April 12th
189 Notable deaths
Charles Sibley
American ornithologist and molecular biologist (1917-1998).
Born August 7th, 1917 in Fresno.
Died April 12th, 1998 at 80 years old in Santa Rosa.
Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
Egyptian poet and physician (1892–1955).
Born February 9th, 1892 in Cairo.
Died April 12th, 1955 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Wang Renmei
Chinese actress and singer.
Born December 24th, 1914 in Changsha County.
Died April 12th, 1987 at 72 years old in Beijing (cerebral hemorrhage).
Louis van Dijk
Dutch pianist, music arranger (1941-2020).
Born November 27th, 1941 in Amsterdam.
Died April 12th, 2020 at 78 years old in Rosa Spier Huis (cancer). [ref]
Arkady Severny
Russian musician (1939-1980).
Born March 12th, 1939 in Ivanovo.
Died April 12th, 1980 at 41 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Wolfgang Krull
German mathematician.
Born August 26th, 1899 in Baden-Baden. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in Bonn. [ref]
George Shevelov
Ukrainian writer, slavist philologist, literary historian, critic, member of the national academy of sciences of ukraine (1908-2002).
Born December 17th, 1908 in Kharkiv.
Died April 12th, 2002 at 93 years old in New York City.
Vilém Mathesius
Czech linguist, literature historian and science writer (1882-1945).
Born August 3rd, 1882 in Pardubice. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1945 at 62 years old in Prague. [ref]
Paul Hazard
French historian (1878-1944).
Born August 30th, 1878 in Noordpeene.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 65 years old in Paris.
Chung Won-shik
South korean politician (1928-2020).
Born August 5th, 1928 in Keijō.
Died April 12th, 2020 at 91 years old in Seoul (kidney failure). [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 189
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain