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In the year 2004
687 Notable deaths
Irina Press
Soviet athlete (1939-2004).
Born March 10th, 1939 in Kharkiv.
Died February 22nd, 2004 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Pierre Koenig
American architect (1925–2004).
Born October 17th, 1925 in San Francisco.
Died April 4th, 2004 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Franz König
Austrian catholic cardinal.
Born August 3rd, 1905 in St. Pölten, Rabenstein an der Pielach. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2004 at 98 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Carlos Lacoste
Argentine politician and admiral (1929-2004).
Born February 2nd, 1929 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 24th, 2004 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires.
Beyers Naudé
South african anti-apartheid activist (1915-2004).
Born May 10th, 1915 in Roodepoort.
Died September 7th, 2004 at 89 years old in Johannesburg.
Sakıp Sabancı
Turkish businessman (1933-2004).
Born April 7th, 1933 in Kayseri. [ref]
Died April 10th, 2004 at 71 years old in Istanbul (kidney cancer).
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Opera singer (1929-2004).
Born September 13th, 1929 in Velingrad.
Died June 2nd, 2004 at 74 years old in Modena.
John Vane
English pharmacologist (1927-2004).
Born March 29th, 1927 in Tardebigge, Wythall.
Died November 19th, 2004 at 77 years old in Princess Royal University Hospital. [ref]
Claude Nougaro
French singer and poet (1929-2004).
Born September 9th, 1929 in Toulouse.
Died March 4th, 2004 at 74 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer).
Ludmilla Tchérina
French artist (1924-2004).
Born October 10th, 1924 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 21st, 2004 at 79 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 687
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot