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Obituaries 2013: The lives they've lived
Actor James Avery
Actor James Avery, who played the beloved Uncle Phil on the hit 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," died Tuesday, his publicist confirmed. He was 68.
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Actor Joseph Ruskin
Dr. John Cordice
Author Ned Vizzini
Actor Daniel Escobar
Jeffrey Ian Pollack, 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' producer, dead at 54
Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47
Al Goldstein, pornography pioneer
'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs
Celebrities, actors & directors
Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine
Peter O'Toole
'Billy Jack' actor-writer Tom Laughlin
'Sound of Music' actress Eleanor Parker
'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker
Psychic Sylvia Browne
Walt Disney's daughter, Diane Disney Miller
Bill Beckwith, host of HGTV's 'Curb Appeal'
'Boston's Finest' star Pat Rogers
'The Honeymooners' actress Jane Kean
Cartoon producer Lou Scheimer
Actress Marcia Wallace
Actor Ed Lauter
'MasterChef' runner-up Josh Marks
'Star Wars' cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
Disney actor Lee Thompson Young
Stuntman Mark Sutton
Actress Lisa Robin Kelly
'Bachelor' contestant Gia Allemand
'Five Easy Pieces' actress Karen Black
'Real World' star Sean Sasser
Syndicated radio host Kidd Kraddick
Munchkin Margaret Pelligrini
Michael Ansara, 'Star Trek' actor
Actress Eileen Brennan
Dennis Farina, 'Law & Order' actor
Cory Monteith
Jim Kelly
Dennis Burkley
Richard Matheson
Joyce Brothers
James Gandolfini
Esther Williams
Jean Stapleton
Jeanne Cooper
Allan Arbus
Ray Harryhausen
Bonnie Franklin
Jonathan Winters
Annette Funicello
'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee
Writer Don Payne
California public TV icon Huell Howser
1962's 'Playmate' Christa Krofft
Porn legend Harry Reems
'Sopranos' Tony Lip
Model Reeva Steenkamp
Dale Robertson
Lou Myers
Henry Bromell
Ned Wertimer
Conrad Bain
Writers and authors
Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing
Author Oscar Hijuelos
Author Tom Clancy
Poet Seamus Heaney
Author Elmore Leonard
Gary David Goldberg
Author Iain Banks
Richard Ben Cramer
Chinua Achebe
Vince Flynn
Musicians
Country music pioneer Ray Price
Guitarist Jim Hall
Outlaw country singer Wayne Mills
Lou Reed, rock legend
Sound pioneer Ray Dolby
Jazz vocalist Gloria Lynne
Maxine Powell, mentor to Motown stars
Beatles' protégé Jackie Lomax
Music promoter Sid Bernstein
Jazz star Marian McPartland
Singer Eydie Gorme
Jazz musician George Duke
Musician JJ Cale
Carline Ray
Jim Foglesong
Ray Manzarek
George Jones
Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Lil Snupe
Phil Ramone
Slim Whitman
Chris Kelly
Ed Shaughnessy
Jeff Hanneman
Alvin Lee
Jason Molina
Storm Thorgerson
Chrissy Amphlett
Richie Havens
George Beverly Shea
Chi Cheng
Mindy McCready
Spinners' Bobbie Smith
Miracles' Bobby Rogers
Jack Greene
Richard Street
Temptations' Damon Harris
Gordon Stoker
Reg Presley
Deke Richards
Claude Nobs
Patti Page
Patty Andrews
Van Cliburn
Sports figures
Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams
Football coach Bum Phillips
Famed boxer Ken Norton
Ex-boxer Tommy Morrison, 'Rocky V'
Hall of famer Art Donovan
Former NBA player Ossie Schectman
Former MLB player Frank Castillo
Soccer player Christian Benitez
Boxing champ Emile Griffith
NFL player 'Deacon' Jones
Dick Trickle
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss
Pat Summerall
Snowmobiler Caleb Moore
Earl Weaver
Stan 'The Man' Musial
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People we lost in 2013
Reality stars we've lost
Journalists and media figures
Longtime CNN correspondent Robert Vito
Jackie Gingrich
David Frost, veteran British broadcaster
Bruce Dunning, CBS News correspondent
Political journalist Jack Germond
Veteran journalist John Palmer
Helen Thomas
Michael Hastings
Roger Ebert
Journalist Mary Thom, editor of Ms. magazine
USA Today founder Allen Neuharth
Bob Teague, TV trailblazer
News leader Rena Golden
Dolores Prida, Latina 'Dear Abby'
Pauline Phillips
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Mehmet Ali Birand
Leaders, ambassadors & politicians
Nelson Mandela
Rep. Bill Young
Former House Speaker Tom Foley
Civil rights activist Evelyn Lowery
Dutch Prince Johan Friso
Margaret Thatcher
Frank Lautenberg
Lindy Boggs, congresswoman
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez
Ed Koch
C. Everett Koop
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Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter
Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi
Virginia Johnson, pioneering sex researcher
Douglas Engelbart
Joe Weider
IVF 'co-pioneer' Robert Edwards
Iconic fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer
Muppets' Jane Henson
Princess Lilian
'Star Wars' Makeup master Stuart Freeborn
Internet prodigy Aaron Swartz
Paul McIlhenny, Tabasco CEO
Etch A Sketch creator
Controversial figures
Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary
Masao Yoshida
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky
Former Klansman who apologized for racist past
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
William Ginsburg