Famous Deaths on January 13

Person of interestGaius Marius

86 BC Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (held the office of consul seven times), dies at 70

Roman General and Consul Gaius Marius
Roman General and Consul
Gaius Marius
  • 533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96
  • 703 Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
  • 858 Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
  • 888 Charles III, The Fat [Charles Le Gros], Carolingian Emperor (King of West Francia and Acquitaine, 884-887), dies at 49
  • 1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
  • 1139 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
  • 1151 Abbot Suger, French abbot who built St Denis, statesman and historian (b. 1081)
  • 1177 Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies. (b. 1107)
  • 1307 Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies
  • 1330 Frederick I (III), the Fair, Duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies (b. 1286)
  • 1363 Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
  • 1488 Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried
  • 1599 Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
  • 1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
  • 1630 Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander, executed at 46

  • 1651 Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
  • 1658 Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
  • 1682 Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55
  • 1691 George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
  • 1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet and translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
  • 1735 Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen consort of Sardinia, dies at 28
  • 1762 Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
  • 1766 King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
  • 1790 Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral, dies at 77
  • 1795 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
  • 1796 John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
  • 1797 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81
  • 1828 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, dies at 80
  • 1832 Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755)
  • 1838 Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
  • 1853 Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
  • 1860 William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)

Person of interestStephen Foster

1864 Stephen Foster, American composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in New York

Father of American Music Stephen Foster
Father of American Music
Stephen Foster
  • 1879 Henry the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands, third son of King William II of the Netherlands, dies at 58
  • 1882 Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
  • 1885 Schuyler Colfax, American politician (b.1823)
  • 1889 Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
  • 1892 Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
  • 1894 Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
  • 1901 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, dies at 66

  • 1905 George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
  • 1906 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
  • 1913 Thomas P. Krag, Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
  • 1914 Bernardus Hermanus Heldt, Dutch trade union leader and politician, dies at 72
  • 1914 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
  • 1915 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
  • 1924 Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
  • 1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57

Person of interestWyatt Earp

1929 Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80

OK Corral Sheriff Wyatt Earp
OK Corral Sheriff
Wyatt Earp
  • 1929 H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
  • 1930 Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer and inventor (Rateau steam turbine), dies at 66
  • 1930 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, English electrical engineer and inventor, dies at 65
  • 1932 Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
  • 1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70
  • 1934 Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist who discovered gamma rays, dies at 73
  • 1937 Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
  • 1937 Martin Elmer Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, dies at 52
  • 1939 Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies

Person of interestJames Joyce

1941 James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58

Novelist & Poet James Joyce
Novelist & Poet
James Joyce
  • 1943 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
  • 1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61
  • 1953 Paul Niggli, Swiss mineralogist (crystal structures), dies at 64
  • 1954 Roland Diggle, English-born American composer and organist, dies at 69
  • 1956 Lyonel Feininger, German-American cartoonist and painter, dies at 84
  • 1958 Edna Purviance, American actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61
  • 1958 John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75
  • 1958 Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (b. 1880)
  • 1960 Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
  • 1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies in a car crash at 42
  • 1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
  • 1963 Rad Kortenhorst [Leonardus Gerardus Kortenhorst], Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 76
  • 1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
  • 1969 Wilton Graff, American actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
  • 1971 Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, German SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65
  • 1971 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
  • 1974 Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
  • 1974 Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet, dies at 69
  • 1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (The Go-Between, The Night of the Iguana), dies of multiple sclerosis at 53
  • 1978 Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn
  • 1978 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 96
  • 1979 Donny Hathaway, American rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
  • 1979 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
  • 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
  • 1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83
  • 1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
  • 1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
  • 1983 D Mack Reynolds, American writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
  • 1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
  • 1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
  • 1987 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies
  • 1988 Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
  • 1989 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51
  • 1992 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies at 79
  • 1992 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
  • 1993 Rene Pleven, PM of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies
  • 1993 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, dies at 85
  • 1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
  • 1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
  • 1995 Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at 89
  • 1995 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81
  • 1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73
  • 1995 Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
  • 1996 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
  • 1996 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
  • 1997 William Mills, painter, dies at 74
  • 1998 Andrew Rutherford, Scottish scholar and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (1994-97), dies at 68
  • 2000 Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), dies at 75
  • 2001 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
  • 2002 Ted Demme, American film director, dies at 38
  • 2002 Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)

  • 2002 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies at 85
  • 2003 Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
  • 2004 Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
  • 2004 Harold Shipman, British general practitioner and prolific serial killer, commits suicide at 57
  • 2005 Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
  • 2005 Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
  • 2006 Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
  • 2006 Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
  • 2007 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
  • 2007 Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
  • 2008 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
  • 2008 Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
  • 2009 Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
  • 2009 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), dies at 80
  • 2009 Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
  • 2009 Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915)
  • 2009 William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons (b. 1926)
  • 2010 Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
  • 2010 Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
  • 2010 Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist
  • 2011 Ellen Stewart, American actress, director and founder of La Mama Theatre Group, dies at 91
  • 2012 Rauf Denktash, leader of Turkish Cypriots, dies of multiple organ failure at 87
  • 2012 Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer, dies from cancer at 71
  • 2013 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer, dies from complications from a stroke at 76
  • 2014 Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer, dies at 82
  • 2015 Ronnie Ronalde [Ronald Charles Waldron], British entertainer and world famous whistler, dies at 91
  • 2015 Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies 'Dozy', English musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies at 70
  • 2016 Brian Bedford, English actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue), dies at 80
  • 2017 Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart, Bye Bye Birdie), dies at 85
  • 2017 Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Lord Snowdon], British photographer and ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86
  • 2018 Doug Harvey, American National League umpire (Baseball Hall of Fame 2010), dies at 87
  • 2018 Jack Nel, South African cricketer (South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57), dies at 89

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