The Recently Dead List 2004

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Celebrity
Died
Age
Comments
Estee Lauder
24 apr 2004
97
Founder of the cosmetics company.
Fred Whipple
30 aug 2004
97
American Astronomer.
Fay Wray
8 aug 2004
96
Actress. Appeared in the original King Kong film.
Alistair Cooke
30 mar 2004
95
Radio Journalist.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
3 aug 2004
95
French photographer.
Princess Juliana
20 mar 2004
94
Former Queen of the Netherlands.
Ronald Reagan
5 jun 2004
93
American actor
Julia Child
13 aug 2004
91
American TV Chef.
Lord Hill-Norton
18 may 2004
89
Admiral of the Fleet
Red Adair
8 aug 2004
89
Specialised in fighting oil rig fires.
Max Geldray
4 oct 2004
88
Musician who played on The Goon Show.
Howard Keel
7 nov 2004
85
Actor - appeared in Dallas
John Barron
3 jul 2004
83
Actor.
Peter Ustinov
28 mar 2004
82
Actor.
Elmer Bernstein
18 aug 2004
82
Film composer.
Rodney Dangerfield
5 oct 2004
82
Unfunny American Comedian.
Marlon Brando
2 jul 2004
80
Actor - appeared in On the Waterfront
Norris McWhirter
20 apr 2004
78
Editor of the Guinness Book of Records.
Janet Leigh
3 oct 2004
77
Actress and mother of Jamie Lee Curtis.
Jerry Goldsmith
21 jul 2004
75
Film composer.
Bernard Levin
7 aug 2004
75
Journalist.
Yasser Arafat
10 nov 2004
75
Leader of the PLO.
Ray Charles
10 jun 2004
73
American singer/songwriter.
Ally MacLeod
01 feb 2004
72
Scottish football manager.
Ivor Wood
21 oct 2004
72
Animator. Worked on The Wombles
Sacha Distel
22 jul 2004
70
French Singer.
Brian Clough
20 sep 2004
69
Manager of Nottingham Forest.
Lynda Lee-Potter
20 oct 2004
69
Daily Mail Journalist.
Frances Shand Kydd
3 jun 2004
68
Princess Di's Mother.
Pat Roach
17 jul 2004
67
Actor.
Fred Dibnah
6 nov 2004
66
TV Presenter who specialised in engineering/history programmes.
John Peel
26 oct 2004
65
DJ and broadcaster.
Tony Randall
17 may 2004
62
Actor. Appeared in the TV series 'The Odd Couple'.
Harold Shipman
12 jan 2004
57
Mass Murderer.
Les Gray
21 feb 2004
57
Lead singer with the band Mud.
Emlyn Hughes
9 nov 2004
57
Footballer - played for England and Liverpool.
Rick James
6 aug 2004
56
Singer.
Johnny Ramone
16 sep 2004
55
Lead guitarist with The Ramones.
Olivia Goldsmith
16 jan 2004
54
Novellist - wrote 'The First Wives Club'.
Christopher Reeve
10 oct 2004
52
Star of the Superman films.
Pete McCarthy
6 oct 2004
51
Travel writer.
Caron Keating
13 apr 2004
41
Blue Peter presenter
Ol Dirty Bastard
14 nov 2004
35
Rapper. Real name - Russel Jones.

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