April 13th
173 Notable deaths
Dorothy Ashby
American jazz harpist (1932-1986).
Born August 6th, 1932 in Detroit. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1986 at 53 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Veit Harlan
German film director (1899-1964).
Born September 22nd, 1899 in Berlin.
Died April 13th, 1964 at 64 years old in Capri (pneumonia).
Robert Taylor
American computer scientist (1932–2017).
Born February 10th, 1932 in Dallas.
Died April 13th, 2017 at 85 years old in Woodside (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Bobby Leonard
American basketball player and coach (1932-2021).
Born July 17th, 1932 in Terre Haute.
Died April 13th, 2021 at 88 years old in Indianapolis. [ref]
François Tombalbaye
President of chad (1918-1975).
Born June 15th, 1918 in Moyen-Chari Prefecture.
Died April 13th, 1975 at 56 years old in N'Djamena (coup d'état).
Henk Sneevliet
20th-century dutch communist politician.
Born May 13th, 1883 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1942 at 58 years old in Amersfoort concentration camp (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Dudley Senanayake
Sri lankan politician (1911–1973).
Born June 19th, 1911 in Sri Lanka.
Died April 13th, 1973 at 61 years old in Colombo.
Anton Schmid
Austrian soldier and righteous among the nations (1900–1942).
Born January 9th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died April 13th, 1942 at 42 years old in Vilnius (gunshot wound).
Luis Somoza Debayle
President of nicaragua from 1956 to 1963.
Born November 18th, 1922 in León.
Died April 13th, 1967 at 44 years old in Managua (myocardial infarction).
Paul Greengard
American neuroscientist (1925-2019).
Born December 11th, 1925 in New York City.
Died April 13th, 2019 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 173
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk