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In the year 2013
945 Notable deaths
Rosalía Mera
Spanish businesswoman; co-founder of inditex, zara (1944-2013).
Born January 28th, 1944 in A Coruña.
Died August 15th, 2013 at 69 years old in A Coruña (cerebral hemorrhage).
Sara Montiel
Spanish-mexican actress and singer (1928-2013).
Born March 10th, 1928 in Campo de Criptana.
Died April 8th, 2013 at 85 years old in Madrid (sudden cardiac death). [ref]
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born british-american author (1927-2013).
Born May 7th, 1927 in Cologne. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 2013 at 85 years old in Manhattan (lung disease). [ref]
Jesús Franco
Spanish film director.
Born May 12th, 1930 in Madrid. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2013 at 82 years old in Málaga (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
George Beverly Shea
American gospel singer and hymn composer born in canada.
Born February 1st, 1909 in Ontario.
Died April 16th, 2013 at 104 years old in Montreat (stroke).
Michiaki Takahashi
Japanese virologist (1928-2013).
Born February 17th, 1928 in Higashisumiyoshi-ku. [ref]
Died December 16th, 2013 at 85 years old in Suita (heart failure). [ref]
Christian Benítez
Ecuadorian footballer (1986-2013).
Died July 29th, 2013 at 27 years old in Doha (peritonitis). [ref]
Joe Conley
American actor (1928-2013).
Born March 3rd, 1928 in Buffalo.
Died July 7th, 2013 at 85 years old in Newbury Park (dementia).
Frederik Pohl
American science fiction writer and editor (1919-2013).
Born November 26th, 1919 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 2013 at 93 years old in Palatine (respiratory failure). [ref]
Peter Banks
British musician.
Born July 15th, 1947 in London Borough of Barnet.
Died March 8th, 2013 at 65 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 945
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel