Deaths Date 2004 October | History by KabAstro

Oct 1 Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield), dies of a heart attack at 58
Oct 1 Richard Avedon, American photographer (Harper's Bazaar, The New Yorker), dies at 81 [1]

Janet Leigh (1927-2004)

Oct 3 American actress (Psycho), dies at 77

Oct 3 John Cerutti, American baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), dies of ventricular arrhythmia at 44
Oct 4 Gordon Cooper, American aerospace engineer, test pilot and astronaut (Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5), dies of heart failure at 77
Oct 4 Rio Diaz, Filipino actress and TV hosts (b. 1959)

Oct 5 New Zealand-born English physicist (Nobel 1962-X-ray diffraction studies of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) proved crucial to the determination of DNA’s molecular structure by James D. Watson and Francis Crick), dies at 87 [1] [2]

Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)

Oct 5 American comedian and actor (Caddyshack), dies at 82

Oct 5 William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 nominee), dies at 62
Oct 7 Hildy Parks, American stage and screen actress, and Emmy Award-winning producer and writer (Tony Award presentations), dies of complications from a stroke at 78
Oct 7 Ken Bigley, British civil engineer, kidnapped and murdered in Iraq (b. 1942)
Oct 8 Jacques Derrida, French philosopher associated with post-structuralism, dies at 74
Oct 8 James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)
Oct 10 Arthur H. Robinson, American cartographer (b. 1915)

Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)

Oct 10 American actor (Superman, Somewhere in Time), dies of an adverse reaction to an antibiotic at 52

Oct 10 Ken Caminiti, MLB third baseman, 1987-2001, (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, and 3 other teams; NL MVP- 1996), dies of a drug overdose at 41
Oct 10 Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (Season of the Jew), dies at 72

Keith Miller (1919-2004)

Oct 11 Australian cricket all-rounder (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 147, 70 wickets, BB 7/60; Victoria, NSWCA), dies at 84

Oct 11 Nicholas Gordon-Lennox, British diplomat (Ambassador to Spain, 1984-88), dies at 73
Oct 13 Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, dies at 89
Oct 14 Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, British historian, dies at 67
Oct 14 Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek actor, singer, actor, and TV game show host (Kontres - Greek Family Feud), dies of obstructive laryngitis at 54
Oct 16 Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79
Oct 17 Uzi Hitman, Israeli pop singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality, dies of a heart attack at 22)
Oct 18 Veerappan, Indian bandit and smuggler (b. 1945)
Oct 20 Anthony Hecht, American poet, dies at 81
Oct 20 Chuck Hiller, American MLB second baseman (first NL player in history to hit a grand slam HR in World Series play, 1962), dies from leukemia at 70
Oct 22 Alastair Down, CEO (Burmah Oil), dies at 90
Oct 22 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., American naval officer, First African American fleet commander, dies at 82
Oct 23 Edward Toner Cone, American pianist, composer and pedagogue, dies at 87
Oct 23 Robert Merrill [Moishe Miller], American operatic baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1945-76), and actor, dies at 87
Oct 24 James Cardinal Hickey, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1920)
Oct 24 Randy Dorton, American race car engine builder (Director of Engine Operations Hendrick Motorsports; 9 x NASCAR C'ships), dies in a plane crash at 50
Oct 24 Ricky Hendrick, American auto racer and team owner (NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series 1 win, 23 top 10s), dies in plane crash at 24
Oct 25 John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster dies of a heart attack aged 65
Oct 26 Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), dies of diabetes and lung ailment at 80
Oct 27 Claude Helffer, French classical pianist and composer, dies at 82
Oct 27 Lester Lanin, American orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits), dies at 97
Oct 28 Gil Mellé, American jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 72
Oct 28 Jimmy McLarnin, Irish boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring welterweight world champion 1933-35; International Boxing HOF), dies at 96
Oct 29 Alice, British Princess and Duchess of Gloucester, aunt of Elizabeth II, dies at 102
Oct 29 Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician, dies at 81
Oct 29 Peter Twinn, English mathematician (b. 1916)

Vaughn Meader (1936-2004)

Oct 29 American comedian and musician, dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 68 (b. 1936)

Oct 29 Washington Castro, Argentine cellist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 95
Oct 30 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), dies at 80