Famous people who died in 2013

Famous people who died in 2013

Acclaimed filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh is no more. The director suffered a 

massive cardiac arrest early this morning. 

Baleshwar Aggarwal, the veteran journalist as well as the secretary general of Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad (ARSP) died on 23 May 2013.

Tamil playback singer T M Soundararajan died at his residence in Chennai on 25 May 2013 after a brief illness.

Former international sprinter Anand Shetty passed away on 21 May 2013 in Mangalore.

 

Uttanur Rajamma identified with the Bandaya Literary Movement and the Bandaya writer died in Chickballapur district. 

Asghar Ali Engineer, a noted Islamic scholar died on 14 May 2013 after a prolonged illness in Suburban Santa Cruz, Mumbai. The 73 year old Asghar is survived by his son and a daughter. 

Harvansh Singh, the Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly died on 14 May 2013 due to cardiac arrest in Barra of Seoni District.

 Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar (1932-2013), the dhrupad vocalist passed away on 8 May 2013 following brief illness at his Gurukul near Panvel.

Hindi story writer and playwright Surendra Tiwari died due to brain haemorrhage on 7 May 2013.

Profulla Borua, the veteran Indian journalist passed away in Guwahati, Assam after prolonged illness on 6 May 2013. 

Sarabjit Singh, the Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah Hospital in Pakistan.

Sailendra Nath Roy, an Indian Guinness World Record holder who on 28 April 2013 attempted to cross a river called Teesta suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail has died during the stunt.

Trinamool Congress MP Ambica Banerjee passed away in Kolkata on 25 April 2013. He was 86 years of age.

Legendary singer Shamshad Begum died on 23 April 2013 in Mumbai due to illness. She was 94 years of age.