In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Biff Elliot
American actor (1923–2012).
Died August 15th, 2012 at 89 years old in Studio City (disease). [ref]
Mykola Plaviuk
Ukrainian politician (1925-2012).
Died March 10th, 2012 at 86 years old in Hamilton. [ref]
Bill Moggridge
British designer (1943-2012).
Born June 25th, 1943 in London.
Died September 8th, 2012 at 69 years old in San Francisco (cancer). [ref]
Louisiana Red
African american blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer.
Born March 23rd, 1932 in Bessemer.
Died February 25th, 2012 at 79 years old in Hanover (disease). [ref]
Oswaldo Payá
Cuban activist (1952-2012).
Born February 29th, 1952 in Cerro.
Died July 22nd, 2012 at 60 years old in Bayamo (traffic collision). [ref]
Alexander Arutiunian
Armenian composer, pianist (1920–2012).
Born September 23rd, 1920 in Yerevan.
Died March 28th, 2012 at 91 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Jake Eberts
Canadian film producer, executive and financier (1941-2012).
Born July 10th, 1941 in Montreal.
Died September 6th, 2012 at 71 years old in Montreal.
Larry Reinhardt
American guitarist (1948–2012).
Born July 7th, 1948 in Florida.
Died January 2nd, 2012 at 63 years old (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Lars Hörmander
Swedish mathematician (1931–2012).
Born January 24th, 1931 in Mjällby.
Died November 25th, 2012 at 81 years old in Malmö. [ref]
Simin Daneshvar
Iranian writer (1921–2012).
Born April 28th, 1921 in Shiraz.
Died March 8th, 2012 at 90 years old in Tehran (influenza). [ref]
Gevork Vartanian
Soviet spy (1924–2012).
Born February 17th, 1924 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 10th, 2012 at 87 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Ruth Barcan Marcus
American philosopher (1921-2012).
Born August 2nd, 1921 in The Bronx.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 90 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Vitaly Vorotnikov
Russian politician (1926-2012).
Born January 20th, 1926 in Voronezh.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Bruce Surtees
American cinematographer.
Born August 3rd, 1937 in Los Angeles.
Died February 23rd, 2012 at 74 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (diabetes). [ref]
Omar Suleiman
Egyptian head of intelligence and vice president (1936–2012).
Born July 2nd, 1936 in Qena. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2012 at 76 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Louis le Brocquy
Irish painter (1916-2012).
Born November 10th, 1916 in Dublin.
Died April 25th, 2012 at 95 years old in Dublin.
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
15th chief of general staff of the israel defense forces (1944–2012).
Born March 18th, 1944 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died December 19th, 2012 at 68 years old in Jerusalem (leukemia). [ref]
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer (1919–2012).
Born April 7th, 1919 in Renate.
Died May 25th, 2012 at 93 years old in Milan. [ref]
Georgi Lozanov
Bulgarian psychologist and educator (1926-2012).
Born July 22nd, 1926 in Sofia.
Died May 6th, 2012 at 85 years old in Sliven. [ref]
Jack Taylor
English association football referee (1930-2012).
Born May 21st, 1930 in Wolverhampton.
Died July 27th, 2012 at 82 years old in Shifnal.
Martine Franck
Belgian photographer (1938-2012).
Born April 2nd, 1938 in Antwerp.
Died August 16th, 2012 at 74 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (leukemia). [ref]
Anthony Bevilacqua
American cardinal (1923–2012).
Born June 17th, 1923 in Brooklyn.
Died January 31st, 2012 at 88 years old in Montgomery County. [ref]
Keiko Tsushima
Japanese actress (1926–2012).
Born February 7th, 1926 in Nagasaki.
Died August 1st, 2012 at 86 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer). [ref]
Hubert Meyer
Ss officer (1913–2012).
Born December 5th, 1913 in Berlin.
Died November 16th, 2012 at 98 years old in Leverkusen.
Horst Faas
German photojournalist (1933–2012).
Born April 28th, 1933 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2012 at 79 years old in Munich. [ref]
Deaths 451 to 475 of 1068
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