Deaths in December 2013 facts for kids

This page lists famous people who passed away in December 2013. It includes their name, age, country, and what they were known for.

December 2013

December 1: Notable Figures Who Passed Away

• Alfonso Armada, 93, a Spanish general.
• Maria Mambo Café, 68, an Angolan politician. She served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1982 to 1986.
• Maurice Cockrill, 78, a British artist.
• Stirling Colgate, 88, an American physicist.
• Richard Coughlan, 66, an English drummer for the band Caravan.
• Edward Heffron, 90, an American World War II veteran. He was featured in the TV series Band of Brothers.
• Martin Sharp, 71, an Australian artist.
• André Schiffrin, 78, a French-born American publisher and editor.

December 2: People Remembered

• William Allain, 85, an American politician. He was the Governor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988.
• Jean-Claude Beton, 88, an Algerian-born French businessman. He founded the popular drink company Orangina.
• Eva Davies, 88, a British Olympic fencer.
• Marcelo Déda, 53, a Brazilian politician. He was the Governor of Sergipe since 2007.
• Junior Murvin, 67, a Jamaican reggae singer, famous for his song "Police and Thieves".
• Mary Riggans, 78, a Scottish actress. She appeared in shows like Balamory.
• Pedro Rocha, 70, a Uruguayan footballer who played for Peñarol and São Paulo FC.
• Vernon Shaw, 83, a Dominican politician. He served as President from 1998 to 2003.
• Christopher Evan Welch, 48, an American actor. He was in films like Lincoln and the TV series Silicon Valley.

December 3: Remembering Talented Individuals

• John Albery, 77, a British chemist and academic leader at University College, Oxford.
• Fernando Argenta, 68, a Spanish journalist, musician, and TV presenter.
• Ronald Hunter, 70, an American actor. He appeared in TV shows like Law & Order and The Big Bang Theory.
• Ahmed Fouad Negm, 84, an Egyptian poet known for his everyday language poems.
• Ida Pollock, 105, a British romance novelist.
• Bill Porter, 81, an American door-to-door salesman. His life story inspired the film Door to Door.

December 4: Figures in Sports and Arts

• Robert Allman, 86, an Australian opera singer.
• McDonald Bailey, 92, a British Olympic sprinter. He won a bronze medal in the 1952 Olympics.
• Charles Grigg, 97, a British comics artist, known for characters like Korky the Cat and Desperate Dan.
• Paddy O'Byrne, 83, an Irish broadcaster and actor.
• Joana Raspall i Juanola, 100, a Spanish Catalan writer.

December 5: A Day of Loss, Including a Global Leader

• Pierre Aliker, 106, a French Martinican politician and activist.
• Fred Bassetti, 96, an American architect.
• Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk, 34, a Belarusian Olympic long jumper.
• Robert Doerr, 99, an American politician. He was the Mayor of San Jose, California from 1956 to 1958.
• William B. Edmondson, 86, an American diplomat. He served as Ambassador to South Africa.
• Barry Jackson, 75, an English actor. He was in Doctor Who and Midsomer Murders.
• Nelson Mandela, 95, a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. He was the first President from 1994 to 1999. He was a global symbol of peace and equality.
• Colin Wilson, 82, an English writer.

December 6: Remembering Diverse Talents

• Philippe Favre, 51, a Swiss racing driver.
• Tom Krause, 79, a Finnish opera singer.
• Nya Quesada, 94, an Argentine actress.
• Stan Tracey, 86, a British jazz pianist.
• Louis Waldon, 78, an American actor.
• Kate Williamson, 82, an American actress. She appeared in Ellen.

December 7: Figures in Arts and Sports

• Vinay Apte, 62, an Indian actor.
• Alan Bridges, 86, an English film and television director.
• Nadezhda Ilyina, 64, a Russian Soviet Olympic bronze-medalist athlete in relay running.
• Eero Kolehmainen, 95, a Finnish Olympic silver-medalist cross-country skier.
• Józef Kowalski, 113, a Polish soldier and one of the last surviving veterans of the Polish–Soviet War.
• Jacob Matlala, 51, a South African boxer. He was a WBO flyweight and light flyweight champion.
• Édouard Molinaro, 85, a French film director and screenwriter, known for La Cage aux Folles.
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, 53, an Indian comic actor.
• Chick Willis, 79, an American blues singer.

December 8: Notable Contributions

• Sir John Cornforth, 96, an Australian-British chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in 1975 for his work in chemistry.
• Hung Sin-nui, 88, a Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress.
• Lynne Kieran, 53, a British-born Austrian singer, part of The Rounder Girls.
• Don Mitchell, 70, an American actor, known for Ironside.
• Edward Williams, 92, an English composer, known for the music in Life on Earth.

December 9: Remembering Performers and Leaders

• Kees Brusse, 88, a Dutch actor and film director.
• Shane del Rosario, 30, an American mixed martial artist and kickboxer.
• Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, 83, a Polish classical pianist.
• Eleanor Parker, 91, an American actress. She starred in The Sound of Music.
• Lloyd Pye, 67, an American author and paranormal researcher.
• Shiva Regmi, 49, a Nepali film director.
• John Wilbur, 70, an American football player for teams like the Dallas Cowboys.

December 10: Diverse Achievements

• Mary Allitt, 80, an Australian cricketer.
• Maurice Benoît, 81, a Canadian Olympic silver medallist in ice hockey.
• The Child of Lov, 26, a Belgian-born Dutch pop musician.
• Alan Coleman, 76, an English-born Australian television director and producer, known for Neighbours.
• Jim Hall, 83, an American jazz guitarist and composer.
• William L. Mallory, Sr., 82, an American politician. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for many years.
• Rossana Podestà, 79, an Italian actress, known for Helen of Troy.
• Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, 60, an Indian politician and a leader of the Wadiyar dynasty.

December 11: Innovators and Artists

• Nadir Afonso, 93, a Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter.
• Kate Barry, 46, a British photographer.
• Barbara Branden, 84, a Canadian biographer.
• Frederick Fox, 82, an Australian-born British hat designer.
• Loretta Fuddy, 65, an American health official in Hawaii.
• Javier Jáuregui, 40, a Mexican former IBF world lightweight champion boxer.
• Garry Robbins, 56, a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.

December 12: Public Figures and Athletes

• Chabua Amirejibi, 92, a Georgian writer.
• Jim Burton, 64, an American baseball player for the Boston Red Sox.
• Jang Song-thaek, 67, a North Korean politician.
• Zbigniew Karkowski, 55, a Polish composer.
• Tom Laughlin, 82, an American actor, known for his role in Billy Jack.
• Mac McGarry, 87, an American television quiz show host for It's Academic.
• Leo Sachs, 89, an Israeli molecular biologist.
• Audrey Totter, 95, an American actress. She starred in films like The Postman Always Rings Twice.
• Charles M. Vest, 72, an American academic leader. He was the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2004.

December 13: Contributions to Culture and Society

• Marcel Cellier, 88, a Swiss organist and musicologist.
• Daniel Escobar, 49, an American actor, known for Lizzie McGuire.
• Vivian Kellogg, 91, an American baseball player in the AAGPBL.
• Kim Kuk-tae, 89, a North Korean politician.
• Harvey Littleton, 91, an American glass artist.
• Claudio Nasco, 37, a Cuban journalist and newscaster.
• Ida Pollock, 105, a British romance novelist.
• Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, 83, a Welsh politician.
• Thad Spencer, 70, an American heavyweight boxer.

December 14: Remembering Icons and Scholars

• Janet Abu-Lughod, 85, an American sociologist.
• G. W. S. Barrow, 89, a British historian.
• Janet Dailey, 69, an American romance writer.
• C. N. Karunakaran, 73, an Indian painter.
• Dennis Lindley, 90, a British statistician.
• Frank Lobdell, 92, an American painter.
• Peter O'Toole, 81, a British-Irish actor. He was famous for his roles in Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion in Winter. He won a BAFTA award in 1963.
• George Rodrigue, 69, an American painter, known for his "Blue Dog" series.

December 15: Public Figures and Athletes

• Sandeep Acharya, 29, an Indian singer.
• Harold Camping, 92, an American evangelist.
• Joan Fontaine, 96, a British-American actress. She won an Oscar in 1942 for Suspicion. She also starred in Rebecca.
• Dyron Nix, 46, an American basketball player for the Indiana Pacers.
• Sis Ram Ola, 86, an Indian politician. He served as Minister of Labour and Employment.
• Yevgeny Yatsinenko, 88, a Russian Soviet Olympic sprint canoer.

December 16: Noteworthy Individuals

• James Isbell Armstrong, 94, an American academic. He was President of Middlebury College.
• Pat Crowley (fashion designer), 80, an Irish fashion designer.
• Ray Price, 87, an American country music singer, known for songs like "Heartaches by the Number".
• Marta Russell, 62, an American writer and disability rights activist.
• Lolita Sevilla, 78, a Spanish actress and singer.
• Michiaki Takahashi, 85, a Japanese virologist. He developed the chickenpox vaccine.
• Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, 91, an Indian titular Maharaja.

December 17: Public Servants and Artists

• Alfred Bates, 69, a British politician.
• Fred Bruemmer, 84, a Canadian nature photographer.
• Ricardo María Carles Gordó, 87, a Spanish Catholic cardinal.
• Richard Heffner, 88, an American historian and television host for The Open Mind.
• Azean Irdawaty, 63, a Malaysian actress.
• Janet Rowley, 88, an American cancer researcher.
• Eyad al-Sarraj, 70, a Palestinian human rights campaigner.

December 18: Diverse Legacies

• Ronnie Biggs, 84, an English criminal, known for the Great Train Robbery.
• Sir Christopher Curwen, 84, a British Head of the Secret Intelligence Service.
• William T. Greenough, 69, an American educator.
• Larry Lujack, 73, an American disc jockey.
• Graham Mackay, 64, a South African businessman who led SABMiller.
• Paul Torday, 67, a British author.

December 19: Creative Minds and Athletes

• Winton Dean, 97, an English musicologist.
• Herb Geller, 85, an American jazz saxophonist.
• Marty Hornstein, 76, an American film producer, known for Star Trek: First Contact.
• Nae Lăzărescu, 72, a Romanian actor and comedian.
• Pedro Septién, 97, a Mexican sports broadcaster.
• Ružica Sokić, 79, a Serbian actress.

December 20: Notable Figures in Arts and Sports

• Pyotr Bolotnikov, 83, a Soviet Olympic champion athlete in running.
• Yuri Dubinin, 83, a Russian diplomat. He was Ambassador to the United States.
• Lord Infamous, 40, an American rapper, a member of Three 6 Mafia.
• Nelly Omar, 102, an Argentine actress and singer.
• David Richards, 57, a British record producer who worked with bands like Queen.
• Reginaldo Rossi, 69, a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

December 21: Influential People Remembered

• Trigger Alpert, 97, an American jazz double-bassist for the Glenn Miller band.
• Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid, 89, an Egyptian diplomat.
• Edgar Bronfman Sr., 84, a Canadian businessman who led Seagram and was an activist for Jewish causes.
• David Coleman, 87, a British television sports commentator and presenter.
• John Eisenhower, 91, an American historian and diplomat. He was Ambassador to Belgium.
• Peter Geach, 97, a British philosopher.
• Richard Hart, 96, a Jamaican historian and politician.
• Rodolfo P. Hernández, 82, an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor.
• Björn J:son Lindh, 69, a Swedish musician and composer.
• Aristóteles Picho, 56, a Peruvian actor, director, and drama teacher.

December 22: Figures in Politics and Entertainment

• Pran Chopra, 92, an Indian journalist and newspaper editor.
• Diomedes Díaz, 56, a Colombian vallenato musician.
• Hans Hækkerup, 68, a Danish politician. He was Defence Minister.
• Leonard Jackson, 85, an American stage, film, and television actor.
• Keith McGowan, 70, an Australian radio presenter.
• Lázaro Rivas, 38, a Cuban Olympic silver medallist wrestler.

December 23: Innovators and Artists

• Stan Brooks, 86, an American radio broadcaster.
• Chryssa, 79, a Greek-American artist.
• Addison Cresswell, 53, a British comedy agent and manager.
• Mikhail Kalashnikov, 94, a Russian weapons designer. He created the famous AK-47 rifle.
• Yusef Lateef, 93, an American Grammy Award-winning saxophonist.
• Ricky Lawson, 59, an American drummer who played with artists like Michael Jackson and Phil Collins.
• José Ortiz, 81, a Spanish comics artist.
• Jeff Pollack, 54, an American director and producer, known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
• Ted Richmond, 103, an American film producer, known for Papillon.
• Viktor Sarianidi, 84, a Russian archaeologist.
• G. S. Shivarudrappa, 87, an Indian poet.

December 24: Creative and Public Figures

• Frédéric Back, 89, a Canadian animator. He created films like The Man Who Planted Trees.
• Ian Barbour, 90, an American scholar and author.
• Sir Michael Butler, 86, a British diplomat.
• Germán Coppini, 52, a Spanish pop musician and singer.
• André Dreiding, 94, a Swiss chemist.
• Gunnar Ericsson, 94, a Swedish politician and sports official.
• Allan McKeown, 67, a British film producer.
• Ron Noades, 76, a British football chairman for Crystal Palace.
• Jean Rustin, 85, a French painter.

December 25: Remembering Christmas Day Passings

• Don Adams, 66, an American basketball player.
• Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo, 51, a Colombian industrial engineer and Senator.
• Mike Hegan, 71, an American baseball player and announcer for the Cleveland Indians.
• Boris Magasanik, 94, an American microbiologist.
• Mel Mathay, 80, a Filipino politician. He was Mayor of Quezon City.
• Viktor Savelyev, 85, a Russian surgeon.
• Adnan Şenses, 78, a Turkish musician and actor.
• Wilbur Thompson, 92, an American Olympic champion shot putter.

December 26: Diverse Contributions

• Malena Alvarado, 59, a Venezuelan actress.
• Paul Blair, 69, an American baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees.
• E. Otis Charles, 87, an American clergyman and activist.
• Dinu Cocea, 84, a Romanian director and screenwriter.
• Marta Eggerth, 101, a Hungarian-born American singer and actress.
• Harold Whitaker, 93, a British animator, known for Animal Farm.

December 27: Public Figures and Artists

• Carter Camp, 72, an American activist and chair of the American Indian Movement.
• Mohamad Chatah, 62, a Lebanese politician and diplomat.
• Gianna D'Angelo, 84, an American opera singer.
• Rollo Gebhard, 92, a German circumnavigator and author.
• John Matheson, 96, a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.
• Åke Nordin, 77, a Swedish entrepreneur who founded Fjällräven outdoor equipment.
• Farooq Sheikh, 65, an Indian actor.

December 28: Remembering Influential People

• Halton Arp, 86, an American astronomer.
• Esther Borja, 100, a Cuban singer.
• Robert Boscawen, 90, a British politician.
• Andrew Jacobs, Jr., 81, an American politician who served in the House of Representatives.
• Margrit Kennedy, 74, a German architect and academic.
• Alfred Marshall, 94, an American clothing retailer who founded Marshalls.
• Eleanor Montgomery, 67, an American Olympic high jumper.
• Joseph Ruskin, 89, an American actor.
• Harold Simmons, 82, an American businessman and philanthropist.
• Ilya Tsymbalar, 44, a Ukrainian-born Russian footballer.

December 29: Artists and Athletes Remembered

• Richard Coar, 92, an American aerospace engineer.
• Benjamin Curtis, 35, an American rock musician.
• Connie Dierking, 77, an American basketball player.
• Andy Granatelli, 90, an American motorsport promoter and businessman, CEO of STP.
• Wojciech Kilar, 81, a Polish composer, known for film scores like Bram Stoker's Dracula.
• Besik Kudukhov, 27, a Russian Olympic wrestler who won medals in 2008 and 2012.
• Henri Lazarof, 81, a Bulgarian composer.
• Kay Mander, 98, a British film director.
• William Overstreet Jr., 92, an American WWII flying ace.
• Armando Villegas, 87, a Peruvian-Colombian painter.

December 30: Diverse Lives and Legacies

• Akeem Adams, 22, a Trinidadian footballer.
• Katja Andy, 106, a German-born American classical pianist.
• Martin Berkofsky, 70, an American classical pianist.
• John Dominis, 92, an American photojournalist.
• Charlie Hill, 62, an American Oneida-Mohawk-Cree comedian.
• Sjoerd Huisman, 27, a Dutch long-distance ice-skater.
• José María Maguregui, 79, a Spanish football player and coach.
• Eero Mäntyranta, 76, a Finnish Olympic champion cross-country skier.
• Tito Mora, 73, a Spanish pop singer.
• Johnny Orr, 86, an American basketball coach for the University of Michigan and Iowa State University.
• Paul Sally, 80, an American mathematics professor.
• Lakshmi Shankar, 87, an Indian classical vocalist.
• Geoffrey Wheeler, 83, a British broadcaster.

December 31: End of the Year Passings

• Antonio Allocca, 76, an Italian actor.
• James Avery, 68, an American actor. He was famous for playing Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and for voice acting in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• Roberto Ciotti, 60, an Italian blues musician and composer.
• Jim Coutts, 75, a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and advisor to prime ministers.
• John Fortune, 74, a British comedian and actor.
• Sigrid Kahle, 85, a French-born Swedish journalist and writer.
• Irina Korschunow, 88, a German writer.
• Al Porcino, 88, an American jazz trumpeter.
• Ljubomir Tadić, 88, a Serbian academic.
• Lidiya Vertinskaya, 90, a Russian actress.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Fallecidos en diciembre de 2013 para niños