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In the year 2012
974 Notable deaths
Samia Yusuf Omar
Somali athlete (1991-2012).
Born March 25th, 1991 in Mogadishu.
Died April 2nd, 2012 at 21 years old in Mediterranean Sea (drowning). [ref]
Miljan Miljanić
Serbian footballer (1930-2012).
Died January 13th, 2012 at 81 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Marla English
American film actress (1935-2012).
Born January 4th, 1935 in San Diego.
Died December 10th, 2012 at 77 years old in Tucson (cancer).
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist (1932–2012).
Born September 19th, 1932 in Portsmouth.
Died July 10th, 2012 at 79 years old in Hampshire. [ref]
Robert Carr
British politician (1916-2012).
Born November 11th, 1916 in North Finchley.
Died February 17th, 2012 at 95 years old in Alderley Edge. [ref]
Barry Unsworth
English novelist.
Born August 10th, 1930 in Wingate. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2012 at 81 years old in Perugia (lung cancer).
Frances Spence
American physicist and computer scientist.
Born March 2nd, 1922 in Philadelphia.
Died July 18th, 2012 at 90 years old
Jean Laplanche
French psychoanalyst, author & editor.
Born June 21st, 1924 in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 6th, 2012 at 87 years old in Beaune. [ref]
Norman Greenwood
Australian chemist (1925-2012).
Born January 19th, 1925 in Melbourne.
Died November 14th, 2012 at 87 years old in Leeds.
Christopher Logue
Poet, screenwriter, actor (1926-2011).
Born November 23rd, 1926 in Portsmouth.
Died December 2nd, 2012 at 86 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 421 to 430 of 974
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