In the year 2012
977 Notable deaths
Rémi Ochlik
Photojournalist (1983-2012).
Born October 16th, 1983 in Thionville.
Died February 22nd, 2012 at 28 years old in Homs. [ref]
Paul Kurtz
American professor of philosophy (1925-2012).
Born December 21st, 1925 in Newark.
Died October 20th, 2012 at 86 years old in Amherst. [ref]
Bert Weedon
English guitarist.
Born May 10th, 1920 in East Ham. [ref]
Died April 20th, 2012 at 91 years old in Beaconsfield. [ref]
David Rosenhan
American psychologist and university teacher (1929–2012).
Born November 22nd, 1929 in Jersey City.
Died February 6th, 2012 at 82 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Genichi Taguchi
Japanese engineer and statistician.
Born January 1st, 1924 in Tōkamachi-shi.
Died June 2nd, 2012 at 88 years old in Japan (heart failure). [ref]
Sam Coppola
American actor.
Born July 31st, 1935 in Jersey City.
Died February 5th, 2012 at 76 years old in Leonia (disease). [ref]
Ghazala Javed
Pashto singer (1988–2012).
Born January 1st, 1988 in Mingora.
Died June 18th, 2012 at 24 years old in Peshawar. [ref]
Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist (1925–2012).
Born October 15th, 1925 in Louisville.
Died November 27th, 2012 at 87 years old in Montastruc-la-Conseillère.
Martin Fleischmann
British chemist (1927–2012).
Born March 29th, 1927 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2012 at 85 years old in Tisbury (Parkinson's disease).
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012).
Born February 12th, 1936 in Beijing.
Died April 6th, 2012 at 76 years old in Tucson (disease). [ref]
Deaths 331 to 340 of 977
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving