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The following is a list of figures who have died in [[2004]].
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==[[September 2004]]==
*[[September 15|15]] [[Johnny Ramone]], 55, guitarist and founding member of the [[Ramones]]
*[[September 14|14]] [[Giovanni Biacci]], 93, [[Italy|Italian]] musician
*[[September 14|14]] [[Ove Sprogøe]], 84, [[Denmark|Danish]] actor
*[[September 14|14]] [[Reynaldo G. Garza]], 89, first [[Hispanic American]] appointed as [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|Federal Appeals Court]] judge[http://www.fjc.gov/newweb/jnetweb.nsf/hisj/]
*[[September 13|13]] [[Glenn Presnell]], 99, early [[NFL]] player with the [[Detroit Lions]]
*[[September 12|12]] [[Max Abramovitz]], 96, architect
*[[September 12|12]] [[Ahmed Dini Ahmed]], 72, [[Djibouti]] politician, vice-president of the government council (1959-60) and prime minister (1977-78).
*[[September 12|12]] [[Jerome Chodorov]], 93, playwright, ''[[My Sister Eileen]]''
*[[September 11|11]] [[Fred Ebb]], 71, [[Broadway]] lyricist (''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'', ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]''), heart attack
*[[September 11|11]] [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria|Peter VII]], 55, [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] [[List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria|Patriarch of Alexandria]], helicopter crash
*[[September 10|10]] [[Brock Adams]], 77, U.S. politician
*[[September 10|10]] [[O.L. Duke]], 51, actor, automobile crash
*[[September 9|9]] [[Joan Snyder]], 69, writer and producer for [[CBS]] News
*[[September 9|9]] [[Ernie Ball]], 74, guitar equipment supplier
*[[September 9|9]] [[Ralph G. Allen]], 70, wrote the book for [[Broadway]] show ''[[Sugar Babies]]''
*[[September 8|8]] [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], 91, [[Disney]] animator
*[[September 8|8]] [[Raymond Marcellin]], 90, former [[List of Interior Ministers of France|Interior minister]] of [[France]]
*[[September 8|8]]? [[Richard Girnt Butler]], 86, founder of the [[Aryan Nations]]^
*[[September 8|8]] [[James Westphal]], [[California Institute of Technology]] scientist
*[[September 7|7]] [[Hervey Feldman]], 67, founder of the Embassy Suites [[hotel]] chain
*[[September 7|7]] [[Samira Bellil]], 31, campaigner for the rights of Muslim girls and women, cancer
*[[September 7|7]] [[Gerard Piel]], 89, publisher of ''[[Scientific American]]'', complications from a [[stroke]]
*[[September 7|7]] [[Kirk Fordice]], 70, [[Mississippi]]'s first [[Republican]] [[Governor]] since [[1874]], [[leukemia]]
*[[September 7|7]] [[Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé]], 89, [[Afrikaner]]-[[South Africa]]n [[priest]], [[theology|theologian]] and anti-[[apartheid]] activist
*[[September 7|7]] [[Jonathan Scharer]], 56, [[Producer]] of ''[[Forbidden Broadway]]''
*[[September 6|6]] [[Miriam Pires]], 77, [[Brazil]]ian actress, star of many popular [[telenovela]]s
*[[September 5|5]] [[Fritha Goodey]], 31, actress (''[[About a Boy]]''), apparent [[suicide]]
*[[September 5|5]] [[Gerald Merrithew]], 73, [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]] politician and former federal cabinet minister, [[cancer]]
*[[September 5|5]] [[John "Red" Cochran]], 82, former NFL player, scout and assistant coach for the [[Green Bay Packers]]
*[[September 5|5]] [[Alessio Perilli]], 20, [[Italy|Italian]] [[Motorcycle racing|motorracer]], killed during a race
*[[September 5|5]] [[Caroline Pratt]], 42, [[Great Britain|British]] [[eventing|eventer]], killed during a race
*[[September 5|5]], [[Jesus Viera]], 73, better known as "Cucho Viera", Puerto Rican [[television]] actor and comedian
*[[September 4|4]] [[James O. Page]], 68, [[North Carolina]]'s former chief of [[Emergency Medical Services|EMS]] and founder of modern emergency medical response, Heart Attack
*[[September 4|4]] [[Moe Norman]], 75, [[PGA]] and [[Canadian Tour]] golfer, [[congestive heart failure]]
*[[September 4|4]] [[Alphonso Ford]], 33, [[American]]-born [[Euroleague]] player, [[leukemia]]
*[[September 3|3]] [[Steven Blackford]], 28, former [[University of Arizona]] [[Wrestling|wrestler]], car accident
*[[September 3|3]] [[Jessie V. Stone]], 100, [[Philanthropist]] and [[widow]] of [[W. Clement Stone]]
*[[September 3|3]] [[Bram Vermeulen]], 57, singer, songwriter and cabaret artist, heart attack
*[[September 2|2]] [[Billy Davis]], 72, [[commercial]] [[jingle]] writer (''I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke'')
*[[September 2|2]] [[Paul Shmyr]], 58, former [[NHL]] and [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] defenseman, throat cancer
*[[September 2|2]] [[Donald Leslie]], 93, creator of the [[Leslie speaker]]
*[[September 2|2]] [[Bob O. Evans]], 77, [[IBM]] computer scientist
*[[September 1|1]] [[Ahmed Kuftaro]], 89, the [[Mufti|Grand Mufti]] of [[Syria]]
*[[September 1|1]] [[Kenneth Alexander Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre]], 88, [[life peer]] and former chairman of [[Rolls-Royce]], Hill Samuel, Beecham Group, and STC
*[[September 1|1]] [[Herbert H. Haft]], 84, owner of Dart Drugs Chain, [[congestive heart failure]]
*[[September 1|1]] [[Johnny Bragg]], 79, leader of The Prisonaires, one of earliest music groups to record for [[Sam Phillips]] and [[Sun Records]]
==[[August 2004]]==
*[[August 31|31]] [[Joe Barry]], 65, [[Music of Louisiana|Swamp Pop]] singer of "I'm a Fool to Care"
*[[August 31|31]] [[Carl Wayne]], 61, lead singer of pop group [[The Move]], [[cancer]]
*[[August 30|30]] [[Fred Whipple]], 97, American [[astronomer]]
*[[August 30|30]] [[Fay Jones]], 83, architect trained by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]
*[[August 30|30]] [[Larry Desmedt]], 55, motorcycle designer, injuries suffered during a stunt [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/obituaries/01larry.html]
*[[August 28|28]] [[Robert Lewin]], 84, [[Producer]] and [[Screenwriter]], [[Academy Award]] nomination for writing [[The Bold and the Brave]], [[lung cancer]]
*[[August 28|28]] [[Lina Zimmer]], 111, oldest [[Germany|German]]
*[[August 27|27]] [[Ko Young-hee]], 51, former consort to [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-il]], [[cancer]] (rumoured) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3604774.stm]
*[[August 27|27]] [[William Pierson]], 78, actor ''[[Stalag 17]]''
*[[August 27|27]] [[Fernand Auberjonois]], 93, foreign news correspondent for the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' and ''[[Toledo Blade]]''; [[father]] of [[actor]] [[René Auberjonois]]
*[[August 27|27]] [[Suzanne Kaaren]], 92, [[actress]] ([[Three Stooges]] films)
*[[August 27|27]] [[Willie Crawford]], 57, former [[outfielder]] for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
*[[August 26|26]] [[Friedrich Brünner]], [[Germany|German]] [[politician]]
*[[August 26|26]] [[José Carlos]], 53, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[fashion]] designer
*[[August 26|26]] [[Laura Branigan]], 47, [[United_States|American]] [[Pop_music|pop]] singer
*[[August 26|26]] [[Enzo G. Baldoni]], 56, [[Italy|Italian]] [[journalist]], [[murdered]] in [[Iraq]]
*[[August 26|26]] [[David Myers]], 90, [[Cinematographer]] ([[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock]], [[Elvis on Tour]])
*[[August 25|25]] [[Robert Denoon Cumming]], 87, professor emeritus of [[philosophy]] at [[Columbia University]] and author
*[[August 25|25]] [[Marcelo Cardinal Gonzalez Martin]], 86, former [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[primate (religion)|primate]] of [[Spain]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] since [[1973]] and [[Archbishop]] of [[Toledo]] from [[1971]] to [[1995]] ([http://www.vatican.va/news_services/bulletin/news/15180.php?index=15180&lang=en Papal condolence message])
*[[August 24|24]] [[Richard Ervin]], 99, former [[attorney general]] and [[chief justice]] of [[Florida]] [http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040825/APN/408250821]
*[[August 24|24]] [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], 78, [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]]
*[[August 24|24]] [[Timothy B. Harbert]], 53, [[chairman]] and [[chief executive]] of State Street Global Advisors, heart attack [http://www.statestreetglobaladvisors.com/about_ssga/press/pres/statementfromstatestreet20040825/page.html]
*[[August 24|24]] [[Eleni Ioannou]], 20, Greek [[Judo|judoka]]
*[[August 24|24]] [[Bill Pilkington]], 87, [[England|British]] actor
*[[August 23|23]] [[Francesco Minerva]], 100, [[centenarian]] [[Italy|Italian]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[archbishop]]
*[[August 23|23]] [[Hank Borowy]], 88, former [[New York Yankees|Yankees]], [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]], [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] and [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] [[pitcher]]
*[[August 23|23]] [[Mary Guiney]], 103, [[chairperson]] of the [[Clerys]] [[Department Store]]
*[[August 22|22]] [[Muriel Angelus]], 95, [[England|British]] [[silent films|silent film]] [[actress]]
*[[August 22|22]] [[Konstantin Aseev]], 43, [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster|Grandmaster]] and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]
*[[August 22|22]] [[Al Dvorin]], 81, announcer who popularized the phrase ''"Elvis has left the building"'', [[automobile]] [[accident]] [http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2004/Aug/EEN412b92f0924bd.html]
*[[August 22|22]] [[Marcel Caux]], 105, [[Australia|Australian]] [[First World War]] [[veteran]], last known survivor of the [[Battle of Pozières]].
*[[August 22|22]] [[George Kirgo]], 78, television and film writer, former president of the [[Writers Guild of America]]
*[[August 22|22]] [[Daniel Petrie|Daniel Petrie, Sr.]], 83, film director, ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''
*[[August 22|22]] [[Ota Sik]], 84, architect of economic liberalization during Czechoslovakia's ill-fated 1968 ''[[Prague Spring]]''
*[[August 21|21]] [[Paul G. Garrity]], 66, Judge who helped save [[Boston Harbor]]
*[[August 21|21]] [[José Luis Barry]], 80, [[Rosaura Andreu|Titi Chagua]] show's [[Piano|pianist]], singer and [[El Vocero]] columnist
*[[August 20|20]] [[Maria Antonieta Pons]], 82, Cuban-born star of [[rumbera]] films
*[[August 20|20]] [[Moshe Shamir]], 83, [[Israel]]i politician and novelist
*[[August 19|19]] [[Rudolf Miele]], 74, German entrepreneur
*[[August 19|19]] [[Günter Rexrodt]], 62, German politician, former [[Economics Minister of Germany]]
*[[August 18|18]] [[Hiram Fong]], 97, first [[Asian American]] elected to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
*[[August 18|18]] [[Elmer Bernstein]], 82, [[composer]] of classic [[film]] music such as ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''
*[[August 18|18]] [[Víctor Cervera Pacheco]], 68, [[Mexico|Mexican]] politician, former [[Governor of Yucatán]]
*[[August 18|18]] [[Charlie Waller]], 69, American [[bluegrass]] musician, founder of the band [[Country Gentlemen]]
*[[August 17|17]] Dennis "[[D-Roc]]" Miles, 45, rythym guitarist for [[Body Count]], from lymphoma complications
*[[August 17|17]] [[Anatoly Guzhvin]], 58, head of the administration of [[Astrakhan Oblast]]
*[[August 17|17]] [[Gérard Souzay]], 85, French [[baritone]]
*[[August 17|17]] [[Thea Astley]], 78, [[Australian]] novelist
*[[August 17|17]] [[Frank Cotroni]], 72, [[Montreal]] mob boss
*[[August 16|16]] [[Joseph Irwin Miller|J. Irwin Miller]], 95, [[United States|American]] industrialist and architectural philanthropist
*[[August 16|16]] [[Ivan Hlinka]], 54, [[Czech Republic national hockey team]] and [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] coach
*[[August 16|16]] [[Acquanetta]], 83, "[[Venezuela|Venezuelan]]" [[United States|USA]]-born B-movie actress
*[[August 16|16]] [[Carl Mydans]], 91, [[photographer]]
*[[August 16|16]] [[Robert Quiroga]], 35, world champion [[Boxing|boxer]], murdered
*[[August 15|15]] [[Semiha Berksoy]], 94, [[Turkish]] opera singer
*[[August 15|15]] [[Sune K. Bergstrom|Sune K. Bergström]], 88, [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]]
*[[August 15|15]] [[Neal Fredericks]], 35, [[cinematographer]] for the movie ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', drowned in helicopter crash while filming
*[[August 14|14]] [[William D. Ford]], 77, member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Michigan]] from [[1965]] to [[1995]]
*[[August 14|14]] [[Dhananjoy Chatterjee]], 42, rapist and murderer; the first person executed in [[India]] since [[1995]].
*[[August 14|14]] [[Czeslaw Milosz|Czesław Miłosz]], 93, [[Polish poet]], [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1980]]
*[[August 13|13]] [[Julia Child]], 91, author and television hostess on French cuisine [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3694953]
*[[August 13|13]] [[Milton Pollack]], 97, U.S. federal judge who ruled on court cases involving [[Wall Street]]
*[[August 13|13]] [[Peipei]], 33, worlds oldest Panda
*[[August 12|12]] [[Godfrey N. Hounsfield|Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield]], [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]], coinventor of the [[computer assisted tomography|CAT scan]]
*[[August 12|12]] [[Peter Woodthorpe]], 72, British character actor
*[[August 12|12]] [[George Yardley]], 75, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] Hall of Famer.
*[[August 11|11]] [[Joe Falls]], 76, longtime sports writer for ''[[The Detroit News]]''
*[[August 10|10]] [[James Stillman Rockefeller]], 102, oldest known U.S. Olympic medal winner
*[[August 10|10]] [[Alan N. Cohen]], 73, former owner of the [[Boston Celtics]]
*[[August 9|9]] [[Tony Mottola]], 86, guitarist who played with [[Frank Sinatra]] and on the [[Tonight Show]] orchestra [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/arts/12mottola.html]
*[[August 9|9]] [[David Raksin]], 92, film composer
*[[August 8|8]] [[Fay Wray]], 96, ''[[King Kong]]'' actress
*[[August 8|8]] [[Dimitris Papamichail]], 70, Greek actor
*[[August 8|8]] [[Gypsy Boots|Robert "Gypsy Boots" Bootzin]], 89, health and fitness pioneer
*[[August 8|8]] [[Leon Golub]], 82, internationally recognized artist and painter.
*[[August 8|8]] [[Paul Garner|Paul "Mousie" Garner]], 95, comedian, [[Three Stooges]] associate
*[[August 7|7]] [[Red Adair|Paul "Red" Adair]], 89, American oil well fire-fighter
*[[August 7|7]] [[Colin Bibby]], 55, [[England|English]] [[ornithology|ornithologist]]
*[[August 7|7]] [[Bernard Levin]], 75, journalist and broadcaster
*[[August 6|6]] [[Rick James]], 56, funk singer
*[[August 4|4]] [[Joseph Papaleo]], [[Italian-American]] novelist and professor.
*[[August 4|4]] [[Michele Russo]], 95, American painter and artist
*[[August 4|4]] [[Hunter Hancock]], 88, Legendary [[R&B]] and [[Rock and Roll|Rock]] Disc Jockey
*[[August 3|3]] [[Bob Murphy (announcer)|Bob Murphy]], 79, [[Major League Baseball]]/[[New York Mets]] announcer
*[[August 3|3]] [[Arturo Tolentino]], 94, [[Philippines|Philippine]] lawyer and politician
*[[August 3|3]] [[Margo McLennan]], 66, [[Great Britain|British]] [[actress]], ''[[Prisoner Cell Block H]]'', [[cancer]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3527500.stm]
*[[August 3|3]] [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], 95, [[France|French]] [[Photography|photographer]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3536724.stm]
*[[August 1|1]] [[Philip Hauge Abelson]], 91, [[physicist]], co-discoverer of [[Neptunium]]
*[[August 1|1]] [[Alexandra Scott]], 8, founder of Alex's Lemonade Stand, started to raise money for [[pediatric]] [[cancer]] research.
*[[August 1|1]] [[Sidney Morgenbesser]], 82, philosopher
==[[July 2004]]==
*[[July 31|31]] [[Absamat M. Masaliyev]], 71, former leader of [[Kyrgyzstan]]
*[[July 31|31]] [[Laura Betti]], 70, [[Italy|Italian]] actress [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3942779.stm]
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*[[July 31|31]] Elder [[David B. Haight]], 97, oldest member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] in the history of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
*[[July 31|31]] [[Virginia Grey]], 87, American actress. Little Eva in the first film adaptation of ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''
*[[July 30|30]] [[Andre Noble]], 25, Canadian actor
*[[July 30|30]] [[Ali Abbasi]], 42, [[BBC Scotland]] travel presenter [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3940853.stm]
*[[July 29|29]] [[Nafisa Joseph]], 25, model, [[MTV]] [[VJ]], [[Miss India]] 1997; suicide
*[[July 29|29]] [[Susan Buffett]], 71, estranged wife of billionaire/investment guru [[Warren Buffett]]
*[[July 29|29]] [[Rena Vlahopoulou]], 81, Greek comedienne
*[[July 28|28]] [[Tiziano Terzani]], 73, Italian journalist, famous for his books on Asia
*[[July 28|28]] [[Sam Edwards]], 89, American actor, ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'', [[heart failure]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3527124.stm]
*[[July 28|28]] [[Francis Crick]], 88, British [[biologist]], one of the discoverers of the "double-helix" shape of [[DNA]], [[cancer]] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=2&u=/ap/20040729/ap_on_sc/obit_crick]
*[[July 28|28]] [[Jackson Beck]], 92, announcer and voice actor
*[[July 28|28]] [[Eugene Roche]], 75, [[American]] character actor and the "Ajax" Man [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040731/ap_en_tv/obit_roche]
*[[July 28|28]] [[Steve Patterson]], 56, former center of the [[UCLA]] [[basketball]] team, coach at [[Arizona State University]] and founder of the [[Grand Canyon State Games]]
*[[July 27|27]] [[Carmine G. DeSapio]], 95, last boss of [[Tammany Hall]]
*[[July 27|27]] [[Musab al-Awadi]], [[Iraq]]i [[politician]], [[Assassination|assassinated]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3926395.stm]
*[[July 27|27]] [[Bob Tisdall]], 97, won the gold medal in hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
*[[July 26|26]] [[William A. Mitchell]], 92, food scientist, inventor of [[Pop Rocks]] candy and [[Tang]] drink mix.
*[[July 26|26]] [[Rubén Gómez]], 77, [[Puerto Rico]], former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[pitcher]] who played for the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]], [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]], [[Cleveland Indians|Indians]] and [[Minnesota Twins|Twins]]
*[[July 26|26]] [[Oguz Aral]], 68, Turkish caricaturist; creator of Avanak Avni, Kostebek Husnu, and Utanmaz Adam
*[[July 26|26]] [[Sidney Francis Greene, Lord Greene of Harrow Weald]], 94, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[railroad]] worker, [[trade union]] leader, and [[life peer]]<br>
*[[July 25|25]] [[Francisco Romão]], 61, [[Angola]]n deputy foreign minister, [[suicide]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3926179.stm]
*[[July 24|24]] [[Fred LaRue]], 75, part of [[Watergate scandal]]
*[[July 24|24]] [[Cotton Fitzsimmons|Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons]], 72, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[basketball]] coach
*[[July 23|23]] [[Wilton Mkwayi]], 81, [[South Africa|South African]] [[political activist]] during [[Apartheid]], [[cancer]].
*[[July 23|23]] [[Joe Cahill]], 84, [[Ireland|Irish]] [[politician]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3922517.stm]
*[[July 23|23]] [[Mehmood]], 72, [[India]]n actor
*[[July 23|23]] [[Janet Chisholm]], 75, former [[United Kingdom|British]] [[MI6]] agent [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3559020.stm]
*[[July 23|23]] [[Bodo H. Hauser]], 58, [[Germans|German]] [[journalist]], director of [[Phoenix (TV network)|Phoenix]] TV network
*[[July 23|23]] [[Carlos Paredes]], 79, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[guitar]] player
*[[July 23|23]] [[Serge Reggiani]], 82, [[France|French]] [[singer]] and [[actor]]
*[[July 22|22]] [[Illinois Jacquet]], 81, [[U.S.]] [[jazz]] saxophonist
*[[July 22|22]] [[Sacha Distel]], 71, [[France|French]] [[singer]]
*[[July 21|21]] [[Edward B. Lewis]], 85, US-biologist ([[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] [[1995]])
*[[July 21|21]] Elder [[Neal A. Maxwell]], 78, member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
*[[July 21|21]] [[Jerry Goldsmith]], 75, movie and television [[composer]]
*[[July 20|20]] [[Lala Mara|Adi Lady Lala Mara]], 73, [[Fiji|Fijian]] [[Ratu|chieftainess]] and former First Lady; widow of [[List of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] and [[List of Presidents of Fiji|President]] [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]].
*[[July 20|20]] [[Antonio Gades]], 67, Spanish [[Flamenco]] dancer, cancer
*[[July 19|19]] [[Zenko Suzuki]], 93, former Prime Minister of [[Japan]]
*[[July 18|18]] [[Paul Foot]], 66, British journalist and campaigner
*[[July 18|18]] [[Emil Peynaud]], 92, French wine expert
*[[July 18|18]] [[John Kraus]], 94, inventor of the "Big Ear" [[telescope]]
*[[July 17|17]] Sir [[Julian Hodge]], 99, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[entrepreneur]], founder of the [[Carlyle Trust bank]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/3907323.stm]
*[[July 17|17]] [[Pat Roach]], 67, [[professional wrestling|wrestler]] and [[actor]]; [[cancer]] ([http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3903779.stm])
*[[July 17|17]] [[Susan Cullen-Ward]], 63, wife of the pretender to [[Albania]]'s throne, [[Leka Zogu]]; [[cancer]]. [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10174754%255E1702,00.html]
*[[July 16|16]] [[George Busbee]], 76, former governor of the State of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
*[[July 16|16]] [[Bella Lewitzky]], 88, modern dance pioneer and [[choreographer]]
*[[July 15|15]] [[Charles Sweeney]], 84, pilot of ''Bockscar'', the B-29 that dropped the [[Nagasaki]] [[atomic bomb]]. [http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/07/17/546958-ap.html]
*[[July 15|15]] [[Yoko Watanabe]], 51, [[Japan]]ese [[opera]]tic [[soprano]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/24/obituaries/24watanabe.html]
*[[June 15|15]] [[Mary Eleanor Thurmond Tompkins]], 95, last surviving sibling of Senator [[Strom Thurmond]]
*[[July 14|14]] [[Usama Kashmula]], ~60, [[Iraqi]] [[governor]] of [[Mosul]], killed in a [[grenade]] attack. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3894653.stm]
*[[July 14|14]] [[Hans A. Pestalozzi]], 75, Swiss social critic
*[[July 14|14]] [[Rhys Thomas]], 100, oldest-surviving member of the [[Llanelli Scarlets]]
*[[July 13|13]] [[Joe Gold]], 82, [[bodybuilding]] pioneer and [[Gold's Gym]] founder.
*[[July 13|13]] [[Arthur Kane]], 53, [[United States|American]] [[bassist]] for the [[New York Dolls]], [[leukemia]] [http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/15/music.dolls.reut/index.html]
*[[July 13|13]] [[Carlos Kleiber]], 74, Austrian conductor
*[[July 12|12]] [[Ersel Hickey]], 70, [[rockabilly]] singer
*[[July 12|12]] [[George Mallaby]], 64, [[Australia|Australian]] [[actor]]
*[[July 12|12]] [[Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth]], 78, [[United States|American film director]] "The Blob"
*[[July 11|11]] [[Walter Wager]], 79, [[American]] author
*[[July 11|11]] [[Betty Oliphant]], 85, founder of Canada's [[National Ballet School]]
*[[July 11|11]] [[Frances Hyland]], 77, [[Canada|Canadian]] theatre actress
*[[July 11|11]] [[Laurance Rockefeller]], 94, conservationist and philanthropist
*[[July 11|11]] [[Renée St-Cyr]], 99, [[France|French]] [[actress]] and comedienne
*[[July 11|11]] [[Dorothy Hart]], 82, [[U.S.|American]] [[actress]]
*[[July 10|10]] Sir [[Terry McLean]], [[New Zealand]] [[rugby union]] [[journalist]] [http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_37210.shtml]
*[[July 10|10]] [[Rudy LaRusso]], 66, five-time [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] All-Star
*[[July 10|10]] [[Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo]], 74, former [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10105801%255E1702,00.html]
*[[July 10|10]] [[Inge Meysel]], 94, [[Germany|German]] actress [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3884681.stm]
*[[July 9|9]] [[Jeillo Edwards]], ~62, [[Sierra Leone|Sierra Leonean]] actress, first black actor to appear on ''"[[The Bill]]"'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3880165.stm]
*[[July 9|9]] [[Isabel Sanford]], 86, actress, ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', natural causes
*[[July 9|9]] [[Paul Klebnikov]], 41, [[editor]] of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine's [[Russia]]n edition, murdered
*[[July 9|9]] [[Ron Milner]], 66, African-American [[playwright]]
*[[July 9|9]] [[Jeff Smith (TV personality)|Jeff Smith]], 65, chef and host of ''The Frugal Gourmet''
*[[July 9|9]] [[Gilberto Reyes Santos]], 36, infamous [[Puerto Rican]] [[Mafia|mafioso]], murdered
*[[July 8|8]] [[Paula Danziger]], 59, U.S. author
*[[July 8|8]] [[Mike Woodin]], 38, [[Principal Speaker]] of [[Green Party of England and Wales]] and [[Oxford]] City Councillor
*[[July 8|8]] [[Henrique Mendes]], 73, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[TV]] personality. He presented [[Ponto de Encontro]]
*[[July 8|8]] [[Jean Lefebvre]], 84, [[France|French]] actor
*[[July 7|7]] [[Yang Xiaokai]], 55, [[Australia|Australian]] [[economist]]
*[[July 6|6]] [[Eric Douglas]], 46, youngest son of [[actor]] [[Kirk Douglas]]
*[[July 6|6]] [[Thomas Klestil]], 71, [[List of Federal Presidents of Austria|Federal President]] of [[Austria]], heart failure.
*[[July 6|6]] [[Syreeta Wright]], 58, singer, songwriter, ex-wife of [[Stevie Wonder]]
*[[July 5|5]] [[Robert Burchfield]], 81, [[OED]] [[lexicographer]]
*[[July 5|5]] [[Hugh Shearer]], 81, former [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]]
*[[July 5|5]] [[Rodger Ward]], 83, two-time [[Indianapolis 500]] champion
*[[July 4|4]] [[Andrian Nikolayev]], 74, Russian cosmonaut
*[[July 4|4]] [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], 84, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[conducting|orchestra conductor]]
*[[July 3|3]] [[John Barron]], 83, actor
*[[July 3|3]] [[Jimmy Mack]], 70, [[Scotland|Scots]] radio personality [http://www.clyde2.com/Article.asp?id=30258]
*[[July 2|2]] Sir [[John William Kay]], Lord Justice of [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales]]
*[[July 2|2]] [[John Cullen Murphy]], 85, comic strip artist (''[[Prince Valiant]]'')
*[[July 2|2]] [[Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen]], 84, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] writer and poet
*[[July 2|2]] [[Gareth Payne]], 68, former Welsh [[Rugby football|rugby]] union international
*[[July 2|2]] [[Henry Hank]], 69, top ranked Light-Heavyweight [[Boxing|boxer]] of the [[1960s]]
*[[July 1|1]] [[Peter Barnes]], 73, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[screenwriter]] and [[playwright]], author of ''The Ruling Class'', [[stroke]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1253915,00.html]
*[[July 1|1]] [[Marlon Brando]], 80, [[U.S.|American]] actor
*[[July 1|1]] Sir [[Richard May]], 65, former presiding judge, [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]]
==[[June 2004]]==
*[[June 29|29]] [[Juan Antonio Lopez]], 52, [[Boxing|boxer]], fought [[Wilfredo Gomez]] for the world title
*[[June 28|28]] [[Keith Maupin]], 20, [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Private First Class]], killed by Islamist militants in [[Iraq]]
*[[June 28|28]] [[Anthony Buckeridge]], 92, English author, creator of the ''[[Jennings]]'' books
*[[June 27|27]] [[George Patton III]], 80, [[US Army]] general and son of [[George Patton]]
*[[June 27|27]] [[Darrell Russell]], 35, [[National Hot Rod Association|NHRA]] [[drag racing|drag racer]], first racer to be killed at an NHRA national event since 1996
*[[June 27|27]] [[Kamos Kris]], [[Thailand|Thai]] [[boxing]] matchmaker who worked closely with the [[WBA]], car accident.
*[[June 26|26]] [[Naomi Shemer]], 74, [[Israel]]i [[songwriter]]
*[[June 26|26]] [[Yash Johar]], 75, [[India|Indian]] [[Bollywood]] film producer
*[[June 25|25]] [[Karol Kennedy Kucher]], 72, former [[United States]] [[ice skating]] champion, [[pneumonia]]
*[[June 24|24]] [[Stanley Gortikov]], 85, former head of the [[RIAA]], [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/obituaries/01gortikovobit.html]
*[[June 24|24]] [[Julian Davies]], [[United Kingdom|British]] civilian worker, [[murder]]ed in [[Iraq]]
*[[June 24|24]] [[Ifigeneia Giannopoulou]], 40, [[Greece|Greek]] songwriter, author
*[[June 24|24]] [[Carl Rakosi]], 100, [[United States|American]] poet
*[[June 22|22]] [[Thomas Gold]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[astrophysicist]]
*[[June 22|22]] [[Bob Bemer]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[computer scientist]], [[cancer]]
*[[June 22|22]] [[Francisco Ortiz Franco]], ~50, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[journalist]], [[murder]]ed
*[[June 22|22]] [[Abukar Kostoyev]], ~55, [[Ingushetia]]'s acting Interior Minister, slain in an attack by [[Chechen]] rebels. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3829361.stm]
*[[June 22|22]] [[Mattie Stepanek]], 13, [[United States|American]] [[poet]] and [[advocate]], [[muscular dystrophy]]
*[[June 22|22]] [[Kim Sun-il]], 33, [[South Korea|South Korean]] translator, [[decapitation|decapitated]] by Iraqi militants
*[[June 21|21]] [[Leonel Brizola]], 82, [[Brazil]]ian politician, [[heart failure]], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3828231.stm]
*[[June 20|20]] [[Nabil Sahraoui]], [[Algeria]]n militant, head of [[GSPC]] and linked to [[al-Qaeda]]
*[[June 20|20]] [[Jim Bacon]], 54, [[Australia]]n politician and [[Premiers of Tasmania|Premier of Tasmania]]
*[[June 19|19]] [[Nob Yoshigahara]], mathematician and puzzle expert
*[[June 19|19]] [[Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin]], [[Saudi Arabia]]n [[al-Qaeda]] militant, killed by Saudi forces [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3821153.stm]
*[[June 18|18]] [[Frederick Jaeger]], 76, German born British character actor
*[[June 18|18]] [[Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr.|Paul Johnson]], ~49, [[United States|American]] [[hostage]], [[decapitation|decapitated]] by [[al-Qaeda]]
*[[June 18|18]] [[Nek Mohammed]], ~27, [[Pakistan]]i tribal leader in [[Waziristan]] and key [[Taliban]] ally, killed by Pakistani military forces. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3817681.stm]
*[[June 17|17]] Sir [[Stuart Hampshire]], 89, philosopher
*[[June 17|17]] [[Gerry McNeil]], 78, [[Stanley Cup]]-winning [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[goalie]]
*[[June 17|17]] [[Jacek Kuron|Jacek Kuroń]], 70, [[Poland|Polish]] [[dissident]] and [[statesman]]
*[[June 16|16]] Dr. [[Herman Goldstine]], 90, computing pioneer who helped develop [[ENIAC]], [[Parkinson's disease]]
*[[June 16|16]] [[George Hausmann]], 88, [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player suspended for jumping to the [[Mexican League]] ([[1946 in sports|1946]]) [http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/h/hausmann_george.html]
*[[June 16|16]] [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], 91, former [[Thailand|Thai]] [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|prime minister]]
*[[June 15|15]] [[Ahmet Piristina]], 52, [[Turkish]] [[politician]], mayor of [[Izmir]], heart attack
*[[June 15|15]] [[Frank Nastasi]], 81, actor and comedian (''Lunch with [[Soupy Sales|Soupy]]'')
*[[June 14|14]] [[Robert Teeter]], 65, [[Republican]] pollster
*[[June 14|14]] [[Jack McClelland]], 81, Canadian book publisher
*[[June 14|14]] [[Ulrich Inderbinen]], 103, [[mountain guide]]
*[[June 14|14]] [[Max Rosenberg]], 89, producer of horror movies
*[[June 13|13]] [[Dick Durrance]], 89, 17-time [[United States|American]] national champion in [[skiing]]
*[[June 13|13]] [[Ralph Wiley]], 52, sports journalist
*[[June 13|13]] [[Danny Dark]], 65, announcer
*[[June 12|12]] [[Bassam Salih Kubba]], 60, [[Iraq|Iraqi]] Deputy Foreign Minister
*[[June 11|11]] [[Egon von Furstenberg]], 57, fashion designer; nephew of late [[Fiat]] head [[Gianni Agnelli]]
*[[June 11|11]] [[Micah Harris]], 21, [[Duke University]] defensive lineman, car accident
*[[June 11|11]] [[Xenophon Zolotas]], 100, former [[Prime Minister of Greece]]
*[[June 10|10]] [[Ray Charles]], 73, [[rhythm and blues]] singer and pioneer [[soul music|soul]] singer and pianist
*[[June 10|10]] [[Brian Williamson]], 59, [[Jamaica]]n [[gay rights]] activist and founder of [[J-Flag]], [[murder]]ed
*[[June 10|10]] [[Kiki Djan]], 47, [[Ghana]]ian musician, [[AIDS]] and drug-related complications
*[[June 9|9]] [[Rosey Brown]], 71, [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]r
*[[June 9|9]] [[Barbara Whiting Smith]], 73, actress
*[[June 8|8]] [[Mack Jones]], 65, former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[outfielder]] with the [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]], [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] and [[Montreal Expos|Expos]]
*[[June 8|8]] [[Karl Toosbuy]], 76, Danish founder of international shoe company [[Ecco]]
*[[June 8|8]] [[Ronalda Pierce]], 19, [[Florida State University]] [[basketball]] player, [[aneurysm]]
*[[June 8|8]] [[McCollins Umeh]], 18, [[University of Arizona]] [[American football|football]] recruit, [[heat stroke]]
*[[June 7|7]] [[Donald Trumbull]], 95, [[special effects]] [[pioneer]]
*[[June 6|6]] [[Judy Campbell]], 88, [[actress]]
*[[June 6|6]] [[Robert Lees]], 91, [[screenwriter]], found [[decapitation|decapitated]]
*[[June 6|6]] [[Kate Worley]], 46, comic book writer (''[[Omaha the Cat Dancer]]'')
*[[June 6|6]] [[Necdet Mahfi Ayral]], 96, [[Turkey|Turkish]] actor
*[[June 6|6]] [[Iona Brown]], 63, violinist and conductor
*[[June 6|6]] [[Simon Cumbers]], 36, [[Ireland|Irish]] freelance cameraman/journalist, working for the [[BBC]] in [[Saudi Arabia]], killed by [[Al Qaeda]]
*[[June 5|5]] [[Ronald Reagan]], 93, 40th [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] ([[1981]]-[[1989]]), [[actor]] in such films as ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'', ''[[Kings Row]]'', and (especially) ''[[Bedtime for Bonzo]]''
*[[June 4|4]] [[Wilmer Fields]], 81, former [[Negro League baseball|Negro League Baseball All-Star]]
*[[June 4|4]] (Body Found) [[Joshua Bryant]], 10, Missing from Florida since [[May 12]], [[2001]] [http://www.find-missing-children.org/Posters/poster92.htm]
*[[June 4|4]] [[Steve Lacy]], 69, innovative [[jazz]] [[Saxophone|soprano saxophonist]]
*[[June 4|4]] [[Brian Linehan]], 58, Canadian television host and celebrity interviewer [http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=88656280-0505-4a8b-a4a1-f0df3c9bfc2f (canada.com)] [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1086387009529&call_pageid=970599119419 (Toronto ''Star'')] [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040604.wlineh0604/BNPrint/Entertainment {The Globe and Mail)]
*[[June 4|4]] [[Nino Manfredi]], 83, Italian actor [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/04/obituary0759EDT0483.DTL]
*[[June 3|3]] [[Frances Ruth Burke-Roche|Frances Shand Kydd]], 68, mother of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]
*[[June 2|2]] [[Dom Moraes]], 65, [[Indian writing in English|Indian]] poet and writer
*[[June 2|2]] [[Tesfaye Gebre Kidan]], ~69, former defense minister and acting president of [[Ethiopia]]
*[[June 2|2]] [[Nicolai Ghiaurov]], 71, opera singer
*[[June 1|1]] [[William Manchester]], 82, U.S. [[historian]]
==[[May 2004]]==
*[[May 31|31]] [[Robert Quine]], 61, New York punk rock guitarist
*[[May 31|31]] [[Alberta Martin]], 97, last known widow of a [[Confederate]] soldier
*[[May 29|29]] [[Archibald Cox]], 92, [[Watergate Scandal|Watergate]] special prosecutor
*[[May 29|29]] [[Sam Dash]], 79, chief counsel to the [[House Judiciary Committee]] during the Watergate scandal
*[[May 29|29]] [[Jack Rosenthal]], 72, British television dramatist [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3760343.stm]
*[[May 29|29]] [[Magne Havnå]], 40, Norwegian former professional [[boxing|boxer]], in boating accident
*[[May 29|29]] [[Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan]], 114, oldest documented person in the world
*[[May 28|28]] [[Irene Manning]], 91, actress and singer (''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'')
*[[May 28|28]] [[Josie Carey]], 73, host of the Pittsburgh children's show "Children's Corner"
*[[May 28|28]] [[Michael Alison]],77,British [[Privy Council]] member and former minister and MP<br>
*[[May 27|27]] [[Umberto Agnelli]], 69, Italian industrialist, head of [[Fiat]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3756043.stm]
*[[May 27|27]] [[Jim Marshall (UK politician)|Jim Marshall]], 63, British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3754905.stm]
*[[May 27|27]] [[Jack Losch]], 69, member of 1st [[Little League]] World Series championship team.
*[[May 26|26]] [[Gatjil Djerrkura]], 54, Australian indigenous leader, Chairman of [[ATSIC]] 1996-2000
*[[May 25|25]] [[Roger W. Straus, Jr.]], 87, publisher ([[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]])
*[[May 25|25]] [[David Dellinger]], 88, American antiwar activist, member of [[Chicago Eight]]
*[[May 25|25]] [[Glenn Cunningham]], 60, mayor of [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]
*[[May 24|24]] [[Henry Ries]], 87, American photographer
*[[May 23|23]] [[Trudy Marshall]], 84, actress
*[[May 22|22]] [[Richard Biggs]], 44, American actor, ''[[Babylon 5]]''
*[[May 22|22]] [[Mikhail Voronin]], 59, Russian gymnast, double Olympic champion
*[[May 22|22]] [[Dessi España]], 32, circus performer, died from fall while performing without a net
*[[May 22|22]] [[Samuel Curtis Johnson]], 76, fourth generation president of [[SC Johnson]] company
*[[May 21|21]] [[Rod Hall]], 53, literary agent, [[murder]]ed [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3747629.stm]
*[[May 21|21]] [[Michael Swindells]], 44, [[police]] [[detective]], murdered in the course of his duties [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3747141.stm]
*[[May 21|21]] [[Gene Wood]], 78, [[announcer]] of ''[[Family Feud]]'' and other US [[game show]]s
*[[May 20|20]] [[Lionel Murray|Len Murray, Lord Murray of Epping Forest]], 81, British [[trade union]] leader
*[[May 19|19]] [[Jack Eckerd]], 91, former owner of the Eckerd drugstore chain
*[[May 19|19]] [[Mary Dresselhuys]], 97, Dutch actress
*[[May 19|19]] [[Arnold Moore]], 90, blues artist
*[[May 19|19]] [[E.K. Nayanar]], 87, three-time Chief Minister of [[Kerala]], [[India]] [http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=43629]
*[[May 18|18]] [[Jørgen Nash]], 84, [[Denmark|Danish]] poet, perfomance artist, brother of [[Asger Jorn]]
*[[May 18|18]] [[Hyacinthe Thiandoum]], 83, [[Roman Catholic]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], former Archbishop of [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]
*[[May 18|18]] [[Arnold O. Beckman]], 104, inventor, industrialist, philanthropist
*[[May 18|18]] [[Joey Curtis]], 79, former professional boxer, [[boxing]] referee and business owner
*[[May 17|17]] [[Buster Narum]], 63, former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[pitcher]] for the [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]] and [[Washington Senators|Senators]]
*[[May 17|17]] [[Elvin Jones]], 76, [[Jazz]] drummer, notably with the [[John Coltrane]] Quartet of the 1960s
*[[May 17|17]] [[Tony Randall]], 84, [[television]] actor (''[[The Odd Couple]]'')
*[[May 17|17]] [[June Taylor]], 86, [[television]] [[dancer]] and [[choreographer]]
*[[May 17|17]] [[Ezzedine Salim]], 60?, president of the [[Iraqi Governing Council]]
*[[May 17|17]] [[Dave Hamilton]], 33, professional [[Boxing|boxer]], and his 4 year old son, in car accident
*[[May 16|16]] [[Marika Rökk]], 90, actress
*[[May 16|16]] [[Lord Hill-Norton]], 89, British [[Royal Navy]] [[Admiral of the Fleet]]
*[[May 15|15]] [[Carlos Orta]], 60, [[Venezuela]]n artist, and principal [[dance]]r and [[choreographer]] of the [[Jose Limon]] Dance Company - [http://www.wnbc.com/entertainment/3343588/detail.html] - [http://www.uprod.music.umich.edu/past/00-01/uprod-passion.html]
*[[May 15|15]] [[Jack Bradbury]], 89, animator and comic book artist
*[[May 15|15]] [[William H. Hinton]], 85, Marxist, author of ''Fanshen''
*[[May 15|15]] [[Gill Fox]], 84, political cartoonist, comic book artist, and animator
*[[May 15|15]] Colonel [[Robert Morgan]], 85, former pilot of the [[Memphis Belle]]
*[[May 14|14]] [[Anna Lee]], 91, actress
*[[May 14|14]] [[Jesus Gil]], 71, controversial owner of [[Atlético de Madrid]] football club
*[[May 14|14]] [[Charlotte Benkner]], 114, oldest recognized person in United States
*[[May 13|13]] [[Terry Crummitt]], 27, actor, "SnackBoy" of [[The Sync]] fame [http://www.thesync.com]
*[[May 12|12]] [[John LaPorta]], 84, jazz clarinetist, composer and educator - [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/15/arts/music/15LAPO.html?ex=1085284800&en=4052e6fd93038ba6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE]
*[[May 12|12]] [[Syd Hoff]], 91, children's book author, cartoonist
*[[May 12|12]] [[John Whitehead]], 55, [[R&B]] artist, shot dead
*[[May 11|11]] [[Per Øyvind Heradstveit]], 71, Norwegian [[television]] pioneer, foreign [[correspondent]] (London) and author
*[[May 11|11]] [[Mick Doyle]], 63, Irish [[rugby football|rugby]] player and coach
*[[May 10|10]] [[Eric Kierans]], 90, Canadian politician
*[[May 10|10]] (death announced) [[George (tortoise)|George]], ~83, ''[[Blue Peter]]'' pet tortoise
*[[May 9|9]] [[Percy M. Young]], 91, British musicologist
*[[May 9|9]] [[Olive Osmond]], 79, mother of entertainers [[Marie Osmond]] and the various [[The Osmonds|Osmond Brothers]]
*[[May 9|9]] [[Alan King]], 76, American comedian/actor
*[[May 9|9]] [[Brenda Fassie]], 39, [[South Africa]]n singer [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3699055.stm]
*[[May 9|9]] [[Akhmad Kadyrov]], 52, President of [[Chechnya]]
*[[May 8|8]] (body found) [[Nick Berg]], 26, American civilian killed in [[Iraq]]
*[[May 7|7]] [[Waldemar Milewicz]], 48, Polish journalist, and Mounyra Beouamrane, killed in [[Iraq]]
*[[May 6|6]] [[Celal Bilgin]], 41, Turkish businessman
*[[May 6|6]] [[Kjell Hallbing]], 69, aka Louis Masterson, Norwegian [[western movie|Western]] author [http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article789359.ece]
*[[May 6|6]] [[Barney Kessel]], 80, American jazz guitarist and studio musician
*[[May 5|5]] [[David Reimer]], 39, notable gender-reassignment case
*[[May 4|4]] [[Coxsone_Dodd|Clement Dodd]], 72, Jamaican [[reggae]] pioneer
*[[May 3|3]] [[Anthony Ainley]], 71, British actor
*[[May 3|3]] [[Darrell Johnson]], 75, former [[MLB]] [[catcher]] and [[manager]] [http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2004/0504/1795356.html]
*[[May 3|3]] [[Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire|Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire]], 84, British politician
* [[May 2|2]] [[Moe Burtschy]], 82, former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[pitcher]] for the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics]]
*[[May 2|2]] [[Paul Guimard]], 83, French writer
*[[May 1|1]] [[Felix Haug]], 52, Swiss pop musician (''Double'')
*[[May 1|1]] [[Lojze Kovacic]], Slovenian writer
==[[April 2004]]==
*[[April 30|30]] [[Lou Chapman]], 90, long time Milwaukee Sentinel baseball writer [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/03/obituary1703EDT0339.DTL]
*[[April 29|29]] [[Johannes H. Berg Jr.|Johannes Berg]], 47, cornerstone of Norwegian [[science fiction]] [[science fiction fandom|fandom]]
*[[April 29|29]] [[Nick Joaquin]], 86, writer and Philippine national artist
*[[April 27|27]] [[David Jenkinson]], 69, railway modeller and historian.
*[[April 27|27]] [[Roy Walford]], 79, dietician and author
*[[April 26|26]] [[Hubert Selby|Hubert Selby Jr.]], 75, author of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
*[[April 25|25]] [[Thom Gunn]], 74, British poet
*[[April 25|25]] [[Feridun Karakaya]], 76, [[Turkish]] actor
*[[April 25|25]] [[Bill Grace]], 69, [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] businessman
*[[April 25|25]] [[Carl Melles]], Hungarian conductor
*[[April 24|24]] [[Estée Lauder (person)|Estée Lauder]], 95, cosmetics products pioneer
*[[April 24|24]] [[Jose Giovanni]], 80, [[France|French]] director and crime-writer
*[[April 22|22]] [[Pat Tillman]], 27, former [[National Football League|NFL]] player ([[Arizona Cardinals]]), [[Army Ranger]], killed in action
*[[April 21|21]] [[Concha Zardoya]], 89, ([[Chile]]/[[Spain]]) poet and writer, and one of the main links between [[Spanish literature|Spanish]] and [[English literature|English]] [[literature]]s
*[[April 21|21]] [[Mary McGrory]], 85, American journalist and columnist
*[[April 19|19]] (body found, death probably on March 30) [[Alejandro Ferretis]], 59, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Avant-garde|avant-garde actor]], murdered [http://www.LifeInLegacy.com/2004/WIR20040424.html#P20]
*[[April 19|19]] [[Frank B. Morrison]], 98, former [[List of Governors of Nebraska|Governor of Nebraska]]
*[[April 19|19]] [[Tim Burstall]], 76, Australian film director and producer
*[[April 19|19]] [[John Maynard Smith]], 84, British biologist
*[[April 19|19]] [[Norris McWhirter]], 78, founder of the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]''
*[[April 19|19]] [[Jim Cantalupo]], 60, CEO of [[McDonald's]]
*[[April 18|18]] [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]], 83, long-time [[List of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] and [[List of Presidents of Fiji|President]] of [[Fiji]]
*[[April 17|17]] (body found, death probably in November 2003) [[Dru Sjodin]], 22, U.S. kidnap victim
*[[April 17|17]] [[Edmond Pidoux]], 95, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] author
*[[April 17|17]] [[Barbara Kenyatta Bey]], 59, Yoruba priestess and widow of jazz percussionist Chief Bey
*[[April 17|17]] [[Geraint Howells]], 79, Welsh politician
*[[April 17|17]] [[Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi]], 56, [[Hamas]] leader
*[[April 17|17]] [[Soundarya]], 32, [[Indian film]] actress
*[[April 15|15]] [[Hans Gmür]], 77, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] theatre author, director, composer and producer
*[[April 15|15]] [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]], 69, Japanese [[manga]] artist
*[[April 13|13]] [[Caron Keating]], 41, British television presenter
*[[April 12|12]] [[Juan Valderrama]], 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer
*[[April 12|12]] [[Frankie Narvaez]], 65, [[Puerto Rican]] boxer
*[[April 10|10]] [[Orazio Fumagalli]], 83, [[Italy|Italian]] sculptor - AP Obituary [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/26/obituary1358EDT0073.DTL]
*[[April 10|10]] [[Lou Berberet]], 74, former [[Major League Baseball]] [[catcher]]
*[[April 10|10]] [[Jacek Kaczmarski]], 47, [[Poland|Polish]] poet and singer, the bard of [[Solidarity]]
*[[April 10|10]] [[Sakip Sabanci]], 71, [[Turkey|Turkish]] businessman
*[[April 9|9]] [[Lélia Abramo]], 93, Celebrity [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[actress]], and one of the founders of President [[Lula da Silva]]'s Workers Party - Obituary in Portuguese [http://noticias.correioweb.com.br/ultima.htm?ultima=58764]
*[[April 9|9]] [[Weird Al Yankovic|Nick and Mary Yankovic]], 86 and 81, parents of [[Weird Al Yankovic]]
*[[April 9|9]] [[Harry Babbitt]], 90, singer
*[[April 8|8]] [[Chief Bey]], 90, American jazz percussionist and African folklorist
*[[April 8|8]] [[Maureen Potter]], 79, [[Ireland|Irish]] comedienne and actor
*[[April 8|8]] [[Bruce Edwards]], 49, caddy of golfer [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
*[[April 7|7]] [[Robert Sangster]], 67, leading [[Britain|British]] [[horse-racing|racehorse]] owner
*[[April 7|7]] [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]], 77, traditional [[India]]n [[Odissi]] dancer
*[[April 6|6]] [[Larisa Bogoraz]], 74, [[Russia]]n dissident and human rights activist
*[[April 6|6]] [[Marjorie Pay Hinckley]], 92, wife of [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]
*[[April 6|6]] [[Timothy (tortoise)|Timothy]], ~160, tortoise that served as a [[Royal Navy]] mascot in the [[Crimean War]]
*[[April 5|5]] [[Austin Willis]], 86, [[Canada|Canadian]] movie actor and television host
*[[April 4|4]] [[George Bamberger]], 80, former major league pitcher and manager
*[[April 4|4]] [[Gito Baloi]], 39, Southern African musician
*[[April 4|4]] [[Serhane ben Abdelmajid Farkhet]], ?, Moroccan, suspected Madrid train bomber
*[[April 3|3]] [[John Diamond, Baron Diamond]], 96, British life peer
*[[April 3|3]] [[Gabriella Ferri]], 62, Italian Singer
*[[April 2|2]] [[Lawrence McGrew]], 46, former [[New England Patriots]] linebacker
*[[April 1|1]] [[Nilo Soruco]], 76, [[Bolivia|Bolivian]] [[singer]]-[[songwriter]]
*[[April 1|1]] [[Carrie Snodgress]], 57, actress
*[[April 1|1]] [[Aaron Bank]], 101, "Father of Special Forces"
*[[April 1|1]] [[Enrique Grau]], 83, Colombian painter and sculptor
*[[April 1|1]] [[Annette Daniels]], 42, American [[opera]] singer
==[[March 2004]]==
*[[March 31|31]] [[Hedi Lang]], 72, first woman to preside the [[Swiss National Council]]
*[[March 31|31]] [[Joseph James Zimmerman, Jr.]], 92, inventor of answering machine
*[[March 31|31]] [[Omi Nieves]], 24, son of [[Salsa music|salsa]] singer [[Tito Nieves]]
*[[March 31|31]] [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]], 79, [[Sikh]] leader
*[[March 30|30]] [[Michael King]], 58, [[New Zealand]] historian
*[[March 30|30]] [[Erick Friedman]], 64, [[United States|American]] concert violinist, violin professor at Yale University
*[[March 30|30]] [[Alistair Cooke]], 95, BBC broadcaster and [[transatlantic]] commentator
*[[March 30|30]] [[Hubert Gregg]], 89, BBC broadcaster
*[[March 28|28]] Sir [[Peter Ustinov]], 82, British actor
*[[March 28|28]] [[Robert Merle]], 95, French author
*[[March 27|27]] [[Art James]], 74, [[game show]] host and announcer
*[[March 27|27]] [[Larry Trask]], 59, linguist and expert on the [[Basque]]s
*[[March 27|27]] [[Adán Sánchez]], 19, [[Mexico|Mexican]] singer
*[[March 27|27]] [[James Wapakhabulo]], 59, [[foreign minister]] of [[Uganda]]
*[[March 26|26]] [[Jan Berry]], 62, the 'Jan' of [[Jan and Dean]]
*[[March 26|26]] [[Jan Sterling]], 82, [[United States|American]] actress
*[[March 24|24]] [[Dominic Agostino]], 44, [[Ontario]] [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] [[Member of Provincial Parliament|MPP]]
*[[March 23|23]] Sir [[Rupert Hamer]], 87, [[Australia]]n politician
*[[March 23|23]] [[Lorand Fenyves]], 86, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] violinist
*[[March 22|22]] [[Boonreung Bauchang]], 34, "Snake Man"
*[[March 22|22]] [[Sheikh Ahmed Yassin]], 66?, spiritual leader and founder of [[Hamas]]
*[[March 21|21]] [[Mirwais Sadiq]], ?, [[Civil Aviation Minister of Afghanistan|Civil Aviation Minister]] for [[Afghanistan]]
*[[March 20|20]] [[Juliana of the Netherlands|Juliana]], 94, former Queen of the [[Netherlands]]
*[[March 20|20]] [[Edward G. Zubler]], 79, chemist, inventor of [[halogen lamp]]
*[[March 19|19]] [[Brian Maxwell]], 51, long-distance runner and founder of PowerBar
*[[March 19|19]] [[Mitchell Sharp]], 92, former [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet]] minister
*[[March 19|19]] [[Roberto Mora]], Mexican journalist, newspaper editor-in-chief
*[[March 18|18]] [[Gene Bearden]], 83, baseball player with the [[Cleveland Indians]]
*[[March 18|18]] [[Vytas Brenner]], 57, [[musician]], [[keyboardist]] and [[composer]]
*[[March 18|18]] [[Wallace Davenport]], 78, [[New Orleans]] [[jazz]] [[trumpeter]]
*[[March 18|18]] [[Harrison McCain]], 76, [[Canada|Canadian]] businessman, founder of [[McCain Foods]]
*[[March 18|18]] [[Guillermo Rivas]], 72, [[Mexico|Mexican]] comedy actor
*[[March 17|17]] [[Monique Laederach]], 65, French and German language author
*[[March 17|17]] [[J. J. Jackson]], 62, former [[MTV]] [[Video jockey|VJ]]
*[[March 17|17]] [[George Boiardi]], 22, [[Lacrosse]] player for [[Cornell University]]
*[[March 17|17]] [[Patrick Nuttgens]], 74, English architect and academic
*[[March 16|16]] [[Vilém Tauský]], 94, Czech conductor and composer
*[[March 16|16]] [[Brian Bianchini]], 25, American [[fashion]] model
*[[March 15|15]] [[Amparo Arrebato]], 59, Colombian dancer
*[[March 15|15]] [[William Hayward Pickering|William Pickering]], 93, former head of [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]
*[[March 15|15]] [[Aimo Kairamo]], Finnish political columnist
*[[March 15|15]] [[John Pople]], 78, British theoretical chemist and [[Nobel Prize]] winner
*[[March 14|14]] [[Blessing Makunike]], 28, Zimbabwean [[Football (soccer)|football player]]
*[[March 13|13]] [[Franz König]], 98, Austrian cardinal
*[[March 13|13]] [[Dullah Omar]], 69, South African cabinet minister
*[[March 12|12]] [[Finn Carling]], 78, Norwegian author and playwright with [[cerebral palsy]]
*[[March 12|12]] [[Yvonne Cernota]], 24, German bobsled driver, in training accident
*[[March 12|12]] [[Cid Corman]], 79, Japan-based American poet and translator
*[[March 11|11]] [[Seymour Geisser]], 74, statistician, DNA-evidence expert
*[[March 11|11]] [[Sidney James]], 97, first managing editor of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''
*[[March 10|10]] [[Robert D. Orr]], 86, former [[List of Governors of Indiana|Governor of Indiana]]
*[[March 10|10]] [[James Parrish]], 35, former [[National Football League]] player
*[[March 9|9]] [[Robert Pastorelli]], 49, actor
*[[March 9|9]] [[Albert Mol]], 87, dancer, cabaret performer, actor, tv personality, author
*[[March 8|8]] [[Nicolae Cajal]], 84, doctor, chairman of Romania's Jewish community
*[[March 8|8]] [[Muhammad Zaidan]] (Abu Abbas), 55, founder of [[Palestine Liberation Front]]
*[[March 7|7]] [[Paul Winfield]], 62, [[Emmy]]-winning actor
*[[March 6|6]] [[Frances Dee]], 94, actress
*[[March 6|6]] [[John Henry Williams]], 35, controversial son of baseball great [[Ted Williams]]
*[[March 5|5]] [[Julito Collazo]], 78, Cuban Master Percussionist
*[[March 5|5]] [[Joan Riudavets]], 114, world's oldest documented man and oldest person in Europe
*[[March 5|5]] [[Percy Browne]], 80, former British [[Member of Parliament|MP]], jockey and farmer
*[[March 4|4]] [[Claude Nougaro]], 74, French ''chanteur''
*[[March 4|4]] [[Stephen Sprouse]], 50, American artist and fashion designer
*[[March 4|4]] [[John McGeoch]], 48, British guitarist with ''[[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]'', ''[[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]'' and ''[[PiL]]''
*[[March 3|3]] [[Luis Villalta]], 35, professional boxer
*[[March 3|3]] [[Cecily Adams]], 39, actress
*[[March 2|2]] [[Mercedes McCambridge]], 85, [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]] winning actress
*[[March 2|2]] [[Marge Schott]], 75, former primary owner of the [[Cincinnati Reds]]
*[[March 1|1]] [[Massimo der Bernart]], 54, Italian conductor
==[[February 2004]]==
*[[February 29|29]] [[Jerome Lawrence]], 88, playwright
*[[February 29|29]] [[Tony Onley]], 75, painter
*[[February 29|29]] [[Danny Ortiz]], 27, [[Guatemala]]n football goalkeeper
*[[February 28|28]] [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], 89, historian
*[[February 27|27]] [[Paul Sweezy]], 93, economist and founding editor of the ''[[Monthly Review]]''
*[[February 26|26]] [[Shankarrao Chavan]], 83, [[Chief Minister]] of [[Maharashtra]]
*[[February 26|26]] [[Adolf Ehrnrooth]], 99, General; [[Finland|Finnish]] war veteran
*[[February 26|26]] [[Bart Howard]], 88, composer, "[[Fly Me To The Moon]]"
*[[February 26|26]] [[Boris Trajkovski]], 47, President of the [[Republic of Macedonia]]
*[[February 24|24]] [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], 88, [[U.S.|American]] [[actor]]
*[[February 23|23]] [[Carl Anderson]], 58, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] ([[Judas]] in ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]])''
*[[February 23|23]] [[William Coates]], <s>114?</s> ''92'', asserted by advocates to be [[Supercentenarian|"oldest living American"]] but documentation showed otherwise
*[[February 23|23]] [[Sikander Bakht]], 85, [[Governor]] of [[Kerala]]
*[[February 23|23]] [[Vijay Anand]], 71, Bollywood filmmaker and brother of [[Dev Anand]]
*[[February 23|23]] [[Carl Liscombe]], 89, [[Detroit Red Wings]] hockey player in the [[1940s]]
*[[February 23|23]] [[Don Cornell]], 79, popular singer of the [[1940s]] and [[1950s]]
*[[February 22|22]] [[Andy Seminick]], 83, [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[catcher]] and last survivor of the [[1950 in sports|1950]] [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]]' "Whiz Kids" that won the [[National League|NL]] championship
*[[February 22|22]] [[Roque Máspoli]], 86, legendary [[Uruguay]]an goalkeeper
*[[February 21|21]] [[Guido Molinari]], [[Canada|Canadian]] [[abstract art]]ist
*[[February 21|21]] [[Spot Fetcher]], 14, President [[George W. Bush]]'s dog
*[[February 21|21]] [[John Charles]], 72, Welsh football player
*[[February 20|20]] [[Stanislaw Ryniak]], 88, first person imprisoned at [[Auschwitz]] (Feb 20 is burial date)
*[[February 19|19]] [[Clark Byers]], American sign maker
*[[February 19|19]] [[Hermann Krings]], German philosopher
*[[February 18|18]] [[Jean Rouch]], 86, French filmmaker and ethnologist
*[[February 17|17]] [[José López Portillo]], 83, former [[List of presidents of Mexico|president]] of [[Mexico]]
*[[February 16|16]] [[Shirley Strickland]], 78, Australian athlete, three-time Olympic champion
*[[February 16|16]] [[Doris Troy]], 67, R&B singer
*[[February 16|16]] [[Bill Oakley]], 39, [[comic book]] [[letterer]]
*[[February 15|15]] [[Jan Miner]], 86, American actress
*[[February 15|15]] [[Jens Evensen]], 86, Norwegian minister, [[International Court of Justice|World Court]] judge
*[[February 14|14]] [[Marco Pantani]], 34, racing cyclist, winner of [[Tour de France]] and [[Giro d'Italia]] in [[1998]]
*[[February 13|13]] [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]], 51, Chechen leader
*[[February 11|11]] [[Ryszard Kuklinski]], 74, Polish-born colonel and spy
*[[February 10|10]] [[Nils Aas]], 70, Norwegian sculptor and illustrator
*[[February 9|9]] [[Michael Rowland]], 41, [[Horse racing]] jockey
*[[February 9|9]] [[Samuel Rubin]], 85, popcorn promoter
*[[February 9|9]] [[Claude Ryan]], 79, [[Canadian]] politician
*[[February 8|8]] [[Julius Schwartz]], 89, [[comic book]] and [[pulp magazine]] [[editor]]
*[[February 8|8]] [[Cem Karaca]], 58, [[Turkish]] singer and composer
*[[February 7|7]] [[Rebeca Martínez]], 2 months, [[craniopagus parasiticus]] baby
*[[February 7|7]] [[Norman Thelwell]], 80, cartoonist
*[[February 6|6]] [[Humphry Osmond]], 86, psychiatrist and pioneer [[LSD]] experimenter
*[[February 6|6]] [[Jerome F. Lederer]], 101, aviation safety pioneer
*[[February 5|5]] [[Frances Partridge]], 103, writer, last surviving member of the [[Bloomsbury group]]
*[[February 4|4]] [[Hilda Hilst]], 73, Brazilian novelist
*[[February 4|4]] [[Ernest Burke]], 79, baseball player
*[[February 3|3]] [[Cornelius Bumpus]], 58, musician ([[The Doobie Brothers]], [[Steely Dan]])
*[[February 2|2]] [[Alan Bullock]], 89, historian
*[[February 1|1]] [[Rocco Clein]], 35, journalist, musician ([http://www.turbojugend.net/pg/detail.php?k_id=1&a_id=1477]); ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_Clein])
*[[February 1|1]] [[Carlie Brucia]], 11, abduction victim
*[[February 1|1]] [[Ally McLeod]], 72, Scottish football player and manager
==[[January 2004]]==
*[[January 31|31]] [[Suraiya]], 75, Indian actress and singer
*[[January 31|31]] [[Eleanor Holm]], 90, US swimmer
*[[January 31|31]] [[Scott Walker (boxer)|Scott Walker]], 34, US [[Boxing|boxer]], ''Pink Cat'', last one to beat [[Alexis Arguello]].
*[[January 30|30]] [[Robert Harth]], 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall
*[[January 29|29]] [[Joe Viterelli]], 66, actor
*[[January 29|29]] [[O. W. Fischer]], Austrian actor
*[[January 29|29]] [[Helge Seip]], 84, Norwegian politician ([[Venstre (Norway)|Social Liberal Party]])
*[[January 29|29]] [[M. M. Kaye]], 95, British author, ''[[The Far Pavilions]]''
*[[January 29|29]] [[Mary-Ellis Bunim]], 57, producer and co-creator of ''[[The Real World]]''
*[[January 29|29]] [[USS Pueblo|Lloyd "Pete" Bucher]], 76, Captain of the USS ''Pueblo'' [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/29/obit.bucher.ap/index.html]
*[[January 29|29]] [[Janet Frame]], 79, New Zealand writer
*[[January 29|29]] [[Ed Sciaky]], 55, [[Philadelphia]] broadcaster and disk jockey
*[[January 28|28]] [[Elroy Hirsch]], 80, hall of fame [[National Football League|NFL]] football player
*[[January 28|28]] [[José Miguel Agrelot]], "Don Cholito", 76, comedian and radio show host
*[[January 27|27]] [[Rikki Fulton]], 79, Scottish comedian
*[[January 27|27]] [[Jack Paar]], 85, ''[[Tonight Show]]'' host
*[[January 26|26]] [[Fred Haas]], 88, golfer
*[[January 26|26]] [[Wilhemina Barns-Graham]], 91, Scottish artist
*[[January 25|25]] [[Miklós Fehér]], 24, Hungarian football player
*[[January 25|25]] [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], 85, Dutch athlete
*[[January 24|24]] [[Leonidas da Silva]], [[Football (soccer)|Football]] player [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&storyID=445148§ion=news].
*[[January 23|23]] [[Bob Keeshan]], 76, US actor, starred as "[[Captain Kangaroo]]"
*[[January 23|23]] [[Helmut Newton]], 83, photographer
*[[January 22|22]] [[George Woodbridge]], 73, illustrator
*[[January 22|22]] [[Billy May]], 87, US [[big band]] and [[pop music]] arranger
*[[January 22|22]] [[Ann Miller]], 81, US dancer
*[[March 22|22]] [[Islwyn Ffowc Elis]], 79, [[Welsh language]] writer
*[[January 21|21]] [[Bernard Punsley]], 80 physician, actor
*[[January 19|19]] [[Teresa Ferster Glazier]], 96, author of [[''The Least You Should Know About English'']]
*[[January 19|19]] [[Jerry Nachman]], 57, [[MSNBC]] editor-in-chief
*[[January 19|19]] [[David Hookes]], 48, [[Australia|Australian]] cricketer and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] coach
*[[January 19|19]] [[Antonious Seram]], 20, [[Indonesia|Indonesian]] professional [[Boxing|boxer]]
*[[January 18|18]] [[Noble Willingham]], 72, [[actor]], former candidate for the [[United States Congress]]
*[[January 17|17]] [[Czeslaw Niemen]], 64, [[Poland|Polish]] musician
*[[January 17|17]] [[Tom Rowe]], 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare.
*[[January 17|17]] [[Rafael Cordero (mayor)|Rafael Cordero]], 61, mayor of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]]
*[[January 17|17]] [[Ray Stark]], 88, publicist, actor's agent; produced ''[[Funny Girl]]'' (1968)
*[[January 17|17]] [[Harry Brecheen]], 89, former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[pitcher]]
*[[January 16|16]] [[Kalevi Sorsa]], 73, former [[Finland|Finnish]] [[prime minister]]
*[[January 15|15]] [[Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré]], 95, member of the [[Académie française]]
*[[January 15|15]] [[Olivia Goldsmith]], 54, [[author]]
*[[January 15|15]] [[Alex Barris]], 81, Canadian actor and writer
*[[January 15|15]] [[Gus Suhr]], 98, former baseball player, [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
*[[January 14|14]] [[Mike Goliat]], 78, member of the famous '50 [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies' "Whiz Kids"]] [[National League|NL]] champions
*[[January 14|14]] [[Uta Hagen]], 84, [[actress]], acting teacher, wife of [[José Ferrer]] and [[Herbert Berghof]]
*[[January 14|14]] [[Ron O'Neal]], 66, [[actor]], starred in ''[[Superfly]]'' (1972)
*[[January 14|14]] [[Jack Cady]], [[science fiction]] writer
*[[January 13|13]] [[Philip Crosby]], 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner [[Bing Crosby]]
*[[January 13|13]] [[Arne Næss Jr.]], 66, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[mountaineer]] and businessman, former husband of [[Diana Ross]]
*[[January 13|13]] [[Harold Shipman]], 54, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[serial killer]]
*[[January 13|13]] [[Zeno Vendler]], 82, philosopher and linguist
*[[January 12|12]] [[Randy VanWarmer]], 48, [[United States|US]] singer and songwriter
*[[January 11|11]] [[Tuba Fats Lacen|Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen]], 53, [[New Orleans]] [[jazz]] musician
*[[January 11|perhaps 10/11]] [[Spalding Gray]], 62, [[United States|US]] perfomer and writer (body identified [[March 8]] in [[East River]] near [[New York City]])
*[[January 10|10]] [[Yinka Dare]], 32, [[Nigeria|Nigerian]] former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[basketball]] player for the [[New Jersey Nets]]
*[[January 10|10]] [[Jerry Boyd]], 59, [[Mesa, Arizona]] councilman
*[[January 10|10]] [[Alexandra Ripley]], author, ''[[Scarlett]]''
*[[January 9|9]] [[Nissim Ezekiel]], 79, Indian poet, playwright and art critic
*[[January 9|9]] [[Norberto Bobbio]], 94, Italian senator and jurist
*[[January 8|8]] [[John A. Gambling]], 73, American radio host, "Rambling with Gambling"
*[[January 7|7]] [[Ingrid Thulin]], 76, Swedish actress, "Cries and Whispers"
*[[January 6|6]] [[Pierre Charles]], 49, Prime Minister of [[Dominica]]
*[[January 6|6]] [[Francesco Scavullo]], 82, [[fashion]] [[photographer]]
*[[January 5|5]] [[Tug McGraw]], 59, former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[pitcher]]
*[[January 5|5]] [[David Lipschultz]], 33, American journalist (''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Smart Money]]'' and ''[[Red Herring (magazine)|Red Herring]]'')
*[[January 5|5]] [[Dame]] [[Sheila McKechnie]], 55, Head of [[Shelter (charity)|Shelter]], [[cancer]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2736313.stm]
*[[January 4|4]] [[Brian Gibson]], 59, film director, "What's Love Got to Do With It"
*[[January 4|4]] [[Jake Hess]], 76, Southern Gospel singing legend
*[[January 4|4]] [[Jeff Nuttall]], poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author
*[[January 4|4]] [[Joan Aiken]], 79, author of ''The Wolves of Willoughby Chase''
*[[January 4|4]] [[John Toland (author)|John Toland]], 91, American author and historian
*[[January 2|2]] [[Paul Hopkins]], 99, reported to be the oldest living former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player
*[[January 2|2]] [[Jessica Pacheco Calvente]], 10, Puerto Rican, stray bullet victim
*[[January 2|2]] [[Lynn Cartwright]], 76, US actress
*[[January 2|2]] [[Etta Moten Barnett]], 102, actress
*[[January 1|1]] [[Frederick Redlich]], 93, former dean of the [[Yale University]] School of Medicine
==External links and references==
*[http://www.deadpeople.info/ Dead People Server]
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/catlist.cgi?q=OBT&l=All&p=news&Go.x=228&Go.y=12 Recent AP Obituaries]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/ ''The New York Times'': Obituaries]
*[http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/ FamousDeaths.com Week in Review]
*[http://www.blogofdeath.com/ blogofdeath.com]
*[http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.obituaries alt.obituaries]
*[http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html Operation Iraqi Freedom - US Combat Deaths]
For earlier deaths see [[Deaths in 2003]], [[Deaths in 2002]], [[Deaths in 2001]], [[2000#Deaths|2000]], [[1999#Deaths|1999]], [[1998#Deaths|1998]], [[1997#Deaths|1997]]...
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