Deaths in 2013
This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2013. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of notable animals and other biological life forms are also reported here if they first have their own page. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death and reference.
December 2013
- Chabua Amirejibi, 92, Georgian writer.[1]
- Barbara Branden, 84, Canadian writer.[2]
- Jang Sung-taek, 67, North Korean politician, Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission (2010–13), executed.[3]
- Kim Ji-hoon, 32, South Korean pop singer (Two Two), suicide by hanging.[4]
- Zbigniew Karkowski, 55, Polish composer.[5]
- Mac McGarry, 87, American television quiz show host (It's Academic), pneumonia.[6]
- Abdul Quader Molla, 65, Bangladeshi politician and war criminal, executed by hanging.[7]
- Charles Vest, 72, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 until December 2004.[8]
- Nadir Afonso, 93, Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter.[9]
- Kate Barry, 46, British photographer, fall.[10]
- George H. Buck, Jr., 84, American music industry executive.[11]
- Luigi Menti, 79, Italian footballer.[12]
- Alan Coleman, 76, English-born Australian television director and producer (The Young Doctors, Neighbours).[13]
- Jim Corno, 66, American businessman, CEO and President of Comcast SportsNet Chicago, cancer.[14]
- Jim Hall, 83, American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.[15]
- Aryeh Levi, 80, Israeli military general.[16]
- Don Lund, 90, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[17]
- William L. Mallory, Sr., 82, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1994) and House Majority Leader (1974–1994).[18]
- Luis Ortiz Macedo, 80, Mexican architect and researcher.[19]
- Herbert J. McChrystal, 89, American army general.[20]
- Rossana Podestà, 79, Italian actress (Helen of Troy).[21]
- Ravella Venkatarama Rao, 86, Indian writer.[22]
- Sundarnath Suvarna, 60, Indian film director and cinematographer in Kannada cinema, cancer.[23]
- Srikanta Wadiyar, 60, Indian politician, leader of Mysore Kingdom and Wadiyar dynasty (since 1974), heart attack.[24]
- Cole Williams, 26, Belgian-born Dutch musician, The Child of Lov.[25]
- Kees Brusse, 88, Dutch actor and film director.[26]
- Simon D’Lima, 89, Pakistani school teacher and principal.[27]
- Shane del Rosario, 30, American mixed martial artist and kickboxer, complications from cardiac arrest.[28]
- John Gabbert, 104, American judge, California Appellate Court (1970–1974) and Superior Court (1949–1970).[29]
- Joe Black Hayes, 98, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers).[30]
- Lynne Kieran, 53, British-born Austrian singer (The Rounder Girls).[31]
- Milton Olin, Jr., 65, American businessman, Chief Operating Officer of Napster (2000–2002), traffic collision.[32]
- Eleanor Parker, 91, American actress (The Sound of Music, Detective Story), pneumonia.[33]
- Lloyd Pye, 67, American author and paranormal researcher.[34]
- Shiva Regmi, 49, Nepali film director, kidney failure.[35]
- Peter Urban, 72, German translator.[36]
- Orlando Álvarez, 78, Chilean lawyer and writer, Judge of the Supreme Court (1998–2009).[37]
- Leonid Baranovskyi, 60, Ukrainian Soviet footballer (Chornomorets).[38]
- Mado Maurin, 98, French actress and comedian.[39]
- Shirley E. Flynn, 84, American historian (Cheyenne Frontier Days).[40]
- Don Mitchell, 70, American actor (Ironside, I Dream of Jeannie, CHiPs).[41]
- Hung Sin-nui, 88, Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress.[42]
- Sándor Szokolay, 82, Hungarian composer and professor.[43]
- Richard S. Williamson, 64, American lawyer and diplomat, United States ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs.[44]
- John Wyker, 68, American musician (Sailcat).[45]
- Nadezhda Ilyina, 64, Russian Soviet Olympic bronze-medalist athlete (1976), traffic collision.[46]
- Eero Kolehmainen, 95, Finnish Olympic silver-medalist cross country skier (1952).[47]
- Józef Kowalski, 113, Polish soldier, last surviving veteran of the Polish–Soviet War.[48]
- Jacob Matlala, 51, South African WBO flyweight and light flyweight champion boxer (1993, 1995).[49]
- Édouard Molinaro, 85, French film director and screenwriter (La Cage aux Folles).[50]
- Esther Streit-Wurzel, 81, Israeli author.[51]
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, 53, Indian comic actor.[52]
- Kei Suma, 78, Japanese actor, liver cancer.[53]
- Chick Willis, 79, American blues singer, cancer.[54]
- Georges Baal, 75, Hungarian psychoanalyst, director, actor, theater therapist and professor, heart attack.[55]
- Philippe Favre, 51, Swiss racing driver, skiing accident.[56]
- Tom Krause, 79, Finnish opera singer.[57]
- Daniella Lehavi, 59, Israeli fashion designer.[58]
- Peeter Mudist, 71, Estonian painter.[59]
- Jack Purcell, 94, American trombonist and big band leader.[60]
- Nya Quesada, 94, Argentine actress.[61]
- Alan Robinson, 65, Canadian politician.[62]
- Stan Tracey, 86, British jazz pianist.[63]
- M. K. Turk, 71, American college basketball coach (Southern Miss).[64]
- Louis Waldon, 78, American actor (Lonesome Cowboys, Blue Movie, Flesh), stroke.[65]
- Kate Williamson, 83, American actress (Ellen, Disclosure, Dahmer).[66]
- Pierre Aliker, 106, French Martinican politician and independence activist, complications from a fall.[67]
- Fred Bassetti, 96, American architect.[68]
- Jean-Luc Benoziglio, 72, Swiss writer.[69]
- Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk, 34, Belarusian Olympic long jumper (2008).[70]
- William B. Edmondson, 86, American diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1978-1981).[71]
- Günther Förg, 61, German artist.[72]
- Monte Fresco, 77, British sports photographer.[73]
- Barry Jackson, 75, English actor (Doctor Who, Wimbledon, Midsomer Murders).[74]
- Nelson Mandela, 95, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, President (1994−1999), lung infection.[75]
- Danny Matt, 85, Israeli major-general.[76]
- Andy Pierce, 45, Swedish rock vocalist (Nasty Idols), cerebral hemorrhage.[77]
- Marvin Rabin, 97, American music educator and youth orchestra director.[78]
- David Vestal, 89, American photographer, educator, and author.[79] (death announced on this date)
- Colin Wilson, 82, English writer.[80]
- Hassan al-Laqqis, Lebanese paramilitary officer, senior commander of Hezbollah, shot.[81]
- Robert Allman, 86, Australian operatic baritone.[82]
- Paul Aussaresses, 95, French army general.[83]
- McDonald Bailey, 92, British Olympic sprinter (1948), bronze medalist (1952).[84]
- Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe, 89, British peer.[85]
- Charles Grigg, 97, British comics artist (Korky the Cat, Desperate Dan).[86]
- José Esteban Muñoz, 46, Cuban-born American academic.[87]
- Paddy O'Byrne, 83, Irish broadcaster (Radio 702) and actor.[88]
- Bill Porter, 81, American door-to-door salesman (Door to Door).[89]
- Joana Raspall i Juanola, 100, Spanish Catalan writer.[90]
- Alexander Rennie, 54, South African Olympic slalom canoer (1992), plane crash.[91]
- Fred O. Waters, 86, American photographer (Associated Press).[92]
- John Albery, 77, British chemist and academic, Master of University College, Oxford (1989–1997).[93]
- Fernando Argenta, 68, Spanish journalist, musician and presenter, pancreatic cancer.[94]
- Gene Clair, 73, American sound engineer.[95]
- Dick Greuel, 85, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1953–1961), Speaker (1957–1959).[96]
- Ronald Hunter, 70, American actor (Along Came Polly, Law & Order, The Big Bang Theory), heart and kidney failure.[97]
- Niilo Koponen, 85, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1983–1993).[98]
- Norbert Kuchinke, 73, German journalist and actor (Autumn Marathon).[99]
- Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, 61, Egyptian military leader, Commander of the Egyptian Air Force (2008–2012), Minister of Military Production (2013).[100]
- Ahmed Fouad Negm, 84, Egyptian vernacular poet.[101]
- Avo Paistik, 77, Estonian cartoonist, film director and painter.[102]
- Edo Patregnani, 75, Italian footballer.[103]
- Ida Pollock, 105, British romance novelist.[104]
- Sefi Rivlin, 66, Israeli actor and comedian, cancer.[105]
- Frank Rozendaal, 56, Dutch ornithologist.[106]
- Sacha Sosno, 76, French sculptor and painter.[107]
- William Allain, 85, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (1984–1988), Attorney General (1980–1984).[108]
- Antonio Ansola, 82, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).[109]
- Iván Bächer, 56, Hungarian writer and journalist.[110]
- Bill Beckwith, 38, American contractor and actor (Curb Appeal), motorcycle collision.[111]
- Liam Connor, 58, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).[112]
- Marcelo Déda, 53, Brazilian politician, Governor of Sergipe (since 2007), cancer.[113]
- Brian Hitchen, 77, British journalist, Editor of the Daily Star (1987–1994) and Sunday Express (1994–1995), traffic collision.[114]
- Salim Kallas, 77, Syrian actor and politician.[115]
- Toshiko Karasawa, 102, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1946–1952).[116]
- Gary Leadston, 72, Canadian politician, cancer.[117]
- Junior Murvin, 67, Jamaican reggae singer ("Police and Thieves").[118]
- Joseph Napolitan, 84, American political consultant.[119]
- Bekhithemba Ndlovu, 46, Zimbabwean football manager.[120]
- Mary Riggans, 78, Scottish actress (Take the High Road, Balamory, Dear Frankie), complications of a stroke.[121]
- Pedro Rocha, 70, Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol, São Paulo FC).[122]
- Katsumi Satō, 84, Japanese human rights activist, pneumonia.[123]
- Vernon Shaw, 83, Dominican politician, President (1998–2003).[124]
- Christopher Evan Welch, 48, American actor (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Master, Rubicon), lung cancer.[125]
- Heinrich Boere, 92, Dutch-German convicted war criminal and member of the Waffen-SS.[126]
- Maria Mambo Café, 68, Angolan politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1982–1986); Governor of Cabinda (1990).[127]
- Maurice Cockrill, 78, British artist.[128]
- Richard Coughlan, 66, English drummer (Caravan).[129]
- Stirling Colgate, 88, American physicist.[130]
- Walter E. Ellis, 53, American serial killer.[131]
- T. R. Fehrenbach, 88, American author and historian.[132]
- Lino Grech, 83, Maltese actor, writer and director.[133]
- Edward Heffron, 90, American World War II veteran, portrayed in Band of Brothers.[134]
- Jerzy Matałowski, 65, German-born Polish actor.[135]
- Fernando Sabogal Viana, 72, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (since 1996).[136]
- André Schiffrin, 78, French-born American publisher and editor.[137]
- Martin Sharp, 71, Australian artist, emphysema.[138]
- Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis, 70, Portuguese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (since 1999).[139]
- Dany Vandenbossche, 57, Belgian politician, member of the Federal Parliament (1995–1999) and Flemish Parliament for East Flanders (1999–2009).[140]
- James von der Heydt, 94, American lawyer and judge.[141]
Earlier months
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References
- ^ Famous Georgian novelist dies at 92
- ^ Barbara Branden, RIP
- ^ North Korean leader's uncle 'executed over corruption'
- ^ Duke’s Kim Ji Hoon passes away after committing suicide
- ^ Pioneering Noise Musician Zbigniew Karkowski Dead at 55
- ^ Mac McGarry, ‘It’s Academic’ host, dies at 87
- ^ Bangladesh executes top Islamist leader Abdul Quader Molla for war crimes
- ^ Former MIT president Charles M. Vest dies at 72
- ^ Morreu o pintor Nadir Afonso, mestre da abstracção geométrica Template:Pt icon
- ^ British photographer daughter of actress Jane Birkin and Bond film composer John Barry found dead on pavement beneath her Paris apartment
- ^ George H. Buck dead at age 84
- ^ Calcio in lutto, e’ morto Luigi Menti Template:It icon
- ^ Neighbours, Crossroads & Young Doctors boss Alan Coleman dies
- ^ Comcast SportsNet president Jim Corno dies
- ^ Jim Hall, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83
- ^ General Aryeh Levi Passes Away
- ^ Michigan, Detroit Tigers legend Don Lund dies in Ann Arbor home at age 90
- ^ Longtime state Rep. William Mallory Sr. dead at 82
- ^ Falleció el arquitecto Luis Ortiz Macedo Template:Es icon
- ^ Herbert McChrystal Jr. Obituary
- ^ Morta Rossana Podestà Template:It icon
- ^ Well-known writer Ravella no more
- ^ Sundarnath Suvarna dead
- ^ Newly elected KSCA president Srikantadatta Wodeyar passes away
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/news/53339-rip-the-child-of-lov/
- ^ Acteur Kees Brusse overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ The Express Tribune, December 12, 2013
- ^ UFC heavyweight Shane del Rosario dead at the age of 30
- ^ RIVERSIDE: Retired Justice John G. Gabbert, civic leader, dead at 104
- ^ Former Vol Joe Black Hayes Dies At 98
- ^ Eurovision Austria: Rounder Girl Lynne Kieran dies
- ^ Milton Olin Jr. Dead: Former Napster COO Fatally Struck By Police Car
- ^ Actress Eleanor Parker dies at 91
- ^ Lloyd Pye Has Died
- ^ Film director Shiva Regmi passes away
- ^ Tschechow-Übersetzer Peter Urban ist tot Template:De icon
- ^ Corte Suprema informa fallecimiento de ex ministro Orlando Álvarez Hernández Template:Es icon
- ^ Умер Леонид Барановский Template:Ru icon
- ^ Laurent Baffie annonce le décès de la comédienne Mado Maurin. Template:Fr icon
- ^ Shirley Flynn
- ^ Don Mitchell Actor on original 'Ironside' series
- ^ Cantonese opera singer Hung Sin-nui dies at age of 88
- ^ Elhunyt Szokolay Sándor zeneszerző Template:Hu icon
- ^ Rich Williamson, former UN official, GOP Illinois Senate candidate, Romney advisor 1949-2013
- ^ John Daniel Wyker III Obituary
- ^ Report: Petrova’s Olympian mother dies in car crash
- ^ Olympiamitalisti Eero Kolehmainen on kuollut Template:Fi icon
- ^ Zmarł najstarszy Lubuszanin – miał 113 lat Template:Pl icon
- ^ Baby Jake Matlala dies
- ^ Mort d’Édouard Molinaro, artisan indispensable du cinéma français Template:Fr icon
- ^ Author Esther Streit-Wurzel, 81, dies
- ^ Comedian Dharmavarapu Subramanyam passes away
- ^ 訃報:すまけいさん７８歳＝俳優 Template:Ja icon
- ^ Bluesman Chick Willis Dies Aged 79
- ^ Elhunyt Georges Baal Template:Hu icon
- ^ Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident
- ^ Oopperalaulaja Tom Krause on kuollut Template:Fi icon
- ^ Fashion figure Daniella Lehavi passes away at 59
- ^ Peeter Mudist Template:Et icon
- ^ Obituary: John E. 'Jack' Purcell / Trombonist led go-to band for Pittsburgh society events
- ^ Murió la actriz Nya Quesada Template:Es icon
- ^ Alan Robinson, former leader of the PAC, passes away
- ^ Stan Tracey, godfather of British jazz, dies aged 86
- ^ Legendary Southern Miss basketball coach M.K. Turk dead at 71
- ^ Louis Waldon, Actor In Warhol Films, Dies At 78
- ^ Actress Kate Williamson Dies at 83
- ^ Martinique Politician Pierre Aliker Dies at 106
- ^ Architect Fred Bassetti dies; he leaves indelible mark on Seattle
- ^ Jean-Luc Benoziglio (1941-2013), écrivain suisse de langue française Template:Fr icon
- ^ ПАМЯТИ ТОВАРИЩА. Ирина Чернушенко-Стасюк Template:Ru icon
- ^ Obituary: William B. Edmondson
- ^ Und hinter tausend Farbbahnen keine Geschichte Template:De icon
- ^ Monte Fresco dies: Mirror photographer took some of the most iconic sports pictures in history
- ^ Barry Jackson obituary
- ^ Nelson Mandela, hero of South Africa, dies at 95
- ^ General Danny Matt Passes Away at 85
- ^ NASTY IDOLS Singer ANDY PIERCE Dead At 45
- ^ WYSO founding conductor and music educator Marvin Rabin dies
- ^ Photographer David Vestal Passes Away
- ^ Colin Wilson
- ^ Hezbollah says commander killed in Beirut, blames Israel
- ^ Obituary: Robert Allman OBE AM
- ^ Algeria torture: French general Paul Aussaresses dies
- ^ T&T loses an icon in McDonald Bailey
- ^ Henry Edward Cubitt ASHCOMBE
- ^ Dandy artist Charles Grigg dies, aged 97
- ^ Highly regarded author and professor José Esteban Muñoz dies
- ^ Veteran broadcaster, popular actor O’Byrne dies
- ^ Bill Porter, Portland's famed door-to-door salesman, has died at age 81
- ^ Mor l'escriptora Joana Raspall als 100 anys Template:Ca icon
- ^ Olympic and Dusi star dies in plane crash
- ^ Longtime AP photographer Fred Waters dies
- ^ Tribute to former Master Professor Wyndham John Albery
- ^ Muere Fernando Argenta, la voz de 'Clásicos populares' y 'El conciertazo' Template:Es icon
- ^ Walter Eugene "Gene" Clair
- ^ Richard "Dick" Greuel Obituary
- ^ Actor Ronald Lee Hunter Dies at 70
- ^ Former Fairbanks legislator, educator Niilo Koponen dies
- ^ В Германии скончался Норберт Кухинке, исполнитель роли профессора из Дании в фильме "Осенний марафон" Template:Ru icon
- ^ Military Production Minister Reda Hafez dies at 61
- ^ Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm dies
- ^ Suri Avo Paistik Template:Et icon
- ^ Addio a Edo Patregnani Template:It icon
- ^ Romantic novelist Ida Pollock dies, aged 105
- ^ Israeli actor and comedian Sefi Rivlin passes away at age 66
- ^ Dutch Birding: Frank Rozendaal 1957-2013 Template:Nl icon
- ^ VIDEO. Sacha Sosno, sculpteur emblématique de l'Ecole de Nice, est mort Template:Fr icon
- ^ Former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain Dies at 85
- ^ Fallece Antonio Ansola Template:Es icon
- ^ Meghalt Bächer Iván Template:Hu icon
- ^ HGTV show host Bill Beckwith dies in San Francisco crash
- ^ Offaly football legend O'Connor dies, aged 58
- ^ Marcelo Déda morre aos 53 anos vítima de um câncer Template:Pt icon
- ^ Ex Daily Star editor Brian Hitchen dies in car crash in Spain
- ^ Syrian renowned actor Salim Kallas passes away
- ^ 柄沢と志子さん死去 元共産党衆院議員 旧北海道１区 Template:Ja icon
- ^ Former MPP, city and regional councillor Gary Leadston dies at 72
- ^ Reggae singer Junior Murvin dies in Jamaica
- ^ Joseph Napolitan, pioneer in political consulting and a Bredesen adviser, dies at 84
- ^ Zimbabwe: Ndlovu Dies
- ^ TV's High Road and Balamory actress Mary Riggans dies aged 78
- ^ Pedro Rocha: Stylish, languid midfielder and striker whose skill and goals took him to four World Cups with Uruguay
- ^ 佐藤勝巳さん死去 拉致被害者「救う会」の元会長 Template:Ja icon
- ^ UPDATE: Vernon Shaw passes on
- ^ Christopher Evan Welch, Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies in L.A.
- ^ SS' er Heinrich Boere overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Ruling MPLA party Politburo regrets death of nationalist Mambo Café
- ^ Maurice Cockrill obituary
- ^ Richard Coughlan drums
- ^ SFI co-founder Stirling Colgate passes away
- ^ Serial killer serving life sentence dies in South Dakota
- ^ Noted Texas historian, author T.R. Fehrenbach dies
- ^ Veteran actor, writer, director Lino Grech dies
- ^ Edward "Babe" Heffron, Another Veteran of Easy Company 2/506th PIR 101st Airborne "Band of Brothers" Passes
- ^ Jerzy Matałowski nie żyje. Był aktorem znanym z serialu "Czarne Chmury” Template:Pl icon
- ^ Bishop Fernando Sabogal Viana
- ^ André Schiffrin, Publishing Force and a Founder of New Press, Is Dead at 78
- ^ Artist Martin Sharp dies of long term illness
- ^ Bishop Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis
- ^ Voormalig Vlaams parlementslid Vandenbossche overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Judge James von der Heydt Obituary