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Deaths in January 2004

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

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  • Harold Henning, 69, South African golfer.
  • Elma Lewis, 82, American arts leader.
  • Manuel Félix López, 66, Ecuadorian politician.
  • Frederick Redlich, 93, Austrian-born American dean of the Yale University School of Medicine.

    • 2

  • Etta Moten Barnett, 102, American actress.
  • Lynn Cartwright, 76, U.S. actress.
  • Sir John Grandy, 90, British Royal Air Force officer.
  • Paul Hopkins, 99, American baseball player, reported to be the oldest living former Major League Baseball player.
  • Dame Sheila McKechnie, 55, Scottish trade unionist, housing campaigner and consumer activist, head of Shelter, cancer. [1]

    • 3

  • Lillian Beckwith, 87, English author.
  • Des Corcoran, 75, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia.
  • David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, SmartMoney and Red Herring)
  • Leon Wagner, 69, American Major League Baseball player.

    • 4

  • Joan Aiken, 79, English writer, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
  • John Gallacher, Baron Gallacher, 83, British life peer.
  • Brian Gibson, 59, English film director, What's Love Got to Do With It.
  • Jake Hess, 76, American southern gospel singer
  • Jeff Nuttall, 70, English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author.
  • John Toland, 91, American author and historian.

    • 5

  • Tug McGraw, 59, American Major League Baseball pitcher.

    • 6

  • Pierre Charles, 49, Dominica politician, Prime Minister of Dominica.
  • John Evans, 74, British footballer.
  • William Hurst Rees, 86, British valuation surveyor.
  • Francesco Scavullo, 82, American fashion photographer.
  • Charles Laverne Singleton, 44, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Arkansas.
  • Thomas Stockham, 70, American scientist.

    • 7

  • Shalva Apkhazava, 23, Georgian footballer.
  • Russell Blunt, 95, American sports coach.
  • Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, Cries and Whispers.

    • 8

  • Charles Brown, 57, American actor
  • John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, Rambling with Gambling
  • Louis Stanley, 92, British author, journalist, team principal of BRM, stroke

    • 9

  • Nissim Ezekiel, 79, Indian poet, playwright and art critic
  • Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator and jurist
  • Raymond Dale Rowsey, 32, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in North Carolina.

    • 10

  • Yinka Dare, 32, Nigerian former National Basketball Association basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
  • Princess Kira of Prussia, 60, German princess.
  • Alexandra Ripley, 70, American author, Scarlett

    • 11

  • Spalding Gray, 62, United States performer and writer (body identified March 8 in East River near New York City).
  • Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, American New Orleans jazz musician.
  • Elza Mayhew, 87, Canadian sculptor.
  • Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike, 85, British politician.

    • 12

  • Randy VanWarmer, 48, American singer and songwriter
  • William T. Young, 85, American businessman

    • 13

  • Phillip Crosby, 69, American actor and singer, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby.
  • Dean Miller, 79, American broadcaster and actor.
  • Arne Næss, Jr., 66, Norwegian mountaineer and businessman, former husband of Diana Ross.
  • Arthur Nobile, 83, American microbiologist.
  • Harold Shipman, 54, British serial killer.
  • Alan V. Tishman, 86, American real estate developer.
  • Zeno Vendler, 82, American philosopher and linguist.

    • 14

  • Jack Cady, 71, American science fiction writer.
  • Mike Goliat, 78, American baseball player, member of the famous '50 Phillies' "Whiz Kids" National League champions.
  • Uta Hagen, 84, German-born American actress, acting teacher, wife of José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof.
  • Ron O'Neal, 66, American actor, starred in Superfly (1972).

    • 15

  • Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, French Catholic priest, member of the Académie française
  • Olivia Goldsmith, 54, American author.
  • Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer.
  • Gus Suhr, 98, American baseball player, former player for Pittsburgh Pirates.

    • 16

  • Kalevi Sorsa, 73, Finnish politician, former Finnish prime minister
  • Mary Byrne, 86, Irish politician, first female Mayor of Galway (1975-1976)

    • 17

  • Raymond Bonham Carter, 74, British banker.
  • Harry Brecheen, 89, American baseball player, former Major League Baseball pitcher.
  • Rafael Cordero, 61, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
  • Czesław Niemen, 64, Polish musician.
  • Tom Rowe, 53, American musician, member of Schooner Fare.
  • Ray Stark, 88, American film producer.
  • Noble Willingham, 72, American actor, former candidate for the United States Congress.

    • 19

  • Teresa Ferster Glazier, 96, American nonfiction writer, author of The Least You Should Know About English.
  • David Hookes, 48, Australian cricketer and Victorian coach.
  • Jerry Nachman, 57, American MSNBC editor-in-chief.

    • 20

  • Alan Brown, 84, British Formula One driver

    • 21

  • John T. Lewis, 71, Welsh physicist.
  • Bernard Punsly, 80, American physician and actor.

    • 22

  • Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 79, Welsh Welsh-language writer.
  • Billy May, 87, American big band and pop music arranger.
  • Tom Mead, 85, Australian politician.
  • Ann Miller, 81, American dancer.
  • Vincent Palmer, 37, British criminal. ([2])
  • Chea Vichea, Cambodian labor leader.
  • George Woodbridge, 73, American illustrator.

    • 23

  • Bob Keeshan, 76, American actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo".
  • Helmut Newton, 83, German-born Australian photographer.

    • 24

  • Leônidas da Silva, 90, Brazilian football player [3]

    • 25

  • Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player
  • Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch athlete

    • 26

  • Fred Haas, 88, American golfer

    • 27

  • Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian.
  • Jack Paar, 85, American author, and The Tonight Show host.

    • 28

  • Elroy Hirsch, 80, American football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  • José Miguel Agrelot ("Don Cholito"), 76, Puerto Rican comedian and radio show host
  • Mel Pritchard, 56, British drummer
  • Alaettin Tahir, 55, Macedonian poet, heart attack.
  • Sox Walseth, 77, American college basketball coach.

    • 29

  • Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, American producer and co-creator of The Real World.
  • O. W. Fischer, 88, Austrian actor.
  • Janet Frame, 79, New Zealand writer.
  • M. M. Kaye, 95, British author, The Far Pavilions.
  • Guusje Nederhorst, 34, Dutch actress.
  • Louie B. Nunn, 79, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1967-1971).
  • James Saunders, 79, British playwright.
  • Ed Sciaky, 55, American broadcaster and disk jockey.
  • Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party).
  • Joe Viterelli, 66, American actor.

    • 30

  • George Bennions, 90, British World War II fighter pilot. [4]
  • Robert Harth, 47, American executive director of Carnegie Hall.
  • Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Argüello

    • 31

  • Suraiya, 75, Indian actress and singer
  • Eleanor Holm, 90, American swimmer

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