January 12th
174 Notable deaths
Maria Sander
German sprinter (1924-1999).
Born October 30th, 1924 in Dinslaken.
Died January 12th, 1999 at 74 years old in Much.
Tullio Gonnelli
Athletics competitor.
Born November 21st, 1912 in Pieve di Cento.
Died January 12th, 2005 at 92 years old in Massachusetts.
Ivar Böhling
Olympic wrestler.
Born September 10th, 1889 in Ingå.
Died January 12th, 1929 at 39 years old in Vyborg.
Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Born November 29th, 1881 in Kazan. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1968 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Nunzio Malasomma
Film director, screenwriter.
Born February 4th, 1894 in Caserta. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1974 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]
Zygmunt Hübner
Polish actor (1930–1989).
Born March 23rd, 1930 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1989 at 58 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Béla Zsitnik
Hungarian rower, born 1924.
Born December 17th, 1924 in Győr.
Died January 12th, 2019 at 94 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Eduardo Risso
Uruguayan rower.
Born November 1st, 1925 in Montevideo.
Died January 12th, 1986 at 60 years old in Montevideo.
Gennady Yakovlev
Russian botanist.
Born June 7th, 1938 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 12th, 2024 at 85 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 174
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs