In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Hideji Ōtaki
Japanese actor (1925–2012).
Born June 6th, 1925 in Niigata Prefecture.
Died October 2nd, 2012 at 87 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer). [ref]
Igor Kvasha
Soviet and russian actor (1933-2012).
Born February 4th, 1933 in Moscow.
Died August 30th, 2012 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Erol Günaydın
Turkish actor (1933–2012).
Born April 16th, 1933 in Akçaabat. [ref]
Died October 15th, 2012 at 79 years old in Istanbul (heart failure).
Aharon Dolgopolsky
Russian-israeli linguist (1930-2012).
Born November 18th, 1930 in Moscow.
Died July 20th, 2012 at 81 years old in Haifa.
Rita Gorr
Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano singer (1926–2012).
Born February 18th, 1926 in Zelzate.
Died January 22nd, 2012 at 85 years old in Benidorm (disease). [ref]
Jiří Raška
Czechoslovak skijumpers and skijumpers (1941–2012).
Born February 4th, 1941 in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2012 at 70 years old in Nový Jičín. [ref]
Ladislav Kuna
Slovak footballer (1947-2012).
Born April 3rd, 1947 in Hlohovec.
Died February 1st, 2012 at 64 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Brigitte Skay
German actress (1940-2012).
Born July 18th, 1940 in Mannheim.
Died November 19th, 2012 at 72 years old in Weinheim.
Árpád Fekete
Hungarian association football player and association football manager (1921-2012).
Born March 5th, 1921 in Salgótarján.
Died February 26th, 2012 at 90 years old in Guadalajara. [ref]
Cordelia Edvardson
German-born swedish journalist, author and holocaust survivor.
Born January 1st, 1929 in Munich. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2012 at 83 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Pierre Tornade
French actor (1930–2012).
Born January 21st, 1930 in Bort-les-Orgues.
Died March 7th, 2012 at 82 years old in Rambouillet (falling from height). [ref]
Sergey Nikolsky
Soviet and russian mathematician (1905–2012).
Born April 30th, 1905 in Talitsa.
Died November 9th, 2012 at 107 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Klaus Schütz
German politician (spd) (1926-2012).
Born September 17th, 1926 in Heidelberg.
Died November 29th, 2012 at 86 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Rudolf Kreitlein
German football referee.
Born November 14th, 1919 in Fürth.
Died July 31st, 2012 at 92 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Marina Golub
Russian actress (1957-2012).
Born December 8th, 1957 in Odesa.
Died October 9th, 2012 at 54 years old in Moscow (traffic collision).
Kenny Rollins
American basketball player (1923–2012).
Born September 14th, 1923 in Charleston.
Died October 9th, 2012 at 89 years old in Greencastle. [ref]
Gregorio Peces-Barba
Spanish politician (1938-2012).
Born January 13th, 1938 in Madrid.
Died July 24th, 2012 at 74 years old in Oviedo (kidney failure). [ref]
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Soviet and russian actress (1925-2012).
Born May 15th, 1925 in Vyazma.
Died February 22nd, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Terence Spinks
English boxer (1938–2012).
Born February 28th, 1938 in London.
Died April 26th, 2012 at 74 years old in Essex.
Gideon Ezra
Israeli politician (1937-2012).
Born June 30th, 1937 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died May 17th, 2012 at 74 years old in Jerusalem (lung cancer). [ref]
Gu Chaohao
Chinese mathematician (1926–2012).
Born May 15th, 1926 in Wenzhou.
Died June 24th, 2012 at 86 years old in Shanghai. [ref]
Wallace L. W. Sargent
American astronomer (1935–2012).
Born February 15th, 1935 in Elsham.
Died October 29th, 2012 at 77 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Grigory Frid
Soviet and russian composer (1915—2012).
Born September 22nd, 1915 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 22nd, 2012 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Amy Tryon
Olympic medalist in equestrian.
Born February 24th, 1970 in Redmond.
Died April 12th, 2012 at 42 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Deaths 726 to 750 of 1068
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