In the year 2012
974 Notable deaths
Margaret Osborne duPont
American tennis player (1918–2012).
Born March 4th, 1918 in Joseph.
Died October 24th, 2012 at 94 years old in El Paso. [ref]
Amanda Todd
Canadian student who killed herself (1996–2012).
Born November 27th, 1996 in Port Coquitlam.
Died October 10th, 2012 at 15 years old in Port Coquitlam (hanging to death). [ref]
Bernard Lovell
English physicist and radio astronomer.
Born August 31st, 1913 in Oldland Common.
Died August 6th, 2012 at 98 years old in Swettenham. [ref]
Besse Cooper
American supercentenarian.
Born August 26th, 1896 in Sullivan County.
Died December 4th, 2012 at 116 years old in Walton County (respiratory failure).
Roy Salvadori
Racecar driver.
Born May 12th, 1922 in Dovercourt.
Died June 3rd, 2012 at 90 years old in Beausoleil. [ref]
Leslie Claudius
Olympic field hockey player.
Born March 25th, 1927 in Bilaspur. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2012 at 85 years old in Kolkata (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Dimitris Mitropanos
Greek singer (1948-2012).
Born April 2nd, 1948 in Trikala.
Died April 17th, 2012 at 64 years old in Athens. [ref]
Barbara Ann Scott
Canadian figure skater (1928–2012).
Died September 30th, 2012 at 84 years old in Amelia Island (disease). [ref]
Charles Rosen
American pianist and writer on music.
Born May 5th, 1927 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died December 9th, 2012 at 85 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Galina Vishnevskaya
Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.
Born October 25th, 1926 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 11th, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 974
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