Release all forwarded functions in .close. Fixes #1513223.
diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index fa0e663..4e83f09 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -130,35 +130,37 @@
 if sys.platform == "riscos":
     _socketmethods = _socketmethods + ('sleeptaskw',)
 
+# All the method names that must be delegated to either the real socket
+# object or the _closedsocket object.
+_delegate_methods = ("recv", "recvfrom", "recv_into", "recvfrom_into",
+                     "send", "sendto")
+
 class _closedsocket(object):
     __slots__ = []
     def _dummy(*args):
         raise error(EBADF, 'Bad file descriptor')
-    send = recv = sendto = recvfrom = __getattr__ = _dummy
+    # All _delegate_methods must also be initialized here.
+    send = recv = recv_into = sendto = recvfrom = recvfrom_into = _dummy
+    __getattr__ = _dummy
 
 class _socketobject(object):
 
     __doc__ = _realsocket.__doc__
 
-    __slots__ = ["_sock",
-                 "recv", "recv_into", "recvfrom_into",
-                 "send", "sendto", "recvfrom",
-                 "__weakref__"]
+    __slots__ = ["_sock", "__weakref__"] + list(_delegate_methods)
 
     def __init__(self, family=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, _sock=None):
         if _sock is None:
             _sock = _realsocket(family, type, proto)
         self._sock = _sock
-        self.send = self._sock.send
-        self.recv = self._sock.recv
-        self.recv_into = self._sock.recv_into
-        self.sendto = self._sock.sendto
-        self.recvfrom = self._sock.recvfrom
-        self.recvfrom_into = self._sock.recvfrom_into
+        for method in _delegate_methods:
+            setattr(self, method, getattr(_sock, method))
 
     def close(self):
         self._sock = _closedsocket()
-        self.send = self.recv = self.sendto = self.recvfrom = self._sock._dummy
+        dummy = self._sock._dummy
+        for method in _delegate_methods:
+            setattr(self, method, dummy)
     close.__doc__ = _realsocket.close.__doc__
 
     def accept(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index e773eab..b7d3916 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -582,6 +582,21 @@
     def _testRecvFrom(self):
         self.cli.sendto(MSG, 0, (HOST, PORT))
 
+class TCPCloserTest(ThreadedTCPSocketTest):
+
+    def testClose(self):
+        conn, addr = self.serv.accept()
+        conn.close()
+
+        sd = self.cli
+        read, write, err = select.select([sd], [], [], 1.0)
+        self.assertEqual(read, [sd])
+        self.assertEqual(sd.recv(1), '')
+
+    def _testClose(self):
+        self.cli.connect((HOST, PORT))
+        time.sleep(1.0)
+
 class BasicSocketPairTest(SocketPairTest):
 
     def __init__(self, methodName='runTest'):
@@ -890,8 +905,8 @@
         self.serv_conn.send(buf)
 
 def test_main():
-    tests = [GeneralModuleTests, BasicTCPTest, TCPTimeoutTest, TestExceptions,
-             BufferIOTest]
+    tests = [GeneralModuleTests, BasicTCPTest, TCPCloserTest, TCPTimeoutTest,
+             TestExceptions, BufferIOTest]
     if sys.platform != 'mac':
         tests.extend([ BasicUDPTest, UDPTimeoutTest ])
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a8fe1b2..0393423 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1513223: .close() of a _socketobj now releases the underlying
+  socket again, which then gets closed as it becomes unreferenced.
+
 - The '_ctypes' extension module now works when Python is configured
   with the --without-threads option.