March 12th
170 Notable deaths
André Salmon
French poet.
Born October 4th, 1881 in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1969 at 87 years old in Sanary-sur-Mer. [ref]
Philip Lamantia
American poet, lecturer.
Born October 23rd, 1927 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2005 at 77 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
William Heinesen
Faroese danish-language writer (1900-1991).
Born January 15th, 1900 in Tórshavn. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1991 at 91 years old in Tórshavn. [ref]
David Lack
British ornithologist and biologist (1910-1973).
Born July 16th, 1910 in London.
Died March 12th, 1973 at 62 years old in Oxford.
Harold Bauer
Pianist.
Born April 23rd, 1873 in New Malden.
Died March 12th, 1951 at 77 years old in Miami. [ref]
Horst Ehmke
Politician of the social democratic party of germany, lawyer (1927-2017).
Born February 4th, 1927 in Gdańsk.
Died March 12th, 2017 at 90 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Károly Beregfy
Hungarian fascist arrow cross defence minister under ferenc szálasi (1888-1946).
Born February 12th, 1888 in Crvenka.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 58 years old in Budapest (hanging).
Nilla Pizzi
Italian singer (1919-2011).
Born April 16th, 1919 in Sant'Agata Bolognese.
Died March 12th, 2011 at 91 years old in Segrate (disease). [ref]
Mikayil Mushfig
Azerbaijani writer (1908-1938).
Died March 12th, 1939 at 30 years old in Baku (political repression, ballistic trauma).
Sidney Dillon Ripley
American ornithologist and 8th secretary of the smithsonian (1913-2001).
Born September 20th, 1913 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2001 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 170
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