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February 12th
163 Notable deaths
Dennis Poore
British racing driver.
Born August 19th, 1916 in London.
Died February 12th, 1987 at 70 years old in London.
Dirk Coster
Dutch physicist.
Born October 5th, 1889 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1950 at 60 years old in Groningen. [ref]
Hermann Kantorowicz
German jurist.
Born November 18th, 1877 in Poznań. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1940 at 62 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Rafael Vidal
Venezuelan swimmer, olympic bronze medalist.
Born January 6th, 1964 in Caracas.
Died February 12th, 2005 at 41 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).
Vadim Abdrashitov
Russian film director.
Born January 19th, 1945 in Kharkiv.
Died February 12th, 2023 at 78 years old
Andreas Alföldi
Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist, archaeologist (1895-1981).
Born August 27th, 1895 in Pomáz. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1981 at 85 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Hennadiy Udovenko
Ukrainian politician and diplomat (1931-2013).
Born June 22nd, 1931 in Kryvyi Rih.
Died February 12th, 2013 at 81 years old in Kyiv.
Bisi Silva
Nigerian art curator and art critic (1962-2019).
Died February 12th, 2019 at 56 years old in Lagos (breast cancer). [ref]
Leo Falcam
President of federated states of micronesia (1935-2018).
Born November 20th, 1935 in Pohnpei.
Died February 12th, 2018 at 82 years old in Federated States of Micronesia. [ref]
Rachid Mimouni
Algerian writer (1945-1995).
Born November 20th, 1945 in Boudouaou. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1995 at 49 years old in Paris (hepatitis). [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 163
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