Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 2012
959 Notable deaths
Dom Mintoff
Maltese politician (1916-2012).
Born August 6th, 1916 in Cospicua.
Died August 20th, 2012 at 96 years old in Tarxien (disease). [ref]
Turhan Bey
Actor born in austria (1922-2012).
Born March 30th, 1922 in Vienna.
Died September 30th, 2012 at 90 years old in Vienna (Parkinson's disease). [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]
Leonardo Favio
Argentine filmmaker and musician.
Born May 28th, 1938 in Las Catitas. [ref]
Died November 5th, 2012 at 74 years old in Buenos Aires (pneumonia). [ref]
John Hick
English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922-2012).
Born January 20th, 1922 in Scarborough.
Died February 9th, 2012 at 90 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
John Ingle
Actor (1928-2012).
Died September 16th, 2012 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Han Suyin
Physician and author (1917–2012).
Born September 12th, 1917 in Xinyang.
Died November 2nd, 2012 at 95 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Jacques Barzun
French-american historian (1907–2012).
Born November 30th, 1907 in Créteil. [ref]
Died October 25th, 2012 at 104 years old in San Antonio. [ref]
Pavel Grachev
Russian general.
Born January 1st, 1948 in Rvy.
Died September 23rd, 2012 at 64 years old in Krasnogorsk (infectious disease). [ref]
Bill Janklow
American politician (1939–2012).
Born September 13th, 1939 in Chicago.
Died January 12th, 2012 at 72 years old in Sioux Falls (brain cancer). [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 959
A normal human being does not want the Kingdom of Heaven: he wants life on earth to continue. George Orwell