In the year 2012
959 Notable deaths
Pierre Tornade
French actor (1930–2012).
Born January 21st, 1930 in Bort-les-Orgues.
Died March 7th, 2012 at 82 years old in Rambouillet (falling from height). [ref]
Sergey Nikolsky
Soviet and russian mathematician.
Born April 30th, 1905 in Talitsa. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2012 at 107 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Klaus Schütz
German politician (spd) (1926-2012).
Born September 17th, 1926 in Heidelberg.
Died November 29th, 2012 at 86 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Rudolf Kreitlein
German football referee.
Born November 14th, 1919 in Fürth.
Died July 31st, 2012 at 92 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Marina Golub
Russian actress (1957-2012).
Born December 8th, 1957 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 2012 at 54 years old in Moscow (traffic collision).
Kenny Rollins
American basketball player (1923–2012).
Born September 14th, 1923 in Charleston.
Died October 9th, 2012 at 89 years old in Greencastle. [ref]
Gregorio Peces-Barba
Spanish politician (1938-2012).
Born January 13th, 1938 in Madrid.
Died July 24th, 2012 at 74 years old in Oviedo (kidney failure). [ref]
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Soviet and russian actress (1925-2012).
Born May 15th, 1925 in Vyazma.
Died February 22nd, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Terence Spinks
English boxer.
Born February 28th, 1938 in London.
Died April 26th, 2012 at 74 years old in Essex.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel