In the year 2012
974 Notable deaths
Aldo Maldera
Italian footballer (1953-2012).
Born October 14th, 1953 in Milan.
Died August 1st, 2012 at 58 years old in Rome. [ref]
Alan Cottrell
British metallurgist and physicist (1919-2012).
Born July 17th, 1919 in Birmingham.
Died February 15th, 2012 at 92 years old in London.
Gabriel Vahanian
French-armenian theologian (1927–2012).
Born January 24th, 1927 in Marseille.
Died August 30th, 2012 at 85 years old in Strasbourg.
Claude Pinoteau
French film director.
Born May 25th, 1925 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2012 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Estanislau Basora
Spanish footballer (1926–2012).
Born November 18th, 1926 in Barcelona.
Died March 16th, 2012 at 85 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Friedrich Zimmermann
German politician (1925-2012).
Born July 18th, 1925 in Munich.
Died September 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Filzmoos. [ref]
Luis Aponte Martínez
Puerto rican catholic cardinal.
Born August 4th, 1922 in Lajas.
Died April 10th, 2012 at 89 years old in San Juan. [ref]
Georg Leber
German politician (spd) (1920-2012).
Born October 7th, 1920 in Obertiefenbach.
Died August 21st, 2012 at 91 years old in Schönau am Königsee.
Maxim of Bulgaria
Bulgarian orthodox patriarch.
Born October 29th, 1914 in Oreshak.
Died November 6th, 2012 at 98 years old in Sofia.
Kurt Maetzig
Film director (1911–2012).
Born January 25th, 1911 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 2012 at 101 years old in Bollewick. [ref]
Deaths 621 to 630 of 974
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner