In the year 2013
1,141 Notable deaths
Wolfgang Frank
German football player and manager (1951–2013).
Born February 21st, 1951 in Reichenbach an der Fils.
Died September 7th, 2013 at 62 years old in Mainz (brain cancer).
Ottavio Missoni
Italian fashion designer and hurdler (1921–2013).
Born February 11th, 1921 in Dubrovnik.
Died May 9th, 2013 at 92 years old in Sumirago.
Sławomir Mrożek
Polish dramatist and writer (1930-2013).
Born June 26th, 1930 in Borzęcin.
Died August 15th, 2013 at 83 years old in Nice. [ref]
Oscar Hijuelos
American novelist (1951–2013).
Born August 24th, 1951 in Manhattan.
Died October 12th, 2013 at 62 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian poet and author (1935-2013).
Born March 13th, 1935 in Gold Coast Colony, Wheta.
Died September 21st, 2013 at 78 years old in Nairobi. [ref]
Frank Wess
American saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger.
Born January 4th, 1922 in Kansas City.
Died October 30th, 2013 at 91 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Perween Rahman
Pakistani activist (1957–2013).
Born January 22nd, 1957 in Dhaka.
Died March 13th, 2013 at 56 years old in Karachi.
Juan José Linz
Spanish sociologist and political scientist (1926–2013).
Born December 24th, 1926 in Bonn.
Died October 1st, 2013 at 86 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Albert Allen Bartlett
American professor of physics (1923–2013).
Born March 21st, 1923 in Shanghai.
Died September 7th, 2013 at 90 years old in Boulder. [ref]
Amedeo Amadei
Italian footballer (1921–2013).
Born July 26th, 1921 in Frascati.
Died November 24th, 2013 at 92 years old in Frascati.
Franco Califano
Italian singer-songwriter (1938-2013).
Born September 14th, 1938 in Tripoli.
Died March 30th, 2013 at 74 years old in Rome (heart failure). [ref]
Michael Baigent
New zealand writer (1948–2013).
Born February 27th, 1948 in Nelson. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2013 at 65 years old in Brighton (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]
C. Gordon Fullerton
American astronaut and test pilot (1936–2013).
Born October 11th, 1936 in Rochester.
Died August 21st, 2013 at 76 years old in Lancaster. [ref]
Ray Price
American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1926–2013).
Born January 12th, 1926 in Wood County.
Died December 16th, 2013 at 87 years old in Mount Pleasant (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Armen Alchian
American economist.
Born April 12th, 1914 in Fresno.
Died February 19th, 2013 at 98 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Stuart Freeborn
British make-up artist.
Born September 5th, 1914 in Leytonstone.
Died February 5th, 2013 at 98 years old in London. [ref]
Barbara Hicks
English film actress (1924-2013).
Born August 12th, 1924 in Heath Town.
Died September 6th, 2013 at 89 years old in Little Maplestead. [ref]
Otfried Preußler
German children's books author (1923–2013).
Born October 20th, 1923 in Liberec.
Died February 18th, 2013 at 89 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.
Stéphane Hessel
French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917–2013).
Born October 20th, 1917 in Berlin.
Died February 27th, 2013 at 95 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
James E. Holshouser Jr.
68th governor of north carolina (1934-2013).
Born October 8th, 1934 in Boone.
Died June 17th, 2013 at 78 years old in Pinehurst.
Janet Rowley
American human geneticist (1925–2013).
Born April 5th, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 17th, 2013 at 88 years old in Hyde Park (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Ali Kafi
Algerian politician (1928-2013).
Born October 7th, 1928 in El Harrouch.
Died April 16th, 2013 at 84 years old in Geneva.
Viktor Kulikov
Marshal of the soviet union (1921-2013).
Born July 5th, 1921 in Verkhnaya Lyubovsha.
Died May 27th, 2013 at 91 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Rajendra Yadav
Indian writer (1929-2013).
Born August 28th, 1929 in Agra.
Died October 28th, 2013 at 84 years old in New Delhi.
Michael Palmer
American novelist (1942–2013).
Born October 9th, 1942 in Springfield.
Died October 30th, 2013 at 71 years old in New York City, Queens (stroke, myocardial infarction).
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin