Deaths in December 2004#26

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.

December 2004

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Fathi Arafat, 71, Palestinian physician, founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, stomach cancer.{{cite news |date=2 December 2004 |title=Fathi Arafat, P.L.O. Leader's Brother, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/world/middleeast/fathi-arafat-plo-leaders-brother-dies-at-67.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201233026/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/world/middleeast/fathi-arafat-plo-leaders-brother-dies-at-67.html |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=10 March 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=The Associated Press}}
Mammad Araz, 71, Azerbaijani poet.
Bill Brown, 73, Scottish football goalkeeper.{{cite news |date=1 December 2004 |title=Goalkeeping great Bill Brown dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4059847.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611110744/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4059847.stm |archive-date=11 June 2023 |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=BBC News}}
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, 93, Dutch royal, spouse of Queen Juliana and father of Queen Beatrix, lung and colon cancer.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |date=2 December 2004 |title=Prince Bernhard, Father of Dutch Queen, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/world/europe/prince-bernhard-father-of-dutch-queen-dies-at-93.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608065657/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/world/europe/prince-bernhard-father-of-dutch-queen-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
Norman Newell, 85, English record producer and lyricist.{{Cite news |last=Leigh |first=Spencer |author-link=Spencer Leigh (radio presenter) |date=7 December 2004 |title=Norman Newell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-newell-23509.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250508091950/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-newell-23509.html |archive-date=2025-05-08 |access-date=2025-06-02 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}
Damon Simonelli, 45, American planetary scientist, heart failure.{{cite news|url=https://aas.org/obituaries/damon-paul-simonelli-1959-2004|last1=Buratti|first1=Bonnie Jean|last2=Veverka|first2=Joseph|title=Damon Paul Simonelli (1959 - 2004)|work=American Astronomical Society|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217030153/https://aas.org/obituaries/damon-paul-simonelli-1959-2004|url-status=dead}}
David Vienneau, 53, Canadian journalist, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |last=Delacourt |first=Susan |date=3 December 2004 |title=David Vienneau, 53: A newsman of courage, integrity |url=https://www.thestar.com/Obituary/TtoZ/article/107963 |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024120257/http://www.thestar.com/Obituary/TtoZ/article/107963 |archive-date=24 October 2012}}

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Larry Buchanan, 81, American B-movie director, producer and writer, complications of collapsed lung.{{cite news |author1=Fox |first=Margalit |author-link1=Margalit Fox |date=19 December 2004 |title=Larry Buchanan Dies at 81; B-Movie 'Schlockmeister' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/movies/larry-buchanan-dies-at-81-bmovie-schlockmeister.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202153130/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/movies/larry-buchanan-dies-at-81-bmovie-schlockmeister.html |archive-date=2 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |page=1 56}}
Kevin Coyne, 60, English musician, filmmaker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date= |title=Kevin Coyne |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139361772 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041743/https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13936177/kevin_coyne/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr}}
Cachita Galán, 61, Argentine singer, cancer.{{cite web |title=Cachita Galán |url=http://www.cinenacional.com/persona/cachita-galan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819110206/http://www.cinenacional.com/persona/cachita-galan |archive-date=19 August 2016 |access-date=21 August 2016 |website=cinenacional.com |language=es}}
Alicia Markova, 94, English ballerina, stroke.{{Cite news |last=Meisner |first=Nadine |date=3 December 2004 |title=Dame Alicia Markova |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-alicia-markova-674993.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213084254/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-alicia-markova-674993.html |archive-date=13 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |language=en-GB}}
Nadine Shamir, 32, American techno singer/songwriter, complications during childbirth.{{Cite news |url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/obituaries/10348236.htm |title=Singer and co-writer of techno hit Set U Free |first=Monica |last=Hatcher |date=6 December 2004|newspaper=Miami Herald |access-date=13 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041223071357/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/obituaries/10348236.htm |archive-date=23 December 2004 }}
Louis W. Truman, 96, Senior American Army officer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date= |title=Louis W. Truman - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6f92fwr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730040516/https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6f92fwr |archive-date=30 July 2023 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |language=}}
Mona Van Duyn, 83, American poet, US Poet Laureate (1992), bone cancer.{{cite news |author= |date=11 March 2006 |title=Van Duyn, Mona |url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/603120338/Van-Duyn-Mona |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730220456/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/603120338/Van-Duyn-Mona |archive-date=30 July 2012}}

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Shiing-Shen Chern, 93, Chinese mathematician, heart failure following heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Chang |first=Kenneth |date=7 December 2004 |title=Shiing-Shen Chern, 93, Innovator in New Geometry, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/world/asia/shiingshen-chern-93-innovator-in-new-geometry-dies.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127172454/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/world/asia/shiingshen-chern-93-innovator-in-new-geometry-dies.html |archive-date=27 January 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |page=A 25}}
Robert Dhéry, 83, French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster, 90, Irish nobleman.{{Cite news |date=7 December 2004 |title=The Duke of Leinster |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1478374/The-Duke-of-Leinster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918182542/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1478374/The-Duke-of-Leinster.html |archive-date=18 September 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
June Maston, 76, Australian Olympic sprinter and athletics coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date= |title=Olympedia – June Maston |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64549 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503222622/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64549 |archive-date=3 May 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |language=}}
Maria Perschy, 66, Austrian actress, cancer.{{Cite web |title=Maria Perschy |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675413/bio |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412080252/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675413/bio |archive-date=12 April 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |website=IMDb}}
Helmut Rix, 78, German linguist, car accident.{{cite web |last=Mercado |first=Angelo |date=December 2004 |title=In Memoriam Helmut Rix |url=http://sauvagenoble.blogspot.co.uk/2004/12/in-memoriam-helmut-rix.html |website=Sauvage Noble: An Austronesian’s Adventures in Altertumswissenschaft and Indogermanistik |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193722/http://sauvagenoble.blogspot.co.uk/2004/12/in-memoriam-helmut-rix.html |archive-date=3 March 2016}}
Josef Schwammberger, 92, German SS (Schutzstaffel) officer and labor camp commander during World War II.{{Cite news |date=4 December 2004 |title=Joseph Schwammberger, 92, Nazi Labor Camp Commander, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/04/obituaries/joseph-schwammberger-92-nazi-labor-camp-commander-dies.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213144432/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/04/obituaries/joseph-schwammberger-92-nazi-labor-camp-commander-dies.html |archive-date=13 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |agency=The Associated Press}}
Fred Silva, 77, American gridiron football player, heart attack.
Marek Stachowski, 68, Polish composer.{{Cite web |title=Marek Stachowski |url=https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/composers/marek-stachowski/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021075603/https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/composers/marek-stachowski/ |archive-date=21 October 2018 |access-date= |website=polishmusic.usc.edu}}
Yaroslav Starobogatov, 72, Russian zoologist and academic.

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Mahmut Atalay, 70, Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach, heart attack.
Willem Duyn, 67, Dutch singer, actor, and entertainer, heart attack.{{cite news |date=4 December 2004 |title=Zanger Willem Duyn (67) overleden |url=https://www.nu.nl/algemeen/451532/zanger-willem-duyn-67-overleden.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201154044/https://www.nu.nl/algemeen/451532/zanger-willem-duyn-67-overleden.html |archive-date=1 February 2023 |access-date=10 June 2024 |work=Nu.nl |language=nl}}
Carl Esmond, 102, Austrian film and stage actor.{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786421039|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHvGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Willy+Eichberger%22&pg=PA118|access-date=9 March 2019|language=en}}
Tom Fitzgerald, 53, American soccer coach (University of Tampa), motorcycle accident.{{Cite news |date=6 December 2004 |title=Tom Fitzgerald, 53; Led UCLA Soccer Team to NCAA Title in 2002 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-06-me-passings6-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221122044/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-06-me-passings6-story.html |archive-date=21 December 2023 |access-date=13 December 2017 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |agency=Times Wire}}
Elena Souliotis, 61, Greek operatic soprano, heart failure.{{Cite news |last=Forbes |first=Elizabeth |date=18 December 2004 |title=Elena Souliotis |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elena-souliotis-693062.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213085022/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elena-souliotis-693062.html |archive-date=13 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |newspaper=The Independent |language=en-GB}}
Svend Wad, 76, Danish boxer and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Svend Vad |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1769 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610184949/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1769 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen}}
Ron Williamson, 51, American minor league baseball player and murder convict, liver cirrhosis.

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Giuseppe Campora, 81, Italian operatic tenor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date= |title=Giuseppe Campora |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13933286k |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412223747/https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13933286/giuseppe_campora/ |archive-date=12 April 2023 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr}}
Seymour Ginsburg, 76, American computer scientist, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |last1=Abiteboul |first1=S. |last2=Hull |first2=R. |last3=Vianu |first3=V. |title=In memory of Seymour Ginsburg 1928–2004 |url=http://www.sigmod.org/publications/sigmod-record/0503/p5.special.vianu.pdf |journal=SIGMOD Record |volume=34 |number=1 |pages=5–6 |date=March 2005 |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319144641/http://www.sigmod.org/publications/sigmod-record/0503/p5.special.vianu.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2012}}
Neil Hallett, 80, Belgian-English actor.
Cristiano Júnior, 25, Brazilian footballer, cardiac arrest after on-field collision.{{Cite news |last=Banerjee |first=Sanjay |date=14 December 2004 |title=Goodbye, Cristiano Junior! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goodbye-Cristiano-Junior/articleshow/957777.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113235842/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goodbye-Cristiano-Junior/articleshow/957777.cms |archive-date=13 January 2018 |access-date=13 December 2017 |newspaper=The Times of India |location=Mumbai}}
Manzanita, 48, Spanish singer and guitarist, heart attack.{{cite news |date=9 December 2004 |title='Manzanita', el precursor del nuevo flamenco |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/12/06/obituarios/1102339175.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407201850/https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/12/06/obituarios/1102339175.html |archive-date=7 April 2023 |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=El Mundo |language=es}}
Jose Pellissery, 53–54, Indian film and theatre actor.
Øystein Rottem, 58, Norwegian philologist, literary historian and literary critic, cancer.
Hicham Zerouali, 27, Moroccan footballer, car accident.{{Cite news |date=6 December 2004 |title=Zerouali killed in car accident |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/4070807.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132845/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/4070807.stm |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

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Frank Reginald Carey, 92, British fighter ace during World War II.{{cite news |author= |date=18 December 2004 |title=Gp Capt Frank Carey |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gp-capt-frank-carey-6155781.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925110655/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gp-capt-frank-carey-6155781.html |archive-date=25 September 2015}}
Raymond Goethals, 83, Belgian soccer coach, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |author= |date=7 December 2004 |title=Raymond Goethals |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/raymond-goethals-1-564867 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023319/https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/raymond-goethals-1-564867 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh}}
Árpád Makay, 93, Hungarian cinematographer.
Adrian Morris, 75, English painter.{{cite news |last=Buckman |first=David |date=17 December 2004 |title=Adrian Morris: Painstaking painter who exhibited rarely |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/adrian-morris-6155834.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925135833/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/adrian-morris-6155834.html |archive-date=25 September 2015}}
John Norton, 86, United States Army general.{{cite news |date=2004-12-17 |title=John Norton, 86; D-Day Veteran Refined Role of Combat Helicopters |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-17-me-norton17-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106084525/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-17-me-norton17-story.html |archive-date=2024-01-06 |access-date=2019-01-29 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Enrique Salinas, 52, Mexican businessman, asphyxiation.{{cite news |date=December 7, 2004 |title=Ex-Mexican President's Brother Found Murdered |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/ex-mexican-presidents-brother-found-murdered |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610190058/https://www.foxnews.com/story/ex-mexican-presidents-brother-found-murdered |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |work=Fox News}}
Christine Wodetzky, 66, German actress.

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Pacita Abad, 58, Filipino painter, lung cancer.{{cite web |last=Manipon |first=Roel Hoang |date=December 20, 2004 |title=Pacita Abad: A Painted Passing |url=http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?i=281&subcat=13 |website=National Commission for Culture and the Arts |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012111953/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?i=281&subcat=13 |archive-date=12 October 2014}}
Frederick Fennell, 90, American conductor, founder of Eastman Wind Ensemble.{{cite news |author1=Wakin |first=Daniel J. |date=9 December 2004 |title=Frederick Fennell, 90, Innovative Band Conductor, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/music/frederick-fennell-90-innovative-band-conductor-dies.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222171059/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/music/frederick-fennell-90-innovative-band-conductor-dies.html |archive-date=22 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |page=C 11}}
María Rosa Gallo, 82, Argentine actress, pneumonia.
Julije Knifer, 80, Croatian abstract painter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date= |title=Julije Knifer - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vx250q |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804170343/https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vx250q#resources |archive-date=4 August 2023 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |language=}}
Floyd Nattrass, 86, Canadian Olympic sports shooter (men's trap shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Floyd Nattrass |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/41523 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615030054/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/41523 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen}}
Zuzana Navarová, 45, Czech singer and songwriter, cancer.
Jay Van Andel, 80, American co-founder and former chairman of Amway, Parkinson's disease.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45577-2004Dec7.html |title=Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies at 80 |date=7 December 2004 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Oscar M. Ruebhausen, 92, American lawyer and adviser to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/nyregion/obituaries/oscar-m-ruebhausen-92-former-rockefeller-adviser.html|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Oscar M. Ruebhausen, 92, Former Rockefeller Adviser|work=The New York Times|date=2004-12-12|access-date=2019-02-08}}
Jerry Scoggins, 93, American musician ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett").{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4086593.stm |title=Hillbillies singer Scoggins dies |date=10 December 2004|website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}

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Dimebag Darrell, 38, American heavy metal guitarist (Pantera, Damageplan), shot.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6683479 |title=Killer reportedly obsessed with Pantera |date=10 December 2004 |website=NBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Cleve Gray, 86, American abstract painter.{{cite news |author1=Ken Johnson |title=Cleve Gray, 86, a Painter of Large Abstract Works |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/obituaries/arts/cleve-gray-86-a-painter-of-large-abstract-works.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=10 December 2004 |page=A 39}}
Johnny Lockett, 89, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Jackson Mac Low, 82, American poet, composer and performance artist, complications from stroke.{{cite news |author1=Margalit Fox |author-link1=Margalit Fox |title=Jackson Mac Low, 82, Poet and Composer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/books/jackson-mac-low-82-poet-and-composer-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=10 December 2004 |page=A 39}}
Noel Mills, 60, New Zealand rower and Olympic silver medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Noel Mills |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39223 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=10 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
C. S. Rao, 80, Indian actor, writer and director.
Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, 93, British jurist, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1977–1986).{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/10/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation2 |title=Lord Scarman, humane chairman of Brixton riots inquiry, dies at 93 |last=Dyer |first=Clare |date=10 December 2004 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

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Andrea Absolonová, 27, Czech diver and adult model known as Lea De Mae, brain cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/lea-de-mae-passes-away-41397.html |title=Lea De Mae Passes Away |date=9 December 2004 |website=Adult Video News |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Henny Backus, 93, American actress, stroke.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Bayot |title=Henny Backus, 93, an Actress and Author With Husband Jim, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/17/arts/henny-backus-93-an-actress-and-author-with-husband-jim-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 December 2004 |page=C 9}}
David Brudnoy, 64, American radio talk show host (Boston), Merkel cell carcinoma.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/11/arts/david-brudnoy-radio-host-and-raconteur-dies-at-64.html |title=David Brudnoy, Radio Host And Raconteur, Dies at 64 |last=Belluck |first=Pam |date=11 December 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Paul Edwards, 81, Austrian-American philosopher.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Bayot |title=Paul Edwards, Professor and Editor of Philosophy, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/obituaries/paul-edwards-professor-and-editor-of-philosophy-dies-at-81.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 December 2004 |page=A 41}}
Peter Emery, 78, British Conservative politician (Honiton, 1967–1997; East Devon, 1997–2001).{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/dec/11/guardianobituaries.obituaries |title=Obituary: Sir Peter Emery |last=Roth |first=Andrew |date=11 December 2004|newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Jimmy Gauld, 75, Scottish football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jimmy Gauld |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jimmy-gauld/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=10 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Philippe Gigantès, 81, Canadian former senator, cancer.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-liberal-senator-philippe-gigantes-dies-1.495718 |title=Former Liberal senator Philippe Gigantes dies |date=9 December 2004 |website=CBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Jean Tournier, 78, French cinematographer.
Sergey Voychenko, 49, Belarusian artist and designer, complications following heart bypass surgery.

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Khoren Abrahamyan, 74, Armenian actor and director.
Bruno Arcari, 89, Italian football player player and coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bruno Arcari |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bruno-arcari/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=10 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Norman Borrett, 87, English sportsman.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9156.html |title=Norman Borrett |website=Cricinfo |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Emilio Cruz, 66, Cuban-American artist, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Ken Johnson |title=Emilio Cruz, Artist Known for Dreamlike Imagery, Dies at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/arts/design/emilio-cruz-artist-known-for-dreamlike-imagery-dies-at-66.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=13 December 2004 |page=B 7}}
Bob King, 81, American college basketball coach.{{Cite news |date=11 December 2004 |title=Former Coach Bob King Dies. (Sports) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-126077645.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060404/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-126077645.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2012 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Post |access-date=10 March 2018 |via=HighBeam Research}}
Radner Muratov, 76, Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, stroke.
Homi Wadia, 93, Indian film director and producer.
Gary Webb, 49, American investigative reporter ("Dark Alliance"), suicide by gunshot.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/obituaries/gary-webb-49-journalist-who-wrote-disputed-articles-is-dead.html |title=Gary Webb, 49, Journalist Who Wrote Disputed Articles, Is Dead |agency=Reuters |date=13 December 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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Christopher Blake, 55, English actor and screenwriter, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Christopher Blake |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb165458692 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=10 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
José Luis Cuciuffo, 43, Argentinian footballer and 1986 Football World Cup champion, hunting accident.{{Cite news |url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/murio-jose-luis-cuciuffo_0_HkjlhnqJ0Fl.html |title=Murió José Luis Cuciuffo |date=12 December 2004 |newspaper=Clarín |location=Buenos Aires |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=es}}
Arthur Lydiard, 87, New Zealand marathon runner and athletics coach, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Arthur Lydiard, Leader of Jogging Movement, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/sports/othersports/arthur-lydiard-leader-of-jogging-movement-dies-at-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=13 December 2004 |page=B 7}}
Harry Roesli, 53, Indonesian singer-songwriter, heart attack.
Margaret Shaw, 101, American photographer and folklorist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Margaret Fay Shaw - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86118988 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=10 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
M. S. Subbulakshmi, 88, Indian carnatic musician and singer, heart problems.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/12/stories/2004121215950100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216165453/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/12/stories/2004121215950100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2016 |title=M.S. Subbulakshmi passes away, aged 88 |date=11 December 2004 |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai |access-date=13 December 2017}}

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Joseph Beyrle, 81, United States Army and Soviet Red Army soldier, heart attack.
Pramod Chakravorty, 75, Indian film producer and director.
Herbert Dreilich, 62, German rock musician, cancer.
Frits Helmuth, 73, Danish film actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frits Helmuth |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15092506n |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Rollin Hotchkiss, 93, American biochemist and molecular genetics pioneer.{{cite news |author1=Jeremy Pearce |title=Dr. Rollin D. Hotchkiss, 93, Is Dead; Did Early Research in Genetics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/21/obituaries/dr-rollin-d-hotchkiss-93-is-dead-did-early-research-in-genetics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 December 2004 |page=A 27}}
George Hunter, 77, South African boxer and Olympic champion.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - George Hunter |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7973 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 June 2024}}
Frank Isola, 79, American jazz drummer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frank Isola |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138954949 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Harry McNally, 68, English football player, coach and manager, heart attack.
Phaswane Mpe, 34, South African novelist, AIDS-related complications.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/dec/22/guardianobituaries.southafrica |title=Obituary: Phaswane Mpe |last=McGregor |first=Liz |date=22 December 2004 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Fabian O'Dea, 86, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/lieutenant-governor-fabian-odea.php |title=O'Dea, Hon. Fabian (1918–2004) |website=Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Maurizio Perissinot, 53, Italian rally driver.
Syed Mir Qasim, 83, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1971–1975).{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/mir-qasim-is-dead/articleshow/956768.cms |title=Mir Qasim is dead |date=13 December 2004 |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=10 March 2018}}
William B. Rosson, 86, United States Army general, heart attack.
Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 101, American painter, lithographer, widow of Ben Shahn.{{cite news |author1=Margalit Fox |author-link1=Margalit Fox |title=Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Painter, Dies at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/arts/bernarda-bryson-shahn-painter-dies-at-101.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=16 December 2004 |page=A 41}}
Pavlo Vasylyk, 78, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch.

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Donald S. Jones, 76, United States Navy admiral.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3501-2004Dec15.html |title=Vice Adm. Donald S. Jones Dies; Pilot, Top Aide |first=Patricia |last=Sullivan |date=16 December 2004 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Andre Rodgers, 70, Bahamian baseball player, first Bahamian to play in Major League Baseball.{{Cite web |url=http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/r/rodgers_andre.html |title=Andre Rodgers: Bahamian played in the majors for 11 years |last=Lollis |first=Dean |website=Historic Baseball |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Tom Turesson, 62, Swedish footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tom-turesson/ |title=Tom Turesson |website=World Football.net |access-date=10 March 2018}}
David Wheeler, 77, English computer scientist.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-david-wheeler-25885.html |first=Martin |last=Campbell-Kelly |title=Professor David Wheeler |date=22 December 2004 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=10 March 2018}}

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Candice Daly, 38, American film and TV actress (The Young and the Restless), polydrug intoxication.{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198419/ |title=Candice Daly |website=IMDb |access-date=13 December 2017}}
John Downey, 77, American contemporary classical composer, conductor, and pianist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Downey - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81033044 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=11 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Danny Doyle, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/37cc6d92|last=Nowlin|first=Bill|title=Danny Doyle|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2019-02-02}}
Rod Kanehl, 70, American baseball player, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Rod Kanehl, 70, an Original Met, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/31/sports/rod-kanehl-70-an-original-met-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 2004 |page=A 25}}
Alexey Korneyev, 65, Russian footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/korneev_alexey.html |script-title=ru:Сборная России по футболу. Корнеев Алексей Александрович. |first=Александр |last=Кашинцев |website=Russia national football team |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=ru}}
Anselmo López, 94, Spanish basketball coach and administrator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anselmo López - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/107051/anselmo-lopez-martin |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=es |date=}}
Fernando Poe Jr., 65, Filipino actor and former presidential candidate, stroke.{{cite news |author= |date=14 December 2004 |title=Fernando Poe Jr., 65, Philippine Actor-Politician, Dies |agency=The Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/world/asia/fernando-poe-jr-65-philippine-actorpolitician-dies.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=10 March 2018}}
Alex Sarkisian, 82, American gridiron football player.
Agostino Straulino, 90, Italian Olympic sailor (mixed two person keelboat: 1952 gold medal winner, 1956 silver medal winner).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Agostino Straulino |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/63794 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Carsten Peter Thiede, 52, German archaeologist and New Testament scholar, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Carsten Peter Thiede |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb123725546 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Megumi Yokota, 40, Japanese citizen who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977.

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Alma Duncan, 87, Canadian painter, graphic artist, and filmmaker.
Chiang Fang-liang, 88, Belarus-Taiwanese widow of Chiang Ching-kuo and First Lady of the Republic of China (1978–1988), pulmonary and cardiac failure.{{Cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/12/16/2003215298 |title=A sad life ends for Chiang Fang-liang |first=Cody |last=Yiu |date=16 December 2004 |newspaper=Taipei Times |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Vassal Gadoengin, 61, Nauruan politician and then-incumbent Speaker of Parliament, heart attack.
Jiban Ghosh, 69, Indian cricket umpire.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29118.html |title=Jiban Ghosh |website=Cricinfo |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Sidonie Goossens, 105, British harpist.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3393369.stm |title=Obituary: Sidonie Goossens |date=15 December 2004 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Pauline LaFon Gore, 92, American lawyer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/al-gores-mother-dies/ |title=Al Gore's Mother Dies |first=Chris |last=Hawke |date=15 December 2004 |website=CBS News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Jim Holliday, 55–56, American pornographic film producer and historian, complications from diabetes.{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391058/ |title=Jim Holliday |website=IMDb |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Lucien Musset, 82, French historian, specializing in the history of the Vikings.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Lucien Musset |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/1Owjkc5JB_j5 |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Rodney O'Gliasain Kennedy-Minott, 76, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Sweden, complications of pancreatitis.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25220-2004Dec24.html |title=Rodney G. Kennedy-Minott |date=25 December 2004 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=13 December 2017}}

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Ted Abernathy, 71, American baseball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=abernte02 |title=Ted Abernathy Baseball Stats |website=Baseball Almanac |access-date=10 March 2018}}
Laxmikant Berde, 50, Indian actor, kidney failure.[https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/laxmikant-berde/biography.html Laxmikant Berde biography]
Martha Carson, 83, American gospel-country music singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Martha Carson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64p4gns |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=11 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Richard B. Fisher, 68, American investment banker, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Joseph B. Treaster |title=Richard Fisher, 68, Chairman of Morgan Stanley in 1990s, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/17/business/richard-fisher-68-chairman-of-morgan-stanley-in-1990s-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 December 2004 |page=C 9}}
Deyda Hydara, 58, Gambian journalist and editor, homicide.
Stefano Madia, 49, Italian actor.[http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2004/12/16/Cronaca/ROMA-COMUNE-MORTO-CONSIGLIERE-LISTA-CIVICA-STEFANO-MADIA_125749.php Roma: Comune, morto consigliere Lista Civica Stefano Madia] {{in lang|it}}
Agnes Martin, 92, American abstract painter, pneumonia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9391-2004Dec17.html |title=Influential Abstract Painter Agnes Martin Dies at 92 |first=Matt |last=Schudel |date=18 December 2004 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Bobby Mattick, 89, American former baseball player and manager, stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1948473 |title=Mattick, former Jays manager, dead at 89 |date=17 December 2004 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Seymour Melman, 86, American economist and academic.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Bayot |title=Seymour Melman, 86, Dies; Spurred Antiwar Movement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/18/obituaries/seymour-melman-86-dies-spurred-antiwar-movement.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 December 2004 |page=A 17}}
Mahmoud Messadi, 93, Tunisian author and intellectual.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mahmoud Messadi |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12019165p |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Yehudit Naot, 60, Israeli scientist and politician, throat cancer.[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yehudit-naot Yehudit Naot (1944 - 2004)]
Lawrence O'Brien, 53, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberal-mp-dies-of-cancer-at-53-1.485922 |title=Liberal MP dies of cancer at 53 |date=17 December 2004 |website=CBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Freddie Perren, 61, American two-time Grammy Award-winning record producer, stroke.{{cite web|author= |date=22 December 2004 |title=Motown Producer Freddie Perren Dies |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65207/motown-producer-freddie-perren-dies |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 March 2018}}
Prathapachandran, 63, Indian actor.
Hans-Rudolf Rösing, 99, German U-boat commander during World War II.
William Silverman, 87, American physician and neonatology pioneer, kidney failure.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Bayot |title=William A. Silverman, 87, Dies; Leading Neonatologist of 1950s |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/nyregion/william-a-silverman-87-dies-leading-neonatologist-of-1950s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=2 January 2005 |page=1 22}}

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Erich Auer, 81, Austrian theater, film and television actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Erich Auer - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/f5a535546cca4d4789d8532a0707e3c6 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=de |date=}}
Dick Heckstall-Smith, 70, British saxophone player (Colosseum, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers), cancer.{{cite news |author= |date=15 January 2005 |title=Dick Heckstall-Smith Dies at the Age of 70 |url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2005/01/15/dick-heckstall-smith-dies-at-the-age-of-70/ |website=World Music Central.org |access-date=10 March 2018}}
James Ling, 81, American businessman.
Agnes Mary Mansour, 73, American Catholic nun and politician, breast cancer.
Gyula Marsovszky, 68, Swiss Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Ib Mossin, 71, Danish actor, singer and director.
Dietrich Schwanitz, 64, German writer and literary scholar, pulmonary embolism.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dietrich Schwanitz - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/1d551f55ea294d4ab588784a2560cbd1 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=de |date=}}
Tom Wesselmann, 73, American pop artist, surgical complications.{{cite news |author1=Roberta Smith |author-link1=Roberta Smith |title=Tom Wesselmann, 73, Pop Artist Known for Sleek Nudes, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/arts/design/tom-wesselmann-73-pop-artist-known-for-sleek-nudes-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=20 December 2004 |page=B 7}}
Sir James Wilson, 83, British army general.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1480050/Lt-Gen-Sir-James-Wilson.html |title=Lt-Gen Sir James Wilson |date=31 December 2004 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

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Noel Beaton, 78, Australian MP (Bendigo, 1960–1969) and journalist.{{Cite news |url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/657112/tributes-flow-forbeaton/ |title=Tributes flow for Beaton |date=22 December 2004 |newspaper=Bendigo Advertiser |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Freddy Chaves, 86, Belgian football player.{{cite web |title=Frederic Chaves d'Aguilar |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/frederic-chaves-daguilar/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=12 June 2024}}
Vijay Hazare, 89, Indian cricketer, Captain of India (1951–1953), complications following intestinal cancer.{{cite web |author= |date=18 December 2004 |title=Vijay Hazare dies at 89 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/136010.html |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=10 March 2018 }}
Mariella Lotti, 85, Italian film actress.
Albert Nordengen, 81, Norwegian Conservative politician, Mayor of Oslo (1976–1990), heart failure.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/albert-nordengen-er-dod/66023342 |title=Albert Nordengen er død |date=18 December 2004 |newspaper=Dagbladet |location=Oslo |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=no}}
Peter Palitzsch, 86, German theatre director and theatre manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Peter Palitzsch - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/e6d85f8c539544a7833d66e306ebd9ea |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=de |date=}}
Anthony Sampson, 78, British journalist and author, official biographer of Nelson Mandela, heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/21/pressandpublishing.booksobituaries |title=Obituary: Anthony Sampson |last=Thompson |first=John |date=21 December 2004 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, 92, Japanese member of the imperial family, sepsis.{{cite news |author= |date=26 December 2004 |title=Japanese princess buried |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1640152,00.html |website=News24 |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413030604/http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1640152,00.html |archive-date=13 April 2008}}
Glenn Vaughan, 60, American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vaughgl01.shtml|title=Glenn Vaughan|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-02}}

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Mamdouh Adwan, 63, Syrian writer, poet, playwright and critic, cancer.
Gretchen Bender, 53, American video artist, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Roberta Smith |author-link1=Roberta Smith |title=Gretchen Bender, 53, an Artist Working in Film and Video, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/24/arts/gretchen-bender-53-an-artist-working-in-film-and-video-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 December 2004 |page=C 8}}
Richard Best, 88, British film editor.{{cite news |last=Brownlow |first=Kevin |date=24 December 2004 |title=Richard Best: Innovative film editor on 'The Dam Busters' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-best-700539.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=10 March 2018}}
Herbert C. Brown, 92, British Nobel Prize-winning chemist (Chemistry, 1979), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Kenneth Chang |title=Herbert C. Brown, 92, Dies; Chemist Won Nobel for Boron Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/21/obituaries/herbert-c-brown-92-dies-chemist-won-nobel-for-boron-work.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 December 2004 |page=A 27}}
Vojin Jelić, 83, Croatian Serb writer and poet.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Vojin Jelić |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12671898x |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Andrée Tainsy, 93, Belgian actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Andrée Tainsy - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/96aaab1a1ad347e3a36091e62f413f3b |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=de |date=}}
Renata Tebaldi, 82, Italian opera singer, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4108895.stm |title=Opera singer Renata Tebaldi dies |date=19 December 2004 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Gheorghe Tătaru, 56, Romanian football player.{{cite web |title=Gheorghe Tătaru |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37730/Gheorghe_Tataru.html |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=12 June 2024}}
Thomas Yamamoto, 87, American artist.[http://www.askart.com/artist/Thomas_S_Yamamoto/106864/Thomas_S_Yamamoto.aspx Thomas Yamamoto]

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Liliane Maigné, 76, French actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=217400 |title=Liliane Maigné |access-date=12 Oct 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233024/http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=217400 |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}
Alexander Marshack, 86, American independent scholar and paleolithic archaeologist.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Bayot |title=Alexander Marshack, 86, Is Dead; Studied Stone Age Innovations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/obituaries/alexander-marshack-86-is-dead-studied-stone-age-innovations.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 December 2004 |page=B 6}}
Jack Newfield, 66, American author, activist and journalist (Village Voice, New York Daily News, New York Post), kidney cancer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Jack Newfield, 66, Proud Muckraker, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/obituaries/jack-newfield-66-proud-muckraker-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 December 2004 |page=C 11}}
Son Seals, 62, American blues musician, complications of diabetes.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65223/bluesman-son-seals-dies |title=Bluesman Son Seals Dies |date=21 December 2004 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=13 December 2017}}

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Lennart Bernadotte, 95, Swedish prince.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Count Lennart Bernadotte, 95, Dies on Mainau |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/obituaries/count-lennart-bernadotte-95-dies-on-mainau.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 2005 |page=1 30}}
Richard Hamilton, 83, American actor (Men in Black, Pale Rider, Bret Maverick).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Richard Hamilton - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/77836 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Arild Nyquist, 67, Norwegian novelist, poet, children's writer and musician.
Autar Singh Paintal, 79, Indian physiologist and medical scientist.{{cite news |title=A.S. Paintal — a celebrated physiologist |url=http://www.hindu.com/seta/2006/01/19/stories/2006011900181500.htm |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=19 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712125816/http://www.hindu.com/seta/2006/01/19/stories/2006011900181500.htm |archive-date=12 July 2006}}
Mack Vickery, 66, American musician and songwriter, heart attack.{{cite web |title=Mack Vickery Biography |url=https://www.alamhof.org/mack |website=alamhof.org |access-date=9 March 2019}}
Zvonimir Vučković, 88, Yugoslav Chetnik military commander.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Zvonimir Vučković |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12975391m |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}

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Yusuf Soalih Ajura, 114, Ghanaian Islamic scholar, political activist and sect leader.{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=72254|title=Afa Ajura is dead|author =Ghana News Agency |publisher=GhanaWeb |date=December 23, 2004|access-date=9 March 2019}}
Doug Ault, 54, American Major League Baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/death-of-blue-jay-ault-ruled-a-suicide-1.490387 |title=Death of Blue Jay Ault ruled a suicide |date=29 December 2004 |website=CBC Sports |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Mario Curletto, 69, Italian fencer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Mario Curletto |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22652 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Rudi Kolak, 86, Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician.
Paul Métivier, 104, Canadian World War I veteran.[https://cmea-agmc.ca/paul-metivier Paul A. Métivier]
Antonio Rangel, 61, Mexican badminton player.

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Reuven Adiv, 74, Israeli actor, director and drama teacher, heart attack.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/31/guardianobituaries Reuven Adiv, Inspirational drama teacher]
Richard Barnet, 75, American political activist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23704-2004Dec23.html |title=Richard J. Barnet Dies; Founder of Institute for Policy Studies |date=23 December 2004 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Peter Beazley, 82, British businessman and Conservative Party politician.
John W. Duarte, 85, British classical guitarist and writer, cancer.{{cite news |author= |date=31 December 2004 |title=John W. Duarte |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article407034.ece |newspaper=The Times |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216224934/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article407034.ece |archive-date=16 February 2007}}
Ifor James, 73, British horn player.{{cite web |title=Horn News Archive 2005: Jim Dowling |url=http://www.british-horn.org/news2005.html |website=The British Horn Society |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060722103036/http://www.british-horn.org/news2005.html |archive-date=22 July 2006}}
Roger Moorey, 67, British archaeologist and historian.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/feb/03/sciencenews.obituaries |title=Obituary: Roger Moorey |last=Jones |first=Ashley |date=3 February 2005 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
P. V. Narasimha Rao, 83, Indian Prime Minister (1991–1996), heart attack.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4120315.stm |title=Ex-Indian PM Narasimha Rao dies |date=23 December 2004 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Richard Abel Smith, 71, British Army officer and landowner, stroke.{{cite news |author= |title=Richard Abel Smith |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article410777.ece |newspaper=The Times}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Anne Truitt, 83, American sculptor.{{cite news |author1=Ken Johnson |title=Anne Truitt, 83, Sculptor Whose Books Chronicled Life as an Artist, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/arts/anne-truitt-83-sculptor-whose-books-chronicled-life-as-an-artist-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 December 2004 |page=B 6}}

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Richard Annand, 90, British soldier, first Victoria Cross recipient of World War II.{{cite news |author= |date=29 December 2004 |title=Captain Richard Annand VC |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article406482.ece |newspaper=The Times |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905023323/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article406482.ece |archive-date=5 September 2008}}
Sir Anthony Meyer, 3rd Baronet, 84, British Conservative MP (West Flintshire, 1970–1983; Clwyd North-West, 1983–1992), cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4160013.stm |title=Tory 'stalking horse' Meyer dies |date=9 January 2005 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Johnny Oates, 58, American MLB catcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees) and manager (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers), brain tumor.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Johnny Oates, 58, Cerebral Catcher and Manager, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/25/sports/baseball/johnny-oates-58-cerebral-catcher-and-manager-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 2004 |page=C 7}}
Pete Palangio, 96, Canadian ice hockey player.{{Cite web |url=https://www.baytoday.ca/sports/north-bay-hockey-legend-pete-palangio-dead-at-96-61400 |title=North Bay Hockey Legend Pete Palangio dead at 96 |website=BayToday.ca |date=December 24, 2004 |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}
Rosemary Rue, 76, British physician and civil servant, breast cancer, colorectal cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-rosemary-rue-17836.html |title=Dame Rosemary Rue |date=5 January 2005 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Elwira Seroczyńska, 73, Polish Olympic speed skater (silver medal winner in women's 1500 metres at the 1960 Winter Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Elwira Seroczyńska |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82354 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Lauri Silvennoinen, 88, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1948 silver medal winner in men's 4 x 10 kilometre cross-country skiing relay).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Lauri Silvennoinen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97542 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Elmer Swenson, 91, American horticulturist and pioneering grape breeder.

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Ahmad Bashir, 81, Pakistani writer, journalist, and film director.
Sandy Cameron, 66, Canadian politician.{{cite news |last=Gunzburger |first=Ron |date=2007 |title=Alex M. "Sandy" Cameron |url=http://gunzburger.com/Cameron-Sandy.htm |website=Politics1-Canada |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207001049/http://gunzburger.com/Cameron-Sandy.htm |archive-date=7 February 2012}}
Nripen Chakraborty, 99, Indian politician.{{Cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-tripura-cm-nripen-chakraborty-dies/1/194453.html |title=Former Tripura CM Nripen Chakraborty dies |date=10 January 2005 |magazine=India Today |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Amaechi Ottiji, 34, Nigerian football player, shot.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Amaechi Ottiji |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/amaechi-ottiji/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Donald Pederson, 79, American electrical engineer, complications from Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |author1=Jascha Hoffman |title=Donald Pederson, 79, Chip Scientist, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/obituaries/donald-pederson-79-chip-scientist-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=10 January 2005 |page=B 7}}
Antony Preston, 66, British naval historian and writer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/497559.Antony_Preston |title=Antony Preston |website=Goodreads |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Eddie Spicer, 82, English footballer (Liverpool F.C.).{{cite news |last=Ponting |first=Ivan |date=6 January 2005 |title=Eddie Spicer: Reliable Liverpool full-back invalided out of football at the peak of his powers |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eddie-spicer-17971.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=10 March 2018}}
Gennadi Strekalov, 64, Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, cancer.{{cite news |title=Gennady Strekalov |url=http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/925/49/226091.htm |newspaper=Moscow Times |language=ru}}{{Dead link|date=December 2017}}
Ian Syster, 28, South African long-distance runner, drowned.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ian Syster |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/108289 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Lev Vainshtein, 88, Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting.
Howie Williams, 77, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Howie Williams |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7359 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}

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{{seealso|Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami}}

Charles Biederman, 98, American abstract artist.{{cite news |author1=Ken Johnson |title=Charles Biederman, 98, Artist Who Created Geometric Reliefs, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/arts/design/charles-biederman-98-artist-who-created-geometric-reliefs-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 January 2005 |page=C 7}}
Jonathan Drummond-Webb, 45, South African paediatric heart surgeon, suicide by opioid overdose.{{Cite web |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/12/31/jonathan_drummond_webb_heart_surgeon/ |title=Jonathan Drummond-Webb, heart surgeon |first=Myrna |last=Oliver |website=Boston.com |date=31 December 2004 |language=en |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Garard Green, 80, British actor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337854/ |title=Garard Green |website=IMDb |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Marianne Heiberg, 59, Norwegian diplomat, Oslo Accords mediator, heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/feb/03/guardianobituaries |title=Obituary: Marianne Heiberg |last=Joffe |first=Lawrence |date=3 February 2005 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Eddie Layton, 79, American organist (New York Yankees).{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Eddie Layton, a New York Sports Fixture, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/sports/baseball/eddie-layton-a-new-york-sports-fixture-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=28 December 2004 |page=B 6}}
David McKay, 83, Australian journalist and racing driver, cancer.{{Cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Obituaries/Dashing-enthusiast-of-motor-sport/2005/01/02/1104601240405.html |title=Dashing enthusiast of motor sport |date=2 January 2005 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Don Nygord, 68, American Olympic sports shooter (50 metre 1984, 10 metre 1988, 50 metre 1988).[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203174857/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ny/don-nygord-1.html Don Nygord, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports]. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
Sir Angus Ogilvy, 76, British businessman, husband of HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, throat cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/dec/27/guardianobituaries.monarchy |title=Obituary: Sir Angus Ogilvy |last=Corby |first=Tom |date=27 December 2004 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Frank Pantridge, 88, British physician and cardiologist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jan/06/health.guardianobituaries|last=Duff|first=Bill|title=Frank Pantridge|work=The Guardian|date=2005-01-05|access-date=2019-02-04}}
Ishigaki Rin, 84, Japanese poet.
Martin Robertson, 93, British classical scholar and poet.
Mikhail Smirtyukov, 95, Soviet politician and statesman.{{cite web |title=Герой Социалистического Труда Смиртюков Михаил Сергеевич - Герои страны |url=https://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=15280 |website=warheroes.ru |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=ru}}
Reggie White, 43, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, cardiac arrhythmia.{{cite news |author1=Richard Goldstein |author-link1=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) |title=Reggie White, DefensiveStar in N.F.L., Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/sports/football/reggie-white-defensivestar-in-nfl-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 December 2004 |page=B 6}}
Notable people killed in the 2004 Asian tsunami:
Jane Attenborough, 49, British arts administrator, daughter of actor Richard Attenborough
Troy Broadbridge, 24, Australian Football League player (Melbourne).{{cite news |author= |date=3 January 2005 |title=AFL player's body found in Thailand |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1275893.htm |website=ABC News Online |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616205659/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1275893.htm |archive-date=16 June 2011}}
Kristina Fröjmark, 47, Swedish reality TV star.{{Cite news |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/farmen-kristinas-sista-sms/ |title="Farmen"-Kristinas sista sms |first=Magnus |last=Hellberg |date=14 January 2005 |newspaper=Expressen |location=Stockholm |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=sv}}
Poom Jensen, 21, Thai prince.{{cite news |author= |date=28 December 2004 |title=Former Del Mar resident and Thai royal is among tsunami dead |url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/29/news/top_stories/22_49_1612_28_04.txt |newspaper=North County Times |location=Escondido, California |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905093930/http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/29/news/top_stories/22_49_1612_28_04.txt |archive-date=5 September 2008}}
Sujeewa Kamalasuriya, 39, Sri Lankan cricketer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-12-29/one-of-the-victims-sujeewa-kamalasuriya-39-was/609848 |title=One of the victims... Sujeewa Kamalasuriya, 39, was snorkelling at a beach south of Colombo when the tsunami struck. |date=29 December 2004|website=ABC News |language=en-AU |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Sigurd Køhn, 45, Norwegian composer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/musikeren-sigurd-kohn-bekreftet-omkommet/66046468 |title=Musikeren Sigurd Køhn bekreftet omkommet |date=18 February 2005 |newspaper=Dagbladet |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=no}}
Stephen Lissenburgh, 40, British policy researcher. {{cite news|last=Adams|first=Tim|title=The tsunami survivor who lost her whole family|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/09/sonali-deraniyagala-wave-tsunami-interview|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 March 2013}}
Markus Sandlund, 29, Swedish cellist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/600103082/Beach-Boys-founder-seeks-tsunami-victim.html?pg=all |title=Beach Boys founder seeks tsunami victim |date=7 January 2005 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213144635/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/600103082/Beach-Boys-founder-seeks-tsunami-victim.html?pg=all |url-status=dead }}
Aki Sirkesalo, 42, Finnish musician.{{cite news |author= |date=10 February 2005 |title=Musician Aki Sirkesalo still missing - new album to be released on February 23rd |url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Musician+Aki+Sirkesalo+still+missing+-+new+album+to+be+released+on+February+23rd/1101978513549 |newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki |language=fi |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610230108/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Musician+Aki+Sirkesalo+still+missing+-+new+album+to+be+released+on+February+23rd/1101978513549 |archive-date=10 June 2012}}
Mieszko Talarczyk, 30, Swedish musician.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasum.com/view_article.php?id=12 |title=Mieszko Talarczyk buried |date=30 March 2005 |first=Anders |last=Jakobson |website=Nasum |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Robert Whymant, 60, British journalist (The Times) and author.{{cite news |author= |title=Robert Whymant |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article407837.ece |newspaper=The Times |access-date=10 March 2018}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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Eneko Arieta, 71, Spanish footballer.{{cite web |title=Arieta I, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=772#google_vignette |website=eu-football.info |access-date=12 June 2024}}
Eros Beraldo, 75, Italian football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eros Beraldo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/eros-beraldo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Mabel Blythe, 74, Sri Lankan actress and singer.
Ferenc Bessenyei, 85, Hungarian actor and singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ferenc Bessenyei |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb170328860 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Hank Garland, 74, American studio guitarist (Elvis Presley, Charlie Parker), staphylococcus infection.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4131751.stm |title=Legendary guitarist Garland dies |date=29 December 2004 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Ernest Groth, 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grother02.shtml|title=Ernest Groth|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-02}}
Heorhiy Kirpa, 58, Ukrainian industrialist and politician, shot.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4129091.stm |title=Ukraine minister found shot dead |date=27 December 2004 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Luigi Mariotti, 92, Italian politician.

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Jacques Dupuis, 81, Belgian Jesuit priest and theologian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jacques Dupuis |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12004720z |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Jerry Orbach, 69, American actor (Law & Order, Beauty and the Beast, Dirty Dancing), Tony winner (1969), prostate cancer.{{cite news |date=29 December 2004 |title=Jerry Orbach dead at 69 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/29/obit.orbach/index.html |website=CNN.com |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015195644/http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/29/obit.orbach/index.html |archive-date=15 October 2008}}
Susan Sontag, 71, American author, literary theorist and activist, acute myeloid leukemia.{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-122804sontag_lat-story.html?barc=0 |title=Author Susan Sontag Dies |date=28 December 2004 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}
Tzvi Tzur, 81, Israeli officer and politician.{{cite web |title=Tzvi Tzur |url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-personal-details/588 |website=knesset.gov |access-date=12 June 2024}}

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Julius Axelrod, 92, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist (Medicine, 1970).{{cite news |author1=David Tuller |title=Julius Axelrod Dies at 92; Won Nobel in Medicine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/31/us/julius-axelrod-dies-at-92-won-nobel-in-medicine.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 2004 |page=A 24}}
William Boyett, 77, American actor (Adam-12), complications from pneumonia and kidney failure.{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100615/ |title=William Boyett |website=IMDb |access-date=13 December 2017}}
John Bridgeman, 88, British sculptor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-bridgeman-486382.html |title=John Bridgeman |first=M. A. |last=Michael |date=13 January 2005 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Ken Burkhart, 89, American Major League Baseball pitcher and umpire, emphysema.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/sports/baseball/ken-burkhart-umpire-who-made-controversial-call-dies-at-89.html |title=Ken Burkhart, Umpire Who Made Controversial Call, Dies at 89 |agency=The Associated Press |date=1 January 2005 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Alf Evers, 99, American historian.
Eugenio Garin, 95, Italian philosopher and renaissance historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eugenio Garin |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12025438v |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Ermanno Gorrieri, 84, Italian politician and economist.
Liddy Holloway, 57, New Zealand actress (Shortland Street) and writer, liver cancer.{{cite news |author= |date=29 December 2004 |title=Liddy Holloway dies, aged 57 |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/466548%3Fformat=html |website=Television New Zealand |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614134706/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/466548%3Fformat=html |archive-date=14 June 2011}}
Larry McNeill, 53, American National Basketball Association player.{{cite web |title=Larry McNeill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more – Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcneila01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=12 June 2024}}
Gus Niarhos, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8d45cf48|last=Nowlin|first=Bill|title=Gus Niarhos|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2019-02-02}}
Esther Thelen, 63, American developmental psychologist and cognitive scientist.{{cite news |last1=OLIVER |first1=MYRNA |title=Esther Thelen, 63; Studied Babies’ Development Using ‘Chaos Theory’ |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-08-me-thelen8-story.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=January 8, 2005}}

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Saad Al-Dosari, 27, Saudi Arabian football player, traffic collision.
Salvatore Asta, 89, Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.{{cite web |title=Archbishop Salvatore Asta † |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/basta.html |website=catholic-hierarchy.org |access-date=12 June 2024}}
Biswajit Das, 68, Indian playwright, short story writer, and film director.
Mark Fiennes, 71, English photographer and illustrator.{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mark-fiennes-17316.html |title=Mark Fiennes |date=4 January 2005 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-GB}}
Masao Kato, 57, Japanese go player, stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/topics2005/kato_obit.htm |title=In memoriam: Kato Masao |date=19 March 2012 |website=Nihon Ki-in |access-date=13 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150807/http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/topics2005/kato_obit.htm |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}
Ionel Schein, 77, Romanian-French architect.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ionel Schein |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12638034b |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=fr |date=}}
Artie Shaw, 94, American jazz musician, complications of diabetes.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37911-2004Dec30.html |title=Swing Bandleader, Clarinetist Artie Shaw Dies |date=30 December 2004 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=13 December 2017}}

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Aladi Aruna, 71, Indian politician, murdered.
John Chataway, 57, Canadian politician, complications from stroke.{{Cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20041231001 |title=Sorrow On Loss Of Chataway |date=31 December 2004 |website=Province of Nova Scotia |language=en |access-date=13 December 2017}}
Charlie Cozart, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves).{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cozarch01.shtml|title=Charlie Cozart|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2019-02-02}}
Gérard Debreu, 83, French-American Nobel Prize-winning economist (Economics, 1983).{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/gerard-debreu-83-dies-won-nobel-in-economics.html |title=Gerard Debreu, 83, Dies; Won Nobel in Economics |last=Atlas |first=Riva D. |date=6 January 2005 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=13 December 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Jack Karwales, 84, American football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Karwales Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Jack+Karwales |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Cliff Letcher, 52, Australian tennis player.{{cite web |title=PLAYER PROFILE - Cliff Letcher |url=https://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/cliff-letcher |website=tennis.com.au |access-date=12 June 2024}}
Balkrishan Singh, 71, Indian Olympic field hockey player (gold medal winner in men's field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Balkrishan Singh |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19309 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=12 June 2024 |language= |date=}}
Kuini Speed, 55, Fijian chief and politician, cancer.
George Wackenhut, 85, American businessman, founder of Wackenhut Corporation, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Bayot |title=George Wackenhut, 85, Dies; Founded Elite Security Firm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/08/business/george-wackenhut-85-dies-founded-elite-security-firm.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=8 January 2005 |page=A 13}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2004-12-01,2004-12-31&adult=include List of December 2004 deaths] at IMDb

*2004-12