Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
December 13th
181 Notable deaths
Woldemar Voigt
German physicist.
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Leipzig.
Died December 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
Johanna Bormann
German nazi concentration camp guard (1893-1945).
Born September 10th, 1893 in Birkenfelde.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hamelin Prison (hanging).
Bobby Rousseau
Canadian ice hockey player (1940–2025).
Born July 26th, 1940 in Montreal.
Died December 13th, 2025 at 85 years old in Trois-Rivières. [ref]
Enrique Morente
Spanish recording artist; flamenco singer (1942-2010).
Born December 25th, 1942 in Granada. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2010 at 67 years old in Madrid (surgical complications). [ref]
Ingrid Vang Nyman
Danish illustrator active mainly in sweden.
Born August 21st, 1916 in Vejen.
Died December 13th, 1959 at 43 years old
Wlodimir Ledóchowski
26th superior-general of the society of jesus.
Born October 7th, 1866 in Loosdorf.
Died December 13th, 1942 at 76 years old in Rome.
Fritz Pregl
Slovene-austrian nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930).
Born September 3rd, 1869 in Ljubljana.
Died December 13th, 1930 at 61 years old in Graz.
Lorraine O'Grady
African american conceptual artist (1934–2024).
Born September 21st, 1934 in Boston.
Died December 13th, 2024 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Tadashi Maeda
Japanese admiral.
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Kagoshima.
Died December 13th, 1977 at 79 years old in Japan.
Wilfred Lucas
Actor, film director (1871–1940).
Born January 30th, 1871 in Norfolk County.
Died December 13th, 1940 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 181
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau