In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Lydia Lamaison
Actress (1914-2012).
Born August 5th, 1914 in Mendoza.
Died February 20th, 2012 at 97 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Jerzy Kulej
Polish boxer (1940-2012).
Born October 19th, 1940 in Częstochowa.
Died July 13th, 2012 at 71 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Aldo Maldera
Italian footballer (1953-2012).
Born October 14th, 1953 in Milan.
Died August 1st, 2012 at 58 years old in Rome. [ref]
Alan Cottrell
British metallurgist and physicist (1919-2012).
Born July 17th, 1919 in Birmingham.
Died February 15th, 2012 at 92 years old in London.
David Olive
British physicist (1937-2012).
Born April 16th, 1937 in London.
Died November 7th, 2012 at 75 years old in Cambridge.
Gabriel Vahanian
French-armenian theologian (1927–2012).
Born January 24th, 1927 in Marseille.
Died August 30th, 2012 at 85 years old in Strasbourg.
Claude Pinoteau
French film director (1925–2012).
Born May 25th, 1925 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died October 5th, 2012 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer).
Estanislau Basora
Spanish footballer (1926–2012).
Born November 18th, 1926 in Barcelona.
Died March 16th, 2012 at 85 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Friedrich Zimmermann
German politician (1925-2012).
Born July 18th, 1925 in Munich.
Died September 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Filzmoos. [ref]
Luis Aponte Martínez
Puerto rican catholic cardinal (1922–2012).
Born August 4th, 1922 in Lajas.
Died April 10th, 2012 at 89 years old in San Juan. [ref]
Georg Leber
German politician (spd) (1920-2012).
Born October 7th, 1920 in Obertiefenbach.
Died August 21st, 2012 at 91 years old in Schönau am Königsee.
Maxim of Bulgaria
Bulgarian orthodox patriarch.
Born October 29th, 1914 in Oreshak.
Died November 6th, 2012 at 98 years old in Sofia.
Kurt Maetzig
Film director (1911–2012).
Born January 25th, 1911 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 2012 at 101 years old in Bollewick. [ref]
Chikage Awashima
Japanese actress (1924-2012).
Born February 24th, 1924 in Tokyo.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
José Bénazéraf
French film director (1922-2012).
Born January 8th, 1922 in Casablanca.
Died December 1st, 2012 at 90 years old in Chiclana de la Frontera.
Heidi Holland
South african journalist and author.
Born October 6th, 1947 in Johannesburg, Soweto.
Died August 11th, 2012 at 64 years old in Johannesburg, Melville (hanging to death). [ref]
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Israeli haredi rabbi. (1910–2012).
Born April 10th, 1910 in Šiauliai.
Died July 18th, 2012 at 102 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
J. Bernlef
Dutch writer and translator (1937-2012).
Born January 14th, 1937 in Sint Pancras.
Died October 29th, 2012 at 75 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Noel Kelehan
Irish musician (1935-2012).
Born December 26th, 1935 in Dublin.
Died February 6th, 2012 at 76 years old in Dublin. [ref]
François Migault
Racecar driver.
Born December 4th, 1944 in Le Mans.
Died January 29th, 2012 at 67 years old in Parigné-l'Évêque. [ref]
Claude Cheysson
French politician (1920-2012).
Born April 13th, 1920 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 15th, 2012 at 92 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Mitsuko Mori
Japanese actress (1920–2012).
Died November 10th, 2012 at 89 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and russian actor (1932-2012).
Died September 8th, 2012 at 80 years old in Moscow (falling from height). [ref]
Helga Vlahović
Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality (1945–2012).
Born January 28th, 1945 in Zagreb.
Died February 27th, 2012 at 67 years old in Zagreb (uterine cancer). [ref]
Ayten Alpman
Turkish jazz musician (1931–2012).
Born November 20th, 1931 in Istanbul.
Died April 20th, 2012 at 80 years old in Istanbul (respiratory failure). [ref]
Deaths 651 to 675 of 1068
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan