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May 12th
159 Notable deaths
Matías González
Uruguayan footballer (1925-1984).
Born August 6th, 1925 in Artigas.
Died May 12th, 1984 at 58 years old in Montevideo.
Karl Vennberg
Swedish poet (1910-1995).
Born April 11th, 1910.
Died May 12th, 1995 at 85 years old in Spånga-Kista församling.
Samuel Aguilar
Paraguayan footballer (1933-2013).
Born March 16th, 1933 in Paraguay.
Died May 12th, 2013 at 80 years old in Fernando de la Mora.
Emanuel Rádl
Czech biologist, philosopher and politic writer.
Born December 21st, 1873 in Pyšely. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1942 at 68 years old in Prague. [ref]
Guillermo Saavedra
Chilean footballer (1903-1957).
Born November 5th, 1903 in Rancagua.
Died May 12th, 1957 at 53 years old in Casablanca (myocardial infarction).
Anatoly Ionov
Russian ice hockey player (1939-2019).
Born May 23rd, 1939 in Noginsk.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 79 years old in Elektrostal. [ref]
Tapio Mäkelä
Finnish cross-country skier (1926-2016).
Born October 12th, 1926 in Nastola.
Died May 12th, 2016 at 89 years old in Jämsä. [ref]
Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev
Soviet sinologist (1881-1951).
Born January 14th, 1881 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 12th, 1951 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Émile Ali-Khan
French sprinter.
Born June 6th, 1902 in Battle. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1960 at 57 years old [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid