List of Famous people who died in 2004
Mario Scarpetta
Nando Martellini
Glenn Leedy
Nello Appodia
Paul Marshall Johnson
Paul Marshall Johnson Jr. was an American helicopter engineer from New Jersey who lived in Saudi Arabia. In 2004, he was taken hostage by militants and his murder was recorded on video tape.
Larisa Burkova
Pietro Fiordelli
Pietro Fiordelli was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop, first residential bishop of Prato.
Valentin Bryleev
Shimon Even
Shimon Even was an Israeli computer science researcher. His main topics of interest included algorithms, graph theory and cryptography. He was a member of the Computer Science Department at the Technion since 1974. Shimon Even was the PhD advisor of Oded Goldreich, a prominent cryptographer.
Walter Wager
Walter Herman Wager was an American crime and espionage-thriller novelist and former editor-in-chief of Playbill magazine. The movie Telefon, starring Charles Bronson, was inspired by his novel of the same name. His book 58 Minutes was adapted into Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis.