| CELEBRITY | AGE | DATE OF DEATH | DESCRIPTION |
| JAMES AVERY | 68 | 12/31/2013 | American actor ('The Fresh Prince of Bel Air', 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). |
| RONNIE BIGGS | 84 | 12/18/2013 | English criminal (Great Train Robbery) and fugitive. |
| RAY PRICE | 87 | 12/16/2013 | American singer ('For the Good Times'). |
| JOAN FONTAINE | 96 | 12/15/2013 | British-American Oscar-winning actress ('Rebecca', 'Suspicion'). |
| PETER O'TOOLE | 81 | 12/14/2013 | British-Irish actor ('Lawrence of Arabia', 'The Lion in Winter', 'Troy', 'My Favorite Year'). | |
| TOM LAUGHLIN | 82 | 12/12/2013 | American actor (Billy Jack series). |
| ELEANOR PARKER | 91 | 12/9/2013 | American actress ('The Sound of Music', 'Detective Story'). |
| PAUL WALKER | 40 | 11/30/2013 | American actor ('The Fast and the Furious', 'Pleasantville', 'Joy Ride') |
| DICK DODD | 68 | 11/29/2013 | American musician (The Bel-Airs, Eddie and the Showmen, The Standells), and Mouseketeer. |
| MICHAEL WEINER | 51 | 11/21/2013 | American labor leader and lawyer, executive director of the MLBPA. |
| TODD CHRISTENSEN | 57 | 11/13/2013 | American NFL football player with the Los Angeles Raiders. |
| LOU REED | 71 | 10/27/2013 | American rock musician (The Velvet Underground) and songwriter ('Walk on the Wild Side') |
| MARCIA WALLACE | 70 | 10/125/2013 | American television actress ('The Bob Newhart Show', 'The Simpsons'). |
| BUD ADAMS | 90 | 10/21/2013 | American businessman, owner of the NFL's Tennesse Titans. |
| JON LOCKE | 89 | 10/19/2013 | American actor ('Land of the Lost'). |
| NOEL HARRISON | 79 | 10/19/2013 | British singer ('The Windmills of Your Mind'), actor ('The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.') and Olympic skier. |
| BUM PHILLIPS | 90 | 10/18/2013 | American NFL football coach with the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. |
| TOM FOLEY | 84 | 10/18/2013 | American politician who was Speaker of the House in the early 1990's. |
| GLORIA LYNNE | 83 | 10/15/2013 | American jazz vocalist ('I Wish You Love'). |
| CAL SMITH | 81 | 10/10/2013 | American country singer ('Country Bumpkin'). |
| LARRY VERNE | 77 | 10/8/2013 | American singer ('Mr. Custer'). |
| PHILIP CHEVRON | 56 | 10/8/2013 | Irish musician with The Pogues. |
| TOM CLANCY | 66 | 10/1/2013 | American author ('The Hunt for Red October', 'Patriot Games'). |
| HIROSHI YAMAUCHI | 85 | 9/19/2013 | Japanese businessman who was the former president of Nintendo and owner of the Seattle Mariners. |
| KEN NORTON | 70 | 9/18/2013 | American heavyweight boxer and actor. |
| RAY DOLBY | 80 | 9/12/2013 | American audio engineer and inventor (Dolby Noise Reduction, surround sound). |
| TOMMY MORRISON | 44 | 9/1/2013 | American heavyweight champion boxer and actor ('Rocky V'). |
| DAVID FROST | 74 | 8/31/2013 | British broadcaster ('The Nixon Interviews', 'That was the Week That Was', 'The Frost Report'). |
| JULIE HARRIS | 87 | 8/24/2013 | American Tony-Award winning actress ('The Belle of Amherst', 'East of Eden', 'Knots Landing'). |
| LEE THOMPSON YOUNG | 29 | 8/19/2013 | American actor (The Famous Jett Jackson', 'Rizzoli and Isles', 'Friday Night Lights'). |
| ALLEN LANIER | 67 | 8/14/2013 | American rock keyboardist and guitarist with the band Blue Öyster Cult). |
| LISA ROBIN KELLY | 43 | 8/14/2013 | American actress (That 70's Show'). |
| EYDIE GORMÉ | 84 | 8/10/2013 | American singer ('Blame It on the Bossa Nova'). |
| JACK CLEMENT | 82 | 8/8/2013 | American record producer, songwriter and singer (Sun Records, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, U2). |
| KAREN BLACK | 74 | 8/8/2013 | American actress ('Five Easy Pieces', 'Nashville', 'Easy Rider', 'The Great Gatsby'). |
| TIM WRIGHT | 63 | 8/4/2013 | American new wave bass guitarist (Pere Ubu, DNA). |
| MICHAEL ANSARA | 91 | 7/31/2013 | Syrian-born American actor ('Broken Arrow', 'Star Trek', 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'). |
| GEORGE SCOTT | 69 | 7/28/2013 | American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers). |
| EILEEN BRENNAN | 80 | 7/28/2013 | American actress ('The Last Picture Show', 'Private Benjamin', 'Clue'). |
| JJ CALE | 74 | 7/26/2013 | American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ('After Midnight', 'Cocaine', 'Call Me the Breeze') and musician. |
| MARK CORWIN | 65 | 7/25/2013 | American Emmy Award-winning game show director ('Wheel of Fortune'). |
| DENNIS FARINA | 69 | 7/22/2013 | American actor ('Law & Order', 'Get Shorty', 'Unsolved Mysteries'). |
| FAYE HUNTER | 59 | 7/20/2013 | American alternative rock musician (Let's Active). |
| COREY MONTEITH | 90 | 7/9/2013 | Canadian actor ('Glee', 'Kyle XY', 'Monte Carlo') and singer. |
| JIM FOGELSONG | 90 | 7/9/2013 | American country music executive (Capitol Records) and producer (Garth Brooks), inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004. |
| JOE CONLEY | 85 | 7/7/2013 | American actor ('The Waltons', 'Cast Away'). |
| DAN VAN PATTEN | 60 | 7/2/2013 | American new wave drummer with the band Berlin. |
| PAUL JENKINS | 74 | 7/1/2013 | American actor ('The Waltons', 'Chinatown', 'Dynasty'). |
| BOBBY BLAND | 83 | 6/23/2013 | American blues and soul singer ('Further Up the Road', 'Turn On Your Love Light'). |
| SLIM WHITMAN | 90 | 6/19/2013 | American country singer-songwriter ('Indian Love Call', 'Rose Marie'). |
| JAMES GANDOLFINI | 51 | 6/19/2013 | American actor ('The Sopranos', 'Zero Dark Thirty', 'Where the Wild Things Are'). |
| ELROY SCHWARTZ | 89 | 6/14/2013 | American television writer ('Gilligan's Island', 'The Brady Bunch', 'Wonder Woman'). |
| ESTHER WILLIAMS | 91 | 5/6/2013 | American swimmer and actress ('Million Dollar Mermaid'). |
| DEACON JONES | 74 | 6/3/2013 | American NFL football player who coined the term 'sack.' |
| JEAN STAPLETON | 90 | 5/31/2013 | American actress ('All in the Family', 'You've Got Mail'). |
| MARVIN JUNIOR | 77 | 5/29/2013 | American R & B singer with The Dells. |
| CLARENCE BURKE JUNIOR | 62 | 5/26/2013 | American singer with The Five Stairsteps ('Oooh Child'). |
| MARSHALL LYTLE | 79 | 5/25/2013 | American rock and roll musician with Bill Haley and the Comets. |
| RAY MANZAREK | 74 | 5/20/2013 | British rock musician with The Doors. |
| ALAN O'DAY | 72 | 5/17/2013 | American singer ('Undercover Angel') and songwriter ('Angie Baby'). |
| DICK TRICKLE | 71 | 5/16/2013 | American NASCAR driver. |
| JOYCE BROTHERS | 85 | 5/13/2013 | American psychologist and newspaper columnist. |
| JEANNE COOPER | 84 | 5/8/2013 | American soap opera actress ('Young and the Restless'). |
| CHRIS KELLY | 34 | 5/1/2013 | American rapper with the duo Kris Kross ('Jump'). |
| GEORGE JONES | 81 | 4/26/2013 | American country singer ('He Stopped Loving Her Today', 'The Race is On'). |
| RICHIE HAVENS | 72 | 4/22/2013 | American folk singer and guitarist. |
| CHISSY AMPHLETT | 53 | 4/21/2013 | American rock singer with The Divinyls ('I Touch Myself'). |
| AL NEUHARTH | 89 | 4/19/2013 | American newspaper businessman, founder of USA Today. |
| GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA | 104 | 4/16/2013 | American gospel singer. |
| PAT SUMMERALL | 82 | 4/16/2013 | American sports announcer. |
| FRANK BANK | 71 | 4/13/2013 | American actor ('Leave It to Beaver'). |
| JONATHAN WINTERS | 87 | 4/11/2013 | American comedian and actor ('It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World', 'Mork and Mindy'). |
| ANNETTE FUNICELLO | 70 | 4/8/2013 | American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer ('Tall Paul'). |
| MARGARET THATCHER | 87 | 4/8/2013 | British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. |
| ANDY JOHNS | 61 | 4/7/2013 | British rock record producer who worked with Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. |
| ROGER EBERT | 70 | 4/4/2013 | American film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and television partner of Gene Siskel. |
| CHUCK FAIRBANKS | 79 | 4/2/2013 | American football coach with the New England Patriots and the University of Oklahoma. |
| PHIL RAMONE | 79 | 3/30/2013 | South-African born American record producer who worked with James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and most notably Billy Joel. |
| DON PAYNE | 48 | 3/26/2013 | American television writer ('The Simpsons'). |
| DEKE RICHARDS | 68 | 3/24/2013 | American Motown songwriter ('ABC', 'The Love You Save', 'Mama's Pearl'). |
| BOBBY SMITH | 76 | 3/16/2013 | American R & B singer who was the lead singer of The Spinners. |
| FRANK THORNTON | 92 | 3/16/2013 | British actor ('Are You Being Served?', 'Gosford Park'). |
| MALACHI THRONE | 84 | 3/13/2013 | American actor ('Batman', 'Star Trek', 'The Rockford Files'). |
| CLIVE BURR | 56 | 3/12/2013 | British rock drummer (Iron Maiden). |
| PRINCESS LILIAN | 97 | 3/10/2013 | Welsh-born Swedish Royal who was known as the Duchess of Halland. |
| PETER BANKS | 65 | 3/7/2013 | English rock guitarist with the group Yes. |
| CLAUDE KING | 90 | 3/7/2013 | American country singer ('Wolverton Mountain'). |
| ALVIN LEE | 68 | 3/6/2013 | British rock guitarist who was the leader of the group Ten Years After ('I'd Love to Change the World'). |
| HUGO CHÁVEZ | 58 | 3/5/2013 | Venezulan President from 1999-2013. |
| BOBBY ROGERS | 73 | 3/3/2013 | American soul singer with the Motown group The Miracles. |
| JEWEL AKENS | 79 | 3/1/2013 | American soul singer ('The Birds and the Bees'). |
| BONNIE FRANKLIN | 69 | 3/1/2013 | American television actress ('One Day at a Time'). |
| VAN CLIBURN | 78 | 2/27/2013 | American award-winning pianist. |
| C. EVERETT KOOP | 96 | 2/25/2013 | American pedatric surgeon and educator who was Surgeon General of the US from 1982-1989. |
| DAN TOLER | 64 | 2/25/2013 | American guitarist and member of the Allman Brothers Band. |
| MAGIC SLIM (MORRIS HOLT) | 75 | 2/21/2013 | American blues singer and guitarist. |
| CLEOTHA STAPLES | 78 | 2/21/2013 | American gospel singer with The Staple Singers. |
| JERRY BUSS | 80 | 2/18/2013 | American entrepreneur who was the onwer of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. |
| MINDY McCREADY | 37 | 2/17/2013 | American country music singer ('Ten Thousand Amgels'). |
| TONY SHERIDAN | 72 | 2/16/2013 | British rock and roll singer who was an early collaborator with The Beatles. |
| SHADOW MORTON | 72 | 2/14/2013 | American songwriter ('Leader of the Pack', 'Remember Walking in the Sand') and record producer (Shangri-La's, Vanilla Fudge, Janis Ian). |
| RICK HUXLEY | 72 | 2/11/2013 | English bassist who was a member of the Dave Clark Five. |
| DONALD BYRD | 80 | 2/4/2013 | American jazz trumpeter who helped establish the R & B group The Blackbyrds ('Walking in Rhythm'). |
| REG PRESLEY | 71 | 2/4/2013 | American lead singer of The Troggs ('Wild Thing', 'With a Girl Like You'). |
| ED KOCH | 88 | 2/1/2013 | American politician who was mayor of New York City from 1978-1989. |
| PATTY ANDREWS | 94 | 1/30/2013 | American singer with the pop group The Andrews Sisters ('Sugartime', 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me'). |
| LEROY BONNER | 69 | 1/27/2013 | American funk singer and guitarist with the Ohio Players ('Fire', 'Love Rollercaster'). |
| STAN MUSIAL | 92 | 1/19/2013 | American Hall of Fame baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| EARL WEAVER | 82 | 1/19/2013 | American Hall of Fame baseball manager with the Baltimore Orioles. |
| PAULINE PHILLIPS (ABIGAIL VAN BUREN) | 94 | 1/16/2013 | American advice columnist known as 'Dear Abby'. |
| CONARD BAIN | 89 | 1/14/2013 | American television actor ('Maude', 'Diff'rent Strokes'). |
| JIMMY O'NEILL | 73 | 1/11/2013 | American disc jockey and television host ('Shindig'). |
| CLAUDE NOBS | 76 | 1/10/2013 | Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival. |
| SAMMY JOHNS | 66 | 1/4/2013 | American singer and songwriter ('Chevy Van'). |
| NED WERTIMER | 89 | 1/2/2013 | American actor ('The Jeffersons'). |
| PATTI PAGE | 85 | 1/1/2013 | American singer ('Tennessee Waltz', 'How Much is That Doggie in the Window'). |