Famous Deaths on January 13

Gaius Marius

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

Stephen Foster

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

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 (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district), dies at 65
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

Wyatt Earp

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

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, Queen consort of Constantine I of Greece, dies at 61
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

James Joyce

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

1943 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
1947 Veit Valentin, German/American 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
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, American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (1965-69), and 1968 Presidential candidate, dies at 66
1978 Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (New York 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 film 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, Prime Minister of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies at 91
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, Anglican bishop (Southwark England), dies at 81
1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet and publisher (Critics), dies at 73
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)
2007 Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), dies at 70
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 Theodore "Teddy" Pendergrass, American singer (Turn Off the Lights), dies of respiratory failure at 59
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 (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), 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
2015 Jack Hayward, British financier (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club), dies at 91
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
2019 Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball pitcher, coach (5-time MLB All Star), dies of cancer at 77