Recent deaths

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The following is a list of notable figures who have died recently.

Table of contents

1 May 2004 2 April 2004 3 March 2004 4 February 2004 5 January 2004 6 External links and references

May 2004

• 7 Waldemar Milewicz, 48, Polish journalist, and Mounyra Beouamrane, killed in Iraq
• 6 Celal Bilgin, 40, Turkish businessman
• 6 Kjell Hallbing, 69, aka Louis Masterson, Norwegian Western author [1]
• 4 Clement Dodd, 72, Jamaican reggae pioneer
• 3 Darrell Johnson, 75, former MLB catcher and manager [1]
• 3 Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, 84, British politician
• 2 Paul Guimard, 83, French writer
• 1 Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
• 1 Lojze Kovacic, Slovenian writer

April 2004

• 30 Lou Chapman, 90, long time Milwaukee Sentinel baseball writer [1]
• 29 Johannes Berg, 47, cornerstone of the Norwegian science fiction fandom scene
• 29 Nick Joaquin, 86, writer and Philippine national artist
• 27 Roy Walford, 79, advocate of caloric restriction and author of Beyond the 120-Year Diet [1]
• 26 Hubert Selby Jr, 75, author of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
• 25 Thom Gunn, 74, British poet
• 25 Feridun Karakaya, 76, Turkish actor
• 25 Bill Grace, 69, Phoenix businessman
• 25 Carl Melles, Hungarian conductor
• 24 Estee Lauder, 95, cosmetics products pioneer
• 24 Jose Giovanni, 80, French director and crime-writer
• 23 David Jenkinson, railway modeller and historian.
• 22 Pat Tillman, 27, former NFL player (Arizona Cardinals), Army Ranger, killed in action
• 21 Concha Zardoya, 89, (Chile/Spain) poet and writer, and one of the main links between Spanish and English literatures
• 21 Mary McGrory, 85, American journalist and columnist
• 19 (body found, death probably on March 30) Alejandro Ferretis, 59, Mexican avant-garde actor, murdered [1]
• 19 Frank B. Morrison, 98, former Governor of Nebraska
• 19 Tim Burstall, 76, Australian film director and producer
• 19 John Maynard Smith, 84, British biologist
• 19 Norris McWhirter, 78, founder of the Guinness Book of Records
• 19 Jim Cantalupo, 60, CEO of McDonald's
• 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, 83, long-time Prime Minister and President of Fiji
• 18 (body found, death probably on April 14) Tamara Dunstan, 29, U.S. kidnap victim
• 17 (body found, death probably in November 2003) Dru Sjodin, 22, U.S. kidnap victim
• 17 Barbara Kenyatta Bey, 59, Yoruba priestess and widow of jazz percussionist Chief Bey
• 17 Geraint Howells, 79, Welsh politician
• 17 Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, 56, Hamas leader
• 17 Soundarya, 32, Indian film actress
• 15 Hans Gmuer, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer
• 15 Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 69, Japanese manga artist
• 13 Caron Keating, 41, British television presenter
• 12 Juan Valderrama, 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer
• 12 Frankie Narvaez, 65, Puerto Rican boxer
• 10 Orazio Fumagalli, 83, Italian sculptor - AP Obituary [1]
• 10 Lou Berberet, 74, former Major League Baseball catcher
• 10 Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
• 10 Sakip Sabanci, 71, Turkish businessman
• 9 Lelia Abramo, 93, Celebrity Brazilian actress, and one of the founders of President Lula da Silva's Workers Party - Obituary in Portuguese [1]
• 9 Nick and Mary Yankovic, 86 and 81, parents of Weird Al Yankovic
• 9 Harry Babbitt, 90, singer
• 8 Chief Bey, 90, American jazz percussionist and African folklorist
• 8 Maureen Potter, 79, Irish comedienne and actor
• 8 Bruce Edwards, 49, caddy of golfer Tom Watson
• 7 Robert Sangster, 67, leading British racehorse owner
• 7 Kelucharan Mohapatra, 77, traditional Indian Odissi dancer
• 6 Larisa Bogoraz, 74, Russian dissident and human rights activist
• 6 Marjorie Pay Hinckley, 92, wife of Gordon B. Hinckley
• 6 Timothy, ~160, tortoise that served as a Royal Navy mascot in the Crimean War
• 5 Austin Willis, 86, Canadian movie actor and television host
• 4 George Bamberger, 80, former major league pitcher and manager
• 4 Gito Baloi, 39, Southern African musician
• 4 Serhane ben Abdelmajid Farkhet, ?, Moroccan, suspected Madrid train bomber
• 3 John Diamond, Baron Diamond, 96, British life peer
• 3 Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian Singer
• 2 Lawrence McGrew, 46, former New England Patriots linebacker
• 1 Nilo Soruco, 76, Bolivian singer-songwriter
• 1 Carrie Snodgress, 57, actress
• 1 Aaron Bank, 101, "Father of Special Forces"
• 1 Enrique Grau, 83, Colombian painter and sculptor
• 1 Annette Daniels, 42, American opera singer

March 2004

• 31 Hedi Lang, 72, first woman to preside the Swiss National Council
• 31 Joseph James Zimmerman, Jr, 92, inventor of answering machine
• 31 Omi Nieves, 24, son of salsa singer Tito Nieves
• 31 Gurcharan Singh Tohra, 79, Sikh leader
• 30 Michael King, 58, New Zealand historian
• 30 Erick Friedman, 64, American concert violinist, violin professor at Yale University
• 30 Alistair Cooke, 95, BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator
• 30 Hubert Gregg, 89, BBC broadcaster
• 28 Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, British actor
• 28 Robert Merle, 95, French author
• 27 Art James, 74, game show host and announcer
• 27 Larry Trask, 59, linguist and expert on the Basques
• 27 Adan Sanchez, 19, Mexican singer
• 26 Jan Berry, 62, the 'Jan' of Jan and Dean
• 26 Jan Sterling, 82, American actress
• 24 Dominic Agostino, 44, Ontario Liberal MPP
• 23 Sir Rupert Hamer, 87, Australian politician
• 23 Lorand Fenyves, 86, Hungarian violinist
• 22 Boonreung Bauchang, 34, "Snake Man"
• 22 Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, 66?, spiritual leader and founder of Hamas
• 21 Mirwais Sadiq, ?, Civil Aviation Minister for Afghanistan
• 20 Juliana, 94, former Queen of the Netherlands
• 20 Edward G. Zubler, 79, chemist, inventor of halogen lamp
• 19 Brian Maxwell, 51, long-distance runner and founder of PowerBar
• 19 Mitchell Sharp, 92, former Canadian Liberal cabinet minister
• 19 Roberto Mora, Mexican journalist, newspaper editor-in-chief
• 18 Gene Bearden, 83, baseball player with the Cleveland Indians
• 18 Vytas Brenner, 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
• 18 Wallace Davenport, 78, New Orleans jazz trumpeter
• 18 Harrison McCain, 76, Canadian businessman, founder of McCain Foods
• 18 Guillermo Rivas, 72, Mexican comedy actor
• 17 J. J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ
• 17 George Boiardi, 22, Lacrosse player for Cornell University
• 17 Patrick Nuttgens, 74, English architect and academic
• 16 Vilém Tauský, 94, Czech conductor and composer
• 15 Amparo Arrebato, 59, Colombian dancer
• 15 William Pickering, 93, former head of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• 15 Aimo Kairamo, Finnish political columnist
• 15 John Pople, 78, British theoretical chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• 14 Blessing Makunike, 28, Zimbabwean football player
• 13 Franz Koenig, 98, Austrian cardinal
• 13 Dullah Omar, 69, South African cabinet minister
• 12 Finn Carling, 78, Norwegian author and playwright with cerebral palsy
• 12 Yvonne Cernota, 24, German bobsled driver, in training accident
• 12 Cid Corman, 79, Japan-based American poet and translator
• 11 Seymour Geisser, 74, statistician, DNA-evidence expert
• 11 Sidney James, 97, first managing editor of Sports Illustrated
• 10 Robert D. Orr, 86, former Governor of Indiana
• 10 James Parrish, 35, former National Football League player
• 9 Robert Pastorelli, 49, actor
• 9 Albert Mol, 87, dancer, cabaret performer, actor, tv personality, author
• 8 Nicolae Cajal, 84, doctor, chairman of Romania's Jewish community
• 8 Muhammad Zaidan (Abu Abbas), 55, founder of Palestine Liberation Front
• 7 Paul Winfield, 62, Emmy-winning actor
• 6 Frances Dee, 94, actress
• 6 John Henry Williams, 35, controversial son of baseball great Ted Williams
• 5 Julito Collazo, 78, Cuban Master Percussionist
• 5 Joan Riudavets, 114, world's oldest documented man and oldest person in Europe
• 5 Percy Browne, 80, former British MP, jockey and farmer
• 4 Claude Nougaro, 74, French chanteur
• 4 Stephen Sprouse, 50, American artist and fashion designer
• 4 John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
• 3 Luis Villalta, 35, professional boxer
• 3 Cecily Adams, 39, actress
• 2 Mercedes McCambridge, 85, Academy Award winning actress
• 2 Marge Schott, 75, former primary owner of the Cincinnati Reds
• 1 Massimo der Bernart, 54, Italian conductor

February 2004

• 29 Jerome Lawrence, 88, playwright
• 29 Tony Onley, 75, painter
• 29 Danny Ortiz, 27, Guatemalan football goalkeeper
• 28 Daniel J. Boorstin, 89, historian
• 27 Paul Sweezy, 93, economist and founding editor of the Monthly Review
• 26 Shankarrao Chavan, 83, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 26 Adolf Ehrnrooth, 99, General; Finnish war veteran
• 26 Bart Howard, 88, composer, "Fly Me To The Moon"
• 26 Boris Trajkovski, 47, President of the Republic of Macedonia
• 24 John Randolph, 88, American actor
• 23 Carl Anderson, 58, American actor (Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar)
• 23 William Coates, 114? 92, Formerly believed to be "oldest living American
• 23 Sikander Bakht, 85, Governor of Kerala
• 23 Vijay Anand, 71, Bollywood filmmaker and brother of Dev Anand
• 23 Carl Liscombe, 89, Detroit Red Wings hockey player in the 1940s
• 23 Don Cornell, 79, popular singer of the 1940s and 1950s
• 22 Roque Maspoli, 86, legendary Uruguayan goalkeeper
• 21 Guido Molinari, Canadian abstract artist
• 21 Spot Fetcher, 14, President George W. Bush's dog
• 21 John Charles, 72, Welsh football player
• 20 Stanislaw Ryniak, 88, first person imprisoned at Auschwitz (Feb 20 is burial date)
• 19 Clark Byers, American sign maker
• 19 Hermann Krings, German philosopher
• 18 Jean Rouch, 86, French filmmaker and ethnologist
• 17 Jose Lopez Portillo, 83, former president of Mexico
• 16 Shirley Strickland, 78, Australian athlete, three-time Olympic champion
• 16 Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
• 16 Bill Oakley, 39, comic book letterer
• 15 Jan Miner, 86, American actress
• 15 Jens Evensen, 86, Norwegian minister, World Court judge
• 14 Marco Pantani, 34, racing cyclist, winner of Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998
• 13 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 51, Chechen leader
• 11 Ryszard Kuklinski, 74, Polish-born colonel and spy
• 10 Nils Aas, 70, Norwegian sculptor and illustrator
• 9 Michael Rowland, 41, Horse racing jockey
• 9 Samuel Rubin, 85, popcorn promoter
• 9 Claude Ryan, 79, Canadian politician
• 8 Julius Schwartz, 89, comic book and pulp magazine editor
• 8 Cem Karaca, Turkish singer and composer
• 7 Rebeca Martinez, 2 months, craniopagus parasiticus baby
• 7 Norman Thelwell, 80, cartoonist
• 6 Humphry Osmond, 86, psychiatrist and pioneer LSD experimenter
• 6 Jerome F. Lederer, 101, aviation safety pioneer
• 5 Frances Partridge, 103, writer, last surviving member of the Bloomsbury group
• 4 Hilda Hilst, 73, Brazilian novelist
• 4 Ernest Burke, 79, baseball player
• 3 Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
• 2 Alan Bullock, 89, historian
• 1 Rocco Clein, 35, journalist, musician ([1]); ([1])
• 1 Carlie Brucia, 11, abduction victim
• 1 Ally McLeod, 72, Scottish football player and manager

January 2004

• 31 Suraiya, 75, Indian actress and singer
• 31 Eleanor Holm, 90, US swimmer
• 31 Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Arguello.
• 30 Robert Harth, 47, executive director of Carnegie Hall
• 29 Joe Viterelli, 66, actor
• 29 O. W. Fischer, Austrian actor
• 29 Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party)
• 29 M. M. Kaye, 95, British author, The Far Pavilions
• 29 Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World
• 29 Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, 76, Captain of the USS Pueblo [1]
• 29 Janet Frame, 79, New Zealand writer
• 29 Ed Sciaky, 55, Philadelphia broadcaster and disk jockey
• 28 Elroy Hirsch, 80, hall of fame NFL football player
• 28 Jose Miguel Agrelot, "Don Cholito", 76, comedian and radio show host
• 27 Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian
• 27 Jack Paar, 85, Tonight Show host
• 26 Fred Haas, 88, golfer
• 26 Wilhemina Barns-Graham, 91, Scottish artist
• 25 Miklos Feher, 24, Hungarian football player
• 25 Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete
• 24 Leonidas da Silva, Football player [1].
• 23 Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo"
• 23 Helmut Newton, 83, photographer
• 22 George Woodbridge, 73, illustrator
• 22 Billy May, 87, US big band and pop music arranger
• 22 Ann Miller, 81, US dancer
• 22 Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 79, Welsh language writer
• 21 Bernard Punsley, 80 physician, actor
• 19 Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief
• 19 David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach
• 19 Antonious Seram, 20, Indonesian professional boxer
• 18 Noble Willingham, 72, actor, former candidate for the United States Congress
• 17 Czeslaw Niemen, 64, Polish musician
• 17 Tom Rowe, 53, Musician, member of Schooner Fare.
• 17 Rafael Cordero, 61, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• 17 Ray Stark, 88, publicist, actor's agent; produced Funny Girl (1968)
• 17 Harry Brecheen, 89, former MLB pitcher
• 16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister
• 15 Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carre, 95, member of the Academie francaise
• 15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
• 15 Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer
• 15 Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
• 14 Mike Goliat, 78, member of the famous '50 Phillies' "Whiz Kids NL champions
• 14 Uta Hagen, 84, actress, acting teacher, wife of Jose Ferrer and Herbert Berghof
• 14 Ron O'Neal, 66, actor, starred in Superfly (1972)
• 14 Jack Cady, science fiction writer
• 13 Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby
• 13 Arne Naess Jr, 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross
• 13 Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer
• 13 Zeno Vendler, 82, philosopher and linguist
• 12 Randy VanWarmer, 48, US singer and songwriter
• 11 Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, New Orleans jazz musician
• perhaps 10/11 Spalding Gray, 62, US perfomer and writer (body identified March 8 in East River near New York City)
• 10 Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former NBA basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
• 10 Jerry Boyd, 59, Mesa, Arizona councilman
• 10 Alexandra Ripley, author, Scarlett
• 9 Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist
• 8 John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, "Rambling with Gambling"
• 7 Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, "Cries and Whispers"
• 6 Pierre Charles, 49, Prime Minister of Dominica
• 6 Francesco Scavullo, 82, fashion photographer
• 5 Tug McGraw, 59, former MLB pitcher
• 5 David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, Smart Money and Red Herring)
• 4 Brian Gibson, 59, film director, "What's Love Got to Do With It"
• 4 Jake Hess, 76, Southern Gospel singing legend
• 4 Jeff Nuttall, poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author
• 4 Joan Aiken, 79, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
• 4 John Toland, 91, American author and historian
• 2 Paul Hopkins, 99, reported to be the oldest living former MLB player
• 2 Jessica Pacheco Calvente, 10, Puerto Rican, stray bullet victim
• 2 Lynn Cartwright, 76, US actress
• 2 Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
• 1 Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine

External links and references

• Dead People Server
• Recent AP Obituaries
• The New York Times: Obituaries
• FamousDeaths.com Week in Review
• blogofdeath.com
• alt.obituaries
• Operation Iraqi Freedom - US Combat Deaths

For earlier deaths see Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1970 ...