Stars remembered

A selection from BBC Sport's obituaries for those whose departure made headlines in 2004.

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JANUARY

George Morgan, rugby union (2 Jan)

Thomas George Jones, football (3 Jan)

David Hookes, cricket (19 Jan)

Fanny Blankers-Koen, athletics (25 Jan)

Miklos Feher, football (25 Jan)

FEBRUARY

Ally MacLeod, football (1 Feb)

Bob Stokoe, football (1 Feb)

Marco Pantani, cycling (14 Feb)

Steve Cooper, football (14 Feb)

Shirley de la Hunty, athletics (17 Feb)

Geoff Twentyman, football (17 Feb)

John Charles, football (21 Feb)

Jack Flavell, cricket (25 Feb)

Danny Ortiz, football (29 Feb)

MARCH

Cormac McAnallen, Gaelic football (2 Mar)

Yvonne Cernota, bobsleigh (12 Mar)

Chris Timms, yachting (19 Mar)

Doug Keller, rugby union (20 Mar)

Peter Jackson, rugby union (22 Mar)

John McCall, rugby union (27 Mar)

Soa Otuvaka, rugby union (29 Mar)

APRIL

Frankie McMullan, hurling (2 Apr)

Fred Winter, horse racing (5 Apr)

Robert Sangster, horse racing (7 Apr)

Bruce Edwards, golf (8 Apr)

Ronnie Simpson, football (19 Apr)

George Hardwick, football (19 Apr)

Pat Tillman, American football (22 Apr)

Sam Haughian, athletics (23 Apr)

Willie Watson, football and cricket (24 Apr)

Eddie Hopkinson, football (25 Apr)

MAY

Dennis Wilshaw, football (10 May)

Alf Valentine, cricket (11 May)

Mick Doyle, rugby union (11 May)

Jesus Gil, football (14 May)

Davy Wood, motorsport (25 May)

Krish Mackerdhuj, cricket (26 May)

Kevin Lloyd, motorsport (29 May)

JUNE

Mama Ouattara, football (12 Jun)

Darren Mitchell, motorsport (20 Jun)

Ron Ashman, football (21 Jun)

JULY

John Walton, motorsport (9 Jul)

Gareth Payne, rugby union (12 Jul)

Bertie Peacock, football (22 Jul)

AUGUST

Alec Stewart, horse racing (4 Aug)

Jim Alford, athletics (5 Aug)

Gordon Smith, football (7 Aug)

Richard Taylor, skating and skiing (8 Aug)

Eleni Ioannou, judo (24 Aug)

Willie Duff, football (30 Aug)

SEPTEMBER

Line Oestvold, snowboarding (19 Sep)

Sir Stanley Clarke, horse racing (19 Sep)

Brian Clough, football (20 Sep)

Ron Willey, rugby league (25 Sep)

Richard Sainct, motorsport (29 Sep)

OCTOBER

Jimmy FitzGerald, horse racing (6 Oct)

Johnny Kelley, athletics (6 Oct)

Ken Caminiti, baseball (10 Oct)

Keith Miller, cricket (11 Oct)

Jackie McGrory, football (11 Oct)

Bill Nicholson, football (23 Oct)

NOVEMBER

Sergei Zholtok, ice hockey (4 Nov)

Eddie Charlton, snooker (8 Nov)

Emlyn Hughes, football (9 Nov)

Keith Weller, football (12 Nov)

Geoffrey Watling, football (16 Nov)

Bill Alley, cricket (26 Nov)

Gunder Hagg, athletics (27 Nov)

Bill Brown, football (30 Nov)

DECEMBER

Hicham Zerouali, football (5 Dec)

Raymond Goethals, football (6 Dec)

Vijay Hazare, cricket (18 Dec)