Deaths in October 2004

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.

October 2004

1 Richard Avedon, 81, American fashion and portrait photographer, cerebral hemorrhage. Frank Kendall Everest Jr., 84, American Air Force officer. Ron Hayes, 75, American television actor, suicide by jumping. Joyce Jillson, 58, American astrologer, newspaper columnist, author and actress, kidney failure. Gennadi Lushchikov, 56, Soviet Russian Olympic sports shooter (1976). Bruce Palmer, 58, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield), heart attack. Aleksandr Rogov, 48, Soviet Olympic canoeist (1976).

2 Shaul Amor, 63, Israeli politician. Bjørnar Andresen, 59, Norwegian jazz musician. Max Geldray, 88, Dutch jazz harmonica player often credited as the world's first, and Goon Show performer. Fialho Gouveia, 69, Portuguese radio and TV presenter, respiratory failure. Nelson Greene, 81, American football player (Tulsa Golden Hurricane, New York Yankees). Norm Schachter, 90, American gridiron football official and referee. Nick Skorich, 83, American NFL gridiron football player and coach (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from heart surgery.

3 Vernon Alley, 89, American jazz bassist. Helmut Bantz, 83, German gymnast and Olympian (1952, 1956). Jacques Benveniste, 69, French immunologist and physician. Ken Brondell, 82, American baseball player (New York Giants). John Cerutti, 44, American Major League Baseball baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers), announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays. Donald Wills Douglas, Jr., 87, American industrialist and Olympic sailor (1932). Matthäus Hetzenauer, 79, Austrian Wehrmacht sniper during World War II. Janet Leigh, 77, American actress (Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, Touch of Evil), vasculitis. Frits van Turenhout, 91, Dutch sports journalist.

4 Syd Bycroft, 92, English football player. Rodolfo Celletti, 87, Italian musicologist, critic, voice teacher, and novelist. Gordon Cooper, 77, American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, one of the original Mercury Seven, heart failure. Rio Diaz, 45, Filipino beauty queen, television presenter, actress and politician, colorectal cancer. Michael Grant, 89, British ancient historian. Emīlija Gudriniece, 84, Soviet/Latvian chemist. Nilamani Routray, 84, Indian politician and Chief Minister.

5 Mario Ramón Beteta, 79, Mexican economist. Rodney Dangerfield, 82, American comedian and actor (Easy Money, Caddyshack, Back to School), Grammy winner (1981), complications from heart surgery. William H. Dobelle, 62, American biomedical researcher, eye doctor and artificial vision pioneer, complications of diabetes. Matti Jokinen, 68, Finnish Olympic sailor (1976). John Richards, 77, British Royal Marines general. Wayne Rutledge, 62, Canadian professional ice hockey player (Los Angeles Kings, Houston Aeros), stomach cancer.Wayne Rutledge, Sports-Reference / Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08. Maurice Wilkins, 87, New Zealand-British physicist and molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1962).

6 Bailey Brown, 87, American judge. Eugen Horniak, 78, Slovak Olympic basketball player (1952). Daniel Janssens, 78, Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1952). Frederica de Laguna, 98, American anthropologist and archaeologist. Johnny Kelley, 97, American long-distance runner and Olympian (1936, 1948). William Clark, Baron Clark of Kempston, 86, British politician and peer. Pete McCarthy, 52, British travel writer and broadcaster, cancer. Marvin Santiago, 56, Puerto Rican salsa singer, complications of diabetes. Norm Schlueter, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians). Veríssimo Correia Seabra, 57, Bissau-Guinean military commander, beaten to death in mutiny. Clem Tholet, 56, Rhodesian singer and songwriter. Harbhajan Singh Yogi, 75, Indian spiritual leader and head of the Sikh Dharma in the western hemisphere, heart failure.

7 Michael C. Astour, 87, Soviet-American professor of Yiddish and Russian literature. Kenneth Bigley, 62, British civil engineer taken hostage in Iraq, beheaded by hostage takers, decapitation. T. J. Binyon, 68, British author, Oxford professor, Pushkin scholar and crime novelist, heart attack. Wolfgang Grzyb, 64, German football player. Oscar Heisserer, 90, French football player. Tony Lanfranchi, 69, British racing driver, cancer. Miki Matsubara, 44, Japanese singer, cervical cancer. |title=訃報＞松原みきさん44歳シンガー・ソングライター |archivedate=December 14, 2004 |date=December 14, 2004 |access-date=January 9, 2021 Rosemary Murray, 91, British chemist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1975–1977). Jacques Noël, 84, French fencer and Olympian (1952). Hildy Parks, 78, American actress, writer and TV producer, complications of stroke. Július Toček, 65, Czechoslovak rower and Olympic medalist (1964). Nikola Dimitrov Tzanev, 64, Bulgarian football player and Olympian (1960).

8 Jeannette Aubert, 84, French diver and Olympian (1948). James Chace, 72, American historian, heart attack. Irina Demick, 67, French actress. Tony Giuliani, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Brooklyn Dodgers). Mei Zhi, 90, Chinese children's author and essayist.Mei Zhi Kenneth G. Mills, 81, Canadian philosopher and musician. Johnny Sturm, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and minor league manager, congestive heart failure. Emanuel Mac Troutman, 89, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania).

9 Jorge Cánaves, 82, Argentine Olympic equestrian (1952, 1964). Jacques Derrida, 74, French philosopher (deconstruction), pancreatic cancer. Maxime Faget, 83, American aerospace engineer (NASA, Space Shuttle program), designer of the Mercury space capsule, bladder cancer. Tom Greenfield, 86, American football player (Green Bay Packers). Herschel Grossman, 65, American economist. Don McEvoy, 75, English football player and manager. Bryan R. Wilson, 78, British author of religious books.

10 Josef Argauer, 93, Austrian football coach. Ângelo Bonfietti, 78, Brazilian basketball player and Olympian (1952, 1956). Ken Caminiti, 41, American baseball player, drug overdose. David G. Chandler, 70, British historian. Kelsey Jones, 82, Canadian composer, pianist, harpsichordist, and music teacher, kidney failure. Christopher Reeve, 52, American actor (Superman, The Remains of the Day, Deathtrap), heart failure. Arthur H. Robinson, 89, American cartographer and geographer. Maurice Shadbolt, 72, New Zealand novelist, playwright and journalist, Alzheimer's disease. John William Tebbel, 91, American journalist, editor, writer, teacher, and media historian.

11 Paul Bryan, 91, British politician. Bobby Cook, 81, American basketball player (Wisconsin Badgers, Sheboygan Red Skins). Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox, 73, British diplomat, Ambassador to Spain (1984–1989).Lord Nicholas Gordon Lennox Michael Hobelsberger, 69, German Olympic ice hockey player (1960, 1964). Elisabeth Klein, 93, Hungarian-Danish pianist. Ben Komproe, 62, Netherlands Antilles politician, Prime Minister (2003) and Minister of Justice (2003–2004), complications from gastric surgery. Mary Loos, 94, American actress, screenwriter, and novelist, complications from stroke. Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, 82, British peer, politician and landowner. Keith Miller, 84, Australian cricketer, Australian rules footballer, fighter pilot and journalist. Csaba Pálinkás, 45, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1980). Gulshan Rai, 80, Indian film producer and distributor. Fernando Sabino, 80, Brazilian writer and journalist, cancer. Josiane Serre, 81, French academic chemist, teacher, pioneer of quantum chemistry.

12 Tommy Kalmanir, 78, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts). Samson Kutsuwada, 57, Japanese wrestler, acute myeloid leukemia. Jackie McGrory, 62, Scottish football player. Shigehiro Ozawa, 82, Japanese film director and screenwriter.

13 Mike Blyzka, 75, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles). Erik Bye, 78, Norwegian journalist, radio/TV host, actor, and singer/songwriter, cancer. Enrique M. Fernando, 89, Filipino judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. David Grose, 59, American archaeologist and classicist. Grethe Holmer, 80, Danish actress. Tatyana Karakashyants, 78, Soviet Russian diver and Olympian (1952, 1956). Nirupa Roy, 73, Indian film actress, heart attack. Bernice Rubens, 76, British Booker Prize-winning novelist (The Elected Member), complications from stroke. Ivor Wood, 72, British animator (Paddington Bear, The Wombles Postman Pat), cancer. Tetsu Yano, 80, Japanese science fiction writer and translato, colorectal cancer.

14 Peter Adelaar, 57, Dutch judoka and Olympian (1980). Magdolna Bartha, 74, Hungarian Olympic cross-country skier (1960). Ted Blakey, 79, American historian, activist, and businessman. Juan Francisco Fresno, 90, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (1983–1990). Mohamed Zahir Ismail, 80, Malaysian lawyer and politician, kidney failure. Cordell Jackson, 81, American rockabilly musician. Al Kaporch, 91, American football player (Detroit Lions). Sheila Keith, 84, British actress. Lokesh, 57, Indian actor. Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, 67, British peer, historian and member of the House of Lords, complications of emphysema. Ivan Shamiakin, 83, Soviet Belarusian writer. Dattopant Thengadi, 83, Indian Hindu ideologue and trade union leader.

15 Bill Eyden, 74, British jazz drummer. Dave Godin, 68, British soul music promoter and journalist, coined the term "northern soul". Per Højholt, 76, Danish poet. Irv Novick, 88, American comic book artist (Batman, The Flash, Superman). Thiruthuraipoondi Radhakrishnan Pappa, 81, Indian music director of Tamil, Telugu and Sinhalese films. Tex Ritter, 80, American professional basketball player (Eastern Kentucky, New York Knicks).

16 Doug Bennett, 52, Canadian rock singer (Doug and the Slugs). Vincent Brome, 94, British biographer and novelist. Susana Campos, 70, Argentine actress, brain cancer. Don Carlson, 85, American basketball player (Chicago Stags, Minneapolis Lakers, Baltimore Bullets). Paul Juntunen, 83, American basketball player. Harold Perkin, 77, English social historian. Pierre Salinger, 79, American journalist and Press Secretary to John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, heart failure. Tomasz Strzembosz, 74, Polish historian and writer. Bassam Zuamut, 53, Israeli Arab actor (HaMis'ada HaGdola) and screenwriter, kidney disease.מת השחקן בסאם זועמוט (in Hebrew)

17 Harry Almond, 76, British Olympic rower (1952). Waldir Villas Boas, 79, Brazilian footballer and Olympian (1952). Ray Boone, 81, American Major League Baseball player, patriarch of first third-generation MLB family. Wu Faxian, 89, Chinese revolutionary and military officer, commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Julius Harris, 81, American actor (Live and Let Die, Super Fly, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three), heart failure. Uzi Hitman, 52, Israeli singer, songwriter and composer, heart attack. Bas Pease, 81, British physicist. Franco Prosperi, 78, Italian film director and screenwriter. Andreas Sassen, 36, German football player, stroke.

18 Nancy Carline, 94, British artist. Edwin Arthur Hall, 95, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1939-1953). Richie Lemos, 84, Mexican-American boxer. Elizabeth Nicholls, 58, American-Canadian paleontologist, cancer. Fermin Rocker, 96, British painter and book illustrator. Veerappan, 52, Indian criminal known as "Jungle Cat", shot by Special Task Force. Viktor Zubarev, 31, Kazakhstani football player, drug overdose.

19 Antoine Abel, 69, Seychellois writer.