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October 12th
152 Notable deaths
Grigoris Vlastos
Greek scholar (1907-1991).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1991 at 84 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
20th-century prime minister of sweden (1862-1953).
Born February 4th, 1862. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1953 at 91 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Milcho Leviev
Bulgarina musician (1937-2019).
Born December 19th, 1937 in Plovdiv.
Died October 12th, 2019 at 81 years old in Thessaloniki.
Aritomo Gotō
Japanese admiral (1888-1942).
Born January 23rd, 1888 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died October 12th, 1942 at 54 years old in Solomon Islands.
Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia
Russian prince.
Born November 27th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk.
Died October 12th, 1914 at 21 years old in Vilnius.
Arthur Lourié
Russian composer.
Born May 1st, 1892 in Slauharad. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Gordon Griffith
American actor and film producer (1907-1958).
Born July 4th, 1907 in Chicago.
Died October 12th, 1958 at 51 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Alice Pike Barney
American painter (1857-1931).
Born January 14th, 1857 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1931 at 74 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg
German economist and noble.
Born October 30th, 1905 in Moscow.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 40 years old in Madrid (lymphoma).
Levent Kırca
Turkish actor.
Born September 28th, 1950 in Samsun.
Died October 12th, 2015 at 65 years old in Istanbul (liver cancer).
Deaths 81 to 90 of 152
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom