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In the year 2004
687 Notable deaths
Heinz Günther Guderian
German general.
Born August 23rd, 1914 in Goslar.
Died September 25th, 2004 at 90 years old in Bonn.
Ronnie Simpson
Scottish footballer and manager (1930–2004).
Born October 11th, 1930 in Glasgow.
Died April 19th, 2004 at 73 years old in Glasgow (myocardial infarction).
Brock Adams
American lawyer, politician (1927-2004).
Born January 13th, 1927 in Atlanta.
Died September 10th, 2004 at 77 years old in Stevensville (Parkinson's disease).
Raphael Eitan
Israeli military and politician (1929-2004).
Born January 11th, 1929 in Tel Adashim. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2004 at 75 years old in Port of Ashdod (drowning).
Naomi Shemer
Israeli poet and songwriter.
Born July 13th, 1930 in Kvutzat Kinneret. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2004 at 73 years old in Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (cancer). [ref]
Dorothy Hart
American actress (1922-2004).
Born April 4th, 1922 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2004 at 82 years old in Asheville (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Hugh Shearer
Prime minister of jamaica (1923-2004).
Born May 18th, 1923 in Trelawny Parish.
Died July 5th, 2004 at 81 years old in Kingston.
M. M. Kaye
British writer.
Born August 21st, 1908 in Shimla.
Died January 30th, 2004 at 95 years old in Lavenham. [ref]
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Portuguese poet and writer (1919-2004).
Born November 6th, 1919 in Porto.
Died July 2nd, 2004 at 84 years old in Lisbon.
Alphonso Ford
American basketball player (1971-2004).
Born October 31st, 1971 in Greenwood.
Died September 4th, 2004 at 32 years old in Memphis (leukemia).
Deaths 241 to 250 of 687
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot