in Minsk. [ref]
Lennart Strand
Athletics competitor (1921-2004).
Born June 13th, 1921 in Malmö.
Died January 23rd, 2004 at 82 years old in Malmö.
Nela Martínez
Ecuadorian communist, political militant, activist, and writer.
Born November 24th, 1912 in El Tambo Canton.
Died July 30th, 2004 at 91 years old in Ecuador.
Ugo Ferrante
Italian footballer (1945-2004).
Born July 18th, 1945 in Vercelli.
Died January 29th, 2004 at 58 years old in Vercelli (laryngeal cancer).
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi
Olympic wrestler (1943-2004).
Born February 4th, 1943 in Tehran.
Died March 16th, 2004 at 61 years old in Tehran.
Custódio Pinto
Portuguese footballer (1942-2004).
Born February 9th, 1942 in Montijo.
Died February 21st, 2004 at 62 years old in Gondomar.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin