Deaths in May 2004
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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2004.
May 2004
1
- Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double).
- John Howland Rowe, 85, American archaeologist and anthropologist.
2
- Moe Burtschy, 82, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics.
- Paul Guimard, 83, French writer.
3
- Anthony Ainley, 71, British actor best known as The Master in Doctor Who.
- Darrell Johnson, 75, former MLB catcher and manager.
- Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, 84, British aristocrat and politician.
- Basil Wells, 91, science fiction author.
4
- Clement Dodd, 72, Jamaican reggae pioneer.
- Tage Frid, 88, Danish woodworker.
- Erik Smith, 73, German-born British music producer.
5
- David Reimer, 39, notable gender-reassignment case.
- Ritsuko Okazaki, 44, Japanese singer-songwriter and author.
6
- Kjell Hallbing, 69, also known as Louis Masterson, Norwegian Western author.
- Sir John Hill, 90, British police officer.
- Barney Kessel, 80, American jazz guitarist and studio musician.
7
- Nick Berg, 26, American businessman and hostage killed in Iraq.
- Joseph L. Doob, 94, American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory.
- Oliver David Jackson, 84, Australian army officer.
- Waldemar Milewicz, 48, Polish journalist, and Mounyra Beouamrane, killed in Iraq.
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- Tommy Farrell, 82, American film and television actor
- Percy M. Young, 91, British musicologist
- Olive Osmond, 79, mother of entertainers Marie Osmond and the various Osmond Brothers
- Rust Epique, 35, American Songwriter/Guitarist.
- Alan King, 76, American comedian/actor
- Brenda Fassie, 39, South African singer
- Akhmad Kadyrov, 52, President of Chechnya
10
- Eric Kierans, 90, Canadian politician.
11
- Mick Doyle, 63, Irish rugby union player and coach.
12
- John LaPorta, 84, jazz clarinetist, composer and educator.
- Syd Hoff, 91, children's book author, cartoonist.
- John Robson, 54, English footballer.
- John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist, shot dead.
- Judith Cook, 70, theatre historian, campaigner and novelist.
13
- Vicente Doria Catan Jr, 56, Filipino comic book artist
- Brian McNaughton, 68, American horror and fantasy writer
14
- Anna Lee, 91, actress, best known for playing Lila Quartermaine on the soap opera General Hospital
- Jesus Gil, 71, controversial owner of Atlético Madrid football club.
- Charlotte Benkner, 114, oldest recognized person in United States.
- Shaun Sutton, 84, British television executive.
15
- Carlos Orta, 60, Venezuelan artist, and principal dancer and choreographer of the José Limón Dance Company. -
- Jack Bradbury, 89, animator and comic book artist.
- William H. Hinton, 85, Marxist, author of Fanshen.
- Gill Fox, 84, political cartoonist, comic book artist, and animator.
- Colonel Robert Morgan, 85, former pilot of the Memphis Belle.
16
- Marika Rökk, 90, actress.
- Lord Hill-Norton, 89, British Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet.
17
- (or May 18) Gunnar Graps, 57, Estonian rock singer and percussionist.
- Robert Lewin, 85, Polish art dealer and philanthropist.
- Buster Narum, 63, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Orioles and Senators.
- Jørgen Nash, 84, Danish poet, performance artist.
- Tony Randall, 84, television actor (The Odd Couple).
- Ezzedine Salim, 60?, president of the Iraqi Governing Council.
- June Taylor, 86, television dancer and choreographer.
18
- Arnold O. Beckman, 104, inventor, industrialist, philanthropist.
- Joey Curtis, 79, former professional boxer, boxing referee and business owner.
- Elvin Jones, 76, jazz drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s.
- Lü Fuyuan, 59, Minister of Commerce of China. Live cancer.
- Hyacinthe Thiandoum, 83, Roman Catholic Cardinal, former Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal.
19
- Jack Eckerd, 91, former owner of the Eckerd drugstore chain.
- Mary Dresselhuys, 97, Dutch actress.
- Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist.
- E.K. Nayanar, 87, three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, India.
20
- Dennis Coslett, 64, Welsh political activist.
- Len Murray, Lord Murray of Epping Forest, 81, British trade union leader.
21
- Rod Hall, 53, literary agent, murdered.
- Gene Wood, 78, announcer of Family Feud and other US game shows.
22
- Richard Biggs, 44, American actor, Babylon 5.
- Dessi España, 32, circus performer, died from fall while performing without a net.
- Samuel Curtis Johnson, 76, fourth generation president of SC Johnson company.
- Wayne Kimber, 55, New Zealand politician.
- Mikhail Voronin, 59, Russian gymnast, double Olympic champion.
23
- Trudy Marshall, 84, actress.
24
- Henry Ries, 87, American photographer.
25
- Roger W. Straus, Jr., 87, publisher (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
- David Dellinger, 88, American antiwar activist, member of Chicago Eight.
- Glenn Cunningham, 60, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey.
26
- Gatjil Djerrkura, 54, Australian indigenous leader, Chairman of ATSIC 1996-2000.
27
- Umberto Agnelli, 69, Italian industrialist, head of Fiat.
- Jim Marshall, 63, British Labour MP.
- Jack Losch, 69, member of 1st Little League World Series championship team.
28
- Michael Alison, 77, British Privy Council member and former minister and MP.
- Gerald Anthony, 52, actor, best known for playing Marco Dane on the TV show One Life to Live.
- Josie Carey, 73, host of the Pittsburgh children's show "Children's Corner".
- Irene Manning, 91, actress and singer (Yankee Doodle Dandy).
- James Neil Tucker, 47, American convicted murderer.
29
- Archibald Cox, 92, Watergate special prosecutor.
- Sam Dash, 79, chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal.
- Jack Rosenthal, 72, British television dramatist.
- Magne Havnå, 40, Norwegian former professional boxer, in boating accident.
- Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan, 114, oldest documented person in the world.
30
- Raymond M. Clausen, Jr., 56, American marine, Medal of Honour recipient.
- Bobbie Irvine, 71, British ballroom dancer.
31
- Robert Quine, 61, New York punk rock guitarist.
- Alberta Martin, 97, last known widow of a Confederate soldier.
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