Famous Deaths on October 13

Claudius (10 BC - 54 AD)

Roman Emperor (41-54), dies of poison mushrooms at 63

1093 Robrecht I, the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies
1282 Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222)
1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35
1415 Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1508 Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, English politician (b. 1446)
1605 Theodore Beza, French Reformed Protestant theologian, dies at 86
1643 Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61
1652 Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
1673 Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617)
1680 Daniel Elsevier, Dutch book publisher, dies at 54
1680 François Roberday, French Baroque organist and composer, dies during an epidemic at 56
1687 Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
1701 Andreas Anton Schmelzer, Austrian composer, dies at 47
1706 Iyasu I, the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (1682-1706) (b. 1654)
1708 Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk and fieldmarshal, dies at 67
1715 Nicolas Malebranche, French rationalist philosopher, dies at 77
1759 John Henley, English clergyman, dies at 64
1774 William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist, dies at 69
1777 Dismas Hatas, Czech composer, dies at 52
1788 Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702)
1795 William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier ("Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes"), dies at 69
1805 Johann Christoph Kuhnau, German composer, church musician choral director, and teacher, dies at 70

Isaac Brock (1769-1812)

British army officer who successfully defended Upper Canada in War of 1812, dies in battle at 43

1815 Joachim Murat, French soldier, Marshal of France and King of Naples (1808-15), executed by firing squad at 48
1819 Giovanni Battista Gaiani, Italian organist and composer, dies at 61
1822 Antonio Canova, Italian Neoclassical sculptor (The Three Graces), dies at 64
1825 Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, dies at 69
1828 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet and translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier, the Iliad), dies at 74
1852 John Stephens, American explorer and archaeologist (pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America), dies at 46
1855 Gottfried Rieger, Czech composer, dies at 91
1869 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French writer (Tableau Historique), dies at 64
1879 Henry Charles Carey, American economist (Principles of Poli Economy), dies at 85
1882 Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816)
1890 Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 74
1904 Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870)
1905 Henry Irving [John Brodribb], British Victorian actor, 1st actor to receive a knighthood (knighted 1895) and the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, dies at 67
1909 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist and teacher, executed by firing squad at 50
1917 Florence La Badie, American silent film actress, dies of injuries from automobile accident at 29
1918 Gerrit Engelke, German writer and poet (Briefer der Liebe), dies fighting in WWI at 27
1919 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1920 Isaac Capadose, Dutch clergyman in the Catholic Apostolic Church, dies at 86
1926 Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philological and writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
1928 Maria Feodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia, dies at 80
1931 Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
1938 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), dies at 43
1941 GJ Berenschot, Dutch Army General and Supreme Commander of Dutch East Indies army, dies

Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945)

American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company) and philanthropist, dies at 86

1947 Sydney Webb, English socialist and economist (founded London School of Economics) and husband of Beatrice Webb, dies at 88
1948 Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73
1950 Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1951 Willie Quaife, British cricketer who set county records for his age (7 Tests for England, 228 runs), dies at 79
1953 Millard Mitchell, Cuban actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies from lung cancer at 50
1955 Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (1940-46), dies at 58
1958 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, Russian composer, dies at 59 (b. 1899)
1959 Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
1961 Maya Deren [born Eleanora Derenkowskaia], American filmmaker (Meshes of the Afternoon; At Land), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 44
1961 Zoltan Korda, Hungarian-British film director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers), dies at 66
1965 Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist (1948 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering effects of DDT), dies at 66
1966 'Father' Charles Marriott, English cricketer (one Test for England, 11 wickets), dies at 71
1966 Clifton Webb [Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck], American actor (Razor's Edge, Laura), dies of a heart attack at 76
1968 Bea Benaderet, American actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62
1970 Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
1971 Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (President Toronto Maple Leafs 1961–69, 1970-71), dies from an acute stomach ulcer at 50

Ed Sullivan (1901-1974)

American newspaper columnist, and television host (The Ed Sullivan Show), dies of esophageal cancer at 73

1974 Josef Krips, Austrian conductor (London Symphony, 1950-54; Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63; San Francisco Symphony, 1964-70), dies of lung cancer at 72
1974 Sam Rice, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1924; AL stolen base leader 1920; Washington Senators 1915-33), dies from cancer at 84
1979 Clarence Muse, American actor, screenwriter and director (Casablanca, Black Stallion), dies at 89
1979 Rebecca Clarke, British-American violist and classical composer (Morpheus), dies at 93
1980 Philip "Gabby" Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer, dies of a heart attack at 59
1981 Nils Asther 'the male Greta Garbo', Swedish actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84
1984 Alice Neel, American painter dies ages 84
1984 George 'High Pockets' Kelly, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (World Series 1921, 22; NL HR leader 1921; NY Giants), dies from a stroke at 89
1985 Jack Wilson, Australian cricket spin bowler (1 Test; 43 wickets on England Tour 1956), dies at 64
1987 Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, dies at 58

Walter Houser Brattain (1902-1987)

American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85

1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY
1989 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), dies at 87
1990 Hans Freudenthal, German-Dutch mathematician and director (OW&OC), dies at 85
1990 Hans Namuth, German-born photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala), dies at 75
1990 Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese revolutionary general, politician and negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78
1991 Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies at 70
1991 Donald Houston, Welsh actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67
1992 Hughes Rudd, American news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71
1992 James Marshall, American illustrator and author (George and Martha, The Stupids), dies of a brain tumor at 50
1993 Gwen Wells, American actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42
1995 Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter, dies at 71
1995 Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor, dies at 79
1995 Henry Roth, American writer (Call it Sleep), dies at 89
1996 Albert Hughes Williams, Welsh teacher and historian, dies at 89
1996 Beryl Reid, British actress (The Killing of Sister George; Smiley's People), dies from pneumonia at 77
1996 Henri Nannen, German journalist (Der Stern), dies at 82
1997 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies
1997 Richard Mason, English author (The World of Suzie Wong), dies at 78
2000 Britt Woodman, American jazz trombonist (Duke Ellington; Charles Mingus; Lionel Hampton), dies of respiratory issues at 80
2000 Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party, dies at 90
2000 Jean Peters, American actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters), dies at 73
2001 Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"), dies of throat cancer at 52
2002 Dennis Patrick, American actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals), dies in a house fire at 84
2002 Keene Curtis, American character actor (The Rothschilds, Cheers, Amanda's), dies at 79

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002)

American historian (Band of Brothers), dies of lung cancer at 66

2003 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
2004 Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, dies at 89
2005 Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
2006 Bob Lassiter 'Mad Dog', American radio personality, dies at 61
2006 Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
2007 Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
2007 Tom Dawes, American rock musician and composer who wrote music for commercial jingles ("Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz” for Alka-Seltzer and “7Up, the Uncola”), dies at 64
2008 Alexei Cherepanov, Russian hockey player (b. 1989)
2008 Matthew J. Rinaldo, American politician (Rep-R-NJ, 1973-93), dies at 77
2009 Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American pop singer ("Here in My Heart"), and actor (The Godfather), dies of a heart attack at 82
2009 Daniel Melnick, American television and film producer (Get Smart; Ages of Man; Roxanne), and studio executive, dies at 77
2009 Roger Nixon, American composer, dies at 88
2009 Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (b. 1935)
2010 General Norman Johnson, American soul singer, (Chairmen of the Board - "Give Me Just a Little More Time"), and songwriter ("Patches"; "Want Ads"), dies of lung cancer at 69
2010 Khoisan X [Benny Alexander], South African activist (Secretary-General for the Pan-Africanist Movement), dies of a stroke at 55
2010 Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
2011 Barbara Kent, Canadian born - U.S. silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (b.1907)
2012 Gary Collins, American actor (6th Sense, Home Show), dies from natural causes at 74
2012 Helmut Haller, German soccer forward (33 caps West Germany; FC Augsburg, Bologna FC, Juventus), dies from Parkinson's disease and dementia at 73
2012 Marc Awodey, American artist and writer, dies at 51
2013 Tommy Whittle, British jazz tenor saxophonist (Ted Heath; BBC Show Band), and bandleader, dies of pneumonia on his 87th birthday
2015 Michael Walsh, British Army officer (Operation Musketeer), dies at 88

Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016)

King of Thailand (1946-2016), was world's longest reigning monarch, dies at 88

2016 Dario Fo, Italian playwright and performer (Nobel Prize Literature 1997), dies at 90
2016 Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove), dies at 93
2016 Jim Prentice, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014-15), dies in a plane crash at 60
2016 John Gilmore, American true crime author (Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder), dies at 81
2018 Annapurna Devi [Roshanara Khan], Indian classical surbahar (bass sitar) player, and music teacher, dies at 91
2018 Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English Labour politician, dies at 77
2020 Augusto Matine, Portuguese soccer midfielder (9 caps; Benfica, Vitória de Setúbal) and manager (Mozambique national team), dies at 73
2020 Conchata Ferrell, American actress (LA Law, Two and a Half Men), dies at 77
2021 Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), dies at 92
2021 Gary Paulsen, American author of young adult literature, dies of a heart attack at 82
2021 Norm Provan, Australian rugby league second rower (14 Tests; St. George RLFC NSWRL Premiers 1956-66; RL "Immortal") and coach (St. George, Parramatta, Cronulla), dies at 89
2021 Otis Armstrong, American College Football HOF running back (Purdue; All-Pro 1974; Pro Bowl 1974, 76; Denver Broncos), dies at 70
2021 Ray Fosse, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star, Gold Glove Award 1970, 71 Cleveland Indians; World Series Oakland A's 1973, 74) and broadcaster (Oakland A's NBC), dies of cancer at 74
2022 Bruce Sutter, American Baseball HOF relief pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1979; 6 x MLB All-Star; 5 x NL saves leader; Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals; Atlanta Braves), dies of cancer at 69
2022 James "Jim" McDivitt, American Air Force Brigadier General and NASA astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9), dies at 93
2022 Lennart Söderberg, Swedish soccer manager (Gefle IF, Västerås SK, IFK Eskilstuna) and defender (2 caps; AIK), dies at 81
2022 Pim van de Meent, Dutch soccer manager (PEC Zwolle, NEC, VBV De Graafschap, FC Den Haag), dies at 84
2022 Stavros Sarafis, Greek soccer attacking midfielder (32 caps; PAOK 358 games, 136 goals), dies at 72