In the year 2012
989 Notable deaths
William Windom
American actor (1923–2012).
Born September 28th, 1923 in New York City.
Died August 16th, 2012 at 88 years old in Woodacre (heart failure). [ref]
Ron Palillo
American actor and teacher (1949-2012).
Born April 2nd, 1949 in New Haven.
Died August 14th, 2012 at 63 years old in Florida (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vidal Sassoon
British hairstylist (1928–2012).
Born January 17th, 1928 in Hammersmith.
Died May 9th, 2012 at 84 years old in Los Angeles, Bel Air (leukemia). [ref]
Eduard Khil
Russian singer (1934-2012).
Born September 4th, 1934 in Smolensk.
Died June 4th, 2012 at 77 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke). [ref]
Doc Watson
American musician (1923–2012).
Born March 3rd, 1923 in Deep Gap.
Died May 29th, 2012 at 89 years old in Winston-Salem. [ref]
Thilakan
Indian actor.
Born July 15th, 1935 in Ayiroor.
Died September 24th, 2012 at 77 years old in Thiruvananthapuram. [ref]
George Lindsey
American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speaker (1928–2012).
Born December 17th, 1928 in Fairfield.
Died May 6th, 2012 at 83 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Arlen Specter
American politician (1930–2012).
Born February 12th, 1930 in Wichita.
Died October 14th, 2012 at 82 years old in Philadelphia (lymphoma). [ref]
Maurice Sendak
American illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012).
Born June 10th, 1928 in New York City, Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2012 at 83 years old in Danbury Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harry Carey
American actor (1921–2012).
Born May 16th, 1921 in Santa Clarita. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2012 at 91 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
David Kelly
Irish actor (1929–2012).
Born July 11th, 1929 in Dublin.
Died February 12th, 2012 at 82 years old in Goatstown (pneumonia). [ref]
Herbert Lom
Czech-born film and television actor (1917-2012).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2012 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Gary Carter
American major league baseball player and sports announcer (1954-2012).
Born April 8th, 1954 in Culver City.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 57 years old in Palm Beach Gardens (cancer, brain cancer). [ref]
Earl Scruggs
American musician (1924–2012).
Born January 6th, 1924 in Boiling Springs.
Died March 28th, 2012 at 88 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Celeste Holm
American actress (1917-2012).
Born April 29th, 1917 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 15th, 2012 at 95 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Clive Dunn
British actor (1920–2012).
Born January 9th, 1920 in Brixton.
Died November 6th, 2012 at 92 years old in Faro (surgical complications).
Lupe Ontiveros
American actress (1942–2012).
Born September 17th, 1942 in El Paso.
Died July 26th, 2012 at 69 years old in Whittier (liver cancer).
Simon Ward
English stage and film actor (1941-2012).
Born October 19th, 1941 in Beckenham.
Died July 21st, 2012 at 70 years old in London.
Inder Kumar Gujral
Prime minister of india from 1997 to 1998.
Born December 4th, 1919 in Sohawa Tehsil.
Died November 30th, 2012 at 92 years old in Gurgaon. [ref]
Chaleo Yoovidhya
Thai billionaire businessman.
Born August 17th, 1923 in Phetchaburi.
Died March 17th, 2012 at 88 years old in Bangkok. [ref]
Kathryn Joosten
American actress (1939-2012).
Born December 20th, 1939 in Chicago.
Died June 2nd, 2012 at 72 years old in Westlake Village (lung cancer). [ref]
Yvette Wilson
Actress from the united states (1964-2012).
Born March 6th, 1964 in Los Angeles.
Died June 14th, 2012 at 48 years old in Los Angeles (cervix uterine cancer). [ref]
Geoffrey Hughes
British actor (1944–2012).
Born February 2nd, 1944 in Wallasey.
Died July 27th, 2012 at 68 years old in Isle of Wight (prostate cancer). [ref]
Eric Hobsbawm
British academic historian and marxist historiographer.
Born June 9th, 1917 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2012 at 95 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect (1907–2012).
Born December 15th, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died December 5th, 2012 at 104 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Deaths 76 to 100 of 989
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler