Recent deaths

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

Table of contents

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

April 2004

22 Pat Tillman, 27, former NFL player, Army Ranger, killed in action
21 Mary McGrory, 85, American journalist and columnist
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 Geraint Howells, 79, Welsh politician
17 Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, 56, Hamas leader
17 Soundarya, 32, Indian film actress
15 Hans GmÃÂÃÂ¼r, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer
15 Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 69, Japanese manga artist
13 Caron Keating, 41, British television presenter
13 Chief Bey, 91, American jazz percussionist and African folklorist [1]
12 Juan Valderrama, 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer
12 Frankie Narvaez, 65, Puerto Rican boxer
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 Nick and Mary Yankovic, 86 and 81, parents of Weird Al Yankovic
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 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
28 Art James, 74, game show host and announcer
27 Larry Trask, 59, linguist and expert on the Basques
27 AdÃÂÃÂ¡n SÃÂÃÂ¡nchez, 19, singer (automobile accident in Mexico)
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 VilÃÂÃÂ©m TauskyÃÂÃÂ´, 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 KÃÂÃÂ¶nig, 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, 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 MÃÂÃÂ¡spoli, 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 JosÃÂÃÂ© LÃÂÃÂ³pez 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 MartÃÂÃÂnez, 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
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 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 baseball player
16 Kalevi Sorsa, 73, former Finnish prime minister
15 Olivia Goldsmith, 54, author
15 Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer
15 Gus Suhr, 98, former baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
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 NÃÂÃÂ¦ss 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, American 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, baseball 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 Jessica Pacheco Calvente, 10, Puerto Rican, stray bullet victim
2 Lynn Cartwright, 76, American actress
2 Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
1 Frederick Redlich, 93, former dean of the Yale University School of Medicine

External links and references

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