Celebrity Deaths 2013

[Unassumption]

Double noble prize winner Fred Sanger, who discovered how to sequence proteins (such as insulin) then how to sequence DNA (including the first genome, a bacterial virus) died at age 95.

[angeldeb82]

Benjamin Curtis, guitarist for School of Seven Bells, 35:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/musi ... 5/4260985/

So sad, so young.

[mo303564]

Joseph Ruskin, 89. Television/Film Actor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/0 ... lp00000003

[angeldeb82]

James Avery, star of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 65:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1563487

[mo303564]

Angela: He died today. Already created a new thread. Please see the new "Death 2014" Thread.

Will: Unless we find more people who died in 2013, I think it may be time to "Lock" this thread and put it into the vault.

[zzyzx 2]

Retired Major General Nick Kafakalas, age 93

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 87621.html

James Avery, star of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 65:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1563487

RIP James Avery, one of the last celeb deaths of 2013

[angeldeb82]

Angela: He died today. Already created a new thread. Please see the new "Death 2014" Thread.

I'm not Angela, I'm Debbie. And James died on New Year's Eve, which means it's still 2013! Do you understand?

[mo303564]

My bad. When it first came out today, the reports said he died TODAY and it wasn't until this evening that they changed it to yesterday afternoon. My bad. Geeze, Like people don't make mistakes

Anyways, yea....let's stop this show Will.

[Big-Will]

Head on to the Celebrity Deaths 2014 thread, and post any lingering news reports of 2013 deaths there.