Deaths in 2013: Difference between revisions

This is a list of notable deaths in 2013. Names are listed under the date of death. Names under each date are listed 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 lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death and reference.

July 2013

29

• Christian Benítez, 27, Ecuadorean football player (El Jaish SC).
• Tony Gaze, 93, Australian World War II flying ace and Grand Prix race car driver.
• Munir Hussain, 83, Pakistani cricket player, journalist and broadcaster, cardiac arrest.
• Hussain Najadi, 75, Iranian banker, founder and managing director of AmBank, shot.

28

• Mustafa Adrisi, 91, Ugandan military officer and politician, Vice President (1977–1978). (death announced on this date)
• William F. Bell, 74, Canadian politician, mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario (1988–2006).
• Lois DeBerry, 68, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1972), pancreatic cancer.
• Graham Murray, 58, Australian rugby league player and coach, complications from a heart attack.
• Abdulla Ahmed Nass, 77, Bahraini construction executive, founder and CEO of Nass Corporation B.S.C..
• Jacky Ng Kiat Kee, 28, Malaysian basketball player, suspected heart attack.
• Princess Norodom Vichara, 68, Cambodian royalty and politician, MP (1998–2003), lung cancer.
• B.G. Raghupathy, 59, Indian energy executive, founder and CEO of BGR Energy Systems Ltd.
• Jagdish Raj, 84, Indian actor, respiratory arrest.
• Rita Reys, 88, Dutch jazz singer, intracranial hemorrhage.
• William Scranton, 96, American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1963–1967), Ambassador to the United Nations (1976–1977), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Ray Strauss, 85, Australian cricketer.
• Ersilio Tonini, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino (1969–1975), Archbishop of Ravenna (1975–1990), and Cardinal (since 1994).

27

• Fernando Alonso, 98, Cuban ballet dancer, founder of National Ballet. (death announced on this date)
• Henryk Baranowski, 70, Polish actor.
• Craig Bodzianowski, 52, American boxer.
• Lindy Boggs, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Louisiana (1973–1991), Ambassador to the Vatican (1997–2001), mother of Cokie Roberts, natural causes.
• Sékou Camara, 27, Malian footballer (Pelita Bandung Raya), heart attack.
• Bud Day, 88, American USAF commander (Vietnam War), Medal of Honor recipient.
• Graham Dixon, 61, Australian cricket executive, CEO of Queensland Cricket (1996–2013), cancer.
• Mick Farren, 69, British music journalist, author and singer (The Deviants).
• Kidd Kraddick, 53, American syndicated radio and television personality (Kidd Kraddick in the Morning; Dish Nation), brain aneurysm.
• Gavin Lewis, 59, South African broadcaster and political party spokesman, liver cancer.
• Jon Leyne, 55, British journalist (BBC News), brain tumour. (death announced on this day)
• Rhona Oliver, 83, Scottish horse breeder and trainer.
• Santiago Santamaría, 60, Argentinian footballer (Stade de Reims), heart attack.
• Ilya Segalovich, 48, Russian technology executive, co-founder of Yandex, complications of stomach cancer.

26

• Abdul-Salam al Musmari, Libyan lawyer, led 2011 protests against Muammar Gaddafi, shot.
• Jim Barnett, 86, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1992–2008).
• JJ Cale, 74, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("After Midnight", "Cocaine", "Call Me the Breeze") and musician, heart attack.
• Luther F. Cole, 87, American politician and judge, member of the Louisiana House (1964–1966), Louisiana Supreme Court (1986–1992).
• Marco Antonio Flores, 76, Guatemalan author, natural causes.
• Cary Fotias, 56, American horse racing handicapper and author.
• Bellino Giusto Ghirard, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rodez (1991–2011).
• Douglas Manley, 91, Jamaican politician, MP for South Manchester (1972–1976), brother of Michael Manley.
• George P. Mitchell, 94, American businessman, real estate developer, and pioneer of shale gas technology.
• T.S. Narasimhan, 86, Indian film producer.
• Mike Shipley, Australian-born British Grammy Award-winning sound engineer and music producer (Def Leppard). (death announced on this date)
• Obaid Siddiqi, 81, Indian biologist and academic, traffic collision.
• Raj Kumar Singh, Indian politician, Bihar MLA for Sahebganj, shot.
• Unbridled's Song, 20, American thoroughbred horse, winner of Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1995), euthanized.
• Zhang Hongming, 94, Chinese-born Taiwanese nanguan musician, maestro and teacher, colorectal cancer.

25

• Steve Berrios, 68, American jazz drummer.
• Mohamed Brahmi, 58, Tunisian politician and opposition leader, MP for Movement of the People (since 2011), shot.
• Peter Bridgeman, 80, British soldier.
• Mark Corwin, 65, American Emmy Award-winning game show director (Wheel of Fortune), cancer.
• Walter De Maria, 77, American sculptor (The Lightning Field), stroke.
• León Ferrari, 92, Argentinian conceptual artist.
• William J. Guste, 91, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1968–1972), Attorney General of Louisiana (1972–1992).
• Barnaby Jack, 35, New Zealand computer specialist and security researcher.
• Bernadette Lafont, 74, French actress (The Mother and the Whore, An Impudent Girl, Le Beau Serge), cardiac arrest.
• Alick Lihuhu, 32, Malawian footballer.
• Duilio Marzio, 89, Argentinian actor, cardiac arrest.
• Mjura Mkandawire, 85, Malawian songwriter, rectal cancer.
• Mahmoud Ostad Mohammad, 63, Iranian playwright and theatre director, liver cancer.
• Arun Nehru, 69, Indian politician.
• Rick Norton, 69, American football player (Miami Dolphins), heart disease.
• Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, 65, Colombian convicted drug lord, co-founder of Medellin cartel, heart attack.
• Alhaji Odunewu, 85, Nigerian newspaper journalist, editor and columnist.
• Kongar-ol Ondar, 51, Russian Tuvan throat singer, brain hemorrhage.
• Hans Tanzler, 86, American politician, mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1967–1979).

24

• Vince Casanova, 60, American newspaper executive, president and COO of Tribune Media Services, stomach cancer.
• Garry Davis, 91, American peace activist.
• Fred Dretske, 80, American philosopher and epistemologist.
• Virginia E. Johnson, 88, American sexologist (Masters & Johnson) and psychologist.
• Umi Kalthum, 81, Malaysian actress.
• Jack Kelly, 68, American sporting and technology executive, president of Goodwill Games (1990–1996), cancer.
• Pius Langa, 74, South African judge, Chief Justice (2005–2009), member of the Constitutional Court (1994–2009).
• Arthur Makadon, 70, American lawyer, chairman of Ballard Spahr (2002–2011), lung cancer.
• Nikos Mamangakis, 84, Greek composer, cancer.
• Chiwoniso Maraire, 37, Zimbabwean Mbira singer, lung infection.
• Derek Percy, 64, Australian murderer, longest-serving prisoner in Victoria, cancer.
• Jim Underwood, 67, American Guamanian politician, member of the Legislature of Guam (1976–1984).

23

• Rona Anderson, 86, Scottish film, television and stage actress (Scrooge, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie).
• Pauline Clarke, 92, English children's author.
• William P. Costas, 84, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1980–1988).
• Dominguinhos, 72, Brazilian composer and singer, infection and cardiac complications.
• Emile Griffith, 75, U.S. Virgin Island boxer, middleweight and welterweight champion, complications from dementia.
• Vahram Harutyunyan, 54, Armenian artist.
• Jokichi Ikarashi, 111, Japanese supercentenarian.
• Kim Jong-hak, 61, South Korean television director, charcoal-burning suicide.
• Pino Massara, 82, Italian musician, composer, record producer and conductor.
• Red McManus, 88, American basketball coach (Creighton University, 1959–1969).
• Károly Molnár, 69, Hungarian mechanical engineer and politician, minister without portfolio in charge of research and development (2008–2009).
• Mike Morwood, 62, Australian archaeologist, discoverer of the Flores hobbit, cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Djalma Santos, 84, Brazilian footballer, two-time World Cup winner (1958, 1962), complications from pneumonia.
• Carsten Schloter, 49, German executive, CEO of Swisscom, suicide.
• Billy Smith, 35, British boxer, suicide.
• Manjula Vijayakumar, 59, Indian actress, blood clot in the stomach.
• Jud Yalkut, 75, American artist, film maker and academic, co-founder of Dayton Visual Arts Center.

22

• Albert Ching, 87, American magician (The Ed Sullivan Show, The Steve Allen Show) and restaurateur.
• Josef Desimone, 44, American chef (Facebook, Google), motorcycle collision.
• Dennis Farina, 69, American actor (Law & Order, Get Shorty, Unsolved Mysteries), pulmonary embolism.
• GiGi Hines, 76, American blues singer and songwriter, traffic collision.
• Ramon T. Jimenez, 89, Filipino lawyer.
• Valérie Lang, 47, French actress, brain tumor.
• Linda Lewis, 52, Canadian magazine editor (More, Today's Parent), leukemia.
• Ali Maow Maalin, 59, Somalian health worker, last person to survive smallpox.
• Vallabh Das Mehta, 84, Indian economist and academic.
• Lawrie Reilly, 84, Scottish footballer (Hibernian F.C., national team).
• Alejandro Santiago, 49, Mexican sculptor and painter, heart attack.
• Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, 93, Indian civil servant, Chairman of SCI, Secretary General of IMO, awarded Padma Vibhushan (2009).
• Keron Thomas, 37, American train thief, heart attack.
• Rosalie E. Wahl, 88, American jurist, member of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1977–1994).
• Kornél Zempléni, 91, Hungarian pianist.

21

• Kenneth W. Andrews, 83, American newspaper publisher (The Clarion-Ledger), pancreatic cancer.
• Andrea Antonelli, 25, Italian motorcycle racer (World Supersport Championship), race collision.
• Thony Belizaire, 54, Haitian news photographer (AFP), complications of respiratory difficulty.
• Page Morton Black, 97, American cabaret singer, socialite and philanthropist.
• Paul Candies, 72, American racing owner (NHRA top fuel and funny car), heart attack.
• Yair Clavijo, 18, Peruvian footballer (Sporting Cristal), cerebral edema caused by underlying cardiac condition.
• Ronnie Cutrone, 65, American artist.
• Det de Beus, 55, Dutch Olympic field hockey champion (1984) and bronze medal-winner (1988).
• Denys de La Patellière, 92, French film director (Marco the Magnificent) and novelist.
• Jackie Denver, 87, Irish footballer (Belfast Celtic F.C., Glenavon F.C.).
• Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, 32, Indian Olympic judoka (2000), complications from pregnancy.
• Sonny Gandee, 84, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Irene Gleeson, 68, Australian humanitarian, throat cancer.
• Francis Kadenge, Kenyan footballer (A.F.C. Leopards, national team), chronic stomach ulcers.
• R. D. Matthews, 92, American underworld figure, Benny Binion's protection, noted in Warren Commission findings of John F. Kennedy assassination.
• Pius Oleh, 42, Nigerian footballer (national team), carbon monoxide poisoning. (death confirmed on this date)
• Ugo Riccarelli, 59, Italian novelist, complications from a heart and lung transplant.
• James Russell, 91, American financial journalist and editor (Miami Herald, UPI), correctly predicted the dot com bust.
• David Shamoon, 82, Iraqi-born British hotelier (Marbella Club Hotel), pneumonia.
• Jude Speyrer, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lake Charles (1980–2000).
• Fred Taylor, 93, American football coach (Texas Christian University, 1967–1970).

20

• Korvotney Barber, 26, American basketball player (Lugano Tigers), drowned.
• John Casablancas, 70, American modeling agent and scout, founder of Elite Model Management, father of Julian Casablancas, cancer.
• Pierre Fabre, 87, French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive, founder of Laboratoires Pierre Fabre.
• André Grobéty, 80, Swiss footballer.
• Georgy Guryanov, 52, Russian drummer (Kino), complications of hepatitis C, liver and pancreatic cancer.
• Faye Hunter, 59, American alternative rock musician (Let's Active), suicide.
• Khurshed Alam Khan, 94, Indian politician, Governor of Goa (1989–1991) and Karnataka (1991–1999), aortic stenosis.
• Nkosiphendule Kolisile, 40, South African politician, traffic collision.
• Jim Langley, 75, American PGA golfer.
• Alexander Lilov, 79, Bulgarian political party leader and academic.
• Mark Mahowald, 81, American mathematician.
• Allan Mapisa, 27, Zimbabwean musician, traffic collision.
• Oommen Mathew, 73, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Kuttanad (1980–1982).
• Sarah McCarthy, 38, Australian magazine editor (Girlfriend), heart attack.
• Anand Bhaskar Morla, 33, Indian documentary film maker, electrocuted.
• Surya Prasad Pokharel, 50, Nepalese jurist, Joint Attorney General (since 2008), traffic collision.
• Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao, 66, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA for Chintalapudi (1983–2004), cardiac arrest.
• Augustus Rowe, 92, Canadian physician and politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MLA for Carbonear (1971–1975).
• Dirk Smilde, 87, Dutch entrepreneur.
• David Spenser, 79, Sri Lankan-born British radio play performer (Just William), actor and producer.
• George Szypula, 92, American gymnast (Temple University) and gymnastics coach (Michigan State University, 1947–1988), NCAA Championship (1958).
• Helen Thomas, 92, American journalist and author, member of the White House Press Corps.

19

• Sant Kaur Bajwa, 115, Pakistani-born English supercentenarian, claimed to be world's oldest person.
• Délio Baptista, 65, Angolan plastic artist.
• Richard Carey, 84, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1967–1978), Maine Senate (1990–1998), mayor of Waterville (1970–1978).
• Nick Dewhirst, 63, British sailing executive and community activist, led campaign to get catamarans back into Olympics, suspected heart attack.
• Abbas Fallahzadeh, 113, Iranian supercentenarian, cardiac arrest.
• Mikhail Gorsheniov, 39, Russian punk rock musician (Korol i Shut), drug overdose.
• Leo Hebert, 81, Canadian television and sport producer (CBC), introduced use of telestrator, instant replays and bird's-eye view in televised Canadian sport.
• Alan Hunt, 85, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1961–1992).
• Wendell Kangaloo, 56, Trinidadian judge, member of the Court of Appeals (since 2001), injuries sustained in traffic collision.
• Larry Keane, 56, Irish convicted terrorist (Real IRA), blunt force trauma.
• Gordon McKenzie, 86, American Olympic long distance runner (1956, 1960).
• Mary Ostrowski, 51, American basketball player (University of Tennessee, national team), complications from multiple myeloma.
• Simon Pimenta, 93, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Bombay (1978–1996), Cardinal (1988–1996).
• Poncie Ponce, 80, American actor (Hawaiian Eye).
• Wilf Proudfoot, 91, British politician, businessman and hypnotist, MP for Cleveland (1959–1964); Brighouse and Spenborough (1970–1974).
• Sarvesh Singh Seepu, 35, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Azamgarh (2007–2012), shot.
• Mel Smith, 60, English comedian and actor (Not the Nine O'Clock News, The Princess Bride, Alas Smith and Jones), heart attack.
• Newton Tattrie, 82, American wrestler.
• Bert Trautmann, 89, German footballer (Manchester City, 1949–1964), heart failure.
• Phil Woosnam, 80, Welsh footballer, coach and soccer commissioner (NASL, 1968–1982), complications from prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

18

• Olivier Ameisen, 60, French-born American cardiologist, myocardial infarction.
• Peter Appleyard, 84, British-born Canadian jazz musician and composer, natural causes.
• Donald Blakney, 72, American wildlife artist, natural causes. (death announced on this date)
• Fernando Castillo Velasco, 94, Chilean architect, rector of Catholic University of Chile, natural causes.
• Peter Fulcher, 72, New Zealand convicted criminal enforcer (Terrance John Clark), emphysema.
• Larry Grathwohl, 65, American informant, spied on Weather Underground for FBI.
• Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid, 88, Malaysian academic, sole Malaysian survivor of Hiroshima atomic bomb.
• Willie Louis, 76, American key witness in Emmett Till murder trial.
• Kåre Lunden, 83, Norwegian historian.
• Gina Mallet, 75, Canadian food and theatre critic, bile duct cancer.
• Jack M. Marden, 80, American judge, member of the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals.
• John H. Moore II, 85, American judge, member of the US District Court for Middle Florida (since 1981), Florida Court of Appeals (1977–1981).
• Samar Mukherjee, 99, Indian politician, MP for Howrah (1971–1984), Senator (1986–1993), West Bengal MLA for Howrah (1957–1971), respiratory failure.
• C. Perumal, 62, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Yercaud (1989–1996, since 2011), cardiac arrest.
• Paul Pollei, 77, American piano academic, founder of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition.
• Carline Ray, 88, American jazz guitarist.
• Vaughn Ross, 41, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, 64, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Samarinda (1993), Archbishop of Samarinda (since 2003).
• Vaali, 81, Indian Tamil lyricist, writer, poet and actor.

17

• Said Ali al-Shihri, 39, Saudi Arabian militant, deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, drone strike. (death announced on this date)
• Henri Alleg, 91, British-born French-Algerian journalist.
• Gangu Batra, 84, Indian industrialist, CEO of Jashanmal, natural causes.
• Vincenzo Cerami, 72, Italian screenwriter (Life Is Beautiful).
• David Collins, 57, Irish-born British restaurant designer (Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, The Wolseley), complications of skin cancer.
• Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque, 82, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarija (1995–2004).
• John Fahy, 58, American prosecutor and legal analyst (MSNBC), suicide by gunshot.
• Sir Ian Gourlay, 92, British army general, Commandant General Royal Marines (1971–1975).
• Frank Hanes, 93, American author, cancer.
• Richard James, 87, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1951–1954).
• Mohammed Darrar Jammo, 44, Syrian journalist and political commentator, shot.
• Santosh Lal, 32, Indian cricketer, invented the helicopter shot, pancreatitis.
• Jack-Alain Léger, 66, French novelist, suicide by jumping.
• George Lyn, 81, Jamaican politician, MP for North Central Clarendon (1993–2002), complications from a heart attack.
• Briony McRoberts, 56, British actress (Take the High Road), wife of David Robb, hit by train.
• Sanyahak Phomvihane, 45, Laotian military officer and politician, son of Kaysone Phomvihane.
• Viktor Sedov, 65, Russian violinist (Bolshoi Theatre), complications from a fall.
• Abu Sukhar, 78, Palestinian convicted terrorist, Zion Square refrigerator bombing (1975), heart attack.
• Luis Ubiña, 73, Uruguayan footballer.
• Davie White, 80, Scottish football player and manager (Clyde, Rangers, Dundee).

16

• Nobuyuki Aihara, 78, Japanese gymnast.
• Todd Bennett, 51, British Olympic runner (1988) and silver medalist (1984), cancer.
• Nicholas Burnett, 18, Zimbabwean swimmer (All-Africa Games, 2011) and rugby union player, traffic collision.
• Talia Castellano, 13, American internet celebrity, neuroblastoma.
• Alex Colville, 92, Canadian painter.
• Barun De, 80, Indian historian and academic.
• Torbjørn Falkanger, 85, Norwegian Olympic silver medalist ski jumper (1952).
• T-Model Ford, 93, American blues musician, respiratory failure.
• Jack Gillespie, 87, Scottish businessman, chief shareholder of Rangers F.C. (1976–1985).
• Laly Haddon, 74, New Zealand Māori tribal leader (Ngāti Wai), politician, rugby union player (New Zealand Māori, North Auckland) and conservationist, cancer.
• Elmer Lee, 93, American master distiller (Buffalo Trace Distillery).
• Frank Moretti, 69, American academic. (death announced on this date)
• Mario Laserna Pinzón, 89, French-born Colombian educator, diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France and Austria, Senator (1991–1995), Alzheimer's disease.
• Shringar Nagaraj, 74, Indian film producer and actor, kidney failure.
• Carlotta Nobile, 24, Italian violinist, author and artistic director, cancer.
• Camilla Odhnoff, 85, Swedish politician, Governor of Blekinge County (1974–1992).
• Yuri Prokhorov, 83, Russian mathematician.
• Alejandro Puente, 80, Argentinian artist.
• Jon Richardson, 53, American football executive (Carolina Panthers), president of Stadium Operations (1996–2009), cancer.
• Marv Rotblatt, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• George Smith, 92, British footballer (Manchester City). (death announced on this date)

15

• Ninos Aho, 68, Syrian Assyrian poet and activist.
• Gordon Belcourt, 68, American Blackfeet tribal executive and social advocate.
• Henry Braden, 68, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1978–1984), heart failure.
• Cliff Burglin, 85, American oil pioneer and land consultant, early proponent of petroleum drilling in Alaska.
• Aldo Calderón van Dyke, 45, Honduran journalist and news anchor, poisoning.
• Madhavi Desai, 80, Indian author and short story writer.
• Janice Fahey, 67, American showgirl, colon cancer.
• Tom Greenwell, 57, American judge, suicide by gunshot.
• Niko Kralj, 91, Slovenian industrial designer (Rex chair).
• Jane Lareau, 61, American conservationist and journalist, cancer.
• Noël Lee, 88, Chinese-born French-American classical pianist and composer.
• Meskerem Legesse, 26, Ethiopian Olympic runner (2004), heart attack.
• Terje Mørkved, 64, Norwegian footballer (Bodø/Glimt, Rosenborg).
• Yawi Noming, 92, Taiwanese Tiango elder, last Taiwanese aboriginal man with facial tattoos.
• Robert P. Perry, 82, American bio-physicist, early DNA mechanisms research pioneer, elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1977), complications from neuropathy.
• John T. Riedl, 51, American computer scientist.
• Ashton Springer, 82, American theatre producer and director, pneumonia.

14

• Tonino Accolla, 64, Italian voice and theatre actor.
• Herbert M. Allison, 69, American financial executive (Merrill Lynch), Assistant US Secretary of the Treasury (2009–2010), oversaw TARP, heart attack.
• Matt Batts, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers).
• Dennis Burkley, 67, American actor (King of the Hill, The Doors, Tin Cup), heart attack.
• Simmie Hill, 66, American basketball player.
• Thad J. Jakubowski, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (1988–2003).
• Ken Johnston, American talent manager (Sherman Hemsley, Smokin' Joe Frazier), natural causes.
• Rashid Ali Khan, 63, Pakistani field hockey umpire (Hockey Champions Trophy), cardiac arrest.
• Jenny Lay, 74, British politician, Lord Mayor of Norwich, cancer.
• Curly Lewis, 88, American swing fiddler (The Texas Playboys), lung cancer.
• Tejinder Pal Mann, 75, Indian political leader and politician, heart attack.
• Tony Metcalf, 50, British newspaper journalist and editor (Metro International), colon cancer.
• Roberto Oswald, 80, Argentinian opera director and stage designer.
• N. Rangabashyam, 79, Indian gastroenterologist.
• Saturnino Rustrián, 70, Guatemalan Olympic road racing cyclist (1968).
• Ernesto Schoo, 87, Argentinian writer and journalist, theater critic and translator
• Bill Warner, 44, American motorcycle racer, set land speed record on a conventional motorcycle (2011), motorcycle collision.
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, 67, Russian choreographer.

13

• Pete Accardy, 72, American swim coach (Cal State Northridge), coached 13 NCAA Men's and Women's Division II Championship teams, cancer.
• Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, 90, British nobleman and author.
• Bertha Becker, 82, Brazilian geographer.
• Leo Burns, 98, American harness racer.
• John Cowdery, 83, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1983–1985, 1997–2000) and Senate (2001–2009).
• Veronica De Labastide, 77, Trinidadian Calypso singer.
• Laurie Frink, 61, American trumpet player and teacher, bile duct cancer.
• Leonard Garment, 89, American lawyer and presidential adviser, central figure in Watergate scandal.
• Lindy Hess, 63, American academic and book publisher, cancer.
• Ralph Holness, 60s, Jamaican theatre director and producer.
• Henri Julien, 84, French car industrialist (Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives).
• Seamus McKenna, 58, Irish convicted terrorist (Real IRA), fall.
• Cory Monteith, 31, Canadian actor (Glee, Kyle XY, Monte Carlo) and singer, heroin and alcohol overdose.
• Ottavio Quattrocchi, 74, Italian businessman, central figure in the Bofors scandal, heart attack.
• Kamalakar Reddy, 37, Indian Telugu actor, neurological illness.
• Sharmila Rege, 48, Indian sociologist, feminist and author, complications of colon cancer.
• Udo Reinemann, 70, German baritone.
• Mona Røkke, 73, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1989), Justice Minister (1981–1985), cancer.
• Vernon B. Romney, 89, American politician, Utah Attorney General (1969–1977), cousin of Mitt Romney, natural causes.
• Marc Simont, 97, French-born American children's book illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner for A Tree is Nice (1957).
• Kip Tokuda, 66, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1994–2002), heart attack.

12

• Bana, 81, Cape Verdean morna singer and musician.
• M. Bhaskar, 78, Indian film director and producer, heart attack.
• Paul Bhattacharjee, 53, British actor (EastEnders, Casino Royale, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). (body found on this date)
• Amar Bose, 83, American audio executive, founder of Bose Corporation.
• Ray Butt, 78, British television director and producer (Only Fools and Horses).
• William E. Glenn, 87, American inventor and academic.
• Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis, 77, British politician, Head of the Liberal Party Organisation (1966–1969).
• Andrzej Czyżniewski, 59, Polish footballer, heart attack.
• Louis Magnarelli, 68, American insect disease researcher (Lyme disease).
• Mohammed Adam Mallik, 61, Indian political leader, president of Majlis Bachao Tehreek, cardiac arrest.
• Elaine Morgan, 92, Welsh writer, feminist and evolutionary theorist (The Descent of Woman, The Aquatic Ape).
• Sten A. Olsson, 96, Swedish shipping magnate, founder of Stena Line.
• Pran, 93, Indian actor, pneumonia.
• Takako Takahashi, 81, Japanese novelist and French language translator, heart failure.
• James L. Voss, 79, American veterinarian and equine specialist, Dean of CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (1986–2001).
• Alan Whicker, 87, British journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World), bronchial pneumonia.
• Abu Zahar Ithnin, 74, Malaysian politician, complications of kidney disease.

11

• Zeb Alley, 84, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1971–1973), recipient of Bronze Star Medal.
• Egbert Brieskorn, 77, German mathematician.
• Lary Lewman, 76, American voice actor.
• Mark Madsen-Mygdal, 23, British Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.
• James David Mark, 43, American guitar player, natural causes.
• Ciro Morotti, 90, Italian footballer.
• Milton Silveira, 84, American aerospace engineer (NASA).
• Paul Thomas, 58, British Manx motorcycle sidecar passenger, race collision.
• Eugene P. Wilkinson, 94, American naval officer and nuclear power advocate, first CO of the USS Long Beach, founding CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.

10

• Colin Bennetts, 72, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Coventry (1998-2008), brain tumour.
• Philip Caldwell, 93, American corporate executive, Chairman and CEO of the Ford Motor Company (1979–1985), complications of a stroke.
• Józef Gara, 84, Polish linguist and Vilamovian language activist.
• Concha García Campoy, 54, Spanish radio and television journalist, leukemia.
• Caroline Duby Glassman, 90, American judge, first woman appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1983–1997).
• Ilan Halevi, 70, French-born Palestinian diplomat and adviser.
• Ok-Hee Ku, 56, South Korean golfer, President of the Korean LPGA (2011–2012), heart attack.
• Gokulananda Mahapatra, 92, Indian science fiction and children's author.
• Peppi Marchello, 68, American rock musician (The Good Rats), complications from heart surgery.
• Walter McCaffrey, 64, American politician and activist (New York City Council, 1985–2001), underlying health issues complicated by injuries sustained in a May 2013 car accident.
• Kathryn Sloan McCourt, 42, American ice hockey player (Providence College), NCAA Women's Championship team (1993), heart arrhythmia.
• Jean-Pierre Nutini, 64, American film technician (The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises).
• Eamon O'Reilly, Irish police detective (Garda Síochána), led investigation into the murder of Raonaid Murray. (death announced on this date)
• Guy Reed, 91, British horse owner and breeder.
• Claude Stratford, 102, New Zealand health and beauty executive.
• William Ralph Turner, 93, British painter.
• André Verchuren, 92, French accordionist.
• Ibrahim Youssef, 54, Egyptian Olympic (1984) footballer (Zamalek SC), heart attack.

9

• Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, 93, Russian historian and writer.
• Guido Breña López, 82, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ica (1973–2007).
• Markus Büchel, 54, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister (1993).
• Arturo Cruz, 89, Nicaraguan economist and politician.
• Jim Foglesong, 90, American country music executive (Capitol Records) and producer (Garth Brooks), inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame (2004).
• David Jukes, 46, British Manx Grand Prix racer, collision.
• Kiril, 59, Bulgarian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav (since 1989), drowning.
• Ric Klass, 67, American scientist (NASA), film maker, author and real estate mogul.
• Lewis Lymon, 69, American singer, brother of Frankie Lymon, prostate cancer.
• Rasu Madhuravan, 44, Indian filmmaker (Pandi, Goripalayam), throat cancer.
• Kirsty Milne, 49, Scottish journalist and academic, lung cancer.
• Andrew Nori, 60 or 61, Solomon Islands politician and coup leader, Minister for Home Affairs (1984–1988) and Finance (1993–1994).
• Johannes Østtveit, 86, Norwegian politician.
• Marsi Paribatra, 81, Thai royal and artist.
• Robert Pechous, 79, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1983).
• Bhagwati Prasad, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Ikauna (1967–1969, 1969–1974), multiple organ failure.
• Barbara Robinson, 85, American children's author (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), cancer.
• Toshi Seeger, 91, American environmental activist and film maker, wife of Pete Seeger.
• Gaétan Soucy, 54, Canadian novelist, heart attack.
• Andrea Veneracion, 84, Filipino singer, National artist (1999), founder of University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers.
• Masao Yoshida, 58, Japanese power executive, chief of the Fukushima nuclear plant during the 2011 tsunami meltdown, esophageal cancer.

8

• Norman Atkinson, 90, British politician, MP for Tottenham (1964–1987).
• Daniel Berry, 22, Australian para-athlete, brain cancer.
• James Bean, 80, American politician, member of the Mississippi Senate (1988–2000), complications from a stroke.
• Chase, 13, American golden retriever, bat dog and mascot for the Trenton Thunder, cancer.
• Berhanu Dinka, 78, Ethiopian diplomat and economist, Ambassador to Liberia, Egypt, Canada, United States and the United Nations, cancer.
• Paul Feiler, 95, German-born British painter (St. Ives School).
• Dick Gray, 81, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Bob Hardesty, 82, American speechwriter (Lyndon B. Johnson), heart failure.
• Dave Hickson, 83, British footballer.
• Roland S. Homet, 80, American author and policy expert, heart disease.
• Sputnik Kilambi, 55, French journalist and radio pioneer (Radio France Internationale), liver cancer and hepatitis C.
• James Loper, 81, American television executive (KCET), director of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1984–1999).
• Edmund Morgan, 97, American historian and author.
• Norman Parish, 75, American art gallery owner, brain tumor.
• Joaquín Piña Batllevell, 83, Spanish-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (1986–2006).
• Tunggan Mangudadatu Piang, Filipino politician, ARMM MLA for Maguindanao, heart attack.
• Nadezhda Popova, 91, Russian military pilot, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Claudiney Ramos, 33, Brazilian-born Equatorial Guinean footballer, malaria.
• Rubby Sherr, 99, American physicist and academic, member of the Manhattan Project, co-inventor of Fuchs-Sherr modulated neutron initiator.
• Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 66, Iraqi intelligence officer, half brother of Saddam Hussein, cancer.
• Sundri Uttamchandani, 88, Indian writer.
• Seth Vidal, 36, American software developer (yum), traffic collision.
• Brett Walker, 51, American songwriter, musician and record producer.
• Frank Woodrow Wilson, 89, American politician, member of Louisiana House of Representatives.

7

• Sudhakar Bokade, 57, Indian film producer (Izzatdaar, Saajan), complications from heart attack.
• Shirley Casley, 85, Australian micro-secessionist (Principality of Hutt River) and agrarian activist.
• Joe Conley, 85, American actor (The Waltons, Cast Away), complications from dementia.
• Robert Hamerton-Kelly, 74, South African-born American Christian theologian and academic.
• Artur Hajzer, 51, Polish climber, fall.
• Rosalind Hudson, 86, British codebreaker and architectural model maker.
• Donald J. Irwin, 86, American politician, member of the US House for Connecticut (1959–1961, 1965–1969), heart failure.
• Michael Mastromarino, 49, American illegal body parts harvester, bone cancer.
• MC Daleste, 20, Brazilian rapper, shot.
• Andy McGladdery, 58, British motorcycle racer, traffic collision.
• Ben Pucci, 88, American football player.
• François Xavier Nguyên Quang Sách, 88, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Đà Nẵng (1988–2000).
• Charles Quinn, 82, American journalist (NBC News), heart failure.
• Anna Wing, 98, British actress (EastEnders).

6

• Erik Ahldén, 89, Swedish Olympic long-distance runner (1948).
• John Chun, 84, North Korean-born American car designer (Shelby Mustang, Tonka Toys), stomach cancer.
• John B. Hightower, 80, American museum director (Museum of Modern Art 1969–1970, Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Mariners' Museum 1993–2007).
• David Johnson, 67, British horse owner (Comply or Die), cancer.
• Rudy Keeling, 64, American college basketball coach (University of Maine, Northeastern University), Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (2007–2013).
• Santo Krishnan, 96, Indian actor and stunt man.
• Lo Hsing Han, 70s, Burmese drug trafficker and business tycoon (Asia World), heart failure.
• Thomas F. Malone, 96, American meteorologist, climate scientist and presidential adviser.
• Kay Matheson, 84, Scottish nationalist and scholar, participant in the Stone of Scone seizure.
• Leland Mitchell, 72, American basketball player (New Orleans Buccaneers).
• Hamilton Nichols, 88, American NFL football player.
• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, 77, Australian ceramicist, stroke.
• Arthur Rosenthal, 93, American publisher (Basic Books, Harvard University Press).
• Alvin I. Schiff, 86, American academic and author.
• Ruben J. Villote, 80, Filipino Catholic priest.
• Senji Yamaguchi, 82, Japanese atomic bomb survivor (Nagasaki) and anti-war activist.

5

• Bud Asher, 88, American politician and football coach, Mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida (1995-2003).
• C. H. Ashokan, 61, Indian political leader, accused conspirator in murder of T. P. Chandrasekharan, cancer.
• Alan Bailey, 55, English footballer (Haverhill Rovers F.C.), lung cancer.
• Duane Berentson, 84, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1962–1980), director of the Washington DOT (1981–1993).
• Bipul Bhattacharya, 58, Bangladeshi singer, cancer.
• David Cargo, 84, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (1967–1971), member of the New Mexico House (1963–1967), complications from a stroke.
• Paul Clark, Australian movie sound recordist, complications of diabetes, cardiac function and a blood infection.
• Paul Couvret, 91, Dutch–born Australian politician and military veteran.
• Billy Cross, 84, American football player (Chicago Cardinals, Toronto Argonauts).
• John Curran, 59, American financial journalist and editor (Fortune, Bloomberg News), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Douglas Dayton, 88, American retail executive, founder of Target Corporation, cancer.
• Dennis Grace, 60, American soccer coach (University of Notre Dame), cancer.
• Jean Guy, 90, American First Lady of North Dakota (1961–1973), complications from a stroke.
• Curtis Harnack, 86, American nonfiction author, president of Yaddo.
• Vincent Henderson, 74, American Creole chef, complications of colon cancer.
• Hue Hollins, 70, American NBA referee.
• William Kasuga, 98, American electronics executive, co-founder of Kenwood Corporation.
• James McCoubrey, 111, Canadian-born American supercentenarian, was oldest living man.
• Ama Quiambao, 65, Filipino actress, heart attack.
• Ganti Prasada Rao, 65, Indian Maoist leader, shot.
• Tito Traversa, 12, Italian climber, complications from a fall.
• Charlie Warren, 73, American basketball player (University of Oregon), cancer.
• Daniel Wegner, 65, Canadian-born American social psychologist.
• Lambert Jackson Woodburne, 73, South African admiral.

4

• Gordon Anderson, 93, American televangelist.
• Gregory Barlow, 74, American military officer, commanding officer of the Washington National Guard (1989–1999), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Onllwyn Brace, 80, Welsh rugby union player.
• Jim Buck, 81, American dog walker.
• Jack Crompton, 91, English footballer (Manchester United).
• Mahasundari Devi, 82, Indian artist.
• James Fulton, 73, American dermatologist and medical researcher, co-discoverer of Retin-A, colon cancer.
• Willie Hargreaves, 82, English rugby league player (York).
• Charles A. Hines, 77, American military officer, commander of Fort McClellan (1989–1994), heart attack.
• Richard Keech, 93, American military veteran and convicted murderer.
• Innocent Lotocky, 97, Ukrainian-born American Ukranian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of the Western United States (1981–1993).
• Madan Mohan Mishra, 81, Nepalese author.
• William Nicolaro, 72, American Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada prelate, Bishop of Dunedin, drowned.
• Bernie Nolan, 52, Irish singer (The Nolans) and actress, breast cancer.
• Oliver Red Cloud, 93, American Oglala Sioux chief.
• Leslie Rees, 94, British prelate, Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury (1980–1986).
• Pamela Ropner, 82, British author.
• Richard Waters, 77 American artist, inventor of the waterphone.

3

• Claude Arabo, 75, French Olympic fencer (1964).
• Thengamam Balakrishnan, 86, Indian politician, journalist and editor (Janayugom), Kerala MLA for Adoor (1970–1975).
• Roman Bengez, 49, Slovenian football player and manager.
• Ray Coates, 89, American football player (New York Giants).
• Vincenzo Cozzi, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa (1981–2002).
• Ryan Davis, 34, American video game journalist and critic (GameSpot), co-founder of Giant Bomb.
• Geoff Donaldson, 99, Australian oil executive, founder and Chairman (1956–1984) of Woodside Petroleum. (death announced on this date)
• Barry Gurney, 71, American ten-pin bowler, cancer.
• Hemanth, 27, Indian actor, heart attack.
• Cynthia Lufkin, 51, American philanthropist and cancer research advocate, Co-Chairman of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, breast and lung cancer.
• Johnny MacRae, 84, American country songwriter ("I'd Love to Lay You Down", "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"), heart disease.
• Azelio Manzetti, 84, Italian prelate, Chief Chaplain of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
• Iain McColl, 59, British actor (Gangs of New York), cancer.
• Frank Morriss, 85, American film editor (Romancing the Stone, Short Circuit).
• John Nunn, 94, British Royal Air Force officer and politician.
• Maria Pasquinelli, 100, Italian Fascist and murderer.
• Amar Roy Pradhan, 82, Indian politician, MP for Cooch Behar (1977–1999), West Bengal MLA for Mekhliganj (1962–1977).
• PJ Torokvei, 62, Canadian actor, producer and screenwriter (WKRP in Cincinnati, Real Genius), complications of liver failure.
• Radu Vasile, 70, Romanian politician, historian and poet, Prime Minister (1998–1999) and MP (1992–2004), colon cancer.
• Bernard Vitet, 77, French jazz musician and composer.
• Snoo Wilson, 64, English playwright and screenwriter.

2

• Anthony G. Bosco, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Greensburg (1987–2004).
• Billy Bowers, 71, American gospel vocalist (Blind Boys of Alabama), heart failure.
• Gregory Carroll, 35, American opera singer, heart attack and respiratory infection.
• Douglas Engelbart, 88, American scientist, inventor of the computer mouse, kidney failure.
• Anwaar Feroze, 75, Indian-born Pakistani journalist and poet, cardiac arrest.
• Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, 91, Egyptian royal, Queen consort of Iran (1941–1948).
• Nilo Floody, 91, Chilean Olympic modern pentathlete (1948, 1952, 1956).
• Armand Gaudreault, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Richard Gent, 27, British actor. (body found on this date)
• Bengt Hallberg, 80, Swedish jazz pianist. (death announced on this date)
• Sef Imkamp, 88, Dutch politician.
• Noboru Kousaka, 94, Japanese politician.
• Hugh Lee, 58, Taiwanese Golden Bell-award winning television actor and theatre director, bowel cancer.
• Anthony Llewellyn, 80, Welsh-born American chemist and astronaut candidate (NASA).
• Paul Lorieau, 71, Canadian national anthem singer (Edmonton Oilers) and optometrist, cancer.
• Shoei Miyazato, 85, Japanese karate master.
• Theodore Reed, 90, American zookeeper and administrator, director of the National Zoo (1958–1983), complications of Alzheimer's disease.
• Arlan Stangeland, 83, American politician, member of the US House for Minnesota (1977–1991), Minnesota House (1966–1977).
• Dan Van Patten, 60, American new wave drummer (Berlin).

1

• Armand Baeyens, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Sidney Bryan Berry, 87, American military officer, commandant of United States Military Academy at West Point, Parkinson's disease.
• Don Bowman, 77, New Zealand computer software executive, cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Texas Johnny Brown, 85, American blues musician and songwriter.
• Charles Copeman, 83, Australian mining executive (Pilbara Iron). (death announced on this date)
• Charles Foley, 82, American toy and board game inventor, co-creator of Twister, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
• Stoyan Ganev, 57, Bulgarian diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1991–1992), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1992–1993), cancer.
• William H. Gray III, 71, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1979–1991); House Majority Whip (1989–1991), natural causes.
• David Halvorson, 64, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (since 2013), cancer.
• Paul Jenkins, 74, American actor (The Waltons, Chinatown, Dynasty).
• Ulrich Matschoss, 96, German actor.
• Mita Noor, 42, Bangladeshi model and actress, suspected suicide by hanging.
• Ray Richards, 92, New Zealand literary agent (Joy Cowley, Tessa Duder).
• Bent Schmidt-Hansen, 66, Danish footballer (PSV Eindhoven).
• Gary Shearston, 74, Australian singer and songwriter, stroke.
• John Stanford, 77, American collegiate sports director and baseball coach, athletic director for Middle Tennessee State University (1987–1994), natural causes.
• Maarten van Roozendaal, 51, Dutch singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
• Maureen Waaka, 70, New Zealand politician and pageant contestant, Miss World New Zealand (1962), complications from a stroke.
• Ján Zlocha, 71, Slovak footballer.

Prior months

• Deaths in June 2013
• Deaths in May 2013
• Deaths in April 2013
• Deaths in March 2013
• Deaths in February 2013
• Deaths in January 2013

See also

• Deaths in 2012
• Deaths in 2011
• Deaths in 2010
• Deaths in 2009
• Deaths in 2008
• Deaths in 2007

• Deaths in 2006
• Deaths in 2005
• Deaths in 2004
• Deaths in 2003
• Deaths in 2002
• Deaths in 2001

• Deaths in 2000
• Deaths in 1999
• Deaths in 1998
• Deaths in 1997
• Deaths in 1996
• Deaths in 1995

• Deaths in 1994
• Deaths in 1993
• Deaths in 1992
• Deaths in 1991
• Deaths in 1990
• Deaths in 1989

External links

• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries