In the year 2012
975 Notable deaths
Chikage Awashima
Japanese actress (1924-2012).
Born February 24th, 1924 in Tokyo.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
José Bénazéraf
French film director (1922-2012).
Born January 8th, 1922 in Casablanca.
Died December 1st, 2012 at 90 years old in Chiclana de la Frontera.
J. Bernlef
Dutch writer and translator (1937-2012).
Born January 14th, 1937 in Sint Pancras.
Died October 29th, 2012 at 75 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Noel Kelehan
Irish musician (1935-2012).
Born December 26th, 1935 in Dublin.
Died February 6th, 2012 at 76 years old in Dublin. [ref]
François Migault
Racecar driver.
Born December 4th, 1944 in Le Mans.
Died January 29th, 2012 at 67 years old in Parigné-l'Évêque. [ref]
Claude Cheysson
French politician (1920-2012).
Born April 13th, 1920 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 15th, 2012 at 92 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and russian actor (1932-2012).
Died September 8th, 2012 at 80 years old in Moscow (fall). [ref]
Helga Vlahović
Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality (1945–2012).
Born January 28th, 1945 in Zagreb.
Died February 27th, 2012 at 67 years old in Zagreb (uterine cancer). [ref]
Ayten Alpman
Turkish jazz and pop singer.
Born November 20th, 1931 in Istanbul.
Died April 20th, 2012 at 80 years old in Istanbul (respiratory failure). [ref]
Haim Hefer
Israeli writer (1925–2012).
Born October 29th, 1925 in Sosnowiec.
Died September 18th, 2012 at 86 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Deaths 631 to 640 of 975
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King