Notable deaths of 2013

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Richard RamirezEsther WilliamsDavid 'Deacon' JonesJean StapletonAndrew GreeleyEd ShaughnessyRay ManzarekJoyce BrothersRay HarryhausenDeanna DurbinGeorge JonesRichie HavensFrancois JacobAl NeuharthPat SummerallGeorge Beverly SheaSal CastroJohn GalardiFrank BankMaria TallchiefPatricia McCormickJonathan WintersRobert EdwardsPaolo SoleriMargaret ThatcherAnnette FunicelloLes BlankRoger EbertBarbara Piasecka JohnsonRuth Prawer JhabvalaWilliam H. GinsburgJack PardeePhil RamoneFay KaninRichard GriffithsJoe WeiderChinua AchebeRise StevensHarry ReemsJames L. BarrettBooth GardnerAlvin LeeHugo ChavezBonnie FranklinVan CliburnDale RobertsonRoy BrownDebi AustinDr. C. Everett KoopRobert C. RichardsonGeorge ArataniMindy McCreadyPat DerbyJerry BussRichard CollinsJames DePreistStuart FreebornEssie Mae Washington-WilliamsAndre CassagnesEdward KochBalthazar KorabPatty AndrewsStan MusialEarl WeaverGussy MoranPauline Friedman PhillipsRobert L. CitronAaron SwartzEvan S. ConnellJeanne ManfordAda Louise HuxtableHuell HowserPatti Page

A screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, Collins went on to a three-decade career in television as a writer and producer of shows such as "Bonanza" and "Matlock." He was 98. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-collins-20130215,0,7312511.story" class="center_label">Full obituary</a>

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Richard Collins

( Los Angeles Times / February 19, 2013 )

A screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, Collins went on to a three-decade career in television as a writer and producer of shows such as "Bonanza" and "Matlock." He was 98. Full obituary
Notable deaths of 2012

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