In the year 2013
1,141 Notable deaths
Geoff Strong
English association football player (1937–2013).
Born September 19th, 1937 in Northumberland.
Died June 17th, 2013 at 75 years old in Southport.
Vlatko Marković
Croatian footballer (1937-2013).
Born January 1st, 1937 in Bugojno.
Died September 23rd, 2013 at 76 years old in Zagreb.
Florian Siwicki
Polish politician (1925–2013).
Born January 10th, 1925 in Lutsk. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2013 at 88 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ewa Strömberg
Swedish actress (1940-2013).
Born January 13th, 1940 in Sweden.
Died January 24th, 2013 at 73 years old
Ferruccio Mazzola
Italian footballer and manager (1945-2013).
Born February 1st, 1945 in Turin.
Died May 7th, 2013 at 68 years old in Rome.
Park Cheol-su
South korean film director, producer and screenwriter (1948–2013).
Born November 20th, 1948 in Daegu.
Died February 19th, 2013 at 64 years old in Yongin (struck by vehicle).
Alfonso Armada
Spanish military officer involved in 1981 coup.
Born February 12th, 1920 in Madrid.
Died December 1st, 2013 at 93 years old in Madrid.
Sarah Kirsch
German poet (1935–2013).
Born April 16th, 1935 in Limlingerode.
Died May 5th, 2013 at 78 years old in Heide.
Tom Krause
Finnish operatic bass-baritone.
Born July 5th, 1934 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2013 at 79 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Josip Kuže
Croatian association football player and manager (1952–2013).
Born November 13th, 1952 in Vranje.
Died June 16th, 2013 at 60 years old in Zagreb (leukemia).
Ceija Stojka
Austrian-romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the holocaust (1933-2013).
Born May 23rd, 1933 in Kraubath an der Mur.
Died January 28th, 2013 at 79 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Costică Ștefănescu
Romanian footballer (1951-2013).
Born March 26th, 1951 in Bucharest.
Died August 20th, 2013 at 62 years old in Bucharest (falling).
James Massey
American information theorist and cryptologist (1934-2013).
Born February 11th, 1934 in Wauseon.
Died June 16th, 2013 at 79 years old in Copenhagen (colorectal cancer).
Karen Muir
South african swimmer.
Born September 16th, 1952 in Kimberley.
Died April 1st, 2013 at 60 years old in Mossel Bay (breast cancer).
Cayetano Ré
Paraguayan footballer (1938–2013).
Born February 7th, 1938 in Asunción.
Died November 26th, 2013 at 75 years old in Elche. [ref]
Theo Bos
Association football manager and former player (1965-2013).
Born October 5th, 1965 in Nijmegen.
Died February 28th, 2013 at 47 years old in Overbetuwe (cancer, pancreatic cancer).
Lino Oviedo
Paraguayan politician and former military general (1943-2013).
Born September 23rd, 1943 in Juan de Mena.
Died February 2nd, 2013 at 69 years old in Presidente Hayes Department.
Ward Goodenough
American anthropologist (1919-2013).
Born May 30th, 1919 in Cambridge.
Died June 9th, 2013 at 94 years old
José Luis Sampedro
Spanish economist and writer.
Born February 1st, 1917 in Barcelona.
Died April 8th, 2013 at 96 years old in Madrid.
Lothar Schmid
German chess player (1928–2013).
Born May 10th, 1928 in Radebeul.
Died May 18th, 2013 at 85 years old in Bamberg.
Vadim Yusov
Russian cinematographer (1929–2013).
Born April 20th, 1929 in Klavdino.
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 84 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Pyotr Todorovsky
Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, composer (1925-2013).
Born August 26th, 1925 in Bobrynets.
Died May 24th, 2013 at 87 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Joanna Chmielewska
Polish designer and writer (1932–2013).
Born April 2nd, 1932 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2013 at 81 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ronnie Ray Smith
Athletics competitor, sprinter (1949-2013).
Born March 28th, 1949 in Los Angeles.
Died March 31st, 2013 at 64 years old in Los Angeles.
Viktor Sarianidi
Russian archaologist (1929-2013).
Born September 23rd, 1929 in Tashkent.
Died December 23rd, 2013 at 84 years old in Moscow.
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