For the first two Off the Charts shows of 2014, I looked back at some of the people who passed away last year. This is the list I put together for that show. First, I listed musicians and others affiliated with the music industry. Following that is a shorter list of some other notables who we lost in 2013.
I was somewhat heartened to see that there were relatively few accidental, self-inflicted, or other really premature deaths. Many on this list saw their 80th or 90th birthdays. There is even one centenarian (gospel singer George Beverly Shea), just as there was one last year (composer Elliott Carter).
Name | Comment | Representative Work | Born | Died | Age | Cause of Death |
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Roland Janes | guitarist & producer | ? | ?/??/2013 | ? | ||
Ben Tucker | Jazz bassist, songwriter | Recorded with Dexter Gordon, Buddy Rich, Quincy Jones & others | ? | ?/??/2013 | 82 | Vehicular homicide (a car collided with his golf cart) |
Patti Page | Singer; real name Clara Ann Fowler | Tennessee Waltz | 1927 | 1/1/2013 | 85 | Complications from heart & lung disease |
Bobby Parker | Session/touring musician/songwriter; Otis Williams & the Charms | "Watch Your Step" (1961) | 1/1/2013 (approx) | 76 | not specified | |
Sam Pace | The Esquires | "Get On Up" | ? | 1/7/2013 | 68 | Long illness |
Tandyn Almer | Musician/songwriter/MENSAn | Degeneration Gap; wrote Along Comes Mary, Sail On Sailor (with Brian Wilson) | 1942 | 1/8/2013 | 70 | Complications from respiratory and cardiac illness |
Lou Wilson | Mandrill | ? | 1/8/2013 | ? | ? | |
Claude Nobs | Montreaux Jazz Festival founder | mentioned as "Funky Claude" in Smoke on the Water" | 1936 | 1/10/2013 | 76 | Skiing accident |
Jimmy O'Neill | Broadcaster & DJ | Hosted Shindig | 1940 | 1/11/2013 | 73 | ? |
Liz Lands | solo R&B artist | 1939 | 1/11/2013 | 73 | ? | |
Julius Green | Doo-wop singer/songwriter | The Mad Lads | ? | 1/14/2013 | ? | ? |
Claudio Leo | Lacuna Coil, Cayne | ? | 1/17/2013 | ? | ? | |
Steve Knight | Mountain | For Yasgur's Farm, Nantucket Sleighride | 1935 | 1/19/2013 | 77 | Heart attack |
Bob Engemann | The Lettermen 1959-1967; Vocal Group HOF | The Way You Look Tonight, When I Fall in Love | 1935 | 1/20/2013 | 77 | Complications from heart bypass surgery |
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner | Ohio Players, solo | Skin Tight, Love Rollercoaster | 1943 | 1/26/2013 | 69 | ? |
Ken Hodges | The Folksters, The Bitter End Singers, Spanky & Our Gang | Like to Get to Know You, Lazy Day | 1937 | 1/29/2013 | 76 | Pneumonia |
Patty Andrews | Andrews Sisters | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; I Can Dream, Can't I? | 1918 | 1/30/2013 | 94 | ? |
Reg Presley | Troggs; real name Reginald Maurice Ball | Wild Thing | 1941 | 2/4/2013 | 71 | Lung cancer and stroke |
Donald Byrd | Jazz trumpet | Black Byrd | 1932 | 2/4/2013 | 80 | ? |
Ethel "Darlene" McCrea | The Cookies, The Raelettes | Don’t Let Go, All Night Mambo | ? | 2/4/2013 | ? | Cancer |
Rick Huxley | Dave Clark Five; Rock & Roll HOF | Glad All Over | 1940 | 2/11/2013 | 72 | Complications from emphysema |
George Francis "Shadow" Morton | Songwriter/producer | 1940 | 2/14/2013 | 72 | ? | |
Stanley Knight | Black Oak Arkansas | Hot & Nasty, Uncle Lijiah | 1949 | 2/16/2013 | 64 | ? |
Tony Sheridan | Singer/songwriter; real name Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity | 1940 | 2/16/2013 | 72 | Aftermath of heart surgery | |
Mindy McCready | Singer | 1975 | 2/17/2013 | 37 | Apparent suicide | |
Damon Harris | The Temptations; real name Otis Robert Harris Jr | Papa Was a Rolling Stone | 1950 | 2/18/2013 | 62 | Prostate cancer |
Kevin Ayers | Singer/songwriter | 1944 | 2/18/2013 | 68 | ? | |
Magic Slim | Blues singer/guitarist; real name Morris Holt | 1937 | 2/21/2013 | 75 | Various health issues | |
Cleotha Staples | Staple Singers | 1934 | 2/21/2013 | 78 | Alzheimer's | |
Diane Lampert | Songwriter | 1924 | 2/22/2013 | 88 | Heart failure | |
Wolfgang Sawallisch | Conductor/pianist | 1923 | 2/22/2013 | 89 | ? | |
Virgil Johnson | The Velvets | That Lucky Old Sun/"Time And Again" and "Tonight (Could Be The Night)"/"Spring Fever" | 1935 | 2/24/2013 | 77 | ? |
Dan Toler | Allman Brothers | 1948 | 2/25/2013 | 64 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
Richard Street | The Monitors, The Temptations; Otis Williams & the Distants | 1942 | 2/27/2013 | 70 | Pulmonary embolism | |
Van Cliburn | Pianist | 1934 | 2/27/2013 | 78 | Bone cancer | |
Jewel Akens | Singer/record producer | The Birds and the Bees | 1933 | 3/1/2013 | 79 | Complications of back surgery |
Bobby Rogers | Rock & Roll HOF as a member of The Miracles | 1940 | 3/3/2013 | 73 | Complications of diabetes | |
Alvin Lee | Ten Years After; real name Graham Anthony Barnes | 1944 | 3/6/2013 | 68 | Unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure | |
"Stompin'" Tom Connors | Country-folk singer; Canadian icon | Sudbury Saturday Night, Bud the Spud | 1936 | 3/6/2013 | 77 | Kidney failure |
Peter Banks | Yes, Flash, solo | 1947 | 3/7/2013 | 65 | Heart failure | |
Clive Burr | Iron Maiden 1979-1982 | 1957 | 3/12/2013 | 56 | Complications related to MS | |
Jack Greene | Grand Ole Opry | There Goes My Everything | 1930 | 3/14/2013 | 83 | Alzheimer's |
Jason Molina | Magnolia Electric Co., solo | 1973 | 3/16/2013 | 39 | Alcohol abuse-related organ failure | |
Robert "Bobby" Smith | The Spinners | I'll Be Around, Could It Be I'm Falling in Love | 1936 | 3/16/2013 | 76 | Pneumonia & influenza |
Sol Rabinowicz | Founder of Baton Records and SIR Records | Recorded the Rivileers, Ann Cole, the Hearts, Bubby tate, the Ravens, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, the Pilgrims, and the Fidelities. Passed on Tom & Jerry (lka Simon & Garfunkel) | 1924 | 3/16/2013 | 88 | ? |
Buddy McRae | The Keynotes, The Chords, The Sh-Booms | Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) | 1933 | 3/19/2013 | 80 | ? |
Eddie Bond | Songwriter/musician; Rockabilly HOF; toured with Elvis, Perkins, Orbison, Cash, etc. | "The Legend of Buford Pusser" | 1933 | 3/20/2013 | 79 | not specified |
Derek Watkins | Session trumpeter | James Bond soundtracks | 1945 | 3/22/2013 | 68 | Cancer |
Bebo Valdes | Pianist/composer/bandleader | 1918 | 3/22/2013 | 94 | Alzheimer's | |
Deke Richards | Songwriter/producer; The Corporation (Motown); real name Dennis Lussier | ABC, Love Child | 1944 | 3/24/2013 | 68 | Esophageal cancer |
Margie Alexander | Singer (solo artist) | "Can I Be Your Main Thing" | 1948 | 3/26/2013 | 64 | not specified |
Paul Williams | Author/publisher | founded Crawdaddy! Magazine; wrote biographies of the Beach boys & Bob Dylan | 1948 | 3/27/2013 | 64 | Complications from a 1995 bicycle accident |
Gordon Stoker | The Jordanaires | Don't Be Cruel, Are You Lonesome Tonight | 1924 | 3/27/2013 | 88 | ? |
Charles Evans | The Del-Torros, The Five Dollars a/k/a The Don Juans | That's the Way It Goes, Doctor Baby | ? | 3/28/2013 | ? | ? |
Phil Ramone | Producer/violinist/composer | 1934 | 3/30/2013 | 79 | Complications from heart surgery | |
Roosevelt Jamison | R&B songwriter | 1936 | 3/31/2013 | 76? | Brain cancer | |
Roy Cox Jr | The New Seeds, Bubble Puppy, Demian, The Blues Knights, The NYC Outlaws | Hot Smoke & Sassafras, What Do You See?, Face the Crows, Love People | 1949 | 4/2/2013 | 64 | ? |
Andy Johns | Producer | 1952 | 4/7/2013 | 61 | ? | |
Annette Funicello | Singer/actress | 1942 | 4/8/2013 | 70 | Complications of MS | |
Nathaniel "Pedro" Lewis | Doo-wop singer/songwriter | He was the last surviving member of The Ovations | ? | 4/10/2013 | ? | ? |
Don Blackman | jazz-funk pianist, singer, songwriter | session & touring musician, solo artist | ? | 4/11/2013 | 59 | Cancer |
Chi Cheng | Deftones | 1970 | 4/13/2013 | 42 | Cardiac arrest following auto accident in 2008 | |
Vince Montana Jr | Percussionist | Member of MFSB, founded the Salsoul Orchestra | ? | 4/13/2013 | ? | ? |
George Jackson | Songwriter | One Bad Apple; Old Time Rock and Roll; The Only Way Is Up | 1945 | 4/14/2013 | 68 | Cancer |
Sir Colin Davis | Conductor | 1927 | 4/14/2013 | 85 | Various health issues | |
George Beverly Shea | Gospel singer/hymn composer | 1909 | 4/16/2013 | 104 | Complications of stroke | |
George Perkins | Songwriter | "Cryin' in the Streets" | 4/17/2013 | 70 | not specified | |
Cordell "Boogie" Mosson | Parliament/Funkadelic | 1952 | 4/18/2013 | 60 | Liver failure | |
Storm Thorgerson ("Hipgnosis") | Graphic designer | 1944 | 4/18/2013 | 69 | Cancer | |
Deanna Durbin | Singer/actress | 1921 | 4/20/2013 | 91 | ? | |
Artie "Blues Boy" White | Bluesman | 1937 | 4/20/2013 | 76 | not specified | |
Chrissy Amphlett | Divinyls | I Touch Myself | 1959 | 4/21/2013 | 53 | Breast cancer & MS |
Richie Havens | Folk singer | 1941 | 4/22/2013 | 72 | Heart attack | |
George Jones | Country singer | He Stopped Loving Her Today | 1931 | 4/26/2013 | 81 | Hypoxic respiratory failure |
Janos Starker | Cellist | 1924 | 4/28/2013 | 88 | ? | |
Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly | Kris Kross | Jump | 1978 | 5/1/2013 | 34 | Drug overdose |
Jeff Hanneman | Slayer | 1964 | 5/2/2013 | 49 | Liver failure | |
Cedric "Im" Brooks | Burning Spear; Skatalites, solo | 1943 | 5/3/2013 | 70 | Cardiac arrest | |
Ray Whitley | Songwriter | "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy", "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" (both for The Tams) | ? | 5/5/2013 | 69 | ? |
Moses "King Moe" Uzzell | The Gleems, The Kool Toppers, The Corsairs | Smoky Places, Time Waits | 1939 | 5/11/2013 | 73 | ? |
Carl Benton "Big Ben" Atkins | Singer; The Class of '65 and other groups, solo | The first white solo artist to sign with Stax Records | 1943 | 5/13/2013 | 69 | not specified |
Alan O'Day | Singer/songwriter | Undercover Angel, Started Out Dancing Ended Up Making Love | 1940 | 5/17/2013 | 72 | Brain cancer |
Ray Manzarek | The Doors, solo | 1939 | 5/20/2013 | 74 | Bile duct cancer | |
Henri Dutilleux | Composer | 1916 | 5/22/2013 | 97 | ? | |
Georges Moustaki | Singer/songwriter; born Giuseppe Mustacchi | 1934 | 5/23/2013 | 79 | Emphysema | |
Ed Shaughnessy | Jazz drummer; Tonight Show Band | 1929 | 5/24/2013 | 84 | ? | |
Marshall Lytle | Bill Haley & the Comets, The Jodimars | Rock Around the Clock | 1933 | 5/25/2013 | 79 | Lung cancer |
Tyrone Brunson | Singer/bassist, solo club artist | "The Smurf", "Sticky Situation" | 1956 | 5/25/2013 | 57 | ? |
Clarence Burke Jr | R&B lead singer/guitarist | The Five Stairsteps ("O-o-h Child"), the Invisible Man's Band, solo | 1949 | 5/26/2013 | 64 | not specified |
Marvin Junior | Singer/songwriter; Rock & Roll HOF as a member of The Dells | Lead singer of The Dells (fka El-Rays); "Oh What a Nite" | 1936 | 5/29/2013 | 77 | Kidney failure & weak heart |
Shelbra Bennett, a/k/a Shelbra Deane | The Soul Children (1968-1975 as Shelbra Bennett), solo as Shelbra Deane | I'll Be the Other Woman | ? | 5/31/2013 | ? | not specified |
Mandawuy Yunupingu | Yothu Yindi | 1956 | 6/2/2013 | 56 | Renal failure | |
Joey Covington | Jefferson Airplane 1970-1972, Hot Tuna 1969-1970, solo; born Joseph Michno | 1945 | 6/4/2013 | 67 | Automobile accident | |
Cornelius "Neeny" "Nini" Harp | The Marcels; Vocal Group HOF | Blue Moon, Heartaches | 1939 | 6/4/2013 | 73 | "Natural causes" |
Marshall Sewell | The Edsels | Rama Lama Ding Dong, Bone Shaker Joe | 1937 | 6/4/2013 | 75 | Cancer |
J W Hodkinson | If, Rogue | Dedication, Cool Clear Air | 1942 | 6/8/2013 | 70 | ? |
Johnny Smith | Songwriter | wrote Walk Don't Run | 1922 | 6/11/2013 | 90 | "Natural causes" |
Roger LaVern | The Tornados; born Roger Jackson | Telstar, Robot | 1938 | 6/15/2013 | 74 | ? |
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr | Country singer | Indian Love Call | 1923 | 6/19/2013 | 90 | Heart failure |
Mary Love, Mary Love Comer | Soul & gospel singer; born Mary Ann Allen | "You Turned My Bitter into Sweet", "Move a Little Closer", "The Hurt Is Just Beginning" | 1943 | 6/21/2013 | 69 | not specified |
Bobby "Blue" Bland | Singer; born Robert Calvin Brooks | Turn On Your Love Light; Further On Up the Road | 1930 | 6/23/2013 | 83 | "Ongoing illness" |
Alan Myers | Devo 1976-1985 | 1955 | 6/24/2013 | 58 | Stomach cancer | |
Paul Giacalone | The Fireflies | You Were Mine, Can't Say Goodbye | 1939 | 6/27/2013 | 73 | ? |
Gary Shearston | Singer/guitarist | Sydney Town | 1939 | 7/1/2013 | 74 | Stroke |
Lewis Lymon | The Teenagers, The Teenchords, The Townsmen | I'm So Happy, Honey Honey (You Don't Know) | 1944 | 7/9/2013 | 69 | Prostate cancer |
Charles Pope | The Tams | What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am), Hey Girl Don't Bother Me | 1936 | 7/11/2013 | 76 | ? |
Amar Bose | Engineer | n/a | 1929 | 7/12/2013 | 83 | ? |
Cory Monteith | Actor/singer; "Glee" cast | 1982 | 7/13/2013 | 31 | Heroin & alcohol overdose | |
Herman "Junior" Denby | The Swallows | Beside You, Our Love Is Dying | 1931 | 7/14/2013 | 83 | Pneumonia & Alzheimer's |
James Lewis Carter Ford (a/k/a "T-Model" Ford) | Blues singer | 1924 | 7/16/2013 | 91 | Respiratory failure | |
Steve Blailock | Jazz guitar/banjo; toured with Lou Rawls; solo | 7/19/2013 | 69 | Murder/suicide (he killed his 37-year old wife & then shot himself) | ||
Faye Hunter | Let's Active bassist & singer 1981-1984 | Every Word Means No | 1954 | 7/20/2013 | 59 | Suicide |
Ken Levy | The Phantoms; born Kenneth J Leverington | Long John Silver, Ten Green Bottles | 1937 | 7/24/2013 | 76 | Cancer |
J J Cale | Singer/songwriter | 1938 | 7/26/2013 | 74 | Heart failure | |
George Duke | Keyboardist | 1946 | 8/5/2013 | 67 | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | |
"Cowboy" Jack Clement | Producer/engineer/songwriter | 1931 | 8/8/2013 | 82 | Liver cancer | |
Eydie Gorme | Singer; born Edith Gormezano | 1928 | 8/10/2013 | 84 | Undisclosed illness | |
Cody "Pops" Black Jr | R&B singer; the Echoes, the Victorials, solo | 1939 | 8/12/2013 | 74 | ? | |
Allen Lanier | Blue Oyster Cult keyboard & rhythm guitar 1967-1985, 1987-2007 | True Confessions, Tenderloin | 1946 | 8/14/2013 | 67 | Complications from COPD |
Ralph Childs | The Admirations | Wait until I Get to Know You, You Left Me | 1951 | 8/15/2013 | 62 | ? |
Jane Harvey | Jazz vocalist; born Phyllis Taff | 1925 | 8/15/2013 | 88 | Cancer | |
Cedar Walton | Jazz pianist | Mosaic, "Bolivia", "Mode for Joe" and "Ugetsu" | 1934 | 8/19/2013 | 79 | Undisclosed illness |
Donna Hightower | Singer | I Ain't in the Mood, The World Today Is a Mess | 1926 | 8/19/2013 | 86 | ? |
Marian McPartland, OBE | Jazz pianist | 1918 | 8/20/2013 | 95 | "Natural causes" | |
Jay Perry Richardson | Singer, son of the Big Bopper | 1959 | 8/21/2013 | 54 | Heart failure | |
Sid Bernstein | Promoter | n/a | 1918 | 8/21/2013 | 95 | ? |
Joe Kelley | The Exides, The Vectors, The Shadows of Knight | Gloria, I'm Gonna Make You Mine | ? | 9/1/2013 | ? | Cancer |
Kenny Whiteside | The Cleftones | 1943 | 9/4/2013 | 70 | Cancer | |
Bobby Martin | Pianist/arranger/producer; helped create The Sound of Philadelphia | 1930 | 9/6/2013 | 83 | Unspecified illness | |
Ray Dolby | Inventor | 1933 | 9/12/2013 | 76 | Leukemia | |
Jackie Lomax | Singer/songwriter | 1944 | 9/15/2013 | 69 | Unspecified illness | |
Bobby Mansfield | The Wrens | Come Back My Love | 1937 | 9/15/2013 | 76 | ? |
Mac Curtis | Rockabilly HOF | If I Had Me a Woman, Little Miss Linda | 1939 | 9/16/2013 | 74 | Car accident |
Marvin Rainwater | "The Rockabilly King", Rockabilly HOF | Whole Lotta Woman, Gonna Find Me a Bluebird | 1925 | 9/17/2013 | 88 | Heart attack |
Willie "Slim" Ayers | Morning Echoes (soul/R&B group) | ? | 9/17/2013 | ? | ? | |
Lindsay Cooper | Henry Cow, National Health, Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Egg, Art Bears, Hatfield & the North | 1951 | 9/19/2013 | 62 | Multiple sclerosis | |
Terence "Ready Teddy" McQuiston | Bluesman; the Swamp Daddys; solo | "The Quick Pick" | ? | 9/19/2013 | 65 | Paralyzed from a fall in 2011 (broken neck & spinal injuries) |
Dean Barlow | The Crickets, The Bachelors, The Montereys, United in Group Harmony Association HOF | You're Mine, For You I Have Eyes, I Want to Know About Love, Baby, Dearest One, Through the Years | 1935 | 9/29/2013 | 78 | ? |
Keith "Sabu" Crier | Member of the disco group GQ | "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" | ? | 9/29/2013 | 58 | ? |
Phil Chevron | The Pogues | Parting Glass, Thousands Are Sailing | 1956 | 10/8/2013 | 56 | Cancer |
Larry Verne | Singer | Mr. Custer, Mr. Livingston | 1936 | 10/8/2013 | 57 | Cancer |
Wadih El Safi | Singer/songwriter | 1921 | 10/11/2013 | 92 | Unspecified illness | |
Ginger Dinning | Dinning Sisters | Buttons and Bows, Pig Foot Pete | 1924 | 10/14/2013 | 89 | ? |
Maxine Powell | Motown Records | 1915 | 10/14/2013 | 98 | "Natural causes" | |
Gloria Lynne | Jazz singer; born Gloria Alleyne | I Wish You Love, June Night | 1931 | 10/15/2013 | 81 | Heart attack |
Noel Harrison | Singer/actor/Olympic skier; son of Rex Harrison | Windmills of Your Mind, Suzanne | 1934 | 10/19/2013 | 79 | ? |
Manolo Escobar | Singer | 1931 | 10/24/2013 | 82 | ? | |
Lou Reed | Singer/songwriter; Velvet Underground, solo; married to Laurie Anderson | 1942 | 10/27/2013 | 71 | Illness related to a liver transplant | |
Pete Haycock | Climax Blues Band, ELO Part II | Couldn't Get It Right, I Love You | 1951 | 10/30/2013 | 62 | ? |
John Tavener | Composer | 1944 | 11/12/2013 | 69 | ? | |
Chico Hamilton | Drummer/bandleader | 1921 | 11/25/2013 | 92 | ? | |
Arik Einstein | Singer/songwriter/actor | 1939 | 11/26/2013 | 74 | Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm | |
Joe Bihari | Important early R&B record producer ("Modern Records") | associated with Ike Turner, BB King, Etta James, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 1925 | 11/28/2013 | 88 | not specified |
Richard Coughlan | Caravan | If I Could Do It All Over Again…, In the Land of Grey and Pink | 1947 | 12/1/2013 | 66 | Unspecified illness |
Rex Garvin | R&B singer, songwriter, keyboardist, arranger; The Hearts; Rex & Marie; Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers | "Over the Mountain, Across the Sea" (Johnnie & Joe, 1957), "Sock It to 'Em J.B." (1966) | 1930 | 12/10/2013 | 83 | ? |
Larry McKinley | Manager (Ernie K-Doe); co-founded Minit Records; patron of New Orleans jazz | recorded Irma Thomas & others; hired Allen Toussaint | 12/8/2013 | 85 | Complications of COPD | |
Jim Hall | Guitarist/composer | 1930 | 12/10/2013 | 83 | ? | |
Cecil Womack | Singer/songwriter; brother of Bobby Womack; The Valentinos (1964); Womack & Womack (1984-1994); married Mary Wells; married Linda Cooke (widow of Sam Cooke) | "It's All Over Now", "Love Wars", "Teardrops", "Celebrate the World" | 1930 | 12/10/2013 | 83 | ? |
Amos Crume | Singer | The Soul Stirrers | 1922 | 12/12/2013 | 91 | not specified |
Bert Reid | Tenor sax, vocalist, writer, R&B/disco producer | member of Crown Heights Affair, "Dreaming a Dream" | 1965 | 12/12/2013 | 48 | Lung cancer |
Ray Price | Country singer | 1926 | 12/16/2013 | 87 | Pancreatic cancer | |
Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunigan | Three 6 Mafia | 1973 | 12/20/2013 | 40 | ? | |
Ricky Lawson | The Yellowjackets | And You Know That, Sittin' in It | 1954 | 12/23/2013 | 59 | Brain aneurysm |
Yusef Lateef | Jazz musician | 1920 | 12/23/2013 | 93 | Prostate cancer | |
Wojciech Kilar | Composer | 1932 | 12/29/2013 | 81 | Cancer |
Other notable figures who died in 2013
Name | Comment | Died | Age |
---|---|---|---|
Pauline Friedman Phillips | "Dear Abby" columnist | 1/16/2013 | 94 |
Earl Weaver | HOF manager, Baltimore Orioles | 1/19/2013 | 82 |
Stan Musial | HOF baseball player, Medal of Freedom honoree | 1/19/2013 | 92 |
Ed Koch | NYC mayor | 2/1/2013 | 88 |
C Everett Koop | Surgeon-general | 2/25/2013 | 96 |
Dale Robertson | Actor | 2/26/2013 | 89 |
Hugo Chavez | Dictator of Venezuela, pal of Shawn Penn | 3/5/2013 | 58 |
Harry Reems | Porn star | 3/19/2013 | 65 |
Roger Ebert | Movie critic | 4/4/2013 | 70 |
Margaret Thatcher | British PM | 4/8/2013 | 87 |
Jonathan Winters | Comedic actor | 4/11/2013 | 87 |
Pat Summerall | Sportscaster | 4/16/2013 | 82 |
Al Neuharth | Publisher (founded USA Today) | 4/19/2013 | 89 |
Ray Harryhausen | Movie Special-effects | 5/7/2013 | 92 |
Joyce Brothers | Pop psychologist | 5/13/2013 | 85 |
Ken Venturi | Golfer, sportscaster | 5/17/2013 | 82 |
Jack Vance | Author | 5/26/2013 | 96 |
Jean Stapleton | Actress | 5/31/2013 | 90 |
David "Deacon" Jones | HOF football player | 6/3/2013 | 74 |
Frank Lautenberg | US senator (NJ) | 6/3/2013 | 89 |
Esther Williams | Swimmer, actress | 6/6/2013 | 91 |
Vince Flynn | Author | 6/19/2013 | 47 |
James Gandolfini | Actor | 6/19/2013 | 51 |
Helen Thomas | Journalist | 7/20/2013 | 92 |
Dennis Farina | Actor | 7/22/2013 | 69 |
William Warren Scranton | PA governor, UN ambassador | 7/28/2013 | 96 |
Karen Black | Actress | 8/8/2013 | 74 |
Jack W Germond | Political pundit | 8/14/2013 | 85 |
Elmore Leonard | Novelist | 8/20/2013 | 87 |
Muriel "Mickie" Siebert | Businesswoman (1st woman with an NYSE seat) | 8/24/2013 | 84 |
Julie Harris | Actress | 8/24/2013 | 87 |
David Frost | TV broadcaster | 8/31/2013 | 74 |
Frederik Pohl | Sci-fi author | 9/2/2013 | 93 |
Eiji Toyoda | Toyota Motors | 9/17/2013 | 100 |
Ken Norton | Boxer | 9/18/2013 | 70 |
Hiroshi Yamauchi | Nintendo | 9/19/2013 | 85 |
Tom Clancy | Author | 10/1/2013 | 66 |
Stanley Kauffmann | Film critic, author, playwright | 10/9/2013 | 97 |
Scott Carpenter | Mercury astronaut | 10/10/2013 | 88 |
Tom Foley | Speaker of the House | 10/18/2013 | 84 |
Bum Phillips | Football head coach | 10/18/2013 | 90 |
Doris Lessing | Author | 11/17/2013 | 94 |
Paul Walker | Actor | 11/30/2013 | 40 |
Paul Crouch | Televangelist, broadcaster | 11/30/2013 | 79 |
Nelson Mandela | Civil rights leader, South African President | 12/5/2013 | 95 |
Eleanor Parker | Actress | 12/9/2013 | 91 |
Peter O'Toole | Actor | 12/14/2013 | 81 |
Joan Fontaine | Actress | 12/15/2013 | 96 |
Edgar Bronfman Sr | Businessman, human rights activist | 12/21/2013 | 84 |
James Avery | Actor | 12/31/2013 | 68 |