In the year 2013
1,058 Notable deaths
Ilja Hurník
Czech playwright, music educator, composer, pianist, writer and university educator (1922-2013).
Born November 25th, 1922 in Poruba. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2013 at 90 years old in Prague. [ref]
Akeem Adams
Trinidadian association football player (1991-2013).
Born April 13th, 1991 in Point Fortin.
Died December 30th, 2013 at 22 years old in Budapest (cerebral hemorrhage).
Henry Taylor
British racing driver.
Born December 16th, 1932 in Biggleswade. [ref]
Died October 24th, 2013 at 80 years old in Cannes. [ref]
Erich Loest
German writer (1926–2013).
Born February 24th, 1926 in Mittweida.
Died September 12th, 2013 at 87 years old in Leipzig (falling). [ref]
Atje Keulen-Deelstra
Dutch speed skater (1938–2013).
Born December 31st, 1938 in Grove.
Died February 22nd, 2013 at 74 years old in Leeuwarden. [ref]
Catherine Gibson
British swimmer, olympic bronze medallist.
Born March 21st, 1931 in Motherwell.
Died June 25th, 2013 at 82 years old in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy. [ref]
Rene Simpson
Canadian tennis player (1966–2013).
Born January 14th, 1966 in Sarnia.
Died October 17th, 2013 at 47 years old in Park Ridge (brain cancer). [ref]
Peter Schulz
German politician (1930-2013).
Born April 25th, 1930 in Rostock.
Died May 17th, 2013 at 83 years old in Hamburg.
Brigitte Askonas
British immunologist (1923–2013).
Born April 1st, 1923 in Vienna.
Died January 9th, 2013 at 89 years old in London Borough of Camden (disease).
Pyotr Bolotnikov
Soviet long-distance runner (1930-2013).
Born March 8th, 1930 in Mordovia.
Died December 20th, 2013 at 83 years old in Moscow, Krasnoslobodsk.
Deaths 781 to 790 of 1058
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche