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In the year 2012
1,068 Notable deaths
Lêdo Ivo
Brazilian writer and poet (1924–2012).
Born February 18th, 1924 in Maceió.
Died December 23rd, 2012 at 88 years old in Seville (myocardial infarction).
John Treloar
Australian sprinter (1928–2012).
Born January 19th, 1928 in Lindfield.
Died July 23rd, 2012 at 84 years old in Taren Point.
Keith Gardner
Jamaican athlete (1929-2012).
Born September 6th, 1929 in Kingston.
Died May 25th, 2012 at 82 years old in Livingston. [ref]
Sergio de Castro
Argentinian-french artist (1922-2012).
Born September 15th, 1922 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 31st, 2012 at 90 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
István Rózsavölgyi
Hungarian middle distance runner (1929–2012).
Born March 30th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died January 27th, 2012 at 82 years old in Budapest (heart disease, lung disease). [ref]
Nikolai Krasovsky
Russian mathematician (1924–2012).
Born September 7th, 1924 in Yekaterinburg.
Died April 4th, 2012 at 87 years old in Yekaterinburg. [ref]
Shiu-Ying Hu
Chinese botanist and university teacher (1910-2012).
Born February 22nd, 1910 in Tongshan District. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2012 at 102 years old in Hong Kong (kidney failure, pneumonia). [ref]
Yuri Susloparov
Soviet footballer (1958–2012).
Born August 14th, 1958 in Kharkiv.
Died May 28th, 2012 at 53 years old in Pavlovskaya Sloboda. [ref]
Galya Novents
Soviet actor (1937-2012).
Born July 1st, 1937 in Yerevan. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 2012 at 75 years old in Yerevan.
Esther Tusquets
Spanish publisher, writer and essayist (1936–2012).
Born August 30th, 1936 in Barcelona.
Died July 23rd, 2012 at 75 years old in Barcelona (pneumonia). [ref]
José Míguez Bonino
Argentine methodist theologian.
Born March 5th, 1924 in Rosario.
Died July 1st, 2012 at 88 years old in Tandil.
Albert George Wilson
American astronomer (1918-2012).
Born July 28th, 1918 in Houston.
Died August 27th, 2012 at 94 years old in Sebastopol. [ref]
Rino Ferrario
Italian footballer (1926-2012).
Born December 7th, 1926 in Albiate.
Died September 19th, 2012 at 85 years old in Turin. [ref]
Pauli Ellefsen
Prime minister of the faroe islands (1936-2012).
Born April 20th, 1936 in Miðvágur.
Died August 24th, 2012 at 76 years old in Hoyvík. [ref]
Iryna Kalynets
Poet, writer, and ukrainian politician (1940-2012).
Born December 6th, 1940 in Lviv.
Died July 31st, 2012 at 71 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Maurice Chevit
French actor.
Born October 31st, 1923 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 2nd, 2012 at 88 years old in Saint-Maurice. [ref]
Lasse Kolstad
Norwegian actor (1922-2012).
Born January 10th, 1922 in Oslo. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2012 at 90 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz
Argentine racing driver (1923–2012).
Born June 28th, 1923 in Buenos Aires.
Died February 10th, 2012 at 88 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Xenia Stad-de Jong
Dutch sprinter.
Born March 4th, 1922 in Semarang.
Died April 3rd, 2012 at 90 years old in Zoetermeer (disease). [ref]
Aleksandr Gorelik
Soviet pair skater (1945–2012).
Born August 9th, 1945 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 2012 at 67 years old in Tuchkovo. [ref]
Mingote
Spanish cartoonist and writer (1919-2012).
Born January 17th, 1919 in Sitges.
Died April 3rd, 2012 at 93 years old in Madrid (liver cancer). [ref]
Charlie Hoag
Basketball player (1931-2012).
Born July 19th, 1931 in Guthrie.
Died March 8th, 2012 at 80 years old in Kansas City. [ref]
Nelson Prudêncio
Athletics competitor (1944–2012).
Died November 23rd, 2012 at 68 years old in São Paulo (lung cancer).
Yuri Razuvaev
Russian chess player (1945–2012).
Born October 10th, 1945 in Moscow.
Died March 21st, 2012 at 66 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Gianpiero Moretti
Italian racecar driver (1940–2012).
Born March 20th, 1940 in Milan.
Died January 14th, 2012 at 71 years old in Milan (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 851 to 875 of 1068
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan