In the year 2012
974 Notable deaths
Eva Figes
British writer.
Born April 15th, 1932 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 28th, 2012 at 80 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Yafa Yarkoni
Israeli singer (1925–2012).
Born December 25th, 1925 in Givatayim.
Died January 1st, 2012 at 86 years old in Tel Aviv (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
LeRoy Ellis
American basketball player (1940-2012).
Born March 10th, 1940 in Far Rockaway.
Died June 2nd, 2012 at 72 years old in Portland (cancer, prostate cancer). [ref]
Gilbert Durand
French academic (1921-2012).
Born May 1st, 1921 in Chambéry. [ref]
Died December 7th, 2012 at 91 years old in Moye. [ref]
Ekrem Bora
Turkish actor (1932–2012).
Born March 7th, 1934 in Ankara.
Died April 1st, 2012 at 78 years old in Istanbul (heart failure).
Antonín Holý
Czech scientist.
Born September 1st, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died July 16th, 2012 at 75 years old in Prague. [ref]
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist.
Born April 14th, 1929 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 25th, 2012 at 82 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Bryce Bayer
American physicist and inventor of the bayer filter.
Born August 15th, 1929 in Portland.
Died November 13th, 2012 at 83 years old in Bath.
Ignatius IV of Antioch
Patriarch of antioch (1920-2012).
Born April 4th, 1920 in Mhardeh.
Died December 5th, 2012 at 92 years old in Beirut (stroke). [ref]
Lisa Della Casa
Swiss soprano (1919–2012).
Born February 2nd, 1919 in Burgdorf.
Died December 10th, 2012 at 93 years old in Münsterlingen (disease).
Deaths 561 to 570 of 974
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau