Deaths in June 2004
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2004.
June 2004
1
- William Manchester, 82, U.S. historian.
2
- Mujeeb Aalam, 56, Pakistani playback singer.
- Dom Moraes, 65, Indian poet and writer.
- Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, c. 69, Ethiopian general, former defense minister and acting president of Ethiopia.
- Nicolai Ghiaurov, 71, Bulgarian opera singer.
3
- Quorthon, 38, Swedish musician, Bathory founder.
- Joe Carr, 82, Irish golfer.
- Frances Shand Kydd, 68, English mother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
4
- Wilmer Fields, 81, American baseball player, former Negro League Baseball All-Star.
- Steve Lacy, 69, American jazz soprano saxophonist.
- Brian Linehan, 58, Canadian television host and interviewer.[1][2]
- Nino Manfredi, 83, Italian actor.[3]
- T. M. Samarasinghe, 61, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
5
- Jack Foster, 72, British-born New Zealand athlete.
- Ronald Reagan, 93, American film actor and 40th President of the United States (1981–1989).
6
- Judy Campbell, 88, English actress.
- Kate Worley, 46, American comic book writer (Omaha the Cat Dancer).
- Necdet Mahfi Ayral, 96, Turkish actor.
- Iona Brown, 63, British violinist and conductor.
- Simon Cumbers, 36, Irish freelance cameraman/journalist, working for the BBC in Saudi Arabia, killed by Al Qaeda.
7
- Joseph L. Doob, 94, American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory.
- Don Potter, 102, British sculptor.
- Eugene Raskin, 94, American musician and playwright.
- Donald Trumbull, 95, American special effects pioneer.
8
- Mack Jones, 65, American baseball player, former Major League Baseball outfielder with the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
- Humayun Khan, 27, American soldier serving in the Iraq War.
- Roderick Macleod, 95, Canadian politician.
- Ronalda Pierce, 19, American Florida State University basketball player, aneurysm.
- Bob Schmitz, 65, American football player and scout (Pittsburgh Steelers).
9
- Rosey Brown, 71, American football player, Pro Football Hall of Famer.
- Robert MacDonald Ford, 93, American politician and insurance agent.
- Ted Martin, 101, Australian cricketer and cententarian.
- Ralph Moody, 86, American NASCAR driver and team owner.
- Barbara Whiting Smith, 73, American actress.
- Brian Williamson, 58, Jamaican gay rights activist and founder of J-Flag, murdered.
10
- Ray Charles, 73, American rhythm and blues singer ("What'd I Say", "Georgia on my Mind", "I Can't Stop Loving You") and soul music pioneer.
- Kiki Djan, 47, Ghanaian musician, AIDS and drug-related complications.
- Xenophon Zolotas, 100, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister (1989–1990).
11
- Egon von Furstenberg, 57, Swiss-born aristocratic and designer, nephew of late Fiat head Gianni Agnelli.
- Joyce Symons, 85, Hong Kong educator.
12
- Geoffrey Thompson, 67, British businessman and owner of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, aneurysm.
13
- Dorothy Lavinia Brown, 85, American surgeon and politician.
- Danny Dark, 65, American announcer.
- Dick Durrance, 89, American alpine ski racer, 17-time national champion.
- Sir Stuart Hampshire, 89, British philosopher.
- Robert Lees, 91, American screenwriter, found decapitated.
- Sir Allan Taylor, 85, British army general.
- Ralph Wiley, 52, American sports journalist.
14
- Robert Teeter, 65, American Republican pollster.
- Jack McClelland, 81, Canadian book publisher.
- Ulrich Inderbinen, 103, Swiss mountain guide.
- Max Rosenberg, 89, American producer of horror movies.
15
- J. Gwyn Griffiths, 92, Welsh poet and Egyptologist.
- Frank Nastasi, 81, American actor and comedian (Lunch with Soupy).
- Ahmet Piriştina, 52, Turkish politician, mayor of İzmir, heart attack.
- John Lasarus Williams, 79, Welsh nationalist activist.
16
- Barry Cowan, 56, Northern Irish broadcaster.
- Albert Fischer, 84, German jurist.
- Herman Goldstine, 90, American computer scientist (ENIAC), Parkinson's disease.
- Thanom Kittikachorn, 91, Thai military dictator, former Thai prime minister.
- Hilda Thompson, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
17
- Ma Jiajue, 23, Chinese murderer.
- Vilayat Inayat Khan, 87, British Sufist.
- Jacek Kuroń, 70, Polish dissident and statesman.
- Gerry McNeil, 78, Canadian ice hockey player, Stanley Cup-winning National Hockey League goaltender.
- Steven Oken, 42, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Maryland.
18
- Frederick Jaeger, 76, German-born British character actor.
- Paul Johnson, c. 49, American hostage, decapitated by al-Qaeda.
- Nek Mohammed, c. 27, Pakistani tribal leader in Waziristan and key Taliban ally, killed by Pakistani military forces.[4]
19
- Colin McCormack, 62, Welsh actor.
- Nob Yoshigahara, 68, Japanese mathematician and puzzle expert.
20
- Nabil Sahraoui, 37, Algerian militant, head of GSPC and linked to al-Qaeda.
- Jim Bacon, 54, Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania.
21
- Leonel Brizola, 82, Brazilian politician, heart failure.[5]
- Ted Scott, 85, Canadian Anglican prelate.
22
- Bob Bemer, 84, American computer scientist, cancer.
- Thomas Gold, 84, American astrophysicist.
- Francisco Ortiz Franco, 50, Mexican journalist, murdered.
- Carlton Skinner, 91, American naval officer and politician, first civilian governor of Guam.
- Mattie Stepanek, 13, American poet and advocate, muscular dystrophy.
- Kim Sun-il, 33, South Korean translator, decapitated by Iraqi militants.
23
- Peter Birrel, 68, English actor, cancer.
- Rifaat El-Fanagily, 68, Egyptian footballer.
- Doris Thompson, 101, British businesswoman and owner of Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
24
- Morton W. Coutts, 100, New Zealand scientist.
- Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, 40, Greek songwriter, author.
- Carl Rakosi, 100, American poet.
- Mohammad Ranjbar, 69, Iranian football player and coach.
- Peter Wragg, 73, British footballer.
25
- Karol Kennedy Kucher, 72, American ice skating champion, pneumonia.
26
- Muriel Angelus, 95, British silent film actress.
- William H. Avery, 91, American aeronautical engineer.
- Naomi Shemer, 74, Israeli songwriter.
- Yash Johar, 75, Indian Bollywood film producer.
27
- Hugh B. Cave, 93, British writer.
- George Patton IV, 80, US Army general and son of George Patton.
- Darrell Russell, 35, American National Hot Rod Association drag racer, first racer killed at an NHRA event since 1996.
28
- Anthony Buckeridge, 92, English author, creator of the Jennings books.
- Keith "Matt" Maupin, 20, American U.S. Army Private First Class, killed by Islamist militants in Iraq.
- David A. Thomas, 86, American educator.
29
- Juan Antonio Lopez, 52, Mexican boxer, fought Wilfredo Gómez, leukemia.
30
- Chris Alcaide, 81, American actor, cancer.
References
- ↑ "Celebrity interviewer Brian Linehan dead at 58". CBC News. 4 June 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ "Brian Linehan, 58". The Globe and Mail. 4 June 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ "Italian actor Nino Manfredi is dead at 83". San Francisco Chronicle. ANSA. 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ "Pakistan army kills tribal leader". BBC News. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Brazilian politician Brizola dies". BBC News. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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