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About March 12th

Sun Sign
♓ Pisces
Water · Neptune
compassionate, artistic, intuitive, gentle
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Birthstone
Aquamarine
Pale blue-green
Courage, clarity, youth
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Birth Flower
Daffodil
Jonquil
New beginnings, hope, renewal
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Celtic Tree
Ash
Nion
artistic, imaginative, intuitive, free-thinking
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240 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

13 Myocardial Infarction
5 Disease
5 Cancer
5 Hanging To Death
3 Gunshot Wound

Top death years

7 2018
6 2026
6 2014
5 1991
5 1946

Deaths by gender

196 Male
44 Female

Top death places

9 Budapest
8 Los Angeles
7 Moscow
6 Belgrade
5 New York City

Top 5 notable deaths.

Henry Lee Lucas

American convicted murderer and claimed serial killer (1936–2001).

Born August 23rd, 1936 in Blacksburg.

Died March 12th, 2001 at 64 years old in Huntsville (heart failure).

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015).

Born April 28th, 1948 in Beaconsfield.

Died March 12th, 2015 at 66 years old in Broad Chalke (Alzheimer's disease, posterior cortical atrophy). [ref]

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925).

Born November 12th, 1866 in Cuiheng. [ref]

Died March 12th, 1925 at 58 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (liver cancer). [ref]

Charlie Parker

American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955).

Born August 29th, 1920 in Kansas City. [ref]

Died March 12th, 1955 at 34 years old in New York City, Manhattan (pneumonia, perforated ulcer, lobar pneumonia).

Craig Mack

American rapper (1970–2018).

Born May 10th, 1971 in Trenton.

Died March 12th, 2018 at 46 years old in Walterboro (heart failure). [ref]

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Top birth years

12 1979
12 1977
11 1956
11 1963
11 1989

Birthdays by gender

454 Male
143 Female

Top birth places

11 New York City
9 London
5 Paris
5 Los Angeles
4 Moscow

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson