Famous People Who Died in 2013

Deaths 1 - 200 of 608

• Jan 1 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist and broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), dies of cancer at 67

• Jan 2 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (36 caps; Atlético Mineiro), dies from a respiratory illness at 67
• Jan 2 Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier & first female general officer in US Marine Corps, dies at 82
• Jan 2 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), dies from complications from a fall at 89
• Jan 2 Rod Hicks, American bassist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 71
• Jan 3 M S Gopalakrishnan, Indian Carnatic violinist, dies at 81
• Jan 3 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, dies from surgical complications at 82
• Jan 4 Derek Kevan, English soccer striker (14 caps; WBA 262 games, Manchester City), dies at 77
• Jan 4 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French-British art curator (The Royal Collection, 1972-88), dies at 81
• Jan 4 Sammy Johns, American country artist, dies at 66
• Jan 4 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), dies at 82
• Jan 4 Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Soviet fighter pilot, dies at 94
• Jan 5 Bruce McCarty, American architect, dies at 92
• Jan 5 Sybil Michelow, South-African contralto and composer, dies at 87
• Jan 6 Neil Adcock, South African cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 104 wickets @ 21.10), dies from bowel cancer at 81
• Jan 7 Fred L. Turner, American businessman (CEO of McDonalds, 1977-2004), dies from complications of pneumonia at 80
• Jan 8 Jeanne Manford, American gay rights activist, dies at 92
• Jan 8 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist, dies from lung cancer at 85
• Jan 9 James M. Buchanan, American economist (Nobel Memorial 1986), dies at 93
• Jan 10 Christel Adelaar, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown - "Mammaloe"), dies of lung cancer at 77
• Jan 10 Evan Connell, American author, dies at 88
• Jan 11 Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26
• Jan 11 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
• Jan 11 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (Swept Away; Flash Gordon: Summer Night), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
• Jan 12 Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 officer and banker, dies at 85
• Jan 13 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), dies from complications from a stroke at 76
• Jan 14 Conrad Bain, Canadian actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes), dies from natural causes at 89
• Jan 14 Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder (World C'ship gold Two-man 1975), dies at 69
• Jan 15 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), dies from a heart attack at 68
• Jan 15 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
• Jan 15 Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
• Jan 15 Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, and teacher, dies at 81
• Jan 15 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screenwriter, dies at 80
• Jan 15 Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist (Borodin Trio, 1976-91), conductor (I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1983-2011), and teacher, dies at 73 [1]
• Jan 16 Abigail Van Buren [Pauline Phillips], American columnist and radio show host known for "Dear Abby" advice column, twin sister of fellow advice columnist Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 94
• Jan 16 Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Soviet skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 81
• Jan 17 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86
• Jan 17 Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52
• Jan 19 Anatoly Bannik, Ukrainian chess master, dies at 91

• Jan 20 Bob Engemann, American singer, (The Lettermen), dies at 77
• Jan 20 Freddie Williams, Welsh motorcycle speedway rider (World C'ship 1950, 1953; Wembley Lions), dies at 86
• Jan 21 Alden Winship Clausen, American banker (President of World Bank), dies at 89
• Jan 21 Michael Adamis, Greek electro-acoustic music composer, dies at 83
• Jan 21 Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
• Jan 22 Ellen Blazer [Esther Clara Blazer], Dutch TV director (Sonja), dies at 81
• Jan 22 Leslie Frankenheimer, American film set designer, dies from leukemia at 64
• Jan 24 Richard Stern, American writer (Pacific Tremors), and educator (University of Chicago, 1955-2002), dies at 84
• Jan 25 Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"), dies at 64
• Jan 26 Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes), dies at 83
• Jan 26 Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese physician and medical researcher (WHO Director-General, 1988-98), dies at 84
• Jan 28 Bobby Sharp, American piano player, songwriter (“Unchain My Heart”), and drug rehab counselor, dies at 88
• Jan 28 Eddy Choong, Malaysian badminton player (Thomas Cup 1955), dies at 82
• Jan 29 Frank Hahn, British economist, dies at 87
• Jan 30 Patty Andrews, American pop and swing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), dies at 94
• Jan 30 Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 74
• Jan 31 Timir Pinegin, Russian sailor (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 85
• Feb 1 Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian musicologist, educator, and composer, dies at 86

• Feb 1 Paul Holmes, New Zealand radio and TV broadcaster, dies from prostate cancer and heart problems at 62
• Feb 1 Vladimir Yengibaryan, Armenian boxer (Olympic gold light welterweight 1956), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 80
• Feb 2 Chris Kyle, American sniper, is shot at 38
• Feb 2 John Kerr, American actor (South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit & Pendulum), dies at 81
• Feb 2 Pepper Paire, American National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (1948 AAGPBL All-Star Team), dies at 88
• Feb 2 Walt Sweeney, American football offensive lineman (9 × Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1967, 68; San Diego Chargers), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
• Feb 3 Cardiss Collins, American politician (first African-American woman to represent the Midwest in Congress), dies at 81
• Feb 4 Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (Black Byrd), dies at 80
• Feb 4 Pat Halcox, British trumpeter, dies at 82
• Feb 4 Reg Presley [Reginald Ball], English rock vocalist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), and songwriter, dies from lung cancer at 71
• Feb 4 Theresia van der Pant, Dutch sculptor, dies at 88
• Feb 5 Dietrich Manicke, German composer, dies at 89
• Feb 5 Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer, dies at 88
• Feb 5 Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), developer and player of the Electro-Theremin (The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"; "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"), and educator (UCLA), dies of pneumonia at 95
• Feb 5 Stuart Freeborn, English motion picture make-up artist, dies at 98
• Feb 8 James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropoulos Prize, 1964, Oregon Symphony, 1980-2003), dies of a heart attack at 76
• Feb 9 Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-born American martial artist, dies at 99
• Feb 10 Eugenio Trías Sagnier, Spanish philosopher, dies at 70
• Feb 10 W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (The Man Inside) and animator (Underdog), dies of a heart attack at 85
• Feb 11 Rick Huxley, British rock guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), dies from emphysema at 72
• Feb 12 Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukrainian politician and diplomat (UN General Assembly President, 1997-98), dies at 81
• Feb 12 Richard Orton, British modern classical and electronic music composer, performer, and educator (University of York, 1967-96), dies at 73
• Feb 14 Reeva Steenkamp, South African model and paralegal, shot and killed by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, at 29

• Feb 17 Mindy McCready, American country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time"; "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", commits suicide by gunshot at 37
• Feb 17 Richard Briers, English actor, dies from emphysema at 79
• Feb 18 Damon Harris, African-American soul singer (The Temptations-My Girl), dies from prostate cancer at 62
• Feb 18 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, Scottish actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tokyo), dies at 83
• Feb 18 Kevin Ayers, British progressive rocker (Soft Machine; Joy of a Toy), dies at 68
• Feb 19 Donald Richie, American-born author and (Japanese) film critic, dies at 88
• Feb 19 Manfred Niehaus, German composer, dies at 79
• Feb 19 Pete D. Anderson, American jockey (Belmont Stakes 1958) and trainer, dies at 81
• Feb 19 Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist (Nobel 1996), dies at 75
• Feb 20 Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer, dies at 80
• Feb 22 Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (Women's World Champion, 1970, 1972-74; European Champion, 1972-74), dies of a stroke at 74
• Feb 22 Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor (Vienna Symphony, 1960-70; Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003), and pianist, dies aged 89
• Feb 25 "Dangerous" Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), dies of ALS at 64
• Feb 25 C Everett Koop, American pediatric surgeon, health administrator and 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), dies at 96
• Feb 26 Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and composer (world's most recorded classical organist), dies at 86
• Feb 27 Dale Robertson, American actor (Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Iron Horse), dies at 89
• Feb 27 Richard Street, American R&B musician (The Temptations), dies at 70
• Feb 27 Stephane Hessel, German-born French diplomat, dies at 95
• Feb 27 Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), dies at 78
• Feb 28 Bruce Reynolds, English criminal, dies at 81
• Feb 28 Donald A. Glaser, American physicist (Nobel 1960), dies at 86
• Mar 1 Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dies from pancreatic cancer at 69
• Mar 1 Rafael Puyana, Colombian baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), dies at 81
• Mar 1 Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies & 3 Tests New Zealand), dies at 88
• Mar 2 Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian, dies at 92
• Mar 3 Bobby Rogers, American pop and soul tenor vocalist (The Miracles - "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"), and songwriter ("Going To A Go-Go"; "The Way You Do the Things You Do"), dies from complications from diabetes at 73
• Mar 4 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer ("A Sunday Kind of Love"; "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)"), dies on her 87th birthday
• Mar 5 Calvin Fowler, American basketball point guard (Olympic gold 1968 co-captain; Saint Francis University), dies at 73

• Mar 6 Alvin Lee, English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68
• Mar 6 Sabine Bischoff, German fencer (Olympic gold 1984), dies at 54
• Mar 6 Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country artist, dies from natural causes at 77
• Mar 7 Claude King, American country music singer (Wolverton Mountain), dies at 90
• Mar 7 Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect, dies at 92
• Mar 7 Kenny Ball, English jazz musician, dies of pneumonia at 82
• Mar 7 Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), dies of heart failure at 65
• Mar 12 Clive Burr, English drummer, dies from complications from multiple sclerosis at 56
• Mar 13 Ducky Detweiler, American MLB player, dies at 94
• Mar 13 Malachi Throne, American actor (It Takes a Thief), dies of ling cancer at 84
• Mar 13 Ramesh Mishra, Indian sarangi, a 3-string bowed traditional music instrument, player (Aerosmith - "Taste of India"), dies of cancer at 68
• Mar 14 Jack Greene, American country artist, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 83
• Mar 14 Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier, dies at 82
• Mar 15 Booth Gardner, American politician, dies from Parkinson's disease at 76
• Mar 15 Terry Lightfoot, British clarinetist and bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), dies at 77
• Mar 16 Bobby Smith, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2013 - "Working My Way Back To You"), dies from complications of influenza and pneumonia at 76
• Mar 16 Frank Thornton, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine), dies from natural causes at 92
• Mar 17 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch politician and Undersecretary of Defense (CDA), dies at 73
• Mar 18 Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and fighter ace, dies at 77
• Mar 19 Bud Palmer, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and sportscaster, dies at 91
• Mar 19 Harry Reems, American actor, dies from pancreatic cancer at 65
• Mar 20 James Herbert, British horror writer, dies at 69
• Mar 20 Risë Stevens [Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 - "Carmen"), vocal coach, and arts administrator, dies at 99

• Mar 22 (Dionisio) "Bebo" Valdés, Cuban pianist, mambo and batanga composer, and bandleader (Orquesta Sabor de Cuba), dies at 94
• Mar 22 Aya Zikken, Dutch author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh), dies at 93
• Mar 22 Derek Watkins, British trumpet player and composer (The Spy Who Loved Me, Skyfall), dies of cancer at 68
• Mar 22 Gerardo Gandini, Argentinian pianist and composer (Laberynthus Johannes), dies at 76
• Mar 22 Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter (200m world record), dies from cancer at 60
• Mar 23 Barbara Donald, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("The Past and Tomorrows"), dies at 70
• Mar 23 David Bond, British sailor, dies at 90
• Mar 23 Virgil Trucks, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1945 Detroit Tigers; MLB All Star 1949, 54), dies at 95
• Mar 24 Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author, dies at 86
• Mar 25 Anthony Lewis, American journalist (Pulitzer Prize 195,1963) and author, dies from kidney and heart failure at 85
• Mar 25 Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch jazz and pop vocalist, guitarist (De Millers), and painter, dies at 91
• Mar 25 Lou Sleater, American MLB pitcher, dies from lung disease at 86
• Mar 26 Don Payne, American television and screenwriter, dies from bone cancer at 48
• Mar 26 Michael Gow, British army officer (head of British Army of the Rhine), dies at 88
• Mar 26 Yury Rudov, Soviet fencer, dies at 82
• Mar 27 Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m 1952; World C'ship gold all-round 1950, 51, 52), dies from trauma due to a fall at 90
• Mar 28 Hugh McCracken, American session guitarist (Aretha Franklin; Paul McCartney; Steely Dan; Billy Joel; John Lennon), dies of luekemia at 70
• Mar 28 Richard Griffiths, British actor, dies from complications from heart surgery at 65
• Mar 28 Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter (Olympic gold women's 58kg 2000), dies from a heart attack at 35
• Mar 30 Bob Turley, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1956, 58 [MVP] New York Yankees; 3 x MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award 1958), dies from liver cancer at 82
• Mar 30 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], American 14-time Grammy Award-winning music producer (Burt Bacharach; Paul Simon; Billy Joel; Tony Bennett), and studio owner (co-founded A&R Recording), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
• Apr 1 Basia Johnson (née Barbara Piasecka), Polish-American domestic servant, philanthropist, humanitarian, art collector, and heir to Johnson & Johnson fortune, dies at 76
• Apr 1 Jack Pardee, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker (Texas A&M; NFL: LA Rams, Washington Redskins) and coach (Houston Oilers), dies at gallbladder cancer at 76
• Apr 1 Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold 100kg 1972), dies at 73
• Apr 2 Chuck Fairbanks, American football coach (New England Patriots 1973-78; University of Oklahoma 1967-72, University of Colorado 1979-81), dies from brain cancer at 79
• Apr 2 Fred Othon Aristidès, French comic artist (Philémon), dies at 82
• Apr 2 Jesús Franco, Spanish film director and writer, dies from complications from a stroke at 82
• Apr 2 Milo O'Shea, Irish character actor (Barbarella, Staircase and Mass Appeal, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 86
• Apr 3 Robert Ward, American composer (Pantaloon), dies at 95
• Apr 3 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American novelist and screenwriter, dies from pulmonary failure at 85
• Apr 4 Carmine Infantino, American comic book artist, dies at 87
• Apr 4 Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league hooker (25 Tests [10 as captain]; St. George RLFC) and coach (Australia 5 Tests; St. George, Parramatta), dies at 80
• Apr 4 Roger Ebert, American film critic (Pulitzer Prize 1975), dies of cancer at 70
• Apr 6 Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist, 1944-62, dies at 85
• Apr 7 Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62
• Apr 7 John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, English peer (St Michael's Mount), dies at 94
• Apr 7 Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 77
• Apr 7 Marty Blake, NBA executive (GM Atlanta Hawks, NBA Director of Scouting), dies at 86
• Apr 8 Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club; Beach Blanket Bingo), and singer ("Tall Paul"). dies from multiple sclerosis complications at 70

• Apr 8 Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (The Last Torch Song; The Violet Seller), dies at 85
• Apr 9 David Hayes, American sculptor, dies from leukemia at 82
• Apr 9 Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese French painter (Juin-Octobre 1985), dies at 93
• Apr 10 Jimmy Dawkins, American electric blues musician, dies at 76
• Apr 10 Raymond Boudon, French sociologist, dies at 79
• Apr 10 Robert Edwards, British physiologist, IVF pioneer, and Nobel laureate, dies at 87
• Apr 11 Angela Voigt, German athlete (Olympic gold GDR long jump 1976), dies at 61
• Apr 11 Grady Hatton, American baseball player and manager, dies from natural causes at 90
• Apr 11 Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist and immunologist, dies at 96

• Apr 12 Marv Harshman, American College/Basketball HOF coach (Pacific Lutheran, Washington State Uni, Uni of Washington; Pac-10 Coach of the Year 1982, 84), dies at 95
• Apr 12 Michael France, American screenwriter, dies from complications from diabetes at 51
• Apr 12 Robert Byrne, American chess player (FIDE Grandmaster), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 84
• Apr 13 Bernhard Krol, German hornist and composer (Figaro Metamorphoses), dies at 92 [1]
• Apr 13 Chi Cheng, American rock bassist (Deftones, 1990-2008), dies of cardiac arrest after years after never fully recovering from injuries in a car crash at 42
• Apr 13 Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 71
• Apr 13 Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, dies at 85
• Apr 13 Stephen Dodgson, British composer, dies at 89
• Apr 14 Dennis Moran, American computer hacker, dies from an overdose at 30
• Apr 14 George Jackson, American rhythm & blues, rock, and southern soul songwriter (One Bad Apple; Old Time Rock and Roll), and singer, dies of cancer at 68
• Apr 14 John S Ragin, American actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME), dies at 83

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