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March 12th
181 Notable deaths
Miguel Delibes
Spanish writer (1920–2010).
Born October 17th, 1920 in Valladolid.
Died March 12th, 2010 at 89 years old in Valladolid (colon cancer). [ref]
Claude Vivier
Canadian composer.
Born April 14th, 1948 in Montreal. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1983 at 34 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Lazare Ponticelli
World war i veteran, piping and metal worker.
Born December 7th, 1897 in Bettola. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2008 at 110 years old in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. [ref]
David Burns
Actor, singer (1901-1971).
Born June 21st, 1901 in Manhattan.
Died March 12th, 1971 at 69 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marianne Weber
German women's rights activist and legal historian (1870-1954).
Born August 2nd, 1870 in Oerlinghausen. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1954 at 83 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Tonie Marshall
French actress (1951-2020).
Born November 29th, 1951 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died March 12th, 2020 at 68 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Wang Zhen
Chinese general and politician (1908-1993).
Born April 11th, 1908 in Liuyang.
Died March 12th, 1993 at 84 years old in Guangzhou.
Ken Flach
Us tennis player.
Born May 24th, 1963 in St. Louis.
Died March 12th, 2018 at 54 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia). [ref]
Spiros Cyprianou
2nd president of the republic of cyprus (1977-1988).
Born October 28th, 1932 in Limassol. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2002 at 69 years old in Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center (cancer). [ref]
Philippe Soupault
French writer (1897-1990).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Chaville. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1990 at 92 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 181
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran