2004 in television

Deaths

• January 2 - Lynn Cartwright, 76, US actor.
• January 19 - Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief.
• January 23 - Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, Captain Kangaroo.
• January 27 - Jack Paar, 85, The Tonight Show host.
• January 29 - Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World.
• February 23 - Carl Anderson, 58, US actor.
• February 24 - John Randolph, 88, US actor.
• March 7 - Paul Winfield, 62, Emmy-winning actor.
• March 8 - Robert Pastorelli, 50, actor on Murphy Brown.
• March 17 - J. J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ.
• March 26 - Jan Sterling, 82, US actor.
• March 27 - Art James, 74, game show host and announcer.
• March 28 - Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, British actor.
• March 30 - Alistair Cooke, 95, BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator.
• March 30 - Hubert Gregg, 89, BBC broadcaster.
• April 1 - Carrie Snodgress, 57, character actress.
• May 9 - Alan King, comedian.
• May 14 - Shaun Sutton, 85, writer, director, producer and longest-serving Head of Drama at BBC Television.
• May 17 - Tony Randall, actor and star of television version of The Odd Couple.
• May 21 - Gene Wood, 78, announcer of Family Feud and other US game shows.
• July 9 - Isabel Sanford, 86, actress, ("Weezie" on The Jeffersons), from natural causes.
• July 28 - Eugene Roche, 75, actor with recurring roles on Soap and many other series.
• November 6 - Howard Keel, 85, actor/singer, (Clayton Farlow on Dallas).
• December 28 - Jerry Orbach, 69, actor (Law & Order)