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In the year 2012
895 Notable deaths
Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian politician; prime minister of ethiopia (1955-2012).
Died August 20th, 2012 at 57 years old in City of Brussels (brain cancer).
Frank Cady
American actor (1915–2012).
Born September 8th, 1915 in Susanville.
Died June 8th, 2012 at 96 years old in Wilsonville. [ref]
Lakshmi Sahgal
Officer in the indian national army (ina) and former presidential candidate of india.
Born October 24th, 1914 in Chennai.
Died July 23rd, 2012 at 97 years old in Kanpur (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian neurologist.
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Turin. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2012 at 103 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Jesse Robredo
Philippine politician and cabinet secretary (1958-2012).
Born May 27th, 1958 in Naga. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2012 at 54 years old in sea (aircraft crash). [ref]
Yitzhak Shamir
Seventh prime minister of israel (1915-2012).
Born October 22nd, 1915 in Ružany. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2012 at 96 years old in Herzliya (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Angelo Dundee
American boxing trainer.
Born August 30th, 1921 in Philadelphia.
Died February 1st, 2012 at 90 years old in Tampa (heart failure). [ref]
Thomas Szasz
Hungarian psychiatrist (1920-2012).
Born April 15th, 1920 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 8th, 2012 at 92 years old in Manlius. [ref]
Ann Rutherford
Actress.
Born November 2nd, 1917 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2012 at 94 years old in Beverly Hills (heart disease). [ref]
Jonathan Frid
Canadian actor, theatre director.
Born December 2nd, 1924 in Hamilton.
Died April 14th, 2012 at 87 years old in Hamilton (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 895
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare