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In the year 2013
1,141 Notable deaths
Aleksei Balabanov
Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013).
Born February 25th, 1959 in Yekaterinburg.
Died May 18th, 2013 at 54 years old in Sestroretsk (myocardial infarction).
Ted Post
American director (1918-2013).
Born March 31st, 1918 in Brooklyn.
Died August 20th, 2013 at 95 years old in Santa Monica.
Barbara Lawrence
American writer and real-estate businessperson, and retired actress and model (1930-2013).
Born February 24th, 1930 in Carnegie.
Died November 23rd, 2013 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
G. S. Shivarudrappa
Indian writer (1926-2013).
Born February 7th, 1926 in Shikaripur.
Died December 23rd, 2013 at 87 years old in Banashankari.
Haji
Canadian actress (1946–2013).
Born January 24th, 1946 in Quebec City.
Died August 10th, 2013 at 67 years old in Oxnard, Malibu (lung cancer).
Allan Simonsen
Danish racing driver (1978–2013).
Born July 5th, 1978 in Odense. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 2013 at 34 years old in Le Mans (traffic collision). [ref]
John Cornforth
Australian-british chemist.
Born September 7th, 1917 in Sydney.
Died December 8th, 2013 at 96 years old in Brighton.
Kenneth G. Wilson
Nobel prize winning us physicist.
Born June 8th, 1936 in Waltham.
Died June 15th, 2013 at 77 years old in Saco (lymphoma).
Paolo Soleri
Italian architect (1919-2013).
Born June 21st, 1919 in Turin. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2013 at 93 years old in Scottsdale. [ref]
Louis Waldon
American film actor (1934-2013).
Born December 16th, 1934 in Modesto.
Died December 6th, 2013 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Sandy Woodward
British admiral (1932-2013).
Born May 1st, 1932 in Penzance.
Died August 4th, 2013 at 81 years old in Bosham.
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013).
Born June 12th, 1922 in Florence.
Died June 29th, 2013 at 91 years old in Trieste (heart failure).
William Glasser
American psychiatrist (1925–2013).
Born May 11th, 1925 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory failure).
Richard LeParmentier
American actor (1946-2013).
Born July 16th, 1946 in Pittsburgh.
Died April 15th, 2013 at 66 years old in Austin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rossana Podestà
Italian actress (1934-2013).
Born August 20th, 1934 in Zliten.
Died December 10th, 2013 at 79 years old in Rome (brain cancer).
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
German resistance member (1922–2013).
Died March 8th, 2013 at 90 years old in Munich.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Polish politician and prime minister (1927-2013).
Born April 18th, 1927 in Płock. [ref]
Died October 28th, 2013 at 86 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia). [ref]
Carolyn Cassady
American writer (1923–2013).
Born April 28th, 1923 in Lansing.
Died September 23rd, 2013 at 90 years old in Bracknell.
Hans Massaquoi
American journalist and author (1926–2013).
Born January 19th, 1926 in Hamburg.
Died January 19th, 2013 at 87 years old in Jacksonville. [ref]
Henri Dutilleux
French composer.
Born January 22nd, 1916 in Angers.
Died May 22nd, 2013 at 97 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Sergei Belov
Soviet professional basketball player (1944-2013).
Born January 23rd, 1944.
Died October 3rd, 2013 at 69 years old in Perm.
Dominique Venner
French journalist and essayist (1935–2013).
Born April 16th, 1935 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 21st, 2013 at 78 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound).
Les Blank
American documentary filmmaker.
Born November 27th, 1935 in Tampa.
Died April 7th, 2013 at 77 years old in Berkeley (bladder cancer, cancer). [ref]
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Congolese singer and songwriter.
Born November 13th, 1940 in Bagata. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2013 at 73 years old in Saint-Luc University Hospital (stroke). [ref]
Cedar Walton
American jazz pianist (1934–2013).
Born January 17th, 1934 in Dallas.
Died August 19th, 2013 at 79 years old in Brooklyn.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 1141
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