May 13th
151 Notable deaths
Sibylle Lewitscharoff
German author.
Born April 16th, 1954 in Stuttgart.
Died May 13th, 2023 at 69 years old in Berlin (multiple sclerosis). [ref]
Gisela Elsner
Writer (1937-1992).
Born May 2nd, 1937 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1992 at 55 years old in Munich (falling). [ref]
Mildred Scheel
German physician.
Born December 31st, 1932 in Cologne.
Died May 13th, 1985 at 52 years old in Cologne (cancer).
Karl von Fasbender
German general.
Born December 3rd, 1852 in Michelbach.
Died May 13th, 1933 at 80 years old in Munich.
Yanko Daucik
Footballer (1941-2017).
Born March 22nd, 1941 in Prague.
Died May 13th, 2017 at 76 years old in Madrid (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Ron Bontemps
American basketball player (1926-2017).
Born August 11th, 1926 in Taylorville.
Died May 13th, 2017 at 90 years old in Peoria. [ref]
Luciano Lutring
Italian thief, painter and writer (1937-2013).
Born December 30th, 1937 in Milan, Arona. [ref]
Died May 13th, 2013 at 75 years old in Verbania. [ref]
Charles Hefferon
Athletics competitor.
Born July 18th, 1878 in Berkshire.
Died May 13th, 1932 at 53 years old in Brampton (traffic collision). [ref]
Vladimir Antoshin
Soviet chess grandmaster, a theoretician and a national champion of correspondence chess (1929-1994).
Born May 14th, 1929 in Moscow.
Died May 13th, 1994 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Gustaf Dyrssen
Swedish officer, modern pentathlete and fencer.
Born November 24th, 1891 in Stockholm.
Died May 13th, 1981 at 89 years old in Kungsängen.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 151
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson