In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Jerry Norman
American sinologist and linguist (1936–2012).
Born July 16th, 1936 in Watsonville.
Died July 7th, 2012 at 75 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter (1935–2012).
Born June 3rd, 1935 in Philadelphia.
Died November 4th, 2012 at 77 years old in Montclair (myocardial infarction).
Pierre Mondy
French actor and director (1925–2012).
Born February 10th, 1925 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died September 15th, 2012 at 87 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (lymphoma). [ref]
Simeon ten Holt
Dutch modern classical composer (1923-2012).
Born January 24th, 1923.
Died November 25th, 2012 at 89 years old in Alkmaar.
Wilson Whineray
New zealand rugby union player and businessman (1935–2012).
Born July 10th, 1935 in Auckland.
Died October 22nd, 2012 at 77 years old in Auckland. [ref]
Fiorenzo Magni
Italian cyclist (1920–2012).
Born December 7th, 1920 in Vaiano.
Died October 19th, 2012 at 91 years old in Monza (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Warren Jabali
American basketball player (1946-2012).
Born August 29th, 1946 in Kansas City.
Died July 13th, 2012 at 65 years old in Miami. [ref]
Jaime Graça
Portuguese footballer (1942-2012).
Born January 10th, 1942 in Setúbal.
Died February 28th, 2012 at 70 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Milt Campbell
American decathlete (1933-2012).
Born December 9th, 1933 in Plainfield.
Died November 2nd, 2012 at 78 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Irving Louis Horowitz
American sociologist (1929–2012).
Born September 25th, 1929 in New York City.
Died March 21st, 2012 at 82 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Noboru Ishiguro
Japanese anime director (1938–2012).
Born August 24th, 1938 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died March 20th, 2012 at 73 years old in Saiwai-ku. [ref]
Émile Bouchard
American football player (1919–2012).
Born September 4th, 1919 in Montreal.
Died April 14th, 2012 at 92 years old in Longueuil. [ref]
Hans R. Camenzind
Swiss electronics engineer (1934-2012).
Born January 1st, 1934 in Zurich.
Died August 8th, 2012 at 78 years old in Los Altos. [ref]
Takaaki Yoshimoto
Japanese poet and philosopher (1924–2012).
Born November 25th, 1924 in Tokyo.
Died March 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Bunkyō-ku (pneumonia). [ref]
Anita Björk
Swedish actress (1923-2012).
Born April 25th, 1923 in Tällberg.
Died October 24th, 2012 at 89 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Mika Yamamoto
Japanese journalist (1967–2012).
Died August 21st, 2012 at 45 years old in Aleppo. [ref]
Klaas Carel Faber
Dutch collaborator (1922–2012).
Born January 20th, 1922 in Haarlem.
Died May 24th, 2012 at 90 years old in Ingolstadt (kidney failure). [ref]
Wissam al-Hassan
Lebanese security official (1965-2012).
Born April 11th, 1965 in Btouratige.
Died October 19th, 2012 at 47 years old in Ashrafieh (car bombing). [ref]
Al Ulbrickson
American rower (1930–2012).
Born October 10th, 1930 in Seattle.
Died July 6th, 2012 at 81 years old in Seattle.
Nick Zoricic
Canadian freestyle skier (1983–2012).
Born February 19th, 1983 in Sarajevo.
Died March 10th, 2012 at 29 years old in Grindelwald. [ref]
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove
American nuclear physicist (1926–2012).
Born February 13th, 1926 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 2012 at 86 years old in Haverford. [ref]
Rudi van Dantzig
Dutch dancer and choreographer (1933–2012).
Born August 4th, 1933 in Amsterdam.
Died January 19th, 2012 at 78 years old in Amsterdam (breast cancer, lymphoma).
Adam Ndlovu
Zimbabwean footballer (1970-2012).
Born June 26th, 1970 in Zimbabwe.
Died December 16th, 2012 at 42 years old in Victoria Falls (traffic collision).
Txillardegi
Spanish writer and politician (1929-2012).
Born September 27th, 1929 in San Sebastián.
Died January 14th, 2012 at 82 years old [ref]
Fyodor Khitruk
Soviet and russian animator and film director (1917–2012).
Died December 3rd, 2012 at 95 years old in Moscow (Parkinson's disease).
Deaths 551 to 575 of 1068
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz