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Coca-Cola Co president-chief operating officer Steven J Heyer will leave company after being passed over when E Neville Isdell was named chief executive in May, replacing Douglas N Daft; photos (M)
Universal serial bus connectors on computers have spawned devices that draw power from connection, but are not computer peripherals; result is fewer international adapters to be toted; photo (M)
Los Angeles Lakers prepare to face Detroit Pistons in Game 3 of NBA finals; photos (M)
New York's 45-year-old Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side landmark designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that is plagued with cracks, leaks and corroding surfaces, will undergo major facelift; museum has raised $20 million from Cleveland-based philanthropist and museum board chairman Peter Lewis and other trustees; museum officials say they need at least $5 million more and are hoping for support from city and state as well as private donations; museum will remain open during restoration, which is expected to take two years; photos (M)
Caryn James Critic's Notebook column on weeklong public mourning following death of former Pres Ronald Reagan; describes sense of grandeur of official events and public's need for more personal gestures, such as makeshift shrines of flowers, flags and jars of jelly beans; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 9, 2004, covering June 10, 2004.
Avril Lavigne
Slipknot
Usher
Gretchen Wilson
Method Man
2004Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930)[†]
Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians, he preferred being called "Brother Ray". Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma.
2004Odette Laure, French actress and singer (born 1917)[†]
Odette Laure was a French actress and cabaret singer. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Daddy Nostalgia (1990). She was born Odette Yvonne Marie Dhommée in Paris, where she died.
2004Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1904)[†]
Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas was a Greek economist and served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.
In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]