In the year 2004
710 Notable deaths
Helmut Griem
German actor and theatre director (1932-2004).
Born April 6th, 1932 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 19th, 2004 at 72 years old in Munich (disease). [ref]
Piero Piccioni
Italian lawyer and film composer (1921–2004).
Born December 6th, 1921 in Turin.
Died July 23rd, 2004 at 82 years old in Rome.
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).
Deaths 201 to 210 of 710
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn