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In the year 2012
974 Notable deaths
Anita Björk
Swedish actress (1923-2012).
Born April 25th, 1923 in Tällberg. [ref]
Died October 24th, 2012 at 89 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Klaas Carel Faber
Dutch collaborator (1922–2012).
Born January 20th, 1922 in Haarlem.
Died May 24th, 2012 at 90 years old in Ingolstadt (kidney failure). [ref]
Wissam al-Hassan
Lebanese security official (1965-2012).
Born April 11th, 1965 in Btouratige.
Died October 19th, 2012 at 47 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Al Ulbrickson
American rower (1930–2012).
Born October 10th, 1930 in Seattle.
Died July 6th, 2012 at 81 years old in Seattle.
Nick Zoricic
Canadian freestyle skier (1983–2012).
Born February 19th, 1983 in Sarajevo.
Died March 10th, 2012 at 29 years old in Grindelwald. [ref]
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove
American nuclear physicist (1926–2012).
Born February 13th, 1926 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 2012 at 86 years old in Haverford. [ref]
Rudi van Dantzig
Dutch dancer and choreographer.
Born August 4th, 1933 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died January 19th, 2012 at 78 years old in Amsterdam (breast cancer, lymphoma).
Txillardegi
Spanish writer and politician (1929-2012).
Born September 27th, 1929 in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Died January 14th, 2012 at 82 years old [ref]
Fyodor Khitruk
Russian animator and film director.
Died December 3rd, 2012 at 95 years old in Moscow (Parkinson's disease).
Deaths 541 to 550 of 974
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