In the year 2004
687 Notable deaths
Thom Gunn
English poet (1929-2004).
Born August 29th, 1929 in Gravesend. [ref]
Died April 25th, 2004 at 74 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Robert Merrill
Opera singer.
Born June 4th, 1917 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
Nigel Nicolson
British politician and writer (1917–2004).
Born January 19th, 1917 in London.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Cotton Fitzsimmons
American basketball coach (1931–2004).
Born October 7th, 1931 in Hannibal.
Died July 24th, 2004 at 72 years old in Phoenix (lung cancer).
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter (1916–2004).
Born November 10th, 1916 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 22nd, 2004 at 87 years old in San Juan Capistrano (myocardial infarction).
Jesús Gil
Spanish politician (1933-2004).
Born March 12th, 1933 in El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma.
Died May 14th, 2004 at 71 years old in Madrid (stroke).
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Indian dancer (1926–2004).
Born January 8th, 1926 in Raghurajpur.
Died April 7th, 2004 at 78 years old in Bhubaneswar. [ref]
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
French singer (1956-2004).
Born December 16th, 1956 in Paris.
Died April 20th, 2004 at 47 years old in Saint-Florent (cancer).
Cem Karaca
Turkish rock singer, recording artist, songwriter (1945–2004).
Born April 5th, 1945 in Bakırköy. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2004 at 58 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Andrea Absolonová
Czech pornographic actress and model (1976–2004).
Born December 26th, 1976 in Prague.
Died December 9th, 2004 at 27 years old in Prague (brain cancer). [ref]
Deaths 201 to 210 of 687
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo