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Bloomberg





Thatcher, Mandela, Chavez Are Among Notable Deaths in 2013

2013-12-26 05:01:00.3 GMT





By Steven Gittelson

     Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The first female prime minister of

the U.K., the first black president of South Africa and the

first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange were

among the notable deaths of 2013.

     Margaret Thatcher, 87, died in April; Nelson Mandela, 95,

died this month; and Muriel Siebert, 84, died in August.

     The year also included the deaths of politicians Edward

Koch, 88, in February and Hugo Chavez, 58, in March; musicians

Marian McPartland, 95, in August and Lou Reed, 71, in October;

and athletes Stan Musial, 92, in January, and Ken Norton, 70, in

September.

     The world of business, finance and investing lost Fred

Turner, 80, the former McDonald’s Corp. chief executive officer

who introduced Chicken McNuggets, Egg McMuffins and Happy Meals,

in January; Martin Zweig, 70, who predicted the 1987 stock-

market crash, in February; and Alfred Feld, 98, whose 80 years

at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. made him the firm’s longest-serving

employee, in November.

     Here are the year’s notable deaths, with each name linked

to a previously published obituary. A cause of death is provided

when known.



January



Patti Page, 85. U.S. pop singer whose 1950s hits included

“Tennessee Waltz” and “(How Much Is That) Doggie in the

Window?” Died Jan. 1.



Lewis Adam, 68. He was a fuel trader who became president of

ADMO Energy LLC, a supply consultant in Kansas City, Missouri.

Died Jan. 2 of a heart attack on his first day of retirement.



Fred Turner, 80. As CEO at McDonald’s Corp., now the world’s

largest restaurant company, he introduced Chicken McNuggets, the

Egg McMuffin and Happy Meals. Died Jan. 7 of complications from

pneumonia.



Ada Louise Huxtable, 91. She became the first full-time

architecture critic at a U.S. newspaper when she was hired by

the New York Times in 1963 and won t

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