Famous Deaths on 13th January

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86 BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
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 One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies
1049 - Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1151 - Abbot Suger, French 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 (b. 1584)
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/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
1762 - Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
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 - Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, 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)
1864 - Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY
1879 - WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, 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, composer, dies at 66
1905 - George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1906 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
1913 - Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
1914 - Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, 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
OK Corral Sheriff Wyatt Earp (1929) 1929 - Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
1929 - H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
1930 - C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
1932 - Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
1934 - Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70
1937 - Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
1939 - Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies
1941 - James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58
1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
1947 - Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61
1954 - Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69
1958 - Edna Purviance, 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], Ital poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
Novelist & Poet James Joyce (1941) 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
1963 - Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76
1968 - Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later
1969 - Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
1969 - Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
1971 - Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65
1971 - Robert Still, composer, dies at 60
1971 - Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
1974 - Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
1976 - Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies 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, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1979 - Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
1980 - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies 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, US writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
1983 - Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 71
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 founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies
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 (b. 1907)
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
2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
2002 - Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
2002 - Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
2002 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
2003 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2004 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
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 (b. 1949)
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 actor (b. 1928)
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
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