floppybootstomp
31 Dec 2004, 1:32am
Some notable deaths in 2004:
John Peel, 65, unique UK Radio DJ & Radio presenter.
Marlon Brando, 80, Actor.
Caron Keating, 41, Former Blue Peter presenter (UK TV prog), losing her seven-year battle with breast cancer.
Alistair Cooke, UK broadcaster, 95, died weeks after giving up his 58-year position as host of BBC Radio 4's weekly Letter From America.
Actor and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov, who starred in Spartacus and made the role of Agatha Christie sleuth Hercule Poirot his own, died aged 82 in March from heart failure.
Actress Janet Leigh, whose performance as a woman stabbed to death in the shower in Psycho remains a horror archetype, died aged 77 in October.
Hollywood musicals and Dallas star Howard Keel passed away in November aged 85.
Cult film director Russ Meyer, whose hits included 1965's Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, died aged 82 of pneumonia complications in September.
Musical actress Ann Miller.
King Kong heroine Fay Wray also passed away.
Singer, pianist and soul pioneer Ray Charles died in June aged 73, barely a year after he played his 10,000th concert.
Singer Sacha Distel, 71.
Funk star Rick James, 56.
Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of influential hip hop act Wu-Tang Clan, died aged 35 in November after a drug overdose.
Film composers Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith, the writers behind scores to The Great Escape and The Omen, died during the summer.
Les Gray, singer with glam rock band Mud.
Johnny Ramone.
Laura Branigan, singer, who had a 1982 hit with Gloria.
New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane.
Dimebag Darrell, 38, guitarist with Pantera & Damageplan, shot dead whilst onstage in Columbus, USA.
John Peel, 65, unique UK Radio DJ & Radio presenter.
Marlon Brando, 80, Actor.
Caron Keating, 41, Former Blue Peter presenter (UK TV prog), losing her seven-year battle with breast cancer.
Alistair Cooke, UK broadcaster, 95, died weeks after giving up his 58-year position as host of BBC Radio 4's weekly Letter From America.
Actor and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov, who starred in Spartacus and made the role of Agatha Christie sleuth Hercule Poirot his own, died aged 82 in March from heart failure.
Actress Janet Leigh, whose performance as a woman stabbed to death in the shower in Psycho remains a horror archetype, died aged 77 in October.
Hollywood musicals and Dallas star Howard Keel passed away in November aged 85.
Cult film director Russ Meyer, whose hits included 1965's Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, died aged 82 of pneumonia complications in September.
Musical actress Ann Miller.
King Kong heroine Fay Wray also passed away.
Singer, pianist and soul pioneer Ray Charles died in June aged 73, barely a year after he played his 10,000th concert.
Singer Sacha Distel, 71.
Funk star Rick James, 56.
Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of influential hip hop act Wu-Tang Clan, died aged 35 in November after a drug overdose.
Film composers Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith, the writers behind scores to The Great Escape and The Omen, died during the summer.
Les Gray, singer with glam rock band Mud.
Johnny Ramone.
Laura Branigan, singer, who had a 1982 hit with Gloria.
New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane.
Dimebag Darrell, 38, guitarist with Pantera & Damageplan, shot dead whilst onstage in Columbus, USA.