Deaths in April 2004

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2004.

April 2004

1

• Paul Atkinson, 58, British guitarist.
• Aaron Bank, 101, "Father of Special Forces".
• Annette Daniels, 42, American opera singer.
• Enrique Grau, 83, Colombian painter and sculptor.
• Arthur Halestrap, 105, British World War I soldier and centenarian.
• Sylvia Law, 73, British town planner.
• Carrie Snodgress, 57, actress.
• Nilo Soruco, 76, Bolivian singer-songwriter.

2

• Lawrence McGrew, 46, former New England Patriots linebacker.

3

• John Diamond, Baron Diamond, 96, British life peer.
• Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian singer.

4

• Gito Baloi, 39, Southern African musician.
• George Bamberger, 80, former major league pitcher and manager.
• Sir Alwyn Williams, 82, British geologist.

5

• Austin Willis, 86, Canadian movie actor and television host.

6

• Larisa Bogoraz, 74, Russian dissident and human rights activist.

7

• Kelucharan Mohapatra, 77, traditional Indian Odissi dancer.
• Robert Sangster, 67, leading British racehorse owner.

8

• Adrian Beers, 88, British double bass player.
• Chief Bey, 90, American jazz percussionist and African folklorist.
• Bruce Edwards, 49, caddy of golfer Tom Watson.
• Hans Guido Mutke, 83, Polish fighter pilot who claimed to be the first to break the sound barrier, complications during a heart valve operation.
• Maureen Potter, 79, Irish comedienne and actor.

9

• Lélia Abramo, 93, Celebrity Brazilian actress, and one of the founders of President Lula da Silva's Workers Party - Obituary in Portuguese .
• Harry Babbitt, 90, singer.
• Tom Lewis, 85, British obstetrician.

10

• Lou Berberet, 74, former Major League Baseball catcher.
• Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity.
• Ben Pimlott, 58, British historian.
• Sakip Sabanci, 71, Turkish businessman.

12

• Frankie Narvaez, 65, Puerto Rican boxer.
• Juan Valderrama, 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer.

13

• David Fowler, 66, British mathematician.
• Csaba Horváth, 74, Chemical engineer and scientist.
• Caron Keating, 41, British television presenter.
• Sir John Roxburgh, 84, British admiral.

14

• Jason Dunham, 22,American marine, used his body and helmet to shield others from a grenade explosion.

15

• Hans Gmür, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer.
• Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 69, Japanese manga artist.

17

• Barbara Kenyatta Bey, 59, Yoruba priestess and widow of jazz percussionist Chief Bey.
• Geraint Howells, 79, Welsh politician.
• Edmond Pidoux, 95, Swiss author.
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, 56, Hamas leader.
• Dru Sjodin, 22, U.S. kidnap victim (body found on this date, death probably in November 2003).
• Soundarya, 32, Indian film actress.

18

• Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, 83, long-time Prime Minister and President of Fiji.

19

• Tim Burstall, 76, Australian film director and producer.
• Jim Cantalupo, 60, CEO of McDonald's.
• Norris McWhirter, 78, founder of the Guinness Book of Records.
• Frank B. Morrison, 98, former Governor of Nebraska.
• John Maynard Smith, 84, British biologist.

20

• Patrick Gibson, Baron Gibson, 88, British publisher and arts administrator.

21

• Karl Hass, 91, German SS officer and convicted war criminal.
• Mary McGrory, 85, American journalist and columnist.

22

• Arthur Roberts, 91, American physicist.
• Pat Tillman, 27, former NFL player (Arizona Cardinals), Army Ranger, killed in action by friendly fire.

24

• Betty Clay, 87, British Scouter, daughter of Robert Baden-Powell.
• Estée Lauder, 97, cosmetics products pioneer.
• Brian Manning, 76, British historian.
• Des Warren, 66, British trade unionist.
• Willie Watson, 84, English cricketer.
• J. V. Somayajulu, 75, Indian theatre and film actor

25

• Dooland Buultjens, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
• Thom Gunn, 74, British poet.
• Feridun Karakaya, 76, Turkish actor.

26

• LeRoy Myers, 84, American tap dancer.
• Gunther E. Rothenberg, 90, German-born American historian.
• Hubert Selby Jr., 75, author of "Last Exit to Brooklyn".

27

• David Jenkinson, 69, British railway modeller and historian.
• Roy Walford, 79, dietician and author.

28

• Jeremy Black, 52, British assyriologist.
• B.J. Schramm, 65, businessman and aircraft developer.

29

• Johannes Berg, 47, cornerstone of Norwegian science fiction fandom.
• John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker, 88, British diplomat and aristocrat.
• Nick Joaquin, 86, writer and Philippine national artist.

30

• Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke, 74, British educator.
• Kioumars Saberi Foumani, 62, also known as Gol-Agha, Iranian satirist.
• Jeffrey Alan Gray, 69, British psychiatrist.