Deaths Date 2004 December | History by KabAstro

Dec 9 Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
Dec 11 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach, dies at 87
Dec 11 José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian soccer defender (21 caps; Vélez Sársfield, Boca Juniors, Nîmes Olympique), dies from gunshot wound in stomach while hunting at 43
Dec 11 M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), dies at 88
Dec 11 Margaret Fay Shaw, American photographer, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, known for her work in the Scottish Hebrides, dies at 101
Dec 12 Frank Isola, American jazz drummer (Stan Getz; Gerry Mulligan; Mose Allison), dies at 79
Dec 12 Frits Helmuth, Danish actor My Son Peter; Per). dies at 78
Dec 12 George Hunter, South African boxer (Olympic gold light heavyweight 1948), dies at 77
Dec 13 Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball shortstop (first Bahamian to play in MLB; NY/SF Giants; Chicago Cubs), dies at 70
Dec 13 David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)
Dec 14 Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and politician (2004 presidential candidate), dies at 65
Dec 14 Rod Kanehl, American baseball player, dies at 70
Dec 15 Pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)
Dec 16 Agnes Martin, Canadian American abstract painter dies aged 92
Dec 16 Freddie Perren, American songwriter and record producer (The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever"; Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"; Peaches & Herb - "Reunited"), dies 11 years after a massive stroke at 61

Dec 16 Peter Coker, English painter, dies at 78
Dec 16 Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
Dec 17 Dick Heckstall-Smith, British jazz-blues saxophonist, dies at 70
Dec 17 Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (b. 1931)
Dec 18 Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926)
Dec 18 John W. Downey, American composer, dies at 77
Dec 18 Vijay Hazare, Indian cricket batsman and captain (30 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 164no; Maharashtra, Central India, Baroda, Holkar), dies at 89
Dec 19 Herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
Dec 19 Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano, dies at 82
Dec 20 (Frank) "Son" Seals, American blues musician ("Nothing But the Truth"), dies from diabetes complications at 62
Dec 21 Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist, dies at 79
Dec 22 Doug Ault, American baseball player (b. 1950)
Dec 23 Anne Truitt, American artist dies aged 83

P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004)

Dec 23 Indian politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (1991-96), dies of a heart attack at 83

Dec 23 Peter Beazley, British politician (C) (European Parliament), dies at 82
Dec 24 Jan van Vlijmen, Dutch composer, dies at 69
Dec 24 Johnny Oates, American MLB baseball catcher, 1970-81 (Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and 3 other teams), and manager, 1991-2001 (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers), dies of brain cancer at 58
Dec 25 Gennadi Strekalov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21), dies at 64
Dec 26 Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1962)
Dec 26 Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African pediatric heart surgeon (b. 1959)
Dec 26 Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
Dec 26 Mieszko Talarczyk, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band, Nasum, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1974)

Reggie White (1961-2004)

Dec 26 American College-Pro Football HOF defensive end (Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers; 8 × First-team All-Pro; 13 x Pro Bowl; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1987, 98), dies of cardiac arrhythmia at 43

Dec 26 Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)
Dec 26 Simon Atlee, British fashion photographer, drowned by tsunami in Thailand at 33
Dec 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman and husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, dies at 76
Dec 26 Troy Broadbridge, Australian rules footballer, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1980)
Dec 27 (Walter) "Hank" Garland, American Nashville-based country, rock and jazz session guitar virtuoso ("Sugarfoot Rag"; "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame"; "Jingle Bell Rock"), dies of complications from a staph infection at 74
Dec 28 Jerry Orbach, American actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing), dies at 69

Susan Sontag (1933-2004)

Dec 28 American writer, philosopher and political activist (The Benefactor), dies from Myelodysplastic syndrome at 71

Dec 29 Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)
Dec 29 Ken Burkhart, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and umpire, dies at 88
Dec 29 Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (b. 1947)
Dec 30 Artie Shaw [Arthur Arshawsky], American bandleader, jazz clarinetist ("Begin the Beguine"), and actor, dies at 94
Dec 31 Gérard Debreu, French-American economist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83

Famous People Who Died in December 2004

P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004)

Reggie White (1961-2004)

Susan Sontag (1933-2004)

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