May 12th
180 Notable deaths
Haleh Afshar
British baroness.
Born May 21st, 1944 in Tehran.
Died May 12th, 2022 at 77 years old [ref]
Camille Lepage
French photojournalist (1988–2014).
Born January 28th, 1988 in Angers.
Died May 12th, 2014 at 26 years old in Central African Republic.
Archduchess Carolina Maria of Austria
Archduchesse austria-tuscan imperial and royal (1869–1945).
Born September 5th, 1869 in Altmünster.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Edel Quinn
Roman catholic lay missionary.
Born September 14th, 1907 in Kanturk.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 36 years old in Nairobi (tuberculosis).
Yukio Ninagawa
Japanese theatre director and actor (1935–2016).
Born October 15th, 1935 in Kawaguchi.
Died May 12th, 2016 at 80 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).
Alain Colmerauer
French computer scientist (1941-2017).
Born January 24th, 1941 in Carcassonne.
Died May 12th, 2017 at 76 years old in 5th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
Rudolf Kempe
German conductor.
Born June 14th, 1910 in Dresden. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1976 at 65 years old in Zürich.
Humphrey Searle
English composer (1915-1982).
Born August 26th, 1915 in Oxford. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1982 at 66 years old in London. [ref]
Vlastimil Hort
Czech-german chess player.
Born January 12th, 1944 in Kladno. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2025 at 81 years old in Eitorf. [ref]
Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten
Austrian-hungarian general and minister of war (1861-1921).
Born April 26th, 1861 in Pernegg an der Mur.
Died May 12th, 1921 at 60 years old in Graz.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 180
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci