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 1 Fathi Arafat, 71, Palestinian physician, founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, stomach cancer. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, 93, Dutch royal, lung and colon cancer. Norman Newell, 85, English record producer. Damon Simonelli, 45, American planetary scientist, led pioneering studies in the exploration of the satellites of the Solar System with spacecraft. David Vienneau, 53, Canadian journalist, pancreatic cancer. 2 Larry Buchanan, 81, American B-movie director, producer and writer, complications of collapsed lung. Kevin Coyne, 60, English musician, filmmaker and author, pulmonary fibrosis. Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, 71, Argentine poet and translator. Cachita Galán, 61, Argentine singer, cancer. Dame Alicia Markova, 94, English ballerina. Charles McLelland, 74, British radio executive. Nadine Shamir, 32, American techno singer/songwriter, complications in childbirth. Mona Van Duyn, 83, American poet, US Poet Laureate (1992), bone cancer. 3 Shiing-Shen Chern, 93, Chinese mathematician, heart failure following heart attack. Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster, 90, Irish nobleman. Pavel Pavlov, 52, Bulgarian Olympic sprinter (men's 200 metres and men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics). Maria Perschy, 66, Austrian film, stage and TV actress, cancer. Helmut Rix, 78, German linguist, car accident. Josef Schwammberger, 92, German former Nazi labor camp commander. Marek Stachowski, 68, Polish composer. 4 Carl Esmond, 102, Austrian film and stage actor. Tom Fitzgerald, 53, American soccer coach (University of Tampa), injuries from motorcycle accident. Elena Souliotis, 61, Greek operatic soprano, heart failure. Matthew Troy, 75, American lawyer and politician, Parkinsons Disease. 5 Big Boy Henry, 83, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Seymour Ginsburg, 76, American computer scientist, Alzheimer's disease. Neil Hallett, 80, Belgian-English actor. Cristiano Júnior, 24, Brazilian footballer, cardiac arrest after on-field collision. Jose Pellissery, 53/54, Indian film and theatre actor. Hicham Zerouali, 27, Moroccan footballer, car accident. 6 Frank Reginald Carey, 92, British World War II fighter ace. Raymond Goethals, 83, Belgian soccer coach. Manzanita, 48, Spanish singer and guitarist. Adrian Morris, 75, English painter. John Norton, 86, American United States Army general. Enrique Salinas, 52, Mexican businessman, asphyxiation. 7 Pacita Abad, 58, Filipino painter. Frederick Fennell, 90, American conductor, founder of