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In the year 2004
641 Notable deaths
Red Adair
Firefighter.
Born June 18th, 1915 in Houston.
Died August 31st, 2004 at 89 years old in Houston.
Frances Dee
American actress (1909-2004).
Born November 26th, 1909 in Los Angeles.
Died March 6th, 2004 at 94 years old in Norwalk (stroke). [ref]
Archibald Cox
American prosecutor.
Born May 12th, 1912 in Plainfield.
Died May 29th, 2004 at 92 years old in Brooksville.
Iris Chang
American historian (1968–2004).
Born March 28th, 1968 in Princeton. [ref]
Died November 11th, 2004 at 36 years old in Los Gatos (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Sławomir Rawicz
Polish -british author, supposed escaped gulag prisoner.
Born September 1st, 1915 in Pinsk.
Died April 5th, 2004 at 88 years old in Nottingham. [ref]
Nissim Ezekiel
Indian poet.
Born December 14th, 1924 in Mumbai.
Died January 9th, 2004 at 79 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Alistair Cooke
British journalist and broadcaster.
Born November 20th, 1908 in Salford. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2004 at 95 years old in New York City (lung cancer, bone cancer). [ref]
Jan Sterling
American actress (1921-2004).
Born April 3rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died March 26th, 2004 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke, diabetes). [ref]
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete, winner of four gold medals at the 1948 london olympics.
Born April 26th, 1918 in Baarn.
Died January 25th, 2004 at 85 years old in Hoofddorp.
Miklós Fehér
Hungarian footballer (1979-2004).
Born July 20th, 1979 in Tatabánya.
Died January 25th, 2004 at 24 years old in Guimarães (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 641
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut