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In the year 2012
895 Notable deaths
Norman Alden
Actor (1924-2012).
Born September 13th, 1924 in Fort Worth.
Died July 27th, 2012 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (disease). [ref]
Paul Bogart
Tv and film director.
Born November 13th, 1919 in New York City, Harlem. [ref]
Died April 15th, 2012 at 92 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Andrew Huxley
English physiologist and biophysicist.
Born November 22nd, 1917 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died May 30th, 2012 at 94 years old in Cambridge (disease). [ref]
Dave Sexton
English footballer and manager (1930-2012).
Born April 6th, 1930 in London.
Died November 25th, 2012 at 82 years old [ref]
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Somali politician (1934-2012).
Born December 15th, 1934 in Galkayo.
Died March 23rd, 2012 at 77 years old in Abu Dhabi (pneumonia). [ref]
Dick Anthony Williams
American actor.
Born August 9th, 1934 in Chicago.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 77 years old in Van Nuys. [ref]
Barney McKenna
Irish musician (1939-2012).
Born December 16th, 1939 in Donnycarney.
Died April 5th, 2012 at 72 years old in Howth.
Mel Stuart
American film director and producer (1928–2012).
Born September 2nd, 1928 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2012 at 83 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Paul Fussell
American cultural and literary historian (1924-2012).
Born March 22nd, 1924 in Pasadena.
Died May 23rd, 2012 at 88 years old in Medford (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Wilhelm Brasse
Polish photographer (1917-2012).
Born December 3rd, 1917 in Żywiec.
Died October 23rd, 2012 at 94 years old in Żywiec. [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 895
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz