Deaths in January 2004
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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.
January 2004
1
- 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.
- John Stoneham, 95, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
2
- Etta Moten Barnett, 102, American actress.
- Lynn Cartwright, 76, U.S. actress (A League of Their Own).
- 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.
- Dennis Silverthorne, 80, American Olympic pairs figure skater (pairs figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics).
3
- Lillian Beckwith, 87, English author.
- Des Corcoran, 75, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia.
- Taylor Duncan, 50, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics).
- David Lipschultz, 33, American journalist (USA Today, New York Times, SmartMoney and Red Herring).
- William Craig Reynolds, 70, American fluid physicist and mechanical engineer who specialized in turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics.
- Sir James Waddell, 89, English civil servant.
- Leon Wagner, 69, American Major League Baseball player.
4
- Joan Aiken, 79, English writer, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
- James Counsilman, 83, American swimming coach.
- 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.
- Allen H. Miner, 86, American director and screenwriter.
- Jeff Nuttall, 70, English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, social commentator and author.
- Michael Straight, 87, American magazine publisher, author and a confessed spy for the KGB.
- John Toland, 91, American author and historian.
5
- Charles Dumas, 66, American Olympic High Jump gold medalist.
- John Guerin, 64, American percussionist, heart failure.
- Norman Heatley, 92, British biochemist.
- Tug McGraw, 59, American Major League Baseball pitcher, brain cancer.
6
- Vera Bradford, 99, Australian pianist and piano teacher.
- Pierre Charles, 49, Dominican politician, Prime Minister of Dominica.
- Sumita Devi, 68, Bangladeshi film actress.
- 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.
- Markku Salminen, 57, Finnish orienteer.
- Reg Smith, 91, English football player and manager.
- Thomas Stockham, 70, American scientist, known as the "father of digital recording".
7
- Shalva Apkhazava, 23, Georgian footballer.
- Francis Yao Asare, Ghanaian pharmacist and politician.
- Russell Blunt, 95, American sports coach.
- Ingrid Thulin, 76, Swedish actress, Cries and Whispers.
8
- Charles Brown, 57, American actor.
- Delfín Benítez Cáceres, 93, Paraguayan football player.
- Henry St John Fancourt, 103, British naval aviation pioneer.
- John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, Rambling with Gambling.
- Hal Shaper, 72, South African songwriter.
- Louis Stanley, 92, British author, journalist, team principal of BRM, stroke.
9
- Norberto Bobbio, 94, Italian senator, jurist, philosopher and political scientist.
- Lyndon Brook, 77, British actor.
- Yinka Dare, 31, Nigerian basketball player, heart attack.
- Nissim Ezekiel, 79, Indian poet, playwright and art critic.
- Rainer Hildebrandt, 89, German anti-communist resistance fighter and historian.
- Raymond Dayle Rowsey, 32, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in North Carolina.
- Rogério Sganzerla, 57, Brazilian filmmaker, brain tumor.
10
- Princess Kira of Prussia, 60, German princess.
- Sir Henry Leask, 90, British army general.
- Ewald Pyle, 93, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, New York Giants, Boston Braves).
- Alexandra Ripley, 70, American author, Scarlett.
11
- Max D. Barnes, 67, country singer and songwriter.
- Clement Conger, 91, American museum curator.
- Perry B. Duryea Jr., 82, American politician.
- Spalding Gray, 62, American actor and writer, suicide by drowning.
- Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, 53, American New Orleans jazz musician.
- Elza Mayhew, 87, Canadian sculptor.
- Mervyn Pike, Baroness Pike, 85, British politician.
- Asrul Sani, 76, Indonesian writer, poet and screenwriter.
12
- Ramakrishna Hegde, 77, Indian politician.
- Fred Holstein, 61, American folk music singer, complications from abdominal surgery.
- Olga Ladyzhenskaya, 81, Soviet and Russian mathematician.
- Randy VanWarmer, 48, American singer and songwriter ("Just When I Needed You Most").
- David C. C. Watson, 83, English teacher, author and creationist.
- William T. Young, 85, American businessman.
13
- Phillip Crosby, 69, American actor and singer, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby.
- Rafael Gambra Ciudad, 83, Spanish philosopher.
- Mike Goliat, 82, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns).
- Tom Hurndall, 22, British political activist.
- 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
- Terje Bakken, 25, Norwegian black metal musician (Windir), hypothermia.
- Jack Cady, 71, American science fiction writer.
- Uta Hagen, 84, German-born American actress (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Reversal of Fortune, The Boys from Brazil), Tony winner (1951, 1963).
- Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty, Indian social worker.
- Joaquín Nin-Culmell, 95, Cuban-Spanish composer, concert pianist and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Ron O'Neal, 66, American actor (Superfly, Red Dawn, A Different World).
- Eduard Sibiryakov, 62, Soviet Olympic volleyball player (men's volleyball tournament: 1964 gold medal winner, 1968 gold medal winner).
- Eric Sturgess, 83, South African tennis player, winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles (five mixed doubles, one men's doubles).
15
- Alex Barris, 81, Canadian actor and writer.
- Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 95, French Catholic priest, member of the Académie française.
- Jim Devlin, 81, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
- Olivia Goldsmith, 54, American author.
- Gus Suhr, 98, American baseball player, former player for Pittsburgh Pirates.
16
- Howard E. Babbush, 62, American lawyer and politician.
- Mary Byrne, 86, Irish politician, first female Mayor of Galway (1975-1976).
- John Siomos, 56, American rock drummer.
- Kalevi Sorsa, 73, Finnish politician, former Finnish prime minister (1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1987).
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.
- Hersh Freeman, 75, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Redlegs, Chicago Cubs).
- Czesław Niemen, 64, Polish musician.
- Tom Rowe, 53, American musician, member of Schooner Fare.
- Carlton R. Sickles, 82, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Representative for Maryland's at-large congressional seat).
- Ray Stark, 88, American film producer (Funny Girl, Steel Magnolias, Annie).
- Noble Willingham, 72, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger, City Slickers, Norma Rae), heart attack.
18
- Derek Birnage, 90, British comics writer and newspaper editor.
- Hook Dillon, 80, American basketball player.
- Frederick D. Sulcer, 77, American copywriter and executive.
19
- Tommy Glaviano, 80, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies).
- 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.
- Robert Shope, 74, American virologist, epidemiologist and public health expert.
20
- Alan Brown, 84, British Formula One driver.
- Lloyd Merriman, 79, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs).
- T. Nadaraja, 86, Sri Lankan academic lawyer.
- Bernard Punsly, 80, American physician and actor, cancer.
- Don Shinnick, 68, American professional football player (UCLA, Baltimore Colts) and coach.
- Guinn Smith, 83, American Olympic pole vaulter (gold medal winner in men's pole vault at the 1948 Summer Olympics).
- George Woodbridge, 73, American illustrator.
21
- Johnny Blatnik, 82, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals).
- Kenneth Hubbard, 83, British pilot.
- John T. Lewis, 71, Welsh physicist.
- Jock Newall, 86, New Zealand football player.
- Yordan Radichkov, 74, Bulgarian writer and playwright.
- Ray Rayner, 84, American actor and Chicago children television entertainer (Bozo's Circus, Ray Rayner and His Friends).
22
- Chea Vichea, Cambodian labor leader.
- 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.
- Royce Smith, 54, American professional football player (Georgia, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons).
- Charles-Gustave Stoskopf, 96, French architect.
23
- Séamus Egan, 80, Irish judge and barrister, died in 2004.
- Bob Keeshan, 76, American actor, starred as "Captain Kangaroo".
- Vasili Mitrokhin, 81, Soviet/Russian/British KGB-officer and defector.
- Helmut Newton, 83, German-born Australian photographer.
- Lennart Strand, 82, Swedish Olympic middle-distance runner (silver medal winner in men's 1500 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics).
- Tom Warhurst Sr., 86, Australian tennis player.
24
- Reva Brooks, 90, Canadian photographer.
- Leônidas, 90, Brazilian football player and commentator, f complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- Abdul Rahman Munif, 70, Saudi novelist, journalist, and cultural critic, kidney and heart failure.
- Vladimir Nekora, 65, Yugoslavian (Croatian) Olympic rower (men's coxed four rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics).
- Donald Schmuck, 88, United States Marine Corps brigadier general.
- Leônidas da Silva, 90, Brazilian football player, complications due to Alzheimer's disease.
- Jack Tunney, 69, Canadian professional wrestling promoter, heart attack.
25
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, Dutch track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
- Miklós Fehér, 24, Hungarian football player, cardiac arrest.
- J. R. Mitchell, 66, American jazz drummer.
- Zurab Sakandelidze, 58, Soviet (Georgian) Olympic basketball player (men's basketball: 1968 bronze medal winner, 1972 gold medal winner).
- V. K. N., 74, Indian Malayalam writer.
- Robert Wood, 77, American Olympic sailor.
26
- Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, 91, British artist.
- Fred Haas, 88, American golfer.
- Hugh Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney, 95, British politician.
- Jacob Mishler, 92, American judge (United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York).
- Andrew Morrison, 84, Guyanese Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and journalist.
27
- Rikki Fulton, 79, Scottish comedian.
- Hard Boiled Haggerty, 78, American professional wrestler and actor (Foxy Brown, Paint Your Wagon, Micki & Maude).
- Salvador Laurel, 75, Filipino lawyer and politician, Vice President (1986–1992).
- Jack Paar, 85, American author, and The Tonight Show host.
- Harold Price, 95, American business executive and philanthropist, built a business empire on Cottage Donuts and Popsicles.
28
- Lloyd M. Bucher, 76, United States Navy officer.
- Elroy Hirsch, 80, American football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- S. Lewis Johnson, 88, American theologian and pastor.
- Alaettin Tahir, 55, Macedonian poet, heart attack.
- Joe Viterelli, 66, American actor (Analyze This, Bullets Over Broadway, Shallow Hal), complications from heart surgery.
- 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).
- Stojan Puc, 82, Yugoslavian (Slovenian) chess International Master.
- Soko Richardson, 64, American rhythm and blues drummer (Ike & Tina Turner, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Albert Collins).
- James Saunders, 79, British playwright.
- Ed Sciaky, 55, American broadcaster and disk jockey.
- Helge Seip, 84, Norwegian politician (Social Liberal Party).
- Serafim Tulikov, 89, Soviet/Russian composer.
30
- George Bennions, 90, British World War II fighter pilot.
- Malachi Favors, 76, American jazz bassist, pancreatic cancer.
- Cristina Gutierrez, 52, American criminal defense attorney, heart attack.
- Robert Harth, 47, American executive director of Carnegie Hall.
- Fuad Rouhani, 96, Iranian administrator and translator.
31
- Ernest Burke, 79, American baseball player.
- Eleanor Holm, 90, American Olympic swimmer (women's 100 metre backstroke: 1928, 1932 gold medal winner).
- Suraiya, 75, Indian actress and singer.
- Scott Walker, 34, US boxer, Pink Cat, last one to beat Alexis Argüello.