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In the year 2004
667 Notable deaths
Leonid Telyatnikov
Ukrainian firefighter.
Born January 25th, 1951.
Died December 2nd, 2004 at 53 years old in Kyiv (cancer).
Maurice Wilkins
New zealand-born english physicist and biologist.
Born December 15th, 1916 in Pongaroa.
Died October 5th, 2004 at 87 years old in Blackheath. [ref]
Angus Ogilvy
British businessman (1928-2004).
Born September 14th, 1928 in London.
Died December 26th, 2004 at 76 years old in London (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Janet Frame
New zealand author.
Born August 28th, 1924 in Dunedin. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2004 at 79 years old in Dunedin (leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia). [ref]
Laurance Rockefeller
American businessman, conservationist, financier, philanthropist (1910-2004).
Born May 26th, 1910 in New York City.
Died July 11th, 2004 at 94 years old in New York City (respiratory failure).
Joe Viterelli
American actor (1937-2004).
Born March 10th, 1937 in The Bronx.
Died January 29th, 2004 at 66 years old in Las Vegas.
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer (1927–2004).
Born September 9th, 1927 in Pontiac.
Died May 18th, 2004 at 76 years old in Englewood (myocardial infarction).
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-american poet and nobel laureate (1911–2004).
Born November 30th, 1911 in Šeteniai, Šiauliai.
Died August 14th, 2004 at 92 years old in Kraków.
Richard Ney
American actor (1916-2004).
Born November 12th, 1916 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 2004 at 87 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
Bill Nicholson
English footballer and manager (1919-2004).
Born January 26th, 1919 in Scarborough.
Died October 23rd, 2004 at 85 years old in Hertfordshire. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 667
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel