Deaths January 13 | History by KabAstro

Gaius Marius (c. 157-86 BC)

Roman general and politician (held the office of consul seven times), dies at 70

533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533) and saint, dies about 96
703 Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
858 Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
888 Charles III, The Fat [Charles Le Gros], Carolingian Emperor (King of West Francia and Acquitaine, 884-887), dies at about 49
1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
1139 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1151 Abbot Suger, French abbot who built St Denis, statesman and historian (b. 1081)
1177 Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies. (b. 1107)
1307 Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies
1330 Frederick I (III), the Fair, Duke of Austrian German anti-king, dies (b. 1286)
1363 Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
1488 Hermann Vischer, "the Old", German brass sculptor, buried
1599 Edmund Spenser, English poet (The Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
1630 Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander, executed at 46
1651 Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter, cartoonist, printmaker, and engraver, dies at 86
1658 Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1691 George Fox, English dissenter, founder of the Quakers, dies in London at 66
1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet and translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
1735 Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen consort of Sardinia, dies at 28
1762 Leonhard Trautsch, German composer, dies at 68
1775 Johann Georg Walch, German theologian, dies at 81
1790 Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral, dies at 77
1795 Frans Krafft, Belgian composer and organist (Ghent Cathedral), dies at 73
1796 John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
1797 Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederik II the Great, dies at 81
1828 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, dies at 80
1832 Thomas Lord, English cricket batsman (founder of Lord's cricket ground; Middlesex CCC), dies at 76
1838 Ferdinand Ries, German pianist, composer, and Beethoven's secretary and copyist, dies at 53
1853 Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
1860 William Mason, American politician, dies at 73

Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

American composer (Oh! Susanna; Swanee River; Beautiful Dreamer), dies in New York City at 37 [reports vary as to fever, accident, suicide, or some combination]

1879 Henry, Prince of the Netherlands (Governor of Luxembourg, 1850-79), third son of King William II of the Netherlands, dies at 58
1882 Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
1885 Schuyler Colfax, American politician (17th US Vice President 1869-73), dies at 61
1889 Solomon Bundy, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district), dies at 65
1892 Charles Albert White, American composer, dies at 62
1894 Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, dies of tuberculosis at 62
1901 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, dies at 66
1905 George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1906 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
1913 Thomas P. Krag, Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
1914 Bernardus Hermanus Heldt, Dutch trade union leader and politician, dies at 72
1914 Valentin Zubiaurre Spanish composer (Ferdinand Set), and educator, dies at 76
1915 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)

Victoriano Huerta (1850-1916)

Mexican general who seized power in a coup and installed himself as dictator and President of Mexico (1913-14), dies cirrhosis of the liver or possibly cancer at 65

1924 Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer and explorer, dies at 57
1929 H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929)

American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, dies at 80

1930 Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer and inventor (Rateau steam turbine), dies at 66
1930 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, English electrical engineer and inventor, dies at 65
1932 Sophia of Prussia, Queen consort of Constantine I of Greece, dies at 61
1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, French soldier and explorer (Sudan), dies at 70
1934 Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist who discovered gamma rays, dies at 73
1937 Martin Elmer Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, dies at 52
1937 Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
1939 Jacob Ruppert Jr., American Baseball HOF executive (owner New York Yankees 1915-39; signed Babe Ruth; built Yankee Stadium), dies from phlebitis at 71

James Joyce (1882-1941)

Irish novelist and poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58

1943 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist and dancer, dies of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at 53
1947 Veit Valentin, German-American controversial historian (German People), dies at 61
1953 Paul Niggli, Swiss mineralogist (crystal structures), dies at 64
1954 Roland Diggle, English-American composer, organist and choirmaster (St. John's Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, California), dies at 69
1956 Lyonel Feininger, German-American cartoonist and painter, dies at 84
1957 Alfred Edgar Coppard, English short story writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories), dies at 79
1958 Edna Purviance, American actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61
1958 Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (b. 1880)
1960 Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
1961 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, dies at 89
1962 Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (The Ernie Kovacs Show), dies in a car crash at 42
1963 (Conrad) "Sonny" Clark, American hard pop jazz and session pianist, composer, and group leader (Sonny's Crib), dies of a heart attack, exacerbated by heroin use, at 31
1969 Fred Price, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC), dies at 66
1969 Wilton Graff, American actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
1971 Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, German SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65
1971 Henri Tomasi, French conductor, classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea), dies at 69
1971 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
1974 Raoul Jobin, French-Canadian operatic tenor (1930-58), and educator (Conservatoire de musique du Québec, 1960-71), dies at 69
1974 Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet, dies at 69
1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (The Go-Between, The Night of the Iguana), dies of multiple sclerosis at 53

Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978)

American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (1965-69), and 1968 Presidential candidate, dies of bladder cancer at 66

Joe McCarthy (1887-1978)

American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (Chicago Cubs; New York Yankees - World Series 1932, 36–39, 41, 43; Boston Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 90

1979 Donny Hathaway, American gospel and soul singer-songwriter, and keyboardist ("The Ghetto"; "Where is the Love?"), commits suicide at 33
1979 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian operatic soprano who specialized in Wagnerian roles, dies of heart failure at 71
1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American orchestral-pop music conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83
1982 Marcel Camus, French film director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
1983 Barry Galbraith, American jazz and studio guitarist (Claude Thornhill, Coleman Hawkins, Gil Evans), and educator, dies of cancer at 63
1983 D Mack Reynolds, American writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
1985 Adam Walsh, American College Football Hall of Fame center and coach (Notre Dame; Bowdoin), dies at 83
1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
1988 Chiang Ching-huo, Chinese politician (son of Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek, President of Taiwan 1978-88), dies at 69
1989 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51
1992 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 1964, 68), dies at 79
1992 Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
1993 (Mozart) Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, pedagogue, and conductor, dies at 85
1993 Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies at 91
1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
1994 Johan Jørgen Holst, Norwegian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (worked on the Oslo Peace Accords), dies at 56
1995 Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at 89
1995 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, Anglican bishop (Southwark England), dies at 81
1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet and publisher (Critics), dies at 73
1996 Denise Grey [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
1996 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
1997 William Mills, English painter, dies at 74
1998 Andrew Rutherford, Scottish scholar and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (1994-97), dies at 68
1998 Mihovil Logar, Serbian composer (A Would-be Lady), dies at 95
2000 Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), dies at 75
2001 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor, singer (2gether), and cancer research fundraiser, dies of respiratory failure at 16
2002 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies at 85
2002 Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
2002 Kurt Brüggemann, German composer, conductor, and music educator, dies at 93
2002 Ted Demme, American film director, dies at 38
2003 Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant who helped Macmillan, Heath and Thatcher into office, dies at 77
2003 Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2004 Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman, dies at 66
2004 Harold Shipman, British general practitioner and prolific serial killer, commits suicide at 57
2005 Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
2005 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), dies at 81
2006 Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
2006 Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
2007 Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
2007 Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), dies at 70
2007 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
2008 Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2008 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian operatic tenor, dies at 51
2009 Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, dies at 102
2009 Hortense Calisher, American novelist (President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters), dies at 97
2009 Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer, lyricist, and poet, dies of pneumonia at 83
2009 Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator, dies at 93
2009 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner; Secret Agent/ Danger Man), dies at 80
2009 William D.W. Snodgrass, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (Heart's Needle), also wrote using pseudonym S. S. Gardons, dies at 83
2010 Jay Reatard [James Lindsey] American punk rock musician (Reatards; Lost Sounds), dies of cocaine toxicity at 29
2010 Jay Reatard [James Lindsey], American garage rock-punk musician and songwriter, dies of cocaine toxicity at 29
2010 Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist
2010 Theodore "Teddy" Pendergrass, American soul singer (Turn Off the Lights), dies of respiratory failure at 59
2011 Ellen Stewart, American actress, director and founder of La Mama Theatre Group, dies at 91
2012 Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer, dies from cancer at 71
2012 Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot politician, founding President of North Cyprus (1983-2005), dies of multiple organ failure at 87
2012 Richard Threlkeld, American newscaster (CBS News), dies at 74
2013 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), dies from complications from a stroke at 76
2014 Bobby Collins, Scottish soccer midfielder (31 caps; Celtic, Everton, Leeds), dies at 82
2015 Dozy [Trevor Ward-Davies], British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies of liver cancer at 70
2015 Frank Glazer, American pianist (Satie), composer and teacher (Eastman School of Music, 1965-80), dies at 99
2015 Jack Hayward, British financier (owner Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1990-2007), dies at 91
2015 Ronnie Ronalde [Ronald Charles Waldron], British entertainer and world-famous whistler, dies at 91
2016 Brian Bedford, English actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue), dies at 80
2016 Lawrence Phillips, American football running back (Grey Cup, CFL All-Star 2002 Montreal Alouettes; St Louis Rams 1996-97), dies of suicide at 40
2016 Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 1955-63 (2 x All-Star; 2 x World Series Champion; St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), dies at 88
2017 Alexis Mardas, Greek electronics engineer, entrepreneur, and Beatles hanger-on also known as "Magic Alex", dies of pneumonia at 74
2017 Antony Armstrong-Jones [Lord Snowdon], British photographer and ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86
2017 Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart - "Hymie"; Bye Bye Birdie; When Things Were Rotten), dies at 85
2018 Doug Harvey, American Baseball HOF umpire (NL 1962-92; 5 x World Series; 7 x MLB All-Star games; career total 4,673 games), dies at 87
2018 Jack Nel, South African cricket batsman (6 Tests, Western Province), dies at 89
2018 Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician, stand-up comedian, and radio presenter, dies of a heart attack at 63

Mel Stottlemyre (1941-2019)

American baseball pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; NY Yankees) and coach (5 x World Series; NY Mets, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 77

2021 Bernd Kannenber, German race walker (Olympic gold FRG 50k 1972), dies at 78
2021 Bruce Pasternack, American executive (President and CEO Special Olympics International 2005-07), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 73
2021 Duke Bootee (Edward Fletcher), American hip-hop rapper and record producer ("The Message"), dies of congestive heart disease at 69
2021 Hannes Viljoen, South African rugby union winger (3 caps; Natal), dies at 77
2021 Joël Robert, Belgian motocross racer (Motocross World C'ships 250cc 1964, 68–72), dies from COVID-19 at 77
2021 Robert Cohan, American-British dancer (Martha Grahame Dance Company, 1946-57, 1962-69), choreographer, and artistic director (London Contemporary Dance Theatre, 1969-89), dies at 95
2021 Siegfried Fischbacher, German American entertainer and magician (Siegfried and Roy), dies at 81 [1]
2021 Sylvain Sylvain [Mizrahi], Egyptian-American rock guitarist (New York Dolls), dies of cancer at 69
2021 Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck), dies of cancer at 76
2022 Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), dies at 85
2022 Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, 1959-70 - "With This Ring", The Metrotones), dies of cancer at 82
2023 Klas Lestander, Swedish biathlete (Olympic gold 20k 1960), dies at 91
2023 Robbie Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, son of Evel, dies of pancreatic cancer at 60
2024 Joyce Randolph (née Sirola), American actress (The Honeymooners - "Trixie Norton"), dies at 99 [1]
2024 Romuald Twardowski, Polish pianist, and composer (Sorcerer's Sculptures; Lord Jim), dies at 93
2024 Stephen Laybutt, Australian soccer defender (15 caps; Brisbane Strikers, Excelsior Mouscron, KAA Gent), dies from suicide at 46
2024 Tom Shales, American Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic (Washington Post, 1977-2010), and author (Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live), dies of COVID-19 complicated kidney failure at 79 [1]