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April 12th
169 Notable deaths
Robert Pound
American physicist (1919-2010).
Born May 16th, 1919 in Ridgeway.
Died April 12th, 2010 at 90 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Ehud Manor
Israeli songwriter.
Born July 13th, 1941 in Binyamina-Giv'at Ada. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2005 at 63 years old in Tel Aviv (disease). [ref]
Deborah Coleman
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer (1956-2018).
Born October 3rd, 1956 in Portsmouth.
Died April 12th, 2018 at 61 years old in Norfolk (bronchopneumonia).
Antoine Pevsner
Russian sculptor (1884-1962).
Born January 30th, 1888 in Klimavičy. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1962 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Christian Chukwu
Nigerian footballer (1951-2025).
Born January 4th, 1951.
Died April 12th, 2025 at 74 years old [ref]
Alois Musil
Czechoslovak arabist, traveller, geographer, orientalist, writer and roman catholic priest (1868-1944).
Born June 30th, 1868 in Rychtářov. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1944 at 75 years old in Otryby. [ref]
Nechama Leibowitz
Israeli biblical scholar (1905-1997).
Born September 3rd, 1905 in Riga. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1997 at 91 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Ruth Taylor
American actress.
Born January 13th, 1908 in Grand Rapids.
Died April 12th, 1984 at 76 years old in Palm Springs.
Ernest Duchesne
French physician.
Died April 12th, 1912 at 37 years old in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (tuberculosis).
Valentin Kataev
Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet.
Born January 28th, 1897 in Odesa. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1986 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 169
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon