In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012).
Born February 12th, 1936 in Beijing.
Died April 6th, 2012 at 76 years old in Tucson (disease). [ref]
Margaret Osborne duPont
American tennis player (1918–2012).
Born March 4th, 1918 in Joseph.
Died October 24th, 2012 at 94 years old in El Paso. [ref]
Amanda Todd
Canadian student who killed herself (1996–2012).
Born November 27th, 1996 in Port Coquitlam.
Died October 10th, 2012 at 15 years old in Port Coquitlam (hanging to death). [ref]
Bernard Lovell
English physicist and radio astronomer.
Born August 31st, 1913 in Oldland Common.
Died August 6th, 2012 at 98 years old in Swettenham. [ref]
Besse Cooper
American supercentenarian (1896–2012).
Born August 26th, 1896 in Sullivan County.
Died December 4th, 2012 at 116 years old in Walton County (respiratory failure).
Roy Salvadori
Racecar driver.
Born May 12th, 1922 in Dovercourt.
Died June 3rd, 2012 at 90 years old in Beausoleil. [ref]
Leslie Claudius
Olympic field hockey player (1927–2012).
Born March 25th, 1927 in Bilaspur. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2012 at 85 years old in Kolkata (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Dimitris Mitropanos
Greek singer (1948–2012).
Born April 2nd, 1948 in Trikala.
Died April 17th, 2012 at 64 years old in Athens. [ref]
Barbara Ann Scott
Canadian figure skater (1928–2012).
Died September 30th, 2012 at 84 years old in Fernandina Beach (disease). [ref]
Charles Rosen
American pianist and writer on music (1927–2012).
Born May 5th, 1927 in Manhattan.
Died December 9th, 2012 at 85 years old in Manhattan.
Galina Vishnevskaya
Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.
Born October 25th, 1926 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 11th, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Norman Joseph Woodland
Inventor of the barcode (1921–2012).
Born September 6th, 1921 in Atlantic City.
Died December 9th, 2012 at 91 years old in Edgewater. [ref]
Santiago Carrillo
Spanish politician (1915–2012).
Born January 18th, 1915 in Gijón.
Died September 18th, 2012 at 97 years old in Madrid (heart failure). [ref]
Hollie Stevens
American pornographic actress (1982-2012).
Born January 4th, 1982 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 2012 at 30 years old in San Francisco (breast cancer, brain cancer). [ref]
Slater Martin
American basketball player and coach (1925-2012).
Born October 22nd, 1925 in Walker County.
Died October 18th, 2012 at 86 years old in Houston. [ref]
Włodzimierz Smolarek
Polish footballer (1957-2012).
Born July 16th, 1957 in Aleksandrów Łódzki.
Died March 7th, 2012 at 54 years old in Aleksandrów Łódzki.
Warren Rudman
American politician (1930-2012).
Born May 18th, 1930 in Boston.
Died November 19th, 2012 at 82 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lebbeus Woods
American architect (1940-2012).
Born May 31st, 1940 in Michigan, Lansing. [ref]
Died October 30th, 2012 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Leila Denmark
American pediatrician (1898–2012).
Born February 1st, 1898 in Portal.
Died April 1st, 2012 at 114 years old in Athens. [ref]
Neslişah Osmanoğlu
Ottoman noble (1921–2012).
Born February 4th, 1921 in Constantinople.
Died April 2nd, 2012 at 91 years old in Ortaköy (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jack Brooks
American politician (1922-2012).
Born December 18th, 1922 in Crowley.
Died December 4th, 2012 at 89 years old in Beaumont.
Takeshi Aono
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1936-2012).
Born June 19th, 1936 in Asahikawa.
Died April 9th, 2012 at 75 years old in Hachiōji-shi (stroke, cerebral infarction). [ref]
Joyce Redman
Anglo-irish actress (1915-2012).
Born December 7th, 1915 in Gosforth.
Died May 10th, 2012 at 96 years old in Pembury (pneumonia). [ref]
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
British historian and professor (1953–2012).
Born January 15th, 1953 in Lincoln. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2012 at 59 years old [ref]
Roman Totenberg
Polish-american musician (1911–2012).
Born January 1st, 1911 in Łódź.
Died May 8th, 2012 at 101 years old in Newton. [ref]
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