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In the year 2004
687 Notable deaths
Chiang Fang-liang
Wife of chiang ching-kuo (1916-2004).
Born May 15th, 1916 in Yekaterinburg.
Died December 15th, 2004 at 88 years old in Taipei Veterans General Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Manchester
American author, journalist and historian.
Born April 1st, 1922 in Attleboro. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2004 at 82 years old in Middletown. [ref]
Joan Aiken
English writer (1924–2004).
Born September 4th, 1924 in Rye. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2004 at 79 years old in The Hermitage. [ref]
Vilayat Khan
Indian musician.
Born August 28th, 1928 in Gauripur.
Died March 13th, 2004 at 75 years old in Mumbai (lung cancer). [ref]
John Maynard Smith
British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004).
Born January 6th, 1920 in London.
Died April 19th, 2004 at 84 years old in Lewes (lung cancer).
Philippe de Broca
French movie director.
Born March 15th, 1933 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 26th, 2004 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Pierre Berton
Canadian author and journalist (1920–2004).
Born July 12th, 1920 in Whitehorse. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2004 at 84 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Daniel J. Boorstin
American historian (1914–2004).
Born October 1st, 1914 in Atlanta.
Died February 28th, 2004 at 89 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Ryszard Kukliński
Polish brigadier general, and spy for nato during cold war times.
Born June 13th, 1930 in Warsaw.
Died February 11th, 2004 at 73 years old in Tampa (stroke).
Everett Rogers
American academic.
Born March 6th, 1931 in Carroll.
Died October 21st, 2004 at 73 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 687
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine