Famous Deaths on March 13 ·

30 Sep 2024, 00:00

March 13 Calendar

1808 Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway (1766-1808), dies of a stroke at 59
1817 Matej Sojka, Bohemian composer, dies at 77
1837 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat and minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 66
1839 Robert Gallenberg, Austrian composer, dies at 55
1842 Henry Shrapnel, English Army officer and inventor (created the shrapnel shell), dies at 80
1877 Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor and Shakespearean critic, dies at 89
1879 Adolf Anderssen, German World Chess Champion (1851-66), dies at 60

Tsar of Russia (1855-81), assassinated by members of far-left terror group 'People's Will' at 62

1884 Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)
1885 Titian Peale, American artist and naturalist (American Ornithology), dies at 85
1890 Henry Wylde, English composer and conductor, dies at 67
1895 Louise Otto-Peters, German suffragist, women's rights movement activist and author (The Wandering Star), dies at 75

1903 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura) and theologian, dies at 88

American social reformer and women's suffrage movement leader, dies of pneumonia at 86

1911 Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist and chemist, dies at 80
1911 John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1844)
1915 Sergei Witte, 1st Prime Minister of Russia (1905-06), dies at 65
1918 Karel Stecker, Czech organist, pedagogue, and composer of organ and sacred music dies at 57
1925 Lucille Ricksen [Ingeborg Ericksen], American silent-film actress, dies of tuberculosis 14
1930 Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American writer (Revolt of Mother), dies at 77
1934 Fritz Cortolezis, German conductor, opera director, and composer, dies at 56
1937 Elihu Thomson, English-born American engineer who co-founded General Electric Company and inventor with 696 patents, dies at 83 [1]
1938 Clarence Darrow, American defense attorney at Scopes Monkey Trial, dies at 80
1938 Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual, dies at 49
1939 Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, French scholar and philosopher, dies at 81
1941 A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed by Nazi regime at 49
1941 E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and novelist (The Time of Man), dies at 54
1941 J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 J. P. Morgan, Jr. [John Pierpont Morgan, Jr], American financier and son of J.P. Morgan, Sr., (J.P. Morgan & Co.), dies of a stroke at 75
1943 Stephen Vincent Benét, American author, 1928 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for "John Brown's Body", dies of a heart attack at 44
1945 Herbert Bedford, English author and composer, dies at 78
1946 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90
1946 Karl Haushofer, German soldier and geographer, dies at 76
1946 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer, dies at 69
1946 Werner von Blomberg, German politician and general (Commander-in-Chief German Armed Forces 1935-38), dies of cancer in detention at 67
1948 Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the U.K., dies at 77
1949 Henri Giraud, French general (b. 1879)
1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German right-wing politician, businessman, and media magnate, dies at 85
1951 James I Wedgwood, British theosophist and bishop (Liberal Catholic Church), dies at 67
1955 Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal (1911-55), dies under mysterious circumstances at 48
1957 Lena Ashwell, British actress and theatrical manager who was the 1st to organize large-scale entertainment for WWI troops at the front, dies at 84
1963 Austin Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1912)
1964 Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; almost 40 witnesses but no rescuers
1965 Corrado Gini, Italian statistician (b. 1884)
1965 Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. 1882)
1965 George Călinescu [Gheorghe Vișan], Romanian poet, novelist (Lauda lucrurilor (In Praise of Things); Enigma Otiliei (Otilia's Riddle)), and literary critic and historian, dies of cirhossis at 65
1965 Vittorio Jano, Italian automobile designer, dies at 73
1967 Sir Frank Worrell, West Indian cricket batsman and captain (51 Tests @ 49.48; 9 x 100s), dies from leukemia at 42
1969 Felix Locher, Swiss insurance salesman, mapping system inventor, and late in life actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86
1970 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), dies of internal hemorrhages at 45
1971 Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, artistic director (La Voix de son Maître (The Gramophone Company - France), 1923-34). pianist, and composer, dies at 82
1971 Rockwell Kent, American artist, painter and illustrator (Canterbury Tales), dies at 88
1972 Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer, dies of leukemia at 30
1973 Stacy Harris, Canadian born actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54
1974 Howard St John, American actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies from a heart attack at 68
1974 Janos Prohaska, Hungarian actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at 54
1975 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney, minister and premier, dies at 71
1975 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961), dies at 82
1975 Jean Del Val, French actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83
1975 Ruth Schaumann, German author, painter and sculptor (Rose, Black King), dies at 75
1976 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/ and poet, dies at 77
1977 Jan Patocka, Czech philosopher, dies in prison
1978 David McKinley Williams, Welsh born American church composer, dies at 91
1978 Ghulam Guard, Indian cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), dies at 52
1978 John Cazale, American stage and screen character actor (The Godfather; Dog Day Afternoon; The Deer Hunter), dies of lung and bone cancer at 42
1980 Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish opera composer dies at 61
1982 Albert Weisser, American musicologist and composer, dies at 64
1982 Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
1983 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies of cancer at 58
1983 Paul Citroen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 86
1984 Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF batsman), dies
1985 Robert "Bob" Shad [Abraham Shadrinsky], American record producer and record label owner (Big Brother and the Holding Company), dies at 65
1986 Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies
1987 Bernhard Grzimek, German zoologist (West Germany), dies at 77
1987 Fela Sowande, Nigerian musician and composer, dies at 81
1987 Finn Videro, Danish organist and composer, dies at 80
1987 Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
1988 Olive Carey, American actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92
1990 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), commits suicide at 86
1990 Karl Münchinger, German conductor (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 1945-87), dies at 74
1991 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 65
1991 James "Jimmy" McPartland, American cornetist and musician (Magic Horn), dies of cancer at 83 [1]
1992 Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84
1992 Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies
1993 Ralph Smith Fults, American gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82
1993 Rocky Dijon [Kwasi Dzidzornu] Ghanaian rock and R&B percussionist (The Rolling Stones, Taj Mahal, Stevie Wonder), dies at 61
1994 Danny Barker, American jazz musician (wrote Bourbon Street Black), dies at 85
1994 James Cecil "Humpy" Parker, American disgraced ex-Sheriff convicted of violating inmates civil rights and of torture, dies at 58
1994 Joop Swart, Dutch journalist, photographer, and publisher (founder of World Press Photo), dies at 69
1994 Murt [Edward James] O'Donoghue, New Zealand snooker player (1st witnessed 147 break), dies at 93
1994 Sandra Paretti, German romantic novelist, dies at 59
1995 Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan Shiite leader, shot to death
1995 John Silverlight, British journalist (The Observer), dies at 75
1995 Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at 89
1995 Leon Day, American Baseball HOF pitcher (9 x NgL All Star; NgL World Series 1946; Brooklyn/Newark Eagles, Baltimore Elite Giants), dies of heart failure at 78
1995 Lorraine Macleod, American dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
1995 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), dies at 82
1995 P C J van Lierde, Dutch vicar-gen of Vatican (1951-91), dies at 87
1996 Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman, dies at 48
1996 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), dies of a heart attack at 54
1996 Lucio Fulci, Italian film director "Godfather of Gore", dies at 68
1996 Lucy Faithfull, British children's campaigner, dies at 85
1997 Leo O'Brien, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests; Victoria), dies at 89
1998 Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
1998 Hans von Ohain, German-American aerospace engineer, developed 1st turbojet engine, dies at 86 [1]
1999 Bidu Sayão, Brazilian born soprano (b. 1902)
1999 Garson Kanin, American playwright, director, and producer (Double Life; Born Yesterday), dies at 96
1999 Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (The Phantom), dies at 87
2001 Cranley Onslow, British politician (C), dies at 74
2001 Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
2001 John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (pioneered handheld work, lighting techniques and HD video development), dies at 66
2002 Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (Truth and Method), dies at 102
2003 Enriko Josif, Serbian composer and pedagogue (Lyric Symphony), dies at 78
2003 Gus Yatron, American boxer and politician (Rep-D-PA, 1969-93), dies at 75
2003 Ian Samwell, British songwriter and record producer (Cliff Richard; Small Faces; America), dies at 66
2004 Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
2004 Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer, dies at 75
2005 Jason Evers, American actor (Wrangler, Channing), dies of heart failure at 83
2005 Lyn Collins [Gloria Lavern Collins], American soul singer (Think About It), dies from cardiac arrhythmia at 56
2006 Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, dies at 84
2006 Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish soccer forward (23 caps; Celtic FC), dies from motor neuron disease at 61
2006 Maureen Stapleton, American actress (Lonelyhearts, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite), dies at 80
2006 Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2006 Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2007 Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
2009 Betsy Blair [Elizabeth Boger], American actress (Marty, A Double Life), dies at 85
2009 James Purdy, American author (Malcolm), dies at 94
2009 Test [Andrew Martin], Canadian professional wrestler (WWF/WWE), dies of an accidental overdose of the prescription pain medication oxycodone at 33
2010 He Pingping, Chinese world's shortest man who was able to walk at 74 cm (2 ft 5 in), dies at 21
2010 Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter, dies at 79

American psychologist (backpropagation algorithm), dies of Pick's disease at 68

2012 Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby union flanker and captain (21 Tests; Canterbury RU; Chairman NZRFU 2002-10), dies from leukemia at 52
2013 Ducky Detweiler, American MLB player, dies at 94
2013 Malachi Throne, American actor (It Takes a Thief), dies of ling cancer at 84
2013 Ramesh Mishra, Indian sarangi, a 3-string bowed traditional music instrument, player (Aerosmith - "Taste of India"), dies of cancer at 68
2014 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician (President of Sierra Leone, 1996-2007 - interrupted by military coup d'etat for 9 months), dies at 82
2014 Al Harewood, American jazz drummer (Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine), and teacher, dies at 90
2014 Reubin Askew, American politician (37th Governor of Florida), dies at 85
2015 Al Rosen, American baseball third baseman (MLB All-Star 1952–55; World Series 1948; AL MVP 1953; Cleveland Indians) and executive (NL Executive of the Year 1989), dies at 91
2015 Daevid Allen [Christopher David], Australian musician and performance artist (Soft Machine, Gong), dies of cancer at 77
2016 Adrienne Corri, British actress (River, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 85
2016 Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, dies at 89
2016 Martin Olav Sabo, American politician (Rep-D-MN, 1979-2007), dies at 78
2017 Ed Whitlock, British-Canadian runner, oldest person to run marathon under 4 hrs (at 85), dies at 86
2017 Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1965-97), dies at 89
2017 Tommy LiPuma, American Grammy Award-winning jazz record producer (George Benson; Natalie Cole; Diana Krall), and record label executive (A&M, Verve, GRP), dies at 80
2018 Dr. T Berry Brazelton, American child development paediatrician, author, TV host (What Every Baby Knows), who developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), dies at 99
2019 Harry Hughes, American politician (57th Governor of Maryland, 1979-87; Maryland State Senate, 1959-70), dies at 92
2020 Barbara Harris, 1st American Episcopal female bishop, dies at 89

African American medical technician, shot and killed by police officers in her home at 26 [1]

2020 Dana Zátopková, Czech athlete (Olympic gold women's javelin 1952, silver 1960), dies at 97
2021 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler, American boxer (undisputed World Middleweight champion 1980-87; second-longest unified C'ship reign in history), dies at 66
2021 Janine Dacosta, French classical pianist, dies at 97
2021 Kenneth Cooper, American harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist, and professor (Barnard College, Brooklyn, NYC), dies shortly after a stroke at 79
2021 Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (Formula 1: BBC 1976-96, ITV 1997-2001), dies at 97
2022 Sam Massell, American businessman and politician (1st Jewish Mayor of Atlanta. 1970-74), dies at 94

American Academy Award-winning actor (Big Chill; Children of a Lesser God; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Broadcast News), dies of prostate cancer at 71 [1]

2023 Glen Weir, Canadian Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman (Grey Cup 1974, 77 Montreal Alouettes; CFL All-Star 1975, 77), dies at 71
2023 Jim Gordon, American drummer and studio musician (Derek and the Dominos), dies in prison at 77 [1]

American baseball utility (3 x MLB All-Star; 3 x Gold Glove; World Series 1962 New York Yankees), dies at 82

2023 Pat Schroeder, American politician (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973-97), and feminist, dies from complications after a stroke at 82
2024 Dan Wakefield, American novelist (Going All The Way; New York In The Fifties), journalist (The Atlantic, 1968-81), and screenwriter, dies at 91
2024 Marcello Gandini, Italian car designer (created first supercars including Lancia Stratos), dies at 85 [1]
2024 Stefan Abadzhiev, Bulgarian soccer forward who played 27 internationals (PFC Levski Sofia), dies at 89

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Famous Deaths on March 13

Tsar of Russia (1855-81), assassinated by members of far-left terror group 'People's Will' at 62 American social reformer and women's suffrage movement leader, dies of pneumonia at 86 American psychologist (backpropagation algorithm), dies of Pick's disease at 68

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