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Virginia Grey 2004 Deaths

Virginia GreyAge: 87 versatile actress who appeared in about 100 films, including Uncle Tom's Cabin and Portrait in Black. Died: Los Angeles, July 31, 2004Spalding GrayG - LUta Hagen

Rick James 2004 Deaths

Rick JamesAge: 56 musician who pioneered the “punk-funk” style of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His song “Super Freak” propelled him to fame. Died: Los Angeles, Aug. 6, 2004Illinois…

Czeslaw Milosz 2004 Deaths

Czeslaw MiloszAge: 93 Polish essayist and poet who won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. Many of his early poems poignantly recall the horrors of World War II and the Nazi occupation of…

Julia Child 2004 Deaths

Julia ChildAge: 91 Emmy Award–winning chef and television personality whose breezy style demystified French cooking for a generation of Americans reared on tuna casserole rather than boeuf…

Fay Wray 2004 Deaths

Fay WrayAge: 96 plucky actress who confronted beasts and villains in several films, most famously 1933's King Kong, in which she let out a terrifying shriek as the ape put her atop the Empire…

David Raskin 2004 Deaths

David RaskinAge: 92 composer who scored more than 100 films and 300 television shows. He's best known for the haunting theme song for the 1944 film Laura. Died: Los Angeles, Aug. 9, 2004Tony…

Carl Mydans 2004 Deaths

Carl MydansAge: 97 photographer who worked for Life magazine for 36 years. He shot his most memorable images during World War II. They include one of Gen. Douglas MacArthur walking through…

Isidro Lopez 2004 Deaths

Isidro LopezAge: 75 saxophonist and singer who's considered to be the father of tejano music. Died: Corpus Christi, Tex., Aug. 16, 2004Edward LewisG - LJosé López Portillo

Elmer Bernstein 2004 Deaths

Elmer BernsteinAge: 82 Oscar-winning composer who scored more than 200 films, including To Kill a Mockingbird. Died: Ojai, Calif., Aug. 18, 2004Sune BergströmA - FJan Berry

Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 2004 Deaths

Godfrey Newbold HounsfieldAge: 84 British electrical engineer who invented the first CAT scan machine. He won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work. Died: Thames,…