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June 12th
189 Notable deaths
John Hospers
American philosopher and politician (1918–2011).
Died June 12th, 2011 at 93 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ricky Valance
Welsh singer (1936-2020).
Born April 10th, 1939 in Ynysddu. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2020 at 81 years old (dementia). [ref]
Herbert Edward Read
English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968).
Born December 4th, 1893 in Muscoates.
Died June 12th, 1968 at 74 years old in Stonegrave.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Italian pianist.
Born January 5th, 1920 in Brescia.
Died June 12th, 1995 at 75 years old in Lugano.
Erich Marcks
German general.
Born June 6th, 1891 in Schöneberg.
Died June 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saint-Lô.
Arnold Peter Møller
Danish businessman (1876–1965).
Born October 2nd, 1876 in Store Magleby.
Died June 12th, 1965 at 88 years old in Copenhagen.
Jon Hiseman
English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018).
Born June 21st, 1944 in London.
Died June 12th, 2018 at 73 years old in London Borough of Sutton (brain cancer).
Wolfgang Kapp
Prussian civil servant and journalist. nominal leader of the kapp-putsch (1858-1922).
Born July 24th, 1858 in New York City.
Died June 12th, 1922 at 63 years old in Klinikum St. Georg (cancer).
Bulat Okudzhava
Soviet writer and singer (1924-1997).
Born May 9th, 1924 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1997 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Hisaichi Terauchi
Japanese general (1879-1946).
Born August 8th, 1879 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Died June 12th, 1946 at 66 years old in Malayan Union (stroke).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde