The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2013.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
January 2013
1 Moses Anderson, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (1983–2003), cardiac arrest. Lory Blanchard, 88, New Zealand rugby league player and coach. Robert J. Callahan, 82, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1996–1999), Parkinson's disease. Michael Patrick Cronan, 61, American graphic designer and artist, named TiVo, Amazon Kindle, colon cancer. Jack Davis, 80, American football player (Boston Patriots). Ross Davis, 94, American Negro league baseball player. Lucio Dell'Angelo, 74, Italian footballer. Paul du Feu, 77, Welsh painter, builder, cartoonist and model. Lloyd Hartman Elliott, 94, American educator, President of George Washington University (1965–1988). Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, 84, Austrian–born Israeli rabbi. Hugh Gillis, 94, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1950–1962) and Senate (1962–2004). Allan Hancox, 80, British-born Kenyan justice, Chief Justice (1989–1993). Roz Howard, 91, American racing driver. Christopher Martin-Jenkins, 67, British cricket journalist (Test Match Special, The Cricketer) and BBC radio commentator, cancer. Alois Moser, 82, Canadian Olympic ski jumper (1960). Louis J. Nigro Jr., 65, American diplomat, cancer. Patti Page, 85, American singer ("Tennessee Waltz", "Confess") and actress (Elmer Gantry), heart and lung disease. Slobodan Rakitić, 72, Serbian writer and politician. Mojtaba Tehrani, 79, Iranian Twelver Marja'. Brihaspati Dev Triguna, 92, Indian traditional healer. Barbara Werle, 84, American actress (Battle of the Bulge, Charro!, The Virginian). Phyllis Wiener, 91, American artist. Zhang Wenbin, 93, Chinese politician, Vice Minister of the Petroleum Industry (1965–1987). Wendell Young III, 76, American labor leader, Liver cancer
2 Yuri Alexandrov, 49, Russian boxer, heart attack. Charles W. Blackwell, 70, American Chickasaw Nation diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (since 1995). Wren Blair, 87, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins). Beatrice Bolam, 93, English politician and magistrate. Jim Boyd, 79, American actor (The Electric Company). Margaret A. Brewer, 82, American USMC brigadier general. Council Cargle, 77, American stage and film actor (Jackie Brown, Detroit 9000). Karel Čáslavský, 75, Czech film historian and television host, pneumonia. Charles Chilton, 95, British BBC Radio writer, producer and presenter (Journey into Space), pneumonia. Angelo Coia, 74, American football player (Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons). John Commins, 71, South African cricketer. Lee Eilbracht, 88, American baseball coach (University of Illinois) (1952–1978). Zaharira Harifai, 83, Israeli actress, cancer. Merv Hunter, 86, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA for Lake Macquarie (1969–1991). Géza Koroknay, 64, Hungarian actor. Gerda Lerner, 92, Austrian-born American feminist historian. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, 67, Uruguayan footballer, respiratory illness. Joe McGrath, Irish Gaelic football and hurling coach (Cork). Ian McKeever, 42, Irish mountaineer and Seven Summits record holder, lightning strike. Maulvi Nazir, 37–38, Pakistani militant commander, drone strike. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, 53, American psychologist and author, complications from heart surgery. Jamie Oglesby, 84, American politician. Kishore Pawar, 86, Indian political and trade union leader. Stephen Resnick, 74, American economist, leukemia. Alexei Rudeanu, 73, Romanian writer. Richard Shenton, 86, Jersey politician. Renzo Soldani, 87, Italian cyclist. Rudolf Szanwald, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club). Teresa Torańska, 69, Polish journalist (Gazeta Wyborcza) and writer. Wen-Ying Tsai, 84, Chinese–born American artist. Ned Wertimer, 89, American actor (The Jeffersons, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), complications from a fall.
3 Lars T. Bjella, 90, Norwegian politician. (in Norwegian) Sir Robert Clark, 88, British naval officer and businessman. George Falconer, 66, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Raith Rovers), heart attack. Alfie Fripp, 98, British RAF airman, longest-serving British POW during World War II.Alfie Fripp, prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III, dies, aged 98 Ted Godwin, 79, Canadian artist, complications from heart attack. M. S. Gopalakrishnan, 81, Indian violinist. Marianne Grunberg-Manago, 91, Russian-born French biochemist. Jimmy Halliday, 85, Scottish politician, National Chairman of the Scottish National Party (1956–1960). Robert C. Holland, 87, American economist, member of Federal Reserve Board of Governors (19731976), dementia. Kanang anak Langkau, 67, Malaysian soldier, Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa recipient, heart attack. Richard A. Long, 85, American author and historian. Ivan Mackerle, 70, Czech cryptozoologist. William Maxson, 82, American military commander, complications from heart surgery. John McAndrew, 85, Gaelic footballer.Death of John McAndrew Preben Munthe, 90, Norwegian economist. Sergiu Nicolaescu, 82, Romanian film director (Michael the Brave), actor (A Police Superintendent Accuses) and Senator (1992–2004, 2008–2012), cardiac arrest. Andrew P. O'Rourke, 79, American politician and judge (New York Supreme Court). Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, 82, French-born Spanish golf promoter, creator of Valderrama Golf Club, President of the World Bridge Federation (1976–1986). Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao, 90, Indian archeologist. Vladimir Sargsyan, 77, Armenian scientist. Hisayuki Sasaki, 48, Japanese golfer, cardiac arrest. Thomas Schäuble, 64, German politician, complications following a heart attack. Selkirk, 24, English champion racehorse (Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Celebration Mile, Lockinge Stakes), natural causes. Patty Shepard, 67, American-born Spanish movie actress, heart attack. Burry Stander, 25, South African Olympic (2008, 2012) mountain biker, traffic collision. Paul Taff, 92, American television executive and executive producer (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The French Chef).
4 Mohammad Aeltemesh, 64, Indian lawyer. Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, 81, British Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art (1972–1996). Bhanumati Devi, 78, Burmese-born Indian actress (Matira Manisha), heart failure. Frank Eke, 81, Nigerian medical doctor and politician. Pete Elliott, 86, American Hall of Fame college football player (Michigan), Executive Director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1979–1995). Ed Emory, 75, American football coach (East Carolina University, 1980–1984). Wally Feurzeig, 85, American computer scientist, invented Logo. Pir Gohar, 81, Pakistani poet, songwriter, critic and freedom activist, cardiac arrest.Pashto poet Pir Gohar passes away Murray Henderson, 91, Canadian hockey player (Boston Bruins). Thomas Holtzmann, 85, German stage and film actor. Nilmar Janbu, 91, Norwegian engineer and geotechnician. Sammy Johns, 66, American singer-songwriter ("Chevy Van", "America"). Derek Kevan, 77, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion). Salik Lucknawi, 99, Indian Urdu poet. Tony Lip, 82, American actor (Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, The Sopranos). Vittorio Missoni, 58, Italian fashion designer, CEO of Missoni, plane crash. Lassaâd Ouertani, 32, Tunisian footballer, traffic collision. Yevgeny Pepelyaev, 94, Russian Soviet-era fighter pilot, Korean War flying ace. Robert Phelps, 86, American mathematician. John Saban, 84, American football player. Nikos Samaras, 42, Greek volleyball player, brain aneurysm. Gene Segerblom, 94, American politician, member of the Nevada State Assembly (1992–2000). Şenay, 62, Turkish singer, respiratory failure. Anwar Shamim, 81, Pakistani Air Force air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1978–1985). Amanda Stassart, 89, Belgian resistance member.Mouchka Stassart: "Je vous le dis, j'aime la vie " Bryan Stoltenberg, 40, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Carolina Panthers), injuries sustained in traffic collision. Sándor Szoboszlai, 87, Hungarian actor. Jim Watson, 95, English politician, Mayor of Blackburn (1982–1983), pneumonia. Zoran Žižić, 61, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–2001).
5 Haradhan Banerjee, 86, Indian actor, pneumonia. Piet de Bekker, 91, Dutch politician. Gwendoline Butler, 90, British author. Anders Carlberg, 69, Swedish politician, writer and social worker. Pierre Cogan, 98, French racing cyclist. T. S. Cook, 65, American screenwriter (The China Syndrome), cancer. Willi Dreesen, 84, Swiss painter and sculptor. Dave Edwards, 74, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (2000–2008), complications from a stroke. Trygve Goa, 87, Norwegian printmaker. Martha Greenhouse, 91, American actress (Bananas, The Stepford Wives, Car 54, Where Are You?), Screen Actors Guild official. Abraham Hecht, 90, American rabbi and sect leader. Joselo, 76, Venezuelan actor, liver illness. Leung Ping-kwan, 63, Hong Kong poet, novelist, essayist, translator, teacher, and scholar, lung cancer. Jeff Lewis, 39, American football player (Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos), accidental drug overdose. Ann-Britt Leyman, 90, Swedish Olympic athlete. Bruce McCarty, 92, American architect. Mary Susan McIntosh, 76, British sociologist, feminist and political activist, stroke. Richard McWilliam, 59, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Upper Deck Company, alcohol poisoning. Yvonne Marie Louise Odette Renée Ménard, 83, French burlesque dancer Fitzroy Newsum, 94, American military pilot (Tuskegee Airmen). Joe Padilla, 48, American baseball umpire. Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, 97, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ottawa (19671989). Fay Bellamy Powell, 74, American civil rights activist. Claude Préfontaine, 79, Canadian comedian. Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski, 63, German composer. Marie-Hélène Schwartz, 99, French mathematician. Harry Searson, 88, English footballer (Leeds United, York City), cancer. Vladimir Šenauer, 82, Croatian footballer. Chandler Williams, 27, American football player (Toronto Argonauts). Sol Yurick, 87, American author (The Warriors), lung cancer.
6 Neil Adcock, 81, South African cricketer, bowel cancer. Qazi Hussain Ahmad, 74, Pakistani politician, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (1987–2009), cardiac arrest. Cho Sung-min, 39, South Korean baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), suicide by hanging. Paul Grundy, 77, Australian civil engineer and academic. Gerard Helders, 107, Dutch politician, Minister of Colonial Affairs (1957–1959), Member of the Council of State (1959–1975), nation's oldest living man (since 2012). John Ingram, 83, American politician, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance (1973–1985), heart attack. Metin Kaçan, 51, Turkish novelist, suicide by jumping. Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack. Jeffrey O'Connell, 84, American legal expert, professor and attorney, champion of no-fault insurance. Madanjeet Singh, 88, Indian diplomat, artist, writer and philanthropist, stroke. Luigi Spaventa, 78, Italian politician and academic, MP (1976–1983), Minister of Treasury (1988–1989), Minister of Budget (1993–1994). Ruth Carter Stevenson, 89, American museum founder, President of the Amon Carter Museum. Myron Stolaroff, 92, American psychedelic researcher. Bart Van den Bossche, 48, Belgian singer and television presenter, aortic aneurysm. Roy Walker, 81, British production designer (Barry Lyndon, The Shining, The Talented Mr. Ripley), Oscar winner (1976).https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908178/awards Dalia Wood, 88, Canadian politician.
7 Nancy Burley, 82, Australian Olympic figure skater. Larry Clapp, 66, American politician, member of Wyoming House of Representatives (19781979), suicide by gunshot. Stanley Cohen, 70, British sociologist, Parkinson's disease.