Deaths in March 2004

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2004.

March 2004

2

• Heinrich Mark, 82, Estonian politician, Prime Minister-in-exile.
• Mercedes McCambridge, 85, Academy Award winning actress.
• Marge Schott, 75, primary owner of the Cincinnati Reds.

3

• Cecily Adams, 46, American actress.
• Susan Moller Okin, 57, liberal feminist political philosopher.
• Luis Villalta, 35, professional boxer.

4

• Jake Hancock, 75, British geologist.
• John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL.
• Claude Nougaro, 74, French chanteur.
• Sir Malcolm Pasley, 77, British literary scholar.
• Stephen Sprouse, 50, American artist and fashion designer.
• Halina Perez, 22, Filipina actress.

5

• Percy Browne, 80, former British MP, jockey and farmer.
• Julito Collazo, 78, Cuban Master Percussionist.
• Stanisław Musiał, 75, Polish priest.
• Mike O'Callaghan, 74, American politician, Governor of Nevada (1971–1979).
• Joan Riudavets, 114, world's oldest documented man and oldest recognized person in Europe.

6

• Eugene T. Booth, 91, American nuclear physicist.
• Frances Dee, 94, actress.
• Ray Fernandez, 47, American professional wrestler best known as "Hercules Hernandez" or simply just "Hercules".
• Alan Short, 83, California legislator, co-author of the Short-Doyle Mental Health Act.
• John Henry Williams, 35, controversial son of baseball great Ted Williams.

7

• George Thompson, 78, British footballer.
• Paul Winfield, 62, Emmy-winning actor.

8

• János Bognár, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist
• Nicolae Cajal, 84, doctor, chairman of Romania's Jewish community.
• Keith Hopkins, 69, British ancient historian and sociologist.[1]
• Robin Hunter, 74, British actor.
• Robert Pastorelli, 49, actor on Murphy Brown.
• Muhammad Zaidan (Abu Abbas), 55, founder of Palestine Liberation Front.

9

• Tony Lee, 69, British jazz pianist.
• Albert Mol, 87, dancer, cabaret performer, actor, TV personality, author.

10

• Dave Blood, 47, Dead Milkmen bassist.
• Robert D. Orr, 86, former Governor of Indiana.
• James Parrish, 35, former National Football League player.

11

• Seymour Geisser, 74, statistician, DNA-evidence expert.
• Edmund Sylvers, 47, lead singer of The Sylvers.

12

• Finn Carling, 78, Norwegian author and playwright with cerebral palsy.
• Yvonne Cernota, 24, German bobsled driver, in training accident.
• Cid Corman, 79, Japan-based American poet and translator.

13

• Sydney Carter, 88, British musician and poet.
• Franz König, 98, Austrian cardinal.
• Dullah Omar, 69, South African cabinet minister.

15

• Amparo Arrebato, 59, Colombian dancer.
• Patrick Nuttgens, 74, British architect.
• William Pickering, 93, former head of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
• John Pople, 78, British theoretical chemist and Nobel Prize winner.

16

• Brian Bianchini, 25, American fashion model.
• Vilém Tauský, 94, Czech conductor and composer.
• Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 68, German prince.

17

• George Boiardi, 22, lacrosse player for Cornell University.
• J.J. Jackson, 62, former MTV video jockey.
• Bernie Scherer, 91, American football player.

18

• Gene Bearden, 83, baseball player with the Cleveland Indians.
• Vytas Brenner, 57, Venezuelan musician, keyboardist and composer.
• Wallace Davenport, 78, New Orleans jazz trumpeter.
• Richard Marner, 82, Russian-born British actor.
• Harrison McCain, 76, Canadian businessman, founder of McCain Foods.
• Guillermo Rivas, 72, Mexican comedy actor.

19

• Brian Maxwell, 51, long-distance runner and founder of PowerBar.
• Sir Horace Phillips, 86, British diplomat.
• Mitchell Sharp, 92, Canadian Liberal cabinet minister.
• Ted Walker, 69, British poet and dramatist.

20

• Scott Fraser, 33, Canadian professional racing driver
• Charles Harold Haden II, 66, American jurist.
• Chosuke Ikariya, 72, Japanese comedian, actor and leader of comedic group The Drifters.
• Juliana, 94, former Queen of the Netherlands.

21

• Sir Austin Pearce, 82, British industrialist.
• Mirwais Sadiq, Civil Aviation Minister for Afghanistan.
• John C. West, 81, American politician and diplomat.

22

• Peter Jackson, 73, British rugby union player.
• Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, 66?, spiritual leader and founder of Hamas.

23

• Sir Rupert Hamer, 87, Australian politician.

24

• Dominic Agostino, 44, Ontario Liberal MPP.
• Michael Garrison, 47, American ambient musician, liver failure.
• Fernando da Costa Novaes, 76, Brazilian ornithologist.

25

• Jan Berry, 62, the 'Jan' of Jan and Dean.
• Jan Sterling, 82, American actress.

26

• Lawrence Colwell, Jr., 35, convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Nevada.
• Art James, 74, game show host and announcer.
• Bertrand de Montaudoin, 79, French Olympic modern pentathlete.
• Adán Sánchez, 19, Mexican singer.
• Colin Sutton, 65, British police officer.
• Larry Trask, 59, linguist and expert on the Basques.
• James Wapakhabulo, 59, foreign minister of Uganda.

27

• Zhang Haoruo, 72, Chinese politician, Governor of Sichuan.

28

• Percy Beames, 92, Australian sportsman and journalist.
• Lise de Baissac, 98, Special Operations Executive agent.
• Erich Hauser, 73, German sculptor.
• Robert Merle, 95, French author.
• David Robinson, 75, Irish horticulturist.
• Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, British actor.

29

• Chen Yi-hsiung, failed assassin in the 3-19 shooting incident.
• Colin Smith, 69, English jazz trumpeter.

30

• Alistair Cooke, 95, BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator.
• Erick Friedman, 64, American concert violinist, violin professor at Yale University.
• Hubert Gregg, 89, BBC broadcaster.
• Michael King, 58, New Zealand historian.

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• Sir John Warburton Paul, 88, British colonial administrator.
• Hedi Lang, 72, first woman to preside the Swiss National Council.
• Gurcharan Singh Tohra, 79, Sikh leader.