October 12th
175 Notable deaths
Marguerite Monnot
French composer, songwriter, concert pianist (1903-1961).
Born May 28th, 1903 in Decize. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1961 at 58 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (peritonitis). [ref]
Leon Errol
Australian actor.
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Sydney.
Died October 12th, 1951 at 70 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
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]
Saleh al-Jafarawi
Palestinian journalist, media personality and content creator (1997–2025).
Born November 22nd, 1997 in Gaza City.
Died October 12th, 2025 at 27 years old in Sabra, Gaza (gunshot wound).
Belva Plain
American writer (1915-2010).
Born October 9th, 1915 in New York City.
Died October 12th, 2010 at 95 years old in Short Hills. [ref]
Waloddi Weibull
Swedish mathematician (1887-1979).
Born June 18th, 1887 in Vittskövle.
Died October 12th, 1979 at 92 years old in Annecy.
Serge Poliakoff
French painter (1900–1969).
Born January 8th, 1906 in Moscow.
Died October 12th, 1969 at 63 years old in Paris.
Naif bin Abdullah
Younger son of king abdullah i of jordan (1914–1983).
Born November 14th, 1914 in Ta'if.
Died October 12th, 1983 at 68 years old in Amman.
Grigoris Vlastos
Greek scholar (1907-1991).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1991 at 84 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1892–1914).
Born November 27th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk.
Died October 12th, 1914 at 21 years old in Vilnius.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 175
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner