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In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Camilla Williams
American operatic soprano (1919-2012).
Born October 18th, 1919 in Danville.
Died January 29th, 2012 at 92 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
André Green
French psychoanalyst (1927–2012).
Born March 12th, 1927 in Cairo.
Died January 22nd, 2012 at 84 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Phil Taylor
English footballer (1917-2012).
Born September 18th, 1917 in Bristol.
Died December 1st, 2012 at 95 years old in Bedfordshire.
Joan Roberts
American actress, singer (1917–2012).
Born July 15th, 1917 in Manhattan.
Died August 13th, 2012 at 95 years old in Stamford (heart failure). [ref]
Alketas Panagoulias
Greek footballer (1934-2012).
Born May 30th, 1934 in Thessaloniki.
Died June 18th, 2012 at 78 years old in Fairfax County. [ref]
Von Freeman
American jazz saxophonist (1923–2012).
Born October 3rd, 1923 in Chicago.
Died August 11th, 2012 at 88 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Teddy Charles
American jazz musician and composer (1928–2012).
Born April 13th, 1928 in Chicopee.
Died April 16th, 2012 at 84 years old in Riverhead. [ref]
Eugene Polley
Engineer, inventor of remote control, 1915-2012.
Born November 29th, 1915 in Chicago. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2012 at 96 years old in Downers Grove. [ref]
Ċensu Tabone
President of malta (1913-2012).
Born March 30th, 1913 in Rabat.
Died March 14th, 2012 at 98 years old in St. Julian's. [ref]
Louis Simpson
Jamaican-american poet.
Born March 27th, 1923 in Kingston.
Died September 14th, 2012 at 89 years old in Stony Brook (Alzheimer's disease).
Eva Figes
British writer (1932–2012).
Born April 15th, 1932 in Berlin.
Died August 28th, 2012 at 80 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Yafa Yarkoni
Israeli singer (1925–2012).
Born December 24th, 1925 in Givatayim.
Died January 1st, 2012 at 86 years old in Tel Aviv (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
LeRoy Ellis
American basketball player (1940-2012).
Born March 10th, 1940 in Far Rockaway.
Died June 2nd, 2012 at 72 years old in Portland (cancer, prostate cancer). [ref]
Gilbert Durand
French academic (1921–2012).
Born May 1st, 1921 in Chambéry.
Died December 7th, 2012 at 91 years old in Rumilly. [ref]
Ekrem Bora
Turkish actor (1932–2012).
Born March 7th, 1934 in Ankara.
Died April 1st, 2012 at 78 years old in Istanbul (heart failure).
John Levy
American musician (1912-2012).
Born April 11th, 1912 in New Orleans.
Died January 20th, 2012 at 99 years old in Altadena. [ref]
Antonín Holý
Czech scientist (1936–2012).
Born September 1st, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died July 16th, 2012 at 75 years old in Prague. [ref]
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist (1929–2012).
Born April 14th, 1929 in Helsinki.
Died January 25th, 2012 at 82 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Bryce Bayer
American physicist and inventor of the bayer filter.
Born August 15th, 1929 in Portland.
Died November 13th, 2012 at 83 years old in Bath.
Ignatius IV of Antioch
Patriarch of antioch (1920-2012).
Born April 4th, 1920 in Mharda.
Died December 5th, 2012 at 92 years old in Beirut (stroke). [ref]
Lisa Della Casa
Swiss soprano (1919–2012).
Born February 2nd, 1919 in Burgdorf.
Died December 10th, 2012 at 93 years old in Münsterlingen (disease).
Mark Lenzi
American diver.
Born July 4th, 1968 in Huntsville.
Died April 9th, 2012 at 43 years old in Greenville. [ref]
Alida Chelli
Actress, singer and tv-hostess.
Born October 23rd, 1943.
Died December 14th, 2012 at 69 years old in Rome (cancer).
Ann Curtis
American swimmer.
Born March 6th, 1926 in San Francisco.
Died June 26th, 2012 at 86 years old in San Rafael. [ref]
Stanley Rogers Resor
Former lawyer and us government official (1917–2012).
Born December 5th, 1917 in New York City.
Died April 17th, 2012 at 94 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Deaths 576 to 600 of 1068
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid