Peter O’Toole at the Hand and Footprint Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, April 30, 2011. Photo © 2011 Joseph Martinez/Picturelux – All Rights Reserved.
As we bid farewell to 2013, let’s take a look and remember the celebrities and other notables that passed away this year. Some deaths more sensational than others, but all worth noting. 2013 saw the loss of many talented individuals from Peter O’Toole to James Gandolfini et al. So now, we say a final good-bye.
January – Singer Patti Page Dead at 85
January – ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ Actor Conrad Bain Dead at 89
February – Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch Dead at 88
February – Country Music Star Mindy McCready Dead at 37
March – ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Richard Griffiths Dead at 65
April – ‘Buckwild’ Star Shain Gandee Found Dead at 21
April – Film Critic Roger Ebert Dead at 70
April – Fashion Designer Lilly Pulitzer Dies at 81
April – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: Dead at 87
April – Former ‘Mouseketeer’ Annette Funicello: Dead at 70
April – Comedian Jonathan Winters Dead at 87
April – Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng Passes Away at Age 42
May – Kriss Kross Rapper Chris Kelly Found Dead at 34
June – ‘All in the Family’ Star Jean Stapleton: Dead at 90
June – ‘The Sopranos’ Star James Gandolfini Dead at 51
July – ‘Glee’ star Cory Monteith Dead at 31
July – Actor Dennis Farina Dead at 69
August – ‘Wizard of Oz’ Munchkin Margaret Pellegrini Dead at 89
August – ‘Bachelor’ Contestant Gia Allemand Dead at 29 in Apparent Suicide
August – That ’70′s Show’s Lisa Robin Kelly Dead at 43
August – Rizzoli & Isles’ Lee Thompson Young Dead at 29
August – Hollywood Writer Elmore Leonard Dead at 87
August – ‘East of Eden’ Actress Julie Harris Dead at 87
September – David Frost British Broadcaster Dead at 74
October – Author Tom Clancy Dead at 66
October – Veteran Character Actor Ed Lauter Dead at 74
October – ‘The Simpsons’ & ‘The Bob Newhart Show’ Actress Marcia Wallace Dead at 70
October – Musician Lou Reed Dead at 71
November – Honeymooner’s Revival Star Jane Kean Dead at 90
November – ‘Fast & the Furious’ Star Paul Walker Dead at 40
December – Nelson Mandela Dead at 95
December – Legendary Actor Peter O’Toole Dead at 81
December – Actress Joan Fontaine Dead at 96
December – ‘Fresh Prince’ Producer Jeff Pollack Found Dead at 54