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In the year 2012
1,069 Notable deaths
Sancho Gracia
Spanish actor (1936–2012).
Born September 27th, 1936 in Madrid.
Died August 8th, 2012 at 75 years old in Madrid (lung cancer). [ref]
Margaret Mahy
New zealand children's writer (1936-2012).
Born March 21st, 1936 in Whakatāne.
Died July 23rd, 2012 at 76 years old in Christchurch.
J. J. C. Smart
Australian philosopher and academic (1920–2012).
Born September 16th, 1920 in Cambridge.
Died October 6th, 2012 at 92 years old in Melbourne. [ref]
Kōji Wakamatsu
Japanese film director (1936–2012).
Born April 1st, 1936 in Wakuya.
Died October 17th, 2012 at 76 years old in Shinjuku (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Alan G. Poindexter
American test pilot and astronaut (1961-2012).
Born November 5th, 1961 in Pasadena.
Died July 1st, 2012 at 50 years old in Pensacola. [ref]
Meenakshi Thapa
Indian actress (1984-2012).
Born October 4th, 1984 in Dehradun.
Died April 19th, 2012 at 27 years old in Gorakhpur (decapitation).
Feng Fei-fei
Taiwanese singer, actress, and presenter (1953-2012).
Born August 20th, 1953 in Taoyuan County.
Died January 3rd, 2012 at 58 years old in Hong Kong (lung cancer).
Daniel Stern
American psychiatrist and psychoanalytic theorist (1934-2012).
Born August 16th, 1934 in New York City.
Died November 12th, 2012 at 78 years old in Geneva.
Alexander Sizonenko
Soviet basketball player (1959–2012).
Born March 21st, 1959 in Zaporizhzhia.
Died January 5th, 2012 at 52 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Murray Rose
Australian swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1939-2012).
Born January 6th, 1939 in Birmingham, Nairn.
Died April 15th, 2012 at 73 years old in Sydney (leukemia). [ref]
Brigitte Engerer
French pianist (1952–2012).
Born October 27th, 1952 in Tunis.
Died June 23rd, 2012 at 59 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Mohammed Merah
French and algerian spree killer (1988-2012).
Born October 10th, 1988 in Toulouse.
Died March 22nd, 2012 at 23 years old in Toulouse.
James Mellaart
Dutch-british archaeologist (1925–2012).
Born November 14th, 1925 in London.
Died July 29th, 2012 at 86 years old in London.
Manuel Fraga
Spanish politician (1922–2012).
Born November 23rd, 1922 in Vilalba.
Died January 15th, 2012 at 89 years old in Madrid (heart failure). [ref]
Jeff Blatnick
Olympic wrestler (1957-2012).
Born July 26th, 1957 in Niskayuna.
Died October 24th, 2012 at 55 years old in Schenectady (heart failure). [ref]
James Abdnor
American congressman for south dakota (1923-2012).
Born February 13th, 1923 in Kennebec.
Died May 16th, 2012 at 89 years old in Sioux Falls. [ref]
Art Heyman
American basketball player (1941-2012).
Born June 24th, 1941 in New York City.
Died August 27th, 2012 at 71 years old in Clermont. [ref]
Abune Paulos
Patriarch of ethiopia (1935-2012).
Born November 3rd, 1935 in Adwa.
Died August 16th, 2012 at 76 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Pino Rauti
Italian politician (1926–2012).
Born November 19th, 1926 in Cardinale.
Died November 2nd, 2012 at 85 years old in Rome.
James D. Watkins
Chief of u.s. naval operations (1982–86), 6th u.s. secretary of energy (1989–93).
Born March 7th, 1927 in Alhambra.
Died July 26th, 2012 at 85 years old in Alexandria. [ref]
Isuzu Yamada
Japanese actress (1917–2012).
Born February 5th, 1917 in Osaka.
Died July 9th, 2012 at 95 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
John Fitch
Racecar driver.
Born August 4th, 1917 in Indianapolis. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2012 at 95 years old in Litchfield County (Merkel cell carcinoma). [ref]
Meral Okay
Turkish actor and screenwriter (1959–2012).
Born September 20th, 1959 in Ankara.
Died April 9th, 2012 at 52 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). [ref]
Keith Campbell
British biologist (1954-2012) professor of animal development at the university of nottingham.
Born May 23rd, 1954 in Birmingham.
Died October 5th, 2012 at 58 years old in Nottingham.
E. Donnall Thomas
American hematologist (1920-2012).
Born March 15th, 1920 in Mart.
Died October 20th, 2012 at 92 years old in Seattle (heart failure). [ref]
Deaths 376 to 400 of 1069
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde