In the year 2013
1,068 Notable deaths
Slim Whitman
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Born January 29th, 1924 in Tampa. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2013 at 89 years old in Orange Park (heart failure). [ref]
Prince Friso of the Netherlands
Second son of beatrix of the netherlands and claus von amsberg; brother of king willem-alexander of the netherlands (1968-2013).
Born September 25th, 1968 in University Medical Center Utrecht.
Died August 12th, 2013 at 44 years old in The Hague (falling from height).
Audrey Totter
American actor (1917-2013).
Born December 20th, 1917 in Joliet.
Died December 12th, 2013 at 95 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Phil Ramone
American recording engineer, record producer and violinist (1934-2013).
Born January 5th, 1934 in South Africa. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2013 at 79 years old in NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Paul Shane
English comedian and actor (1940-2013).
Born June 19th, 1940 in Thrybergh.
Died May 16th, 2013 at 72 years old in Rotherham (disease). [ref]
Kevin Ayers
English singer-songwriter, record producer.
Born August 16th, 1944 in Herne Bay. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2013 at 68 years old in Montolieu. [ref]
Bryan Forbes
English film director, screenwriter and actor (1926–2013).
Born July 22nd, 1926 in Stratford.
Died May 8th, 2013 at 86 years old in Surrey (disease). [ref]
Dennis Burkley
American actor (1945–2013).
Born September 10th, 1945 in Van Nuys.
Died July 14th, 2013 at 67 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction).
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the ahmadiyya muslim community (1920–2013).
Born October 9th, 1920 in Chattanooga. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2013 at 93 years old in Asbury, Shutesbury (prostate cancer). [ref]
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Canadian-american businessman.
Born June 20th, 1929 in Montreal.
Died December 21st, 2013 at 84 years old in New York City.
Anatoly Onoprienko
Ukrainian serial killer.
Born July 25th, 1959 in Zhytomyr.
Died August 27th, 2013 at 54 years old in Zhytomyr (cardiac arrest).
Arthur Malet
British actor (1927–2013).
Born September 24th, 1927 in Lee-on-the-Solent.
Died May 18th, 2013 at 85 years old in Vigeois (disease).
Ruth Asawa
Japanese american sculptor (1926–2013).
Born January 24th, 1926 in Norwalk. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2013 at 87 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Peter Gilmore
British actor (1931-2013).
Born August 25th, 1931 in Leipzig.
Died February 3rd, 2013 at 81 years old in London (disease).
Ronald Coase
British economist and nobel laureate (1910–2013).
Born December 29th, 1910 in Willesden.
Died September 2nd, 2013 at 102 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Narendra Dabholkar
Indian rationalist and the founder & president of the mans.
Born November 1st, 1945 in Satara.
Died August 20th, 2013 at 67 years old in Pune (gunshot wound).
James M. Buchanan
American economist, recipient of the nobel memorial prize for economics (1919–2013).
Born October 3rd, 1919 in Murfreesboro.
Died January 9th, 2013 at 93 years old in Blacksburg. [ref]
James Herbert
English horror writer (1943-2013).
Born April 8th, 1943 in London.
Died March 20th, 2013 at 69 years old in Woodmancote.
Chin Peng
Malaysian communist, obe (1924-2013).
Born October 22nd, 1924 in Perak.
Died September 16th, 2013 at 88 years old in Bangkok.
Colin Wilson
British writer and philosopher (1931-2013).
Born June 26th, 1931 in Leicester.
Died December 5th, 2013 at 82 years old in Cornwall (pneumonia).
Jesús Franco
Spanish film director.
Born May 12th, 1930 in Madrid. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2013 at 82 years old in Málaga (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Frank Lautenberg
U.s. senator from new jersey (1924-2013).
Born January 23rd, 1924 in Paterson.
Died June 3rd, 2013 at 89 years old in New York City (viral pneumonia). [ref]
Peter Banks
British musician.
Born July 15th, 1947 in London Borough of Barnet.
Died March 8th, 2013 at 65 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ned Vizzini
American writer (1981–2013).
Born April 4th, 1981 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 2013 at 32 years old in Brooklyn.
Christian Benítez
Ecuadorian footballer (1986-2013).
Died July 29th, 2013 at 27 years old in Doha (peritonitis). [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 1068
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.