Dan Cirucci: 37 Notable Deaths Of 2013

Monday, December 30, 2013

37 Notable Deaths Of 2013 - Farewell!

Some of the greatest, most influential people the world has ever known passed away during 2013.
These including revolutionaries, heads of state, inventors, writers, actors, successful business persons, activists, singers, sports stars, social commentators, artists, scientists and many, many more.
Here's a partial list of some of the notable people who passed on:

Patti Page, 85. Singer of the great American songbook.

Conrad Bain, 89. Veteran stage, TV and film actor.

Pauline Friedman Phillips, 94. More popularly known as Abigail Van Buren.

Ed Koch, 88. Former New York mayor and curmudgeon/politician.

Mindy McCready, 37. Top of the country music singer.

C. Everett Koop, 96. Former US Surgeon General.

Van Cliburn, 78. World-renowned pianist who enjoyed rock-star status.

Hugo Chavez, 58. Fiery populist dictator of Venezuela.

Roger Ebert, 70. First journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism.

Margaret Thatcher, 87. Extraordinary British prime minister who transformed her country with a fearless dedication to free markets.

Annette Funicello, 70. Child star on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s and 1960s movie star.

Maria Tallchief, 88. One of America's first great prima ballerinas.

Al Neuharth, 89. Founder of USA Today.

George Jones, 81. The undisputed king of country music, he recorded the classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today."

Jean Stapleton, 90. A stage-trained character actress who triumphed on TV.

Frank Lautenberg, 89. Multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and long-serving US senator.

Esther Williams, 91. Swimming champion-turned-movie star.

James Gandolfini, 51. Actor whose portrayed crime boss in HBO's "The Sopranos".

Doug Engelbart, 88. Visionary who invented the computer mouse.

Amar Bose, 83. Acoustic pioneer and founder and chair of the audio technology company.

Cory Monteith, 31. Actor/singer on the television show "Glee".

Harry F. Byrd, 98. US senator from Virginia political dynasty.

Elmore Leonard, 87. Acclaimed crime novelist.

Seamus Heaney, 74. Ireland's foremost poet.

David Frost, 74. Veteran broadcaster and topnotch TV interviewer.

Ray Dolby, 80. American inventor and audio pioneer.

Eiji Toyoda, 100. Member of Toyota's founding family.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, 85. He ran Nintendo for more than 50 years.

Tom Clancy, 66. Author of high-tech, Cold War thrillers.

Scott Carpenter, 88. Second American to orbit the Earth.

Lou Reed, 71. Punk poet of rock `n' roll.

Jane Kean, 90. Best known as Trixie alongside Jackie Gleason on TV's revival of "The Honeymooners."

Paul Walker, 40. Star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series.

Nelson Mandela, 95. South Africa's first black president and an icon of freedom.

Peter O'Toole, 81. Legendary actor and eight-time Oscar nominee.

Joan Fontaine, 96. Academy Award-winning actress.

Ray Price, 87. One of country music's most popular and influential singers.

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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