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In the year 2013
1,056 Notable deaths
Aleksei Balabanov
Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013).
Born February 25th, 1959 in Yekaterinburg.
Died May 18th, 2013 at 54 years old in Sestroretsk (myocardial infarction).
William Glasser
American psychiatrist.
Born May 11th, 1925 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory failure).
Ted Post
American director (1918-2013).
Born March 31st, 1918 in Brooklyn.
Died August 20th, 2013 at 95 years old in Santa Monica.
Taihō Kōki
Japanese sumo wrestler.
Born May 29th, 1940 in Poronaysk.
Died January 19th, 2013 at 72 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Haji
Canadian actress (1946–2013).
Born January 24th, 1946 in Quebec City.
Died August 10th, 2013 at 67 years old in Oxnard, Malibu (lung cancer).
Kenneth G. Wilson
Nobel prize winning us physicist (1936-2013).
Born June 8th, 1936 in Waltham.
Died June 15th, 2013 at 77 years old in Saco (lymphoma).
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013).
Born June 12th, 1922 in Florence.
Died June 29th, 2013 at 91 years old in Trieste (heart failure).
Paolo Soleri
Italian architect (1919-2013).
Born June 21st, 1919 in Turin. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2013 at 93 years old in Scottsdale. [ref]
Rossana Podestà
Italian actress (1934-2013).
Born August 20th, 1934 in Tripoli.
Died December 10th, 2013 at 79 years old in Rome (brain cancer). [ref]
Allan Simonsen
Danish racing driver.
Born July 5th, 1978 in Odense. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 2013 at 34 years old in Le Mans (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 1056
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