U.S. News15 Giants Who Died in 2013 R.I.P.Thatcher, Mandela, Chavez. O’Toole, Gandolfini, Van Buren. These are the famous—or infamous—people who passed this year. Updated Jul. 11, 2017 5:38PM EDT / Published Dec. 30, 2013 5:45AM EST Margaret Thatcher, 87Gerald Penny/AP Hugo Chavez, 58Ariana Cubillos/AP Nelson Mandela, 95Theana Calitz/AP Abigail Van Buren, 94AP Stan Musial, 92Dilip Vishwanat Seamus Heaney, 74Mario Carlini - Iguana Press Elmore Leonard, 87Paul Sancya/AP Peter O’Toole, 81Anonymous Jonathan Winters, 87ABC, via Getty Chinua Achebe, 82Craig Ruttle/AP George Jones, 81David Redfern/Redferns Tom Clancy, 66Brendan Smialowski/Getty James Gandolfini, 51Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Lou Reed, 71PRNewsfoto Doris Lessing, 94Martin Cleaver/AP
Margaret Thatcher, 87Gerald Penny/AP Hugo Chavez, 58Ariana Cubillos/AP Nelson Mandela, 95Theana Calitz/AP Abigail Van Buren, 94AP Stan Musial, 92Dilip Vishwanat Seamus Heaney, 74Mario Carlini - Iguana Press Elmore Leonard, 87Paul Sancya/AP Peter O’Toole, 81Anonymous Jonathan Winters, 87ABC, via Getty Chinua Achebe, 82Craig Ruttle/AP George Jones, 81David Redfern/Redferns Tom Clancy, 66Brendan Smialowski/Getty James Gandolfini, 51Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Lou Reed, 71PRNewsfoto Doris Lessing, 94Martin Cleaver/AP