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April 12th
189 Notable deaths
Forrest Gregg
American football player and coach (1933-2019).
Born October 18th, 1933 in Birthright.
Died April 12th, 2019 at 85 years old in Colorado Springs (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
William Richard Tolbert
President of liberia 1971–1980.
Born May 13th, 1913 in Bensonville.
Died April 12th, 1980 at 66 years old in Monrovia (coup d'état).
Sydney Lassick
Actor (1922-2003).
Born July 23rd, 1922 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2003 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (diabetes). [ref]
Harvey Ball
American artist.
Born July 10th, 1921 in Worcester.
Died April 12th, 2001 at 79 years old in Worcester.
Alan Paton
South african writer and activist (1903-1988).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Pietermaritzburg.
Died April 12th, 1988 at 85 years old in Durban.
Tommy Smith
English association football player (1945–2019).
Born April 5th, 1945 in Liverpool.
Died April 12th, 2019 at 74 years old in Waterloo (dementia). [ref]
John McEnery
British actor (1943–2019).
Born November 1st, 1943 in Birmingham.
Died April 12th, 2019 at 75 years old in London.
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
American scholar of queer theory (1950-2009).
Born May 2nd, 1950 in Dayton. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2009 at 58 years old in New York City, Manhattan (breast cancer). [ref]
Gavin Menzies
British naval officer and author.
Born August 14th, 1937 in London.
Died April 12th, 2020 at 82 years old [ref]
Feodor Chaliapin
Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938).
Born February 13th, 1873 in Lisitsyn-Emelin House.
Died April 12th, 1938 at 65 years old in Paris (leukemia).
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