Celebrity Deaths in 2004

Here are some of the better known people to have passed on recently.
Click on name to read about each celebrity.

Jerry Orbach
Actor best known for Law & Order,
died December 28 at the age of 69.

Susan Sontag
Intellectual, died December 28
at the age of 71.

Pierre Berton
Canadian literary icon, died November 30 at the age of 84.

Arthur Hailey
Author best known for Airport, died November 25 at the age of 84.

Yasser Arafat
Palestinian leader, died November 11 at the age of 75.

Howard Keel
Actor/singer best known for his roles in musicals like Annie Get Your Gun, died November 7 at the age of 85.

Ken Caminiti
All star baseball player, died October 10 at the age of 41.

Christopher Reeve
Actor best known for his role as Superman, died October 10 at the age of 52.

Jacques Derrida
Founder of deconstructionism, died October 9 at the age of 74.

Rodney Dangerfield
Comedian, died October 5 at the age of 82.

Janet Leigh
Actress best known for Psycho, died October 3 at the age of 77.

Richard Avedon
Photographer, died October 1 at the age of 81.

Geoffrey Beene
Fashion designer, died September 28 at the age of 77.

Francoise Sagan
Author best known for Bonjour Tristesse, died September 24 at the age of 69.
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Russ Meyer
Film maker, died September 18 at the age of 82.

Johnny Ramone
Founder of the Ramones, died September 15 at the age of 55.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Psychiatrist best known for her book on death and dying, died August 24 at the age of 78.

Elmer Bernstein
composer, died August 18 at the age of 82.

Julia Child
Chef, died August 13 at the age of 91.

Fay Wray
Actress best known for King Kong, died August 8 at the age of 96.

Paul 'Red' Adair
Famed oil well fire fighter, died August 7 at the age of 89.

Rick James
Musician best known for Super Freak, died August 6 at the age of 56.

Francis Crick
Co discover of the DNA double helix, died July 28 at the age of 88.

Jerry Goldsmith
Composer best known for scoring films such as The Omen, Alien, and Chinatown, died July 21 at the age of 75.

Isabel Sanford
Actress best known as Louise Jefferson on the tv series The Jeffersons, died July 9 at the age of 86.

Marlon Brando
Actor, died July 1 at the age of 80.

Ray Charles
Musician, died June 10 at the age of 73.

Ronald Reagan
One time president of the United States, died June 5 at the age of 93.

Brian Linehan
Celebrity interviewer, died June 4 at the age of 58.

Tony Randall
Actor best known as Felix on the tv series The Odd Couple, died May 17 at the age of 84.

June Taylor
Dancer and choreographer best known for the Jackie Gleason show, died May 17 at the age of 86.

Alan King
Comedian, died May 9 at the age of 76.

Estee Lauder
Cosmetics queen, died April 24 at the age of 97.

Carrie Snodgress
Actress best known for Diary of a Mad Housewife, died April 1 at the age of 57.

Alistair Cooke
Broadcaster best known in North America as the host of Masterpiece Theater, died March 30 at the age of 95.

Peter Ustinov
Actor, died March 28 at the age of 82.

Jan Berry
Musician best known as half of Jan & Dean, died March 26 at the age of 62.

Queen Juliana
Former queen of the Netherlands, died March 20 at the age of 94.

Robert Pastorelli
Actor best known as house painter Eldin on Murphy Brown, died March 8 at the age of 49.

Paul Winfield
Actor best known as the father in Sounder, died March 7 at the age of 62.

Spalding Gray
Monologist, was found dead March 7 at the age of 62.

Mercedes McCambridge
Actress known for films such as Touch of Evil and The Exorcist, died March 2 at the age of 85.

Marge Schott
one time owner of the Cincinnati Reds, died March 2 at the age of 75.

John Randolph
Actor known for his Tony award winning performance in Broadway Bound and as Rock Hudson's alter ego in Seconds, died February 24 at the age of 88.

Claude Ryan
Quebec federalist intellectual, died February 9 at the age of 79.

M.M. Kaye
Author best known for The Far Pavilions, died January 29 at the age of 95.

Jack Paar
Talk show pioneer, died January 27 at the age of 85.

Bob Keeshan
Better known as Captain Kangaroo, died January 23 at the age of 76.

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