In the year 2012
959 Notable deaths
Leonid Shebarshin
Soviet intelligence chairman.
Born March 24th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died March 30th, 2012 at 77 years old in Troyekurovskoye cemetery. [ref]
Arnie Risen
American basketball player (1924–2012).
Born October 9th, 1924 in Williamstown.
Died August 4th, 2012 at 87 years old in Beachwood. [ref]
Kenny Morgans
Welsh footballer (1939-2012).
Born March 16th, 1939 in Swansea.
Died November 18th, 2012 at 73 years old in Swansea.
John Severin
Artist (1921–2012).
Born December 26th, 1921 in Jersey City.
Died February 12th, 2012 at 90 years old in Denver. [ref]
Ruggiero Ricci
American classical violinist.
Born July 24th, 1918 in San Bruno. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2012 at 94 years old in Palm Springs (heart failure). [ref]
Aliu Mahama
Former ghanaian vice president (1946-2012).
Born March 3rd, 1946 in Yendi.
Died November 16th, 2012 at 66 years old in Accra.
William Standish Knowles
American chemist.
Born June 1st, 1917 in Taunton.
Died June 13th, 2012 at 95 years old in Chesterfield (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Peter Carsten
German actor (1928-2012).
Born April 30th, 1928 in Weißenburg in Bayern.
Died April 20th, 2012 at 83 years old in Piran. [ref]
Dan Roundfield
American basketball player.
Born May 26th, 1953 in Detroit.
Died August 6th, 2012 at 59 years old in Aruba (drowning). [ref]
Jonathan Harvey
British composer (1939-2012).
Born May 3rd, 1939 in Warwickshire. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2012 at 73 years old in Lewes. [ref]
Deaths 461 to 470 of 959
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks