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September 12th
169 Notable deaths
Ryszard Siwiec
Polish patriot.
Born March 7th, 1909 in Dębica.
Died September 12th, 1968 at 59 years old in Warsaw (Self-immolation).
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
French photographer and painter (1894-1986).
Born June 13th, 1894 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1986 at 92 years old in Nice. [ref]
Hans Spemann
German embryologist.
Born June 27th, 1869 in Stuttgart.
Died September 12th, 1941 at 72 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Josef Müller
German politician (csu), member of the landtag, catholic lawyer (1898-1979).
Born March 27th, 1898 in Steinwiesen.
Died September 12th, 1979 at 81 years old in Munich.
Simon Hantaï
French painter (1922–2008).
Born December 7th, 1922 in Bia. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2008 at 85 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Fran Bennett
American actress.
Born August 14th, 1937 in Malvern.
Died September 12th, 2021 at 84 years old in Baldwin Hills. [ref]
Ali Javan
Iranian-american physicist.
Born December 26th, 1926 in Tehran.
Died September 12th, 2016 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Jacob Viner
Canadian economist.
Born May 3rd, 1892 in Montreal. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1970 at 78 years old in Chicago, Princeton. [ref]
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn
3rd duke of abercorn (1869-1953).
Born November 30th, 1869 in London.
Died September 12th, 1953 at 83 years old in London.
Otto Sander
German film, theater, and voice actor (1941-2013).
Born June 30th, 1941 in Hanover. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2013 at 72 years old in Berlin (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 169
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi