In the year 2012
974 Notable deaths
Janet Carroll
Actress, singer (1940–2012).
Born December 24th, 1940 in Chicago.
Died May 22nd, 2012 at 71 years old in New York City (brain cancer). [ref]
Lucille Bliss
American actress (1916-2012).
Born May 31st, 1916 in New York City.
Died November 8th, 2012 at 96 years old in Costa Mesa (disease). [ref]
Jim Marshall
English audio engineer.
Born July 29th, 1923 in London.
Died April 5th, 2012 at 88 years old in Milton Keynes (cancer).
Doris Singleton
American actress (1919-2012).
Born September 29th, 1919 in New York City.
Died June 26th, 2012 at 92 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Dilhan Eryurt
Turkish astrophysicist (1926–2012).
Born November 29th, 1926 in İzmir.
Died September 13th, 2012 at 85 years old in Ankara (myocardial infarction).
Barney McKenna
Irish musician (1939-2012).
Born December 16th, 1939 in Donnycarney.
Died April 5th, 2012 at 72 years old in Howth.
Jack Twyman
American basketball player.
Born May 21st, 1934 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 30th, 2012 at 78 years old in Cincinnati (cancer). [ref]
William Thurston
American mathematician (1946–2012).
Born October 30th, 1946 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 21st, 2012 at 65 years old in Rochester (cancer). [ref]
Warda Al-Jazairia
Algerian-egyptian singer (1939-2012).
Born July 22nd, 1939 in Paris.
Died May 17th, 2012 at 72 years old in Cairo (heart failure). [ref]
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
American businessman (1926–2012).
Born February 5th, 1926 in New York City.
Died September 29th, 2012 at 86 years old in Southampton.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 974
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King