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List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2004 .
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August 2004
1
Philip Hauge Abelson , 91, American physicist, co-discoverer of
Neptunium .
[1]
Vivian Austin , 84, American actress.
John Higgins , 88, American swimmer and coach, pneumonia.
George F. Kugler Jr. , 79, American lawyer.
[2]
Viktor Malyuk , 43, Russian serial killer, suicide by hanging.
Sidney Morgenbesser , 82, American philosopher.
[3]
Albrecht Obermaier , 92, German naval officer.
Laurence Stark , 83, Royal Air Force pilot and WWII flying ace.
Ken Timbs , 53, American professional wrestler,
cardiomyopathy and
congestive heart failure .
2
Akwasi Ampofo Adjei , 47, Ghanaian
highlife musician.
[4]
Heinrich Mark , 92, Estonian politician,
Prime Minister-in-exile (1971–1990).
José Omar Pastoriza , 62, Argentinian football player. and coach.
Mike Schultz , 83, American baseball player (
Cincinnati Reds ).
[5]
Arturo Tolentino , 93, Philippine lawyer and politician.
3
Henri Cartier-Bresson , 95, French photographer.
[6]
Gloria Emerson , 75, American author, journalist and
New York Times
war correspondent , suicide.
[7]
Brian Hitch , 72, British diplomat.
Bob Murphy , 79, American MLB New York Mets announcer.
Bryon Nickoloff , 48, Canadian chess
International Master , represented Canada in six
Chess Olympiads .
[8]
Geraldine Peroni , 51, American film editor (
The Player ,
Dr. T and the Women ,
Michael ), suicide.
[9]
4
Mary Dees , 93, American actress.
Jeanne Gilchrist , 78, American baseball player (
AAGPBL ).
[10]
Hunter Hancock , 88, American R&B and rock DJ.
Sir Robert Jennings , 90, British jurist, President of the
International Court of Justice .
Joseph Bearwalker Wilson , 62, American
shaman and witch.
5
6
Lien Ying Chow , 98, Singaporean businessperson, pneumonia.
Santosh Gupta , 79, Bangladeshi journalist and writer.
Rick James , 56, American singer ("
Mary Jane ", "
Give It to Me Baby ", "
Super Freak ") and producer, heart attack.
[11]
Donald Justice , 78, American poet.
[12]
Murray S. Klamkin , 83, American mathematician.
Natteri Veeraraghavan , 90, Indian physician, microbiologist and medical researcher.
7
Paul "Red" Adair , 89, American oil well fire-fighter.
Concepcion Anes , 79, Gibraltarian politician,
MHA .
[13]
Colin Bibby , 55, English ornithologist.
Bernard Levin , 75, English journalist and broadcaster.
Gordon Smith , 80, Scottish footballer.
8
Robert "Gypsy Boots" Bootzin , 89, American health and fitness pioneer.
Nigel Capel-Cure , 95, British cricketer and landowner.
Pete Center , 92, American baseball player (
Cleveland Indians ).
[14]
Paul "Mousie" Garner , 95, American comedian,
Three Stooges associate.
Leon Golub , 82, American artist and painter.
Charles L. Lewis , 37, American politician.
Dimitris Papamichael , 70, Greek actor.
Jean Pouliot , 81, Canadian broadcasting pioneer, helped establish television stations in
Kitchener, Ontario and
Quebec City, Quebec .
[15]
Richard Taylor , 23, Welsh skating and skiing champion, collided with a concrete lamp-post.
Fay Wray , 96, Canadian-born American actress (
King Kong ).
[16]
9
Liisi Beckmann , 79, Finnish designer and artist.
Edwin Michael Conway , 70, American Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church,
esophageal cancer
Tony Mottola , 86, American guitarist who played with
Frank Sinatra and on
The Tonight Show orchestra.
[17]
Eduard Neumann , 93, German Luftwaffe officer during WWII.
David Raksin , 92, American composer of film and television scores (
Laura ), two
Academy Award nominations (
Forever Amber ,
Separate Tables ).
[18]
Sir David Steel , 87, British businessman.
10
11
Bjarne Andersson , 64, Swedish cross-county skier, Olympic silver medallist (
1968 ).
Sir David Calcutt , 73, British barrister and public servant.
Chen Chunxian , 70, Chinese physicist, founder of
Zhongguancun .
Keith Drinan , 79, Australian rules footballer, (
St Kilda ).
Joe Falls , 76, American journalist, longtime sports writer for
The Detroit News .
Bill Martin, Jr. , 88, American author of
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom .
[20]
Wolfgang Mommsen , 73, German historian.
[21]
12
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield , 84, British
Nobel Prize in Medicine , co-inventor of the
CAT scan .
[22]
Ian Lake , 69, British musician.
Robert L. Morris , 62, American parapsychologist.
Sebastián Ontoria , 84, Spanish footballer.
George Yardley , 75, American National Basketball Association Hall of Famer.
[23]
13
Julia Child , 91, American chef, author and television hostess on French cuisine.
[24]
Stefan Dimitrov , 64, Bulgarian opera basso singer.
Milton Pollack , 97, U.S. federal judge who ruled on court cases involving
Wall Street .
[25]
Ondřej Voříšek , 18, Czech football, car accident.
Peter Woodthorpe , 72, British character actor.
[26]
14
Dhananjoy Chatterjee , 39, Indian rapist and murderer, the first person executed in India since 1995.
William D. Ford , 77, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan from 1965 to 1995.
Neal Fredericks , 35, American cinematographer (
The Blair Witch Project ), drowned.
Robert Howard , 28, American athlete.
Czesław Miłosz , 93, Polish poet,
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980, and dissident.
Bomber Moran , 59, Filipino actor.
Eric Petrie , 77, New Zealand cricketer.
Stephen M. Reasoner , 60, American judge (
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ).
[27]
Sir Trevor Skeet , 86, New Zealand-born British lawyer and politician.
15
Semiha Berksoy , 94, Turkish opera singer.
[28]
Sune K. Bergström , 88, Swedish biochemist,
Nobel Prize in Medicine .
Pedro Grases , 94, Venezuelan writer.
Marian Kozłowski , 76, Polish basketball administrator.
Bent Ole Retvig , 68, Danish cyclist.
John Richardson, Baron Richardson , 94, British physician.
Ollie Silva , 75, American auto racing driver.
16
Acquanetta , 83, American-born "Venezuelan" B-movie actress.
Mick Clingly , 72, Australian sportsman.
H. G. Davis Jr. , 80, Australian journalist and educator.
Ivan Hlinka , 54, Czech national hockey team and
Pittsburgh Penguins coach.
[29]
J. Irwin Miller , 95, American businessman, philanthropist, and
civil rights advocate.
[30]
George Moe , 72, Barbadian politician and former
Chief Justice of Belize .
Carl Mydans , 97, American photographer.
Robert Quiroga , 35, American world champion boxer, murdered.
Stephen Terrell , 88, British barrister and politician,
President of the Liberal Party .
Sam Wildman , 92, American biologist.
17
Thea Astley , 78, Australian novelist.
Sheila Callender , 90, British physician and haematologist.
Anatoly Guzhvin , 58, Russian politician and head of the administration of
Astrakhan Oblast .
Dennis "D-Roc" Miles , 45, American rhythm guitarist for
Body Count , from lymphoma complications.
Gérard Souzay , 85, French baritone.
[31]
18
Susan Mary Alsop , 84, American socialite, hostess and writer.
[32]
Elmer Bernstein , 82, American film composer (
Thoroughly Modern Millie ,
Ghostbusters ,
To Kill a Mockingbird ),
Oscar winner (
1968 ), cancer.
Hiram Fong , 97, American businessman and politician, first Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate.
Hugh Manning , 83, British actor (
Emmerdale ,
The Elephant Man ,
Mrs Thursday ).
Víctor Cervera Pacheco , 68, Mexican politician, former
Governor of Yucatán .
Ray Reutt , 87, American professional football player (
Virginia Military Institute ,
Phil/Pit Steagles ).
[33]
Charlie Waller , 69, American bluegrass musician, founder of the band
Country Gentlemen .
19
Tom Baldwin , 57, American race driver, racing accident.
George Gibson , 98, American football player and coach.
Martin Knottenbelt , 84, Dutch anti-war activist.
Kyi Maung , 83,
Myanmar Army officer and politician.
Rudolf Miele , 74, German entrepreneur.
Peggy Peterman , American journalist and columnist.
Jack Pinder , 91, English footballer.
Günter Rexrodt , 62, German politician, former
Economics Minister of Germany .
20
William J. Firey , 81, American mathematician.
Arthur Lever , 84, Welsh professional footballer.
María Antonieta Pons , 82, Cuban-born star of
rumbera films .
Moshe Shamir , 83, Israeli politician and novelist.
Leslie Shepard , 87, British author, archivist, and curator.
21
Viktor Avilov , 51, Soviet and Russian film and theater actor,
cancer .
Amelia Batistich , 89, New Zealand fiction writer.
Hortensia Blanch Pita , 89, Spanish writer.
Maddy English , 79, American baseball player (
AAGPBL )
[34]
Sachidananda Routray , 88, Indian poet and novelist.
Moshe Shamir , 82, Israeli author, playwright and columnist.
Clip Smith , 63, American media personality.
22
Konstantin Aseev , 43, Russian chess Grandmaster and coach.
Louella Daetweiler , 86, American baseball player (
AAGPBL )
[35]
Al Dvorin , 81, American bandleader and talent agent, automobile accident.
[36]
Marcel Caux , 105, Australian First World War veteran, last known survivor of the
Battle of Pozières .
George Kirgo , 78, American television and film writer, former president of the
Writers Guild of America .
Jim Nelson , 57, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates ).
[37]
Daniel Petrie , 83, Canadian film director (
A Raisin in the Sun ,
Cocoon: The Return ,
The Bay Boy ).
[38]
Reginaldo Polloni , 87–88, Italian Olympic rower (
men's coxed four rowing at the
1948 Summer Olympics ).
[39]
Ota Sik , 84, Czech economist and politician, architect of
economic liberalization during Czechoslovakia's ill-fated 1968
Prague Spring .
23
Povilas Aksomaitis , 66, Lithuanian politician and engineer.
Hank Borowy , 88, American baseball player, former
New York Yankees ,
Chicago Cubs ,
Philadelphia Phillies ,
Pittsburgh Pirates and
Detroit Tigers pitcher.
[40]
Mary Guiney , 103, Irish businesswoman; chairperson of the
Clerys department store.
Francesco Minerva , 100, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop.
24
Richard Ervin , 99, American attorney general and chief justice of Florida.
[41]
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , 78, Swiss-born psychiatrist.
Eleni Ioannou , 20, Greek
judoka .
Carlos Lacoste , 75, Argentinian naval officer and interim President.
Bob Price , 76, American politician (
U.S. Representative for
Texas's 18th congressional district and
Texas's 13th congressional district ).
[42]
William Siri , 85, American
biophysics researcher at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , mountaineer and environmentalist.
[43]
25
Don Ashton , 85, British film art director and production designer.
Roger Broughton , 45, New Zealand cricketer.
Hal Epps , 90, American baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals ,
St. Louis Browns ,
Philadelphia Athletics ).
[44]
Marcelo Gonzalez Martin , 86, Spanish Roman Catholic primate of Spain, Cardinal (since 1973) and Archbishop of
Toledo (1971-1995).
[45]
26
James Allridge , 41, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
[46]
Enzo G. Baldoni , 56, Italian journalist, murdered in Iraq.
Laura Branigan , 52, American pop singer ("
Gloria ", "
Self Control "), cerebral aneurysm.
[47]
Lewis Carter-Jones , 83, British politician.
Lloyd Smith , 74, Australian cricketer.
27
Fernand Auberjonois , 93, Swiss foreign news correspondent for the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
Toledo Blade ; father of actor
René Auberjonois .
Willie Crawford , 57, American former outfielder for the
Los Angeles Dodgers .
[48]
Gottlieb Göller , 69, German football player and manager.
Suzanne Kaaren , 92, American actress (
Three Stooges films).
Liang Su-yung , 84, Taiwanese politician,
President of the Legislative Yuan .
Larry McCormick , 71, American television personality.
Susan Peretz , 64, American actress (
Dog Day Afternoon ,
Melvin and Howard ,
Swing Shift ), breast cancer.
[49]
William Pierson , 78, American actor (
Stalag 17 ,
Three's Company ,
Corvette Summer ).
[50]
28
29
Donald Allen , 92, American editor, publisher and translator of American literature.
[51]
Lee Guttero , 91, American basketball player.
Ivar Aavatsmark , 91, Norwegian corporate executive and forester, director of
Norwegian Forest Owners Association (
1942 -
1982 ).
Helen Lane , 83, American translator.
[52]
John Francis Nash , 94, American railroad executive.
L. B. Moerdani , 71, Indonesian national army, stroke and lung infection.
30
Larry Desmedt , 55, American motorcycle designer, injuries suffered during a stunt.
[53]
Willie Duff , 69, Scottish football goalkeeper (
Heart of Midlothian ,
Charlton Athletic ,
Peterborough United and
Dunfermline Athletic ).
Derek Johnson , 71, British athlete and athletics administrator.
Fay Jones , 83, American architect and designer, trained by
Frank Lloyd Wright .
[54]
Bob Sherman , 63, American actor.
Fred Lawrence Whipple , 97, American
astronomer .
[55]
31
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