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Laurance Rockefeller 2004 Deaths
Laurance RockefellerAge: 94 business executive and conservationist who was one of five grandsons of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. He made his own fortune as a venture capitalist. Died: New…Isabel Sanford 2004 Deaths
Isabel SanfordAge: 86 actress who won an Emmy Award for her role as Louise on The Jeffersons. She made her film debut in 1967's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Died: Los Angeles, July 9,…Walter Wager 2004 Deaths
Walter WagerAge: 79 spy novelist who wrote more than 30 books, including 58 Minutes, which was adapted for film and released as Die Hard, and Teflon, which also became a film. Died: New York…Anne Burford 2004 Deaths
Anne BurfordAge: 62 head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Reagan who was a target of environmentalists who opposed her cuts to the EPA budget and her policy of giving…Jerry Goldsmith 2004 Deaths
Jerry GoldsmithAge: 75 prolific composer who wrote hundreds of film scores and television theme songs, including music for the films Patton and Basic Instinct and television's The Twilight…Illinois Jacquet 2004 Deaths
Illinois JacquetAge: 81 influential jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader whose solo on the song “Flying Home,” first recorded with Lionel Hampton's orchestra, made him a legend. Died: New…Edward Lewis 2004 Deaths
Edward LewisAge: 86 geneticist who won a 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his “discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development” in humans. Died: San Marino, Calif.,…Francis Crick 2004 Deaths
Francis CrickAge: 88 molecular biologist who in 1959 with James Watson codiscovered the double-helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the chemical that carries hereditary…Fred LaRue 2004 Deaths
Fred LaRueAge: 75 aide to President Nixon who served 136 days in jail for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. He paid the burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee…Carmine De Sapio 2004 Deaths
Carmine De SapioAge: 95 powerful politician who dominated New York City Democratic politics as the last Tammany Hall boss. His power and popularity plummeted in the 1960s, however, when he…Trending
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