The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.
July 2004
1 Peter Barnes, 73, British screenwriter and playwright, stroke. Marlon Brando, 80, American actor (The Godfather, On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire), Oscar winner (1954, 1973), pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory failure. Ettore Cella, 90, Swiss actor and film director. Rolando Etchepare, 74, Chilean Olympic basketball player (1956). Karin Evans, 96, South African-German stage and film actress. Mohinder Lal, 68, Indian hockey player and Olympic champion (1960, 1964). Richard May, 65, British former presiding judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, brain cancer. Zdeněk Otáhal, 68, Czech Olympic weightlifter (1960, 1964). Jasper Ridley, 84, British writer. Jacques Ruffié, 82, French haematologist, geneticist, and anthropologist. Todor Skalovski, 95, Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor. Travis Tidwell, 75, American football player (Auburn Tigers, New York Giants).
2 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, 84, Portuguese writer and poet. Jeillo Edwards, 61, Sierra Leonean actress, first black actor to appear on "The Bill". Fernand Girard, 80, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1953-1957). Mochtar Lubis, 82, Indonesian journalist and writer. James Mackay, 85, American politician (U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district from 1965 to 1967). John Cullen Murphy, 85, American comic strip artist (Prince Valiant). Mfulupinga Nlando Victor, 59, Angolan politician, gunshot wounds. Sky Beauty, 14, American thoroughbred. Gael Turnbull, 76, Scottish poet. Ponkunnam Varkey, 94, Indian writer and activist.
3 John Barron, 83, English actor. Phoebe Brand, 96, American actress, pneumonia. Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, 76, Swedish jewelry designer Freddy de Vree, 64, Belgian poet and literary critic.Freddy de Vree Lem Harkey, 70, American football player (San Francisco 49ers). Andriyan Nikolayev, 74, Russian cosmonaut (Vostok 3, Soyuz 9), heart attack. James Marshall Sprouse, 80, American federal judge (Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit). Subandrio, 89, Indonesian politician Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia under President Sukarno. Lionel Van Brabant, 77, Belgian cyclist. Percy Wickman, 63, Canadian politician and activist for people with disabilities.
4 Jean-Marie Auberson, 84, Swiss orchestra conductor. Pati Behrs, 82, Russian-American prima ballerina, actress and first wife of filmmaker John Derek. Jean-Louis Florentz, 56, French composer, cancer. Plato A. Skouras, 74, American movie producer (Apache Warrior, Francis of Assisi).
5 Robert Burchfield, 81, English lexicographer. Augustine Ofuokwu, 59, Nigerian footballer and Olympian (1968). Jim Paschal, 77, American NASCAR driver, cancer. Andy Sabados, 87, American gridiron football player (The Citadel, Chicago Cardinals). Hugh Shearer, 81, Jamaican politician and trade unionist, former Prime Minister of Jamaica. Rodger Ward, 83, American racecar driver, two-time Indianapolis 500 champion.
6 Rabin Bhatta, 79-80, Indian Olympic boxer (1948). Peter Birks, 62, British academic lawyer, cancer. Eric Douglas, 46, American actor and comedian, youngest son of Kirk Douglas, drug overdose. Ángel Fernández-Santos, 70, Spanish film critic and screenwriter. Walter Frentz, 96, German cameraman, film producer and photographer. Ignatius J. Galantin, 93, United States Navy admiral.Ignatius Joseph Galantin 24 September 1910 - 6 July 2004 Thomas Klestil, 71, Austrian diplomat and politician, Federal President of Austria, heart failure. Pavel Lisitsian, 92, Russian opera singer. Samir Naqqash, 66, Israeli novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Jimmie F. Skaggs, 59, American film actor (Catch Me If You Can, Lethal Weapon, Cutthroat Island), lung cancer. Syreeta Wright, 58, American singer and songwriter, ex-wife of Stevie Wonder, breast cancer.
7 Jaroslav Huleš, 30, Czech motorcycle racer, suicide. Günther Josten, 82, German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II. Vlado Kristl, 81, Croatian-German filmmaker and artist. Samuel Mitja Rapoport, 91, Russian Empire-born German biochemist. Jeff Smith, 65, American author and television chef. Xiaokai Yang, 55, Chinese-Australian economist, lung cancer.
8 Frank Anger, 64, American Olympic fencer (1964). Paula Danziger, 59, American author, heart attack. Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé, 82, French banker and socialite. Ernst R. G. Eckert, 99, American scientist. Albert Friedlander, 77, German rabbi. Hans Harting, 78, Dutch Olympic middle-distance runner (1952). Henrique Mendes, 73, Portuguese television presenter and actor, bone cancer. Sven Thunman, 84, Swedish ice hockey player and Olympic medalist (1948, 1952).
9 Carlo Di Palma, 79, Italian cinematographer (Blowup, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets over Broadway). Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher, 90, British peer, architect and town-planner. Paul Klebnikov, 41, American journalist, editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, murdered. Rudy LaRusso, 66, American basketball player (Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, San Francisco Warriors), five-time National Basketball Association All-Star, Parkinson's disease. Jean Lefebvre, 84, French actor, heart attack. Tony Lupien, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox). Sammy McKim, 79, Canadian film actor and artist, heart attack. Ron Milner, 66, African-American playwright, liver cancer. Bill Randle, 81, American disc jockey, cancer. Isabel Sanford, 86, American actress (The Jeffersons, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Lady Sing the Blues), Emmy winner (1981), heart attack, heart disease. Hugo S. Sims, Jr., 82, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district).
10 Abdul Ghafoor, 85-86, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar. Inge Meysel, 94, German actress, cardioplegia. Loren Mosher, 70, American psychiatrist. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, 74, Portuguese chemical engineer and politician, prime minister (1979-1980), heart attack. Joseph L. Nellis, 87, Washington attorney involved in various government investigations into organized crime in America. Libuše Nováková, 80, Czech Olympic discus thrower (1952). Georgi Proskurin, 59, Soviet pair skater. Art Rebel, 67, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals).
11 Lothar Baier, 62, German author, publisher, and translator, suicide. Van Deren Coke, 83, American photographer, scholar and museum director. Joe Gold, 82, American bodybuilding pioneer and Gold's Gym founder. Dorothy Hart, 82, American actress, Alzheimer's disease. Stan Hawkins, 79, British Olympic water polo player (1952). Frances Hyland, 77, Canadian theatre actress, respiratory disease. Haije Kramer, 86, Dutch chess master and theoretician. Terry McLean, 90, New Zealand sports journalist. Laurance Rockefeller, 94, American businessman, conservationist and philanthropist, respiratory failure. Renée Saint-Cyr, 99, French actress. Edkhyam Tenishev, 83, Soviet and Russian linguist. Walter Wager, 79, American author, cancer.
12 George Mallaby, 64, British-Australian actor and scriptwriter, congestive heart failure. Jeff Morris, 69, American actor (Kelly's Heroes, The Blues Brothers, The Two Jakes), cancer. Betty Oliphant, 85, English founder of Canada's National Ballet School. James Quinn, 97, American Olympic sprinter (1928). Emma Yefimova, 72, Soviet Olympic fencer (1956).
13 Arthur Kane, 55, American bassist for the New York Dolls, leukemia. Carlos Kleiber, 74, Austrian conductor. Betty Luna, 77, American baseball player. Michio Morishima, 80, Japanese economist. Roger Quenolle, 78, French football player.Roger Quenolle laisse le banc vide Karel Zich, 55, Czech singer, guitarist and composer, heart attack.
14 Nelly Borgeaud, 72, French film actress. Germano de Figueiredo, 71, Portuguese footballer. Hoegeng Imam Santoso, 82, Indonesian chief of police, stroke. Tadeusz Sołtyk, 94, Polish aircraft designer and aerospace engineer. Alex Willoughby, 59, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Aberdeen), cancer. Arnold Ziff, 77, English businessman and philanthropist.
15 Saeed Anwar, 60, Pakistani field hockey player and Olympic champion (1964, 1968, 1972). Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, 86, Indian doctor and family planning activist. Frank Giddens, 45, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). Tom Greenway, 47, Canadian judoka and Olympian (1976). Willy Klein, 91, Luxembourgian Olympic gymnast (1936). Wal Murray, 72, Australian politician. Sandra Payson, 78, American arts patron, socialite Charles Reidy, 92, Irish hammer thrower and rugby union player. Teun Roosenburg, 88, Dutch sculptor. František Schmucker, 64, Czech football player and Olympian (1964). Derek Taunt, 86, British mathematician. Yoko Watanabe, 51, Japanese operatic soprano, cancer. Sunao Yoshida, 34, Japanese novelist, lung blockage.
16 George Busbee, 76, American politician, former governor of Georgia, heart attack. Andy Engman, 92, Swedish-Finnish cartoon animator. Fazal khaliq, 70, Afghan politician. Lucien Leduc, 85, French football midfielder and a manager. Bella Lewitzky, 88, American modern dance pioneer and choreographer, heart attack. John Park, 80, Hong Kong Olympic sailor (1964, 1968). Charles Sweeney, 84, American Air Force officer, pilot of Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
17 Susan, Crown Princess of Albania, 63, Australian-born wife of the pretender to Albania's throne, Leka Zogu, cancer. Albela, 63, Pakistani actor, comedian and singer. Grzegorz Cziura, 52, Polish weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist (1972, 1976). Jeanette Dolson, 85, Canadian athlete and Olympic medalist (1936). Émile Gretsch, 95, Luxembourgian Olympic fencer (1948, 1952, 1956). Khalil Hilmi, 94-95, Lebanese Olympic sports shooter (1948, 1952). Julian Hodge, 99, British entrepreneur and banker. Marty Passaglia, 85, American basketball player (Washington Capitols, Indianapolis Jets). Pat Roach, 67, English professional wrestler and actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Willow), cancer. Robert E. Smylie, 89, American politician, Governor of Idaho (1955-1967).
18 Anne Gorsuch Burford, 62, American attorney and politician. André Castelot, 93, French writer and scriptwriter. Georgine Darcy, 71, American dancer and actress. George Farm, 80, Scottish football goalkeeper and manager. Paul Foot, 66, British journalist and campaigner, heart attack. John D. Kraus, 94, American physicist and electrical engineer. Eoin McKiernan, 89, American scholar and expert on Irish history. Herb Nelson, 83, American football player (Buffalo Bisons, Brooklyn Dodgers). Richard Ney, 87, American actor, investment counselor, and author, heart attack. Émile Peynaud, 92, French wine expert. Géza Tóth, 42 Hungarian handballer and Olympian (1988). Christopher Veitch, 75, South African Olympic rower (1952).
19 Sylvia Daoust, 102, Canadian artist and sculptor. Fred Diute, 75, American basketball player (St. Bonaventure Bonnies, Milwaukee Hawks). Harry Forsyth, 100, Irish cricketer and centenarian. Mal Hammack, 71, American football player (Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals). Carvalho Leite, 92, Brazilian footballer. Roger Marquis, 67, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles). Francis A. Marzen, Roman Catholic priest and journalist Caitro Soto, 69, Peruvian musician and composer. Zenkō Suzuki, 93, Japanese politician, Prime Minister (1980-1982), pneumonia. Irvin Yeaworth, 78, German-American film director, producer, and theme park builder, traffic collision.
20 Antonio Gades, 67, Spanish flamenco dancer, cancer.