The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2004.
Paul Atkinson, 58, British guitarist.Aaron Bank, 101, American U.S. Army officer, "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.Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, 89, British aristocrat and courtier.Carrie Snodgress, 57, American actress.Nilo Soruco, 76, Bolivian singer-songwriter.Lawrence McGrew, 46, American football player, former New England Patriots linebacker.John Diamond, Baron Diamond, 96, British life peer.Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian singer.Sir Martin Le Quesne, 86, British diplomat.Nagaraja Rao, 89-90, Indian cricket umpireGito Baloi, 39, South African musician.George Bamberger, 80, American baseball player, former major league pitcher and manager.James J. Martin, 87, American historian.Sir Alwyn Williams, 82, British geologist.Austin Willis, 87, Canadian actor and television host.Roger Dee, 89, American author.Fred Winter, 77, British racehorse trainer and jockey.Lou Berberet, 74, American baseball player, former Major League Baseball catcher.Larisa Bogoraz, 74, Russian dissident and human rights activist.Ken Johnson, 81, American baseball player.Kelucharan Mohapatra, 77, Indian classical dancer, guru and proponent of Odissi dance.Maureen Potter, 79, Irish actress.Robert Sangster, 67, British racehorse owner.Adrian Beers, 88, British double bass player.Chief Bey, 90, American jazz percussionist and African folklorist.Bruce Edwards, 49, American 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.Lélia Abramo, 93, Brazilian actress and political activist, one of the founders of President Lula da Silva's Workers Party - Obituary in Portuguese .[1]Harry Babbitt, 90, American singer.Kevin Briggs, 65, New Zealand cricketerTom Lewis, 85, British obstetrician.Bertil Göransson, 85, Swedish rowing coxswain.Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity.Ben Pimlott, 58, British historian.Sakip Sabanci, 71, Turkish businessman.Stan Darling, 92, Canadian politicianFrankie Narvaez, 65, Puerto Rican boxer.Juan Valderrama, 87, Spanish folk and flamenco singer.David Fowler, 66, British mathematician.Csaba Horváth, 74, Hungarian-born American chemical engineer and scientist.Caron Keating, 41, British television presenter.Sir John Roxburgh, 84, British admiral.Hans Gmür, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer.Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 69, Japanese manga artist.Wilmot N. Hess, 77, American physicistGeraint Howells, 79, Welsh politician.Edmond Pidoux, 95, Swiss author.Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, 56, Palestinian Hamas leader.Soundarya, 32, Indian film actress.Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, 83, Fijian politician, long-time Prime Minister and President of Fiji.Tim Burstall, 76, Australian film director and producer.Jim Cantalupo, 60, American businessman, CEO of McDonald's.Philip Locke, 76, British actor.Norris McWhirter, 78, British writer, political activist and founder of the Guinness Book of Records.Ronnie Simpson, 73, Scottish footballer and manager.Frank B. Morrison, 98, American politician, former Governor of Nebraska.John Maynard Smith, 84, British biologist.Patrick Gibson, Baron Gibson, 88, British peer, publisher and arts administrator.Ian Robinson, 69, British writer and publisher.Al Stiller, 80, American Olympic cyclistKarl Hass, 91, German SS officer and convicted war criminal.Mary McGrory, 85, American journalist and columnist.Jason Dunham, 22, American marine, used his body and helmet to shield others from a grenade explosion.Arthur Roberts, 91, American physicist.Pat Tillman, 27, American football player, former NFL player (Arizona Cardinals) and Army Ranger, killed in action by friendly fire.Len Vale-Onslow, 103, British motorcycle makerBetty Clay, 87, British Scouter, daughter of Robert Baden-Powell.Lia Laats, 78, Estonian actress.Estée Lauder, 97, American businesswoman, cosmetics products pioneer.Brian Manning, 76, British historian.Fred Smith, 69, British rugby league player.Des Warren, 66, British trade unionist.Willie Watson, 84, English cricketer.J. V. Somayajulu, 75, Indian theatre and film actor.Dooland Buultjens, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.Thom Gunn, 74, British poet.Feridun Karakaya, 76, Turkish actor.Robert Clark Jones, 87, American physicist.LeRoy Myers, 84, American tap dancer.John Anthony Parsons, 66, British sports journalist.Gunther E. Rothenberg, 80, German-born American historian.Hubert Selby Jr., 75, American writer, author of "Last Exit to Brooklyn".Claude Williams, 96, American jazz musician.Scott Williams, American bass guitarist.Gleason Archer, 87, American theologian.David Jenkinson, 69, British railway modeller and historian.Roy Walford, 79, American dietician and author.Jeremy Black, 52, British assyriologist.B.J. Schramm, 65, American businessman and aircraft developer.Johannes Berg, 47, Norwegian science fiction and cornerstone of Norwegian science fiction fandom.John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker, 88, British diplomat and aristocrat.Nick Joaquin, 86, Filipino writer and national artist.Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke, 74, British educator and life peer.Jeff Butterfield, 74, English rugby union player.Kioumars Saberi Foumani (aka Gol-Agha), 62, Iranian satirist.Jeffrey Alan Gray, 69, British psychiatrist. 