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In the year 2013
974 Notable deaths
Hilary Koprowski
Polish physician, virologist, immunologist and medical researcher.
Born December 5th, 1916 in Warsaw.
Died April 11th, 2013 at 96 years old in Philadelphia (pneumonia). [ref]
Chin Peng
Malaysian communist, obe (1924-2013).
Born October 22nd, 1924 in Perak.
Died September 16th, 2013 at 88 years old in Bangkok.
Kenneth Waltz
American political scientist and international relations theoretician (1924-2013).
Born June 8th, 1924 in Ann Arbor.
Died May 12th, 2013 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
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]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 974
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker