The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.

July 2004

1

* Peter Barnes, 73, British screenwriter and playwright, stroke. *

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academ ...

, 80, American actor ('' The Godfather,

On the Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. ...

'', '' A Streetcar Named Desire''), Oscar winner (

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

), pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory failure. *

Ettore Cella Ettore Cella (12 September 1913 – 1 July 2004) was a Swiss actor and film director. He was naturalised as a Swiss citizen in 1930, as his parents had emigrated from Italy. He appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 2004. He starred in the 19 ...

, 90, Swiss actor and film director. *

Karin Evans Karin Evans (1907–2004) was a South African-born German stage and film actress. Evans was born in Johannesburg to one British and one German parent. In 1923 she moved to Berlin to study theatre, and began performing in the stage productions of M ...

, 96, South African-German stage and film actress. *

Mohinder Lal Mohinder Lal (June 1, 1936 – July 1, 2004) was an Indian hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry ...

, 68, Indian hockey player and Olympic champion. * Richard May, 65, British former presiding judge,

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...

, brain cancer. *

Jasper Ridley Jasper Godwin Ridley, FRSL (25 May 1920 – 1 July 2004) was a British writer, known for historical biographies. He received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of ''Lord Palmerston''. Born in West Hoathly, Sussex, he was ...

, 84, British writer. *

Jacques Ruffié Jacques Ruffié (22 November 1921, Limoux, France – 1 July 2004) was a French haematologist, geneticist, and anthropologist. He founded a discipline, called blood typing, which allowed the study of blood characteristics to find the history of the ...

, 82, French

haematologist Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the produc ...

, geneticist, and anthropologist. * Todor Skalovski, 95, Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor.

2

* Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, 84, Portuguese writer and poet. *

Jeillo Edwards Jeillo Edwards (23 September 1942, Freetown, Sierra Leone – 2 July 2004, London, England) was a Sierra Leonean actress, who is notable in the history of black actors in Britain. She was the first woman of African descent to study drama at Lon ...

, 61, Sierra Leonean actress, first black actor to appear on ''" The Bill"''. * Mochtar Lubis, 82, Indonesian journalist and writer. * James MacKay, 85, American politician (

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

for

Georgia's 4th congressional district Georgia's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Democrat Hank Johnson, though the district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which ...

from 1965 to 1967). * John Cullen Murphy, 85, American comic strip artist (''

Prince Valiant ''Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur'', often simply called ''Prince Valiant'', is an American comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretc ...

''). * Sky Beauty, 14, American thoroughbred. * Gael Turnbull, 76, Scottish poet. *

Ponkunnam Varkey Ponkunnam Varkey ( ml, പൊൻകുന്നം വർക്കി; 1 July 1910 – 2 July 2004) was a writer and activist from Kerala, India. Varkey was one of the pioneers of the progressive writers' forum and literary writers' co-operative ...

, 94, Indian writer and activist.

3

* John Barron, 83, English actor. * Phoebe Brand, 96, American actress, pneumonia. * Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, 76, Swedish jewelry designer, leukemia. * Freddy de Vree, 64, Belgian poet and literary critic. *

Andriyan Nikolayev Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev ( Chuvash and russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into s ...

, 74, Russian cosmonaut, heart attack. *

James Marshall Sprouse James Marshall Sprouse (December 3, 1923 – July 3, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Education and career He was born in Williamson, West Virginia and graduated from Williams ...

, 80, American federal judge (

Senior Judge Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least ...

of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit). *

Subandrio Subandrio (15 September 1914 – 3 July 2004) was an Indonesian politician and Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia under President Sukarno. Removed from office following the failed 1965 coup, he spent 29 years in pri ...

, 89, Indonesian politician Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia under President Sukarno. *

Lionel Van Brabant Lionel Van Brabant (24 June 1926 – 3 July 2004) was a Belgian cyclist. He finished in eighth place in the 1951 Paris–Roubaix The 1951 Paris–Roubaix was the 49th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in F ...

, 77, Belgian cyclist. *

Percy Wickman Percy Dwight Wickman (June 10, 1941 – July 3, 2004) was a Canadian politician and well-known activist for people with disabilities. He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Wickman served as an alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1977 to 198 ...

, 63, Canadian politician and activist for people with disabilities.

4

* Jean-Marie Auberson, 84, Swiss orchestra conductor. *

Pati Behrs Pati Behrs Eristoff (February 13, 1922 – July 4, 2004) was a Russian American prima ballerina and actress. Biography Pati Behrs Eristoff was a prima ballerina and a grandniece of Leo Tolstoy. She is perhaps best known as the first of John Der ...

, 82, Russian-American prima ballerina, actress and first wife of filmmaker

John Derek John Derek (born Derek Delevan Harris; August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and photographer.Jean-Louis Florentz Jean-Louis Florentz (19 December 1947 – 4 July 2004) was a French composer. Biography Born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Florentz was a student of Pierre Schaeffer and Olivier Messiaen. In 1978, he won the Lili Boulanger composition prize, followe ...

, 56, French composer, cancer. *

Plato A. Skouras Plato Alexander Skouras (March 7, 1930 – July 4, 2004) was an American film producer. He was the son of Spyros Skouras. Skouras worked in theatres and became a production assistant in Hollywood at 20th Century Fox. He became a producer and, ...

, 74, American movie producer (''

Apache Warrior ''Apache Warrior'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Elmo Williams and written by Carroll Young, Kurt Neumann and Eric Norden. The film stars Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta, John Miljan, Damian O'Flynn and George Keymas. Th ...

'', ''

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

'').

5

* Robert Burchfield, 81, English lexicographer. * Jim Paschal, 77, American NASCAR driver, cancer. *

Andy Sabados Andrew Alex Sabados (November 24, 1916 – July 5, 2004) was an American football guard who played two seasons with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cardinals in the thirteenth round of the 1939 ...

, 87, American gridiron football player ( The Citadel, Chicago Cardinals). * Hugh Shearer, 81, Jamaican politician and trade unionist, former Prime Minister of Jamaica. * Rodger Ward, 83, American racecar driver, two-time Indianapolis 500 champion.

6

* Peter Birks, 62, British academic lawyer, cancer. * Eric Douglas, 46, American actor and comedian, youngest son of

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...

, drug overdose. * Ángel Fernández-Santos, 70, Spanish film critic and screenwriter. *

Walter Frentz Walter Frentz (; 21 August 1907 – 6 July 2004) was a German cameraman, film producer and photographer, who was considerably involved in the picture propaganda of Nazi Germany. Frentz was born at Heilbronn. During the Nazi regime in Germany, ...

, 96, German cameraman, film producer and photographer. * Thomas Klestil, 71, Austrian diplomat and politician, Federal President of Austria, heart failure. * Pavel Lisitsian, 92, Russian opera singer. *

Samir Naqqash Samir Naqqash ( he, סמיר נקאש, ar, سمير نقاش; 1938 in Baghdad – 6 July 2004, in Petah Tikva) was an Israeli novelist, short-story writer, and playwright who immigrated from Iraq at the age of 13. Biography Samir Naqqash was bo ...

, 66, Israeli novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. *

Jimmie F. Skaggs Jimmie F. Skaggs (born 1944; died July 6, 2004) was an American actor. Skaggs was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, but moved to Valley City, Ohio, as a young boy. He later moved to Elyria, Ohio, as an adolescent. He got his start in acting perform ...

, 59, American film actor ('' Catch Me If You Can'', '' Lethal Weapon'', '' Cutthroat Island''), lung cancer. * Syreeta Wright, 57, American singer and songwriter, ex-wife of

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ...

, breast cancer.

7

Jaroslav Huleš Jaroslav Huleš (2 July 1974 – 7 July 2004) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Czech Republic. He died a few days after his 30th birthday, following a suicide attempt on that day, leaving a four-year-old son. After racing at Eu ...

, 30, Czech motorcycle racer, suicide. *

Günther Josten Günther Josten (7 November 19217 July 2004) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 178 enemy aircraft shot down in 420 combat missions, all of which claimed over the Eastern Front. Following Wo ...

, 82, German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II. * Vlado Kristl, 81, Croatian-German filmmaker and artist. *

Samuel Mitja Rapoport Samuel Mitja Rapoport (27 November 1912 – 7 July 2004) was a German Empire-born German university professor of biochemistry in East Germany. Of Jewish descent and a committed communist, he fled Austria after its annexation by Nazi Germany, and ...

, 91, Russian Empire-born German

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

. * Jeff Smith, 65, American author and television chef ("''The Frugal Gourmet''"). *

Xiaokai Yang Xiaokai Yang (born as Yang Xiguang; Simplified Chinese: 杨小凯; 6 October 1948 – 7 July 2004) was a Chinese-Australian economist. He was one of the world's pre-eminent theorists in economic analysis, and an influential campaigner for democr ...

, 55, Chinese-Australian economist, lung cancer.

8

Paula Danziger Paula Danziger (August 18, 1944 – July 8, 2004) was an American children's author. She wrote more than 30 books, including her 1974 debut '' The Cat Ate My Gymsuit'', for children's and young adult audiences. At the time of her death, all her ...

, 59, American author, heart attack. *

Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé Oskar Dieter Alex von Rosenberg-Redé, 3rd Baron von Rosenberg-RedéFull name of ''Oskar Dieter Alex von Rosenberg-Redé'' cited on passenger manifest, in 1939; accessed on ancestry.com on 5 January 2012Full title of ''Baron von Rosenberg-Redé'' ...

, 82, French banker and socialite. *

Ernst R. G. Eckert Ernst Rudolph Georg Eckert (September 13, 1904 – July 8, 2004) was an Austrian American engineer and scientist who advanced the film cooling technique for aeronautical engines. He earned his Diplom Ingenieur and doctorate in 1927 and 1931, respe ...

, 99, American scientist. * Albert Friedlander, 77, German rabbi. *

Henrique Mendes Henrique Mendes (January 2, 1931 – July 8, 2004) was a Portuguese television presenter and actor, he is best known for hosting several editions of Festival da Canção. Mendes joint Rádio Renascença in 1950 as a radio announcer and in 1958 he ...

, 73, Portuguese television presenter and actor, bone cancer. *

Sven Thunman Sven Ragnar Thunman (20 April 1920 – 8 July 2004) was a Swedish ice hockey defenseman. Between 1946 and 1957 he capped 114 times with the Swedish national team and scored 14 goals. During that time he won a gold, a silver and a bronze meda ...

, 84, Swedish ice hockey player and Olympic medalist.

9

Carlo Di Palma Carlo Di Palma (17 April 19259 July 2004) was an Italian cinematographer, renowned for his work on both color and black-and-white films, whose most famous collaborations were with Michelangelo Antonioni and Woody Allen. Early life Carlo Di Palma ...

, 79, Italian cinematographer ('' Blowup'', ''

Hannah and Her Sisters ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' is a 1986 American comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. The film was written and directed by Woody Allen, who ...

'', '' Bullets over Broadway''). *

Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher, 4th Baron Esher CBE (18 July 1913 – 9 July 2004) was a British peer, architect and town-planner. He succeeded to his title on the death of his father in 1963. Early life Brett was born in Winds ...

, 90, British peer, architect and town-planner. *

Paul Klebnikov Paul Klebnikov (russian: Павел Юрьевич Хлебников, translit=Pavel Yurievich Khlebnikov; June 3, 1963 – July 9, 2004) was an American journalist and historian of Russia. He worked for ''Forbes'' magazine for more than ...

, 41, American journalist, editor of '' Forbes'' magazine's Russian edition, murdered. * Rudy LaRusso, 66, American basketball player, five-time National Basketball Association All-Star, Parkinson's disease. *

Jean Lefebvre Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor. His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to joi ...

, 84, French actor, heart attack. * Tony Lupien, 87, American baseball player ( Boston Red Sox,

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

, Chicago White Sox). * Sammy McKim, 79, Canadian film actor and artist, heart attack. *

Ron Milner Ronald Milner (May 29, 1938 – July 9, 2004) was an American playwright. His play ''Checkmates'', starring Paul Winfield and Denzel Washington, ran on Broadway in 1988. Milner also taught creative writing at the University of Southern Californi ...

, 66, African-American playwright,

liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...

. * Bill Randle, 81, American disc jockey, cancer. * Isabel Sanford, 86, American actress ('' The Jeffersons'', ''

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and featur ...

'', '' Lady Sing the Blues''),

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

winner (

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

), heart attack, heart disease. *

Hugo S. Sims, Jr. Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. (October 14, 1921 – July 9, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Early life Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Sims attended the public schools. He graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, South ...

, 82, American lawyer and politician (

for

South Carolina's 2nd congressional district The 2nd congressional district of South Carolina is in central and southwestern South Carolina. The district spans from Columbia to the South Carolina side of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. From 1993 through 2012, it included all of ...

10

Abdul Ghafoor ʻAbd al-Ghaffār ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to ...

, 85-86, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar. *

Inge Meysel Inge Meysel (; 30 May 1910 – 10 July 2004) was a German actress. From the early 1960s until her death, Meysel was one of Germany's most popular actresses. She had a successful stage career and played more than 100 roles in film and on televisio ...

, 94, German actress,

cardioplegia Cardioplegia is intentional and temporary cessation of cardiac activity, primarily for cardiac surgery. Overview The word ''cardioplegia'' combines the Greek ''cardio'' meaning the "heart", and ''plegia'' "paralysis". Technically, this means a ...

. * Loren Mosher, 70, American psychiatrist. *

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo (; 18 January 1930 – 10 July 2004) was a Portuguese chemical engineer and politician. She was the first and to date only woman to serve as Prime Minister of Portugal, and the second woman to ...

, 74, Portuguese chemical engineer and politician, prime minister (1979-1980), heart attack. * Georgi Proskurin, 59, Soviet pair skater. *

Art Rebel Arthur Anthony Rebel (March 4, 1914 – July 10, 2004) was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of two seasons (1938, 1945) with the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. For his career, he compiled a .333 b ...

, 67, American baseball player (

, St. Louis Cardinals).

11

Lothar Baier Lothar Baier (16 May 1942 – 11 July 2004) was a German author, publisher, translator and co-founder of the Literary periodical Text+Kritik. Baier was born in Karlsruhe. He was accepted as one of the most profound German thinkers of the Francopho ...

, 62, German author, publisher, and translator, suicide. *

Van Deren Coke Frank Van Deren Coke, F. Van Deren Coke, or Van Deren Coke (July 4, 1921 – July 11, 2004) was an American photographer, scholar and museum professional. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Early career Co ...

, 83, American photographer, scholar and museum director. * Joe Gold, 82, American bodybuilding pioneer and Gold's Gym founder. * Dorothy Hart, 82, American actress,

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...

. * Frances Hyland, 77, Canadian theatre actress, respiratory disease. * Haije Kramer, 86, Dutch chess master and theoretician. * Terry McLean, 90, New Zealand sports journalist. * Laurance Rockefeller, 94, American businessman, conservationist and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

, respiratory failure. *

Renée Saint-Cyr Renée Saint-Cyr (; 16 November 1904 – 11 July 2004) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lautner, who also achieved fame in the film business, albeit as a director. ...

, 99, French actress. *

Edkhyam Tenishev Edkhyam Rakhimovich Tenishev (; tt-Cyrl, Әдһәм Тенишев; April 25, 1921 – July 11, 2004) was a Soviet and Russian linguist who specialized in Turkic and Mongolic languages. He was a doctor of philology, a professor, and a cor ...

, 83, Soviet and Russian linguist. * Walter Wager, 79, American author, cancer.

12

* George Mallaby, 64, British-Australian actor and scriptwriter, congestive heart failure. * Jeff Morris, 69, American actor, cancer. *

Betty Oliphant Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant (August 5, 1918 – July 12, 2004) was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada. Life Oliphant was born in London in 1918. Her father was a lawyer who died within weeks of her birth in a train crash. Oli ...

, 85, English founder of Canada's National Ballet School. * James Quinn, 97, American Olympic sprinter ( gold medal winner in men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

). *

Emma Yefimova Emma Yefimova (russian: Эмма Корнеевна Ефимова; 28 September 1931 – 12 July 2004) was a Soviet fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, offic ...

, 72, Soviet Olympic fencer.

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Arthur Kane Arthur Harold Kane Jr. (February 3, 1949 – July 13, 2004) was a musician best known as the bass guitarist for the pioneering glam rock band the New York Dolls. Kane was a founding member of the Dolls in 1971 and remained an integral part of the ...

, 53, American bassist for the

New York Dolls New York Dolls were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved much commercial succe ...

, leukemia. * Carlos Kleiber, 74, Austrian conductor. * Michio Morishima, 80, Japanese economist. * Roger Quenolle, 78, French football player. *

Karel Zich Karel Zich (10 June 1949 – 13 July 2004) was a Czech singer, guitarist and composer whose voice was often compared with that of Elvis Presley. Life Karel Zich was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, into a musical family. His grandfather was Ota ...

, 55, Czech singer, guitarist and composer, heart attack.

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Nelly Borgeaud Nelly Borgeaud (29 November 1931 – 14 July 2004) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1955 and 2001. Borgeaud was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in Creuse, France, at age 72. Her film career spanned ...

, 72, French film actress. *

Germano de Figueiredo Germano Luís de Figueiredo (23 December 1932 – 14 July 2004), simply known as Germano (), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender. He played most of his professional career with Benfica, appearing in 131 official matches ...

, 71, Portuguese footballer. * Hoegeng Imam Santoso, 82, Indonesian chief of police, stroke. *

Tadeusz Sołtyk Tadeusz Sołtyk (born 30 August 1909 in Radom, died 14 July 2004 in Warsaw) was a Polish aircraft designer and aerospace engineer, most famous as the creator of the PZL TS-11 Iskra After graduating from the Mechanical Department of the Warsaw Univ ...

, 94, Polish aircraft designer and aerospace engineer. *

Alex Willoughby Alex Willoughby (17 September 1944 – 14 July 2004) was a Scottish professional football forward who played for Rangers and Aberdeen. Career Willoughby was born in Springburn, Glasgow, and educated at Petershill Primary School and Colston Juni ...

, 59, Scottish footballer (

Rangers A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...

, Aberdeen), cancer. *

Arnold Ziff Israel Arnold Ziff OBE (31 January 1927 – 14 July 2004) was a British businessman and philanthropist, who particularly donated to good causes within Leeds, West Yorkshire. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1979 and received an OBE ...

, 77, English businessman and philanthropist.

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* Saeed Anwar, 60, Pakistani field hockey player and Olympic champion. *

Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Banoo Jehangir Coyaji (7 September 1917 – 15 July 2004) was an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control. She was director of King Edward Memorial Hospital in Pune, and started programmes of community health ...

, 86, Indian doctor and

family planning Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Things that may play a role on family planning decisions include marita ...

activist. *

Wal Murray Wallace Telford John Murray (11 September 1931 – 15 July 2004) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was a National Party member for the seat of Barwon from 1 May 1976 until 3 Mar ...

, 72, Australian politician. *

Teun Roosenburg Jacob Martijn Roosenburg (9 July 1916 – 15 July 2004), better known as Teun Roosenburg, was a Dutch sculptor. The son of the architect Dirk Roosenburg, he attended the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Royal Academy of Art in the Hague and the ...

, 88, Dutch sculptor. *

František Schmucker František Schmucker (28 January 1940 in Horvátjárfalu, Hungary – 15 July 2004 in Ostrava) was a Czech football player. During his club career he played for FC Baník Ostrava and RH Brno. He earned 2 caps for the Czechoslovakia national f ...

, 64, Czech football player. *

Derek Taunt Derek Roy Taunt (16 November 1917 (Note 1) – 15 July 2004) was a British mathematician who worked as a codebreaker during World War II at Bletchley Park. Taunt attended Enfield Grammar, then the City of London School. He studied mathemat ...

, 86, British mathematician. *

Yoko Watanabe was a Japanese operatic soprano who spent much of her career singing the title role of '' Madame Butterfly''. Biography Yoko was born in Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture, where her father practiced medicine. She first studied piano, and then ...

, 51, Japanese operatic soprano, cancer. *

Sunao Yoshida Sunao Matsumoto (October 24, 1969 – July 15, 2004), known professionally as Sunao Yoshida (吉田直 ''Yoshida Sunao''), was a Japanese novelist. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and graduated from La Salle Junior and Senior High School in Kag ...

, 34, Japanese novelist, lung blockage.

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* George Busbee, 76, American politician, former governor of Georgia, heart attack. *

Andy Engman Andrew Alfons Engman (November 21, 1911 – July 16, 2004) was a Swedish/Finnish cartoon animator. Engman worked for Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, from the animating of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937 film) to the compl ...

, 92, Swedish-Finnish cartoon animator. * Fazal khaliq, 70, Afghan politician. *

Lucien Leduc Lucien Leduc (30 December 1918 – 17 July 2004) was a French football midfielder and a manager. Honours As a player CO Roubaix-Tourcoing * French championship: 1947 RC Paris * Coupe de France: 1949 As a coach Marseille * French championship ...

, 85, French football midfielder and a manager. *

Bella Lewitzky Bella Lewitzky (January 13, 1916, Los Angeles, California – July 16, 2004, Pasadena, California) was a modern dance choreographer, dancer and teacher. Biography Born to Jewish Russian immigrants, Lewitzky spent her childhood on a ranch in San Be ...

, 88, American modern dance pioneer and choreographer, heart attack. * Charles Sweeney, 84, American Air Force officer, pilot of ''

Bockscar ''Bockscar'', sometimes called Bock's Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped a Fat Man nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II in the secondand most recent nuclear attack in ...

'', the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

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* Susan, Crown Princess of Albania, 63, Australian-born wife of the pretender to Albania's throne,

Leka Zogu Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (also known as ''King Leka I''; 5 April 193930 November 2011), was the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania. He was called Crown Prince Skander at birth. Leka was the pretender to the Kingdom of Alban ...

; cancer. * Albela, 63, Pakistani actor, comedian and singer. * Grzegorz Cziura, 52, Polish weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist. *

Jeanette Dolson Mildred Jeannette Dolson (later ''Cavill'', August 13, 1918 – July 17, 2004) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died in North Palm Beach, Florida, United ...

, 85, Canadian athlete and Olympic medalist. *

Khalil Hilmi Khalil Hilmi ( ar, خليل حلمي; 1909 – 17 July 2004) was a Lebanese sports shooter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspe ...

, 94-95, Lebanese Olympic sports shooter. *

Julian Hodge Sir Julian Stephen Alfred Hodge (15 October 1904 – 17 July 2004) was a London-born entrepreneur and banker who lived in Wales for most of his life, from the age of five. Background and beginnings Julian Hodge was born on 15 October 1904 in ...

, 99, British entrepreneur and banker. *

Marty Passaglia Martin Harold Passaglia (April 22, 1919 – July 17, 2004) was an American professional basketball player. He spent two seasons in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Washington Capitols (1946–47) and the Indianapolis ...

, 85, American basketball player ( Washington Capitols, Indianapolis Jets). * Pat Roach, 67, English professional wrestler and actor (''

Raiders of the Lost Ark ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronal ...

'', '' Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', '' Willow''), cancer. *

Robert E. Smylie Robert Eben Smylie (October 31, 1914 – July 17, 2004) was an American politician and attorney from Idaho. A member of the Idaho Republican Party, he served as the 24th governor of Idaho for twelve years, from 1955 to 1967. He was the first Gov ...

, 89, American politician,

Governor of Idaho A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

(1955-1967).

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Anne Gorsuch Burford Anne Irene McGill Gorsuch Burford ( ; April 21, 1942 – July 18, 2004), also known as Anne M. Gorsuch, was an American attorney and politician. Between 1981 and 1983, while known as Anne M. Gorsuch, she served under President Ronald Reagan as the ...

, 62, American attorney and politician. *

André Castelot André Castelot, born André Storms (23 January 1911, Antwerp – 18 July 2004, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot (n� ...

, 93, French writer and scriptwriter. *

Georgine Darcy Georgine Darcy (October 14, 1930 – July 18, 2004)Georgine Darcy in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claim Index, 1936-2007, retrieved froAncestry.com/ref> was an American dancer and actress best known for her role as "Miss Torso" ...

, 71, American dancer and actress. * George Farm, 80, Scottish football goalkeeper and manager. * Paul Foot, 66, British journalist and campaigner, heart attack. *

John D. Kraus John Daniel Kraus (June 28, 1910 – July 18, 2004) was an American physicist known for his contributions to electromagnetics, radio astronomy, and antenna theory. His inventions included the helical antenna, the corner reflector antenna, a ...

, 94, American physicist and electrical engineer. *

Eoin McKiernan Eoin McKiernan (10 May 1915 – 18 July 2004), was teacher and scholar in the interdisciplinary field of Irish Studies in the United States and the founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute. He is credited with leading efforts to revive an ...

, 89, American scholar and expert on Irish history. * Richard Ney, 87, American actor, investment counselor, and author, heart attack. *

Émile Peynaud Émile Peynaud (June 29, 1912 – July 18, 2004) was a French oenologist and researcher who has been credited with revolutionizing winemaking in the latter half of the 20th century, and has been called "the forefather of modern oenology". Biogr ...

, 92, French wine expert.

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Sylvia Daoust Sylvia Daoust, CM, CQ, RCA (24 May 1902 – July 19, 2004), born in Montreal, was one of the first female sculptors in Quebec. She studied at the Council of Arts & Manufactures and the École des Beaux-Arts, with Charles Maillard and Maurice ...

, 102, Canadian artist and sculptor. *

Harry Forsyth Harry Hollingsworth Forsyth (18 December 1903 – 19 July 2004) was an Irish cricketer. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. A left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he played one first-class match for Dublin University against N ...

, 100, Irish cricketer and centenarian. * Carvalho Leite, 92, Brazilian footballer. * Roger Marquis, 67, American baseball player ( Baltimore Orioles). * Caitro Soto, 69, Peruvian musician and composer. * Zenkō Suzuki, 93, Japanese politician, Prime Minister (1980-1982), pneumonia. * Irvin Yeaworth, 78, German-American film director, producer, and theme park builder, traffic collision.

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* Antonio Gades, 67, Spanish flamenco dancer, cancer. * Lala Mara, 73, Fijian chieftainess and former First Lady, widow of president Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. *

Valdemaras Martinkėnas Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 March 1965 – 20 July 2004) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach. Career Born in Alytus, Martinkėnas was the goalkeeper for the Lithuanian national team in the years after independence fro ...

, 39, Soviet and Lithuanian football player and coach, drowned. * James Williams, 53, American jazz pianist.

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* Jerry Goldsmith, 75, American film composer (''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'', '' The Omen'', ''

Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

''), Oscar winner (

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

), colorectal cancer. *

Edward B. Lewis Edward Butts Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Early life Lewis was born in Wi ...

, 85, American biologist ( Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995). *

Neal A. Maxwell Neal Ash Maxwell (July 6, 1926 – July 21, 2004) was an American scholar, educator, and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1981 until h ...

, 78, American missionary in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, leukemia. *

Radoy Ralin Radoy Ralin ( bg, Радой Ралин) (April 23, 1922 – July 22, 2004), born Dimitar Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Стоянов), was a Bulgarian dissident, poet, and satirist. After the downfall of the communist regime, he was urged to r ...

, 82, Bulgarian dissident, poet, and satirist. *

Julian Ridsdale Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale (8 June 1915 – 21 July 2004) was a British National Liberal and later Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich. He took a particular interest in Japan. The son of a stockb ...

, 89, British politician.

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Elie Abel Elie Abel (October 17, 1920 – July 22, 2004) was a Canadians, Canadian-Americans, American journalist, author and academic. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Abel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1941 and a Maste ...

, 83, Canadian-American journalist, author and academic,

. * Frank Cumiskey, 91, American gymnast and Olympic silver medalist. * Sacha Distel, 71, French singer, cancer. * Illinois Jacquet, 81, American jazz saxophonist, heart attack. *

Joan Morgan Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ...

, 99, English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. *

Bertie Peacock John Robert 'Bertie' Peacock MBE (29 September 1928 – 22 July 2004) was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager who played for Celtic. Playing career After starting his career with local side Coleraine F.C., Peacock moved on ...

, 75, Northern Ireland football player and manager. * Kostiantyn Stepankov, 76, Ukrainian soviet actor,

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...

. *

Ronald Sukenick Ronald Sukenick (July 14, 1932 – July 22, 2004) was an American writer and literary theorist. Life Sukenick was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where his father was a dentist. He graduated from Midwood High School and Cornell University ...

, 72, American writer and literary theorist,

inclusion body myositis Inclusion body myositis (IBM) () (sometimes called sporadic inclusion body myositis, sIBM) is the most common inflammatory muscle disease in older adults. The disease is characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of both proximal ...

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* Mehmood Ali, 72, Indian actor, respiratory disease. *

Joe Cahill , birth_date = , death_date = , birth_place = Belfast, Ireland , death_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland , image = Joe Cahill.png , caption = Cahill, early 1990s. , allegiance = Provisional Irish Republican ...

, 84, Irish terrorist.. *

Alan Cook Sir Alan Hugh Cook FRS (2 December 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an English physicist who specialised in geophysics, astrophysics and particularly precision measurement. Early life and family Cook was born in Felsted, Essex in 1922. He was the ...

, 81, British physicist. * Rogelio Domínguez, 73, Argentine football player, heart attack. *

Ferry Gruber Ferry Gruber (28 September 1926 – 23 July 2004) was an Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta. A member of both the Bavarian State Opera and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich for half a century, he focused on roles of the buffo gen ...

, 77, Austrian-German tenor in opera and

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

. * Carlos Paredes, 79, Portuguese guitar player, kidney failure. * Piero Piccioni, 82, Italian film score composer and lawyer. * Serge Reggiani, 82, French singer and actor, heart attack.

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Jagan Nath Azad Jagan Nath Azad (5 December 1918 – 24 July 2004), List.No.380 was an Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. He wrote over 70 books, including poetry collections, poems, biographies, and travelogues. He was an authority on the life, ...

, 85, Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. *

Bob Azzam Wadie George Azzam, better known by his stage name Bob Azzam, (24 October 1925 in Alexandria – 24 July 2004 in Monaco) was an Egyptian singer. With his hit song " Mustapha", created and composed by Egyptian musician Mohamed Fawzi for the E ...

, 78, Egyptian singer. *

Claude Ballif Claude Ballif (22 May 1924 – 24 July 2004) was a French composer, writer, and pedagogue. He worked at a number of institutions throughout more than 40 years of teaching, one of which he had attended as a student. Among his pupils were Raynald A ...

, 80, French composer, writer, and pedagogue. *

Cotton Fitzsimmons Lowell Gibbs "Cotton" Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 – July 24, 2004) was an American college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Bowling Green, Missouri, he attended and played basketball at Hannibal-LaGrange Junior College in Hannibal, Mi ...

, 72, American NBA basketball coach, lung cancer. * János Harmatta, 86, Hungarian linguist. * Ben Martin, 83, American football player and coach. * Wilton Mkwayi, 80, South African

Anti-apartheid activist The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid, apartheid system and supporting South Africa's non-White population who were persecuted by ...

and ANC militant, cancer. * Wim Verstappen, 67, Dutch film director, producer, and screen writer, cancer.

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* Maurice Euzennat, 77, French historian and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. * John Passmore, 89, Australian philosopher. *

Totò Savio Gaetano Savio (18 November 1937 – 25 July 2004), better known as Totò Savio, was an Italian composer, lyricist, producer, guitarist and occasional singer. Early life Born in Naples, Savio started playing guitar at six years old, and at 13 he ...

, 66, Italian composer, lyricist, producer, and guitarist. *

Masami Shimojō was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films. Career Hoping to become a film director, Shimojō traveled to Tokyo in 1935 but ended up joining a theater troupe, debuting on stage in 1936. He made his film debut in 194 ...

, 88, Japanese actor.

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* Oğuz Aral, 68, Turkish caricaturist and cartoonist, heart attack. *

Viola Frey Viola Frey (August 15, 1933 – July 26, 2004) was an American artist working in sculpture, painting and drawing, and professor emerita at California College of the Arts. She lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area and was renowned for her ...

, 70, American artist and professor of arts. * Rubén Gómez, 77, Puerto Rican baseball player ( San Francisco Giants,

, Cleveland Indians,

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...

). * Alexandr Hackenschmied, 96, Czech-American photographer, film director, and cinematographer. *

Carl Lidbom Carl Gunnar Lidbom (2 March 1926 – 26 July 2004) was a Swedish jurist. He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1975 and 1976 and as Ambassador of Sweden to France from 1982 to 1992. During his time in the Government Offices, he work ...

, 78, Swedish jurist. * William A. Mitchell, 92, American food scientist, inventor of

Pop Rocks Pop Rocks, also called popping candy, is a candy, owned by Zeta Espacial S.A. Pop Rocks ingredients include sugar, lactose (milk sugar), and flavoring. It differs from typical hard candy in that pressurized carbon dioxide gas bubbles are emb ...

candy and

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drink mix, heart failure. * Bogusław Sochnacki, 73, Polish actor.

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* Carmine DeSapio, 95, American politician, last head of the Tammany Hall organization. *

Harry Jenkins, Sr. Henry Alfred Jenkins AM (24 September 1925 – 27 July 2004) was an Australian politician and medical doctor. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1985, including as Speak ...

, 78, Australian politician and medical doctor. *

Lisette Lanvin Lisette Lanvin (1913–2004) was a French film actress.Goble p.6 Selected filmography * ''Student's Hotel'' (1932) * ''Youth'' (1933) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * ''Jenny'' (1936) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ...

, 90, French film actress. *

Joseph Rovan Joseph Adolphe Rovan (born Joseph Adolph Rosenthal in Munich, Germany on July 25, 1918, died July 27, 2004), was a French philosopher and politician, and is considered a spiritual father of post-war Europe. Initially born into the Jewish faith, on ...

, 86, French

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

and politician, drowned. * Bob Tisdall, 97, Irish Olympic athlete (gold medal in 400 metres Hurdles at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

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Juhani Avellan Juhani Kari Kalervo Avellan ( in Riihimäki – in Helsinki) was a Finnish male weightlifter, who competed in the light heavyweight class and represented Finland at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 1975 World Weightli ...

, 58, Finnish Olympic weightlifter. *

Jackson Beck Jackson Beck (July 23, 1912 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's '' The Adventures of Superman''Dunning, John. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. . Pp. 1 ...

, 92, American announcer and voice actor ('' The Adventures of Superman''), stroke. *

Francis Crick Francis Harry Compton Crick (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. He, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins played crucial roles in deciphering the helical struc ...

, 88, British biologist, one of the discoverers of the "double-helix" shape of DNA, cancer. * Sam Edwards, 89, American actor ('' Twelve O'Clock High'', '' Little House on the Prairie'', '' Dragnet''), heart failure. * Steve Patterson, 56, American basketball player and coach at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

, lung cancer. *

Janet Paul Dame Janet Elaine Paul (née Wilkinson; 9 November 1919 – 28 July 2004) was a New Zealand publisher, painter and art historian, based in Wellington. She was married to Blackwood Paul and they had a publishing business together specialising ...

, 84, New Zealand publisher, painter and art historian. * Eugene Roche, 75, American actor (''

Webster Webster may refer to: People *Webster (surname), including a list of people with the surname *Webster (given name), including a list of people with the given name Places Canada *Webster, Alberta *Webster's Falls, Hamilton, Ontario United State ...

'', '' All in the Family'', '' Soap''), heart attack. * Bernard Saint-Hillier, 92, French general. *

Tiziano Terzani Tiziano Terzani (; 14 September 1938 – 28 July 2004) was an Italian journalist and writer, best known for his extensive knowledge of 20th century East Asia and for being one of the very few western reporters to witness both the fall of Saigon ...

, 65, Italian journalist, famous for his books on Asia,

colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel m ...

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* Pratima Bandopadhyay, 71, Indian

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

. *

Susan Buffett Susan Thompson Buffett (June 15, 1932 – July 29, 2004) was an American activist for the causes of civil rights, abortion rights and birth control, and the first wife of investor Warren Buffett. She was a director of Berkshire Hathaway, owning ...

, 71, American activist and first wife of businessman and investor Warren Buffett, stroke. *

Walter Feit Walter Feit (October 26, 1930 – July 29, 2004) was an Austrian-born American mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory. His contributions provided elementary infrastructure used in algebra, geometry, topology, n ...

, 73, American mathematician. * Nafisa Joseph, 26, Indian model,

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

video jockey, and Miss India 1997, suicide by hanging. *

Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud ( ar, عبد الرحمن بن سعود آل سعود ''ʿAbd ar Raḥman bin Suʿūd Āl Suʿūd''; 19 November 1946 – 29 July 2004) was a Saudi prince and the longtime president of the football club Al Nassr. Bi ...

, 57, Saudi prince and the longtime president of football club

Al Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yellow ...

. *

Rena Vlahopoulou Irene "Rena" Vlahopoulou (Greek: Ειρήνη (Ρένα) Βλαχοπούλου; 28 July 1917 – 29 July 2004) was a Greeks, Greek actress and singer. She starred in theatre, musical, and Greek cinema productions, including ''The Gambler'' an ...

, 81, Greek comedian, heart attack.

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* Ali Abbasi, 42, Scottish television presenter,

systemic lupus erythematosus Lupus, technically known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body. Symptoms vary among people and may be mild to severe. Comm ...

. *

Ellen Auerbach Ellen (Rosenberg) Auerbach (May 20, 1906 – July 30, 2004) was a German-born American photographer who is best remembered for her innovative artwork for the ringl+pit studio in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Early life Auerbach (born Ell ...

, 98, German-American photographer. * Vivica Bandler, 87, Finnish-Swedish theatre director and agronomist. * Jan Hanuš, 89, Czech composer. * Nela Martínez, 91, Ecuadorian

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

, political activist, and writer. *

J. Edward McKinley James Edward McKinley (October 11, 1917 – July 30, 2004) was an American character actor.Sherman, Gene (November 10, 1960). CITYSIDE: Stardom for a Freedom Fighter. ''Los Angeles Times'' He frequently played authority figures, including la ...

, 86, American actor. *

Ed Melvin Edward Michael Melvin (born Ed Milkovich; February 13, 1916 – July 30, 2004) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Pittsburgh Ironmen during the 1946–47 season. After his ...

, 88, Serbian-American basketball player. *

Hirendranath Mukherjee Hirendranath Mukhopadhyay (23 November 1907 – 30 July 2004), also known as Hiren Mukerjee, was an Indian politician, lawyer and academic. He was a member of the Communist Party of India having joined in 1936 when it was still illegal. He was ...

, 96, Indian politician. * John Geoffrey Tracey, 74, Australian ecologist and botanist. *

Wolfgang Ullmann Wolfgang Ullmann (18 August 1929 – 30 July 2004) was a German journalist, theologian, politician. Life Wolfgang Ullmann was born in Bad Gottleuba near Dresden. From 1948 to 1954 he studied Protestant theology and also philosophy, first in B ...

, 74, German journalist, theologian, politician. *

György Vizvári György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László ...

, 75, Hungarian water polo player and Olympic champion.

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* Laura Betti, 70, Italian actress, heart attack. * Erich Ehrlinger, 93, German Nazi and Holocaust perpetrator during World War II. * Virginia Grey, 87, American actress ('' Airport'', '' Uncle Tom's Cabin'', '' The Women''), heart attack. *

David B. Haight David Bruce Haight (September 2, 1906 – July 31, 2004) was an American religious leader and an elected official. Haight was the second oldest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

, 97, American leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. *

Robert James Robert James may refer to: *Robert James (actor) (1924–2004), Scottish actor *Robert James (businessman) (died 1983), American founder of Raymond James Financial * Robert James (defensive back) (born 1947), played in the National Football League, ...

, 80, Scottish actor,

. * Allu Rama Lingaiah, 81, Indian comedian. * Absamat Masaliyev, 71, Kyrgyzstani

politician, heart attack. *

Petra Peters Petra Peters (31 March 1925 – 31 July 2004) was a German stage and film actress.Goble p.263 In the late 1940s she made her name appearing in films made by the East German DEFA studio. She was married to the actor Albert Lieven. Selected filmogr ...

, 79, German stage and film actress. *

Líber Seregni Líber Seregni Mosquera (13 December 1916 – 31 July 2004) was a Uruguayan military officer and politician. In his youth he was a member of the Colorado Party. Under successive governments of that party, he had a successful military career u ...

, 87, Uruguayan army officer and politician,

. *

Larry Stockmeyer Larry Joseph Stockmeyer (1948 – 31 July 2004) was an American computer scientist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of computational complexity theory, and he also worked in the field of distributed computing. He died of pancreatic can ...

, 56, American computer scientist, pancreatic cancer.

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