This list of famous athletes who have died in 2013 is a complete list of American and international sports players and personalities who have gone to the great stadium in the sky in 2013. This is a list of the celebrity athletes who have passed so far this year and is continuously updates as athletes die and includes all the athletes who have died in sports related accidents, the players who died of natural causes and the athletes who sadly took their own lives in 2013. The world is a less interesting and sporty without these talented athletes in it to root for.
If you're wondering what famous athletes have died in 2013, this is the place to look. If a notable player or personality dies this year, they'll be on the list.
This list will be updated along with the Celebrity Deaths 2013 as more people leave this world.
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Earl Weaver
1/19/13: Earl Weaver, the Baseball Hall of Fame coach who oversaw the Baltimore Orioles for 17 seasons, died of cardiac arrest. He was 82.
Jean Gauthier
2/20/13: Jean Gauthier, a defenseman in the NHL and member of the Stanley Cup winning Montreal Canadiens squad in 1965, has died at the age of 75.
Stan Musial
1/19/13: Stan Musial, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and 24-time member of the MLB All-Star team, died of natural causes. He was 92.
Walt Sweeney
2/5/13: Walt Sweeney, the Pro-Bowler who played 13 seasons in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers and the Washington Redskins, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
Moon Mullen
2/28/13: Moon Mullen, a professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies, has died at 96.
Jerry Buss
2/18/13: Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 79.
Lavonne Paire-Davis
2/2/13: Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis- an all-star in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) and the inspiration for Geena Davis's character In <i>A League of Their Own</i>, died at the age of 88.
Caleb Moore
1/31/13: Caleb Moore, a Winter X Games athlete, died of injuries sustained in the Freestyle Snowmobile competition at this year's X Games. He was 25.
Omar Henry
2/1/13: Omar Henry, a super welterweight boxer with a 12-0-1 record, died from gall bladder cancer. He was 25.
Gussy Moran
1/16/13: Gertrude "Gussy" Moran, an American tennis player famous for being the first woman to wear a short skirt and lace panties at Wimbledon, died of cancer. She was 89.