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In the year 2013
976 Notable deaths
Lidiya Vertinskaya
Soviet actress (1923-2013).
Born April 14th, 1923 in Harbin.
Died December 31st, 2013 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Akira Miyoshi
Japanese composer (1933-2013).
Born January 10th, 1933 in Suginami-ku. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2013 at 80 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Oscar Feltsman
Russian composer.
Born February 18th, 1921 in Odesa.
Died February 3rd, 2013 at 91 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Elena Ivashchenko
Russian judoka (1984-2013).
Born December 28th, 1984 in Omsk.
Died June 15th, 2013 at 28 years old in Tyumen (falling). [ref]
Wilbur Thompson
American track and field athlete.
Born April 6th, 1921 in Frankfort.
Died December 25th, 2013 at 92 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
James Bradford
American weightlifter (1928-2013).
Born November 1st, 1928 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 13th, 2013 at 84 years old in Silver Spring. [ref]
Irina Petrescu
Romanian actress (1941-2013).
Born June 19th, 1941 in Bucharest.
Died March 19th, 2013 at 71 years old in Bucharest (cancer).
Kongar-ol Ondar
Tuvan throat singer.
Born March 29th, 1962 in Iyme.
Died July 25th, 2013 at 51 years old in Kyzyl.
Jakob Arjouni
German author, born 1964 (1964–2013).
Born October 8th, 1964 in Frankfurt.
Died January 17th, 2013 at 48 years old in Berlin (cancer, pancreatic cancer).
Igor Kurnosov
Russian chess grandmaster.
Born May 30th, 1985 in Chelyabinsk.
Died August 8th, 2013 at 28 years old in Chelyabinsk (struck by vehicle). [ref]
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson