July 12th
161 Notable deaths
Sherwood Schwartz
American television writer and producer (1916–2011).
Born November 14th, 1916 in Passaic.
Died July 12th, 2011 at 94 years old in Los Angeles (infectious disease). [ref]
Roger Perry
American actor (1933-2018).
Born May 7th, 1933 in Davenport.
Died July 12th, 2018 at 85 years old in Indian Wells (prostate cancer). [ref]
Chuck Blazer
American soccer administrator.
Born April 26th, 1945 in Queens.
Died July 12th, 2017 at 72 years old in New Jersey (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Charles Rolls
Motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of rolls-royce.
Born August 27th, 1877 in Berkeley Square.
Died July 12th, 1910 at 32 years old in Bournemouth.
Douglas Hyde
First president of ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949).
Born January 17th, 1860 in Castlerea.
Died July 12th, 1949 at 89 years old in Dublin (pneumonia).
Robert Runcie
Archbishop of canterbury, 1980-1991.
Born October 2nd, 1921 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died July 12th, 2000 at 78 years old in St Albans (cancer). [ref]
Wolfram von Richthofen
German military officer and aviator (1895–1945).
Born October 10th, 1895 in Bartoszówek.
Died July 12th, 1945 at 49 years old (brain cancer).
Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Greek eastern orthodox monk.
Born July 25th, 1924 in Çamlıca.
Died July 12th, 1994 at 69 years old in Thessaloniki (cancer).
Chris Wood
British rock musician; member of the english rock band traffic.
Born June 24th, 1944 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1983 at 39 years old in Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (pneumonia). [ref]
Olive Morris
British community leader and black feminist activist (1952-1979).
Born June 26th, 1952 in Saint Catherine Parish.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 27 years old in St Thomas' Hospital (non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs