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In the year 2004
665 Notable deaths
Russ Meyer
American film director and photographer (1922-2004).
Born March 21st, 1922 in Oakland. [ref]
Died September 18th, 2004 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Estée Lauder
American businesswoman.
Born July 1st, 1906 in Corona.
Died April 24th, 2004 at 97 years old in Manhattan (cardiac arrest).
Miki Matsubara
Japanese singer-songwriter (1959-2004).
Born November 28th, 1959 in Kishiwada. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2004 at 44 years old in Sakai (cervix uterine cancer).
Akhmad Kadyrov
Russian politician (1951-2004).
Born August 23rd, 1951 in Karaganda.
Died May 9th, 2004 at 52 years old in Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium (land mine).
Pat Roach
British professional wrestler and actor (1937-2004).
Born May 19th, 1937 in Birmingham.
Died July 17th, 2004 at 67 years old in Bromsgrove (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Marco Pantani
Italian road racing cyclist.
Born January 13th, 1970 in Cesena.
Died February 14th, 2004 at 34 years old in Rimini (drug overdose).
George Patton IV
U.s. army general (1923-2004).
Born December 24th, 1923 in Boston.
Died June 27th, 2004 at 80 years old in South Hamilton (Parkinson's disease).
Nirupa Roy
Indian actress.
Born January 4th, 1931 in Valsad.
Died October 13th, 2004 at 73 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Olga Ladyzhenskaya
Russian mathematician.
Born March 7th, 1922 in Kologriv.
Died January 12th, 2004 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Yang Xinhai
Chinese serial killer.
Born July 29th, 1968 in Zhengyang County.
Died February 14th, 2004 at 35 years old in Luohe (capital punishment in China).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 665
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner