In the year 2012
959 Notable deaths
José Luis Borau
Film producer, film director, screenwriter (1929-2012).
Born August 8th, 1929 in Zaragoza.
Died November 23rd, 2012 at 83 years old in Madrid (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Roald Aas
Speed skater and road and track cyclist.
Born March 25th, 1928 in Oslo.
Died February 18th, 2012 at 83 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya
Soviet-born american chess player.
Born March 11th, 1957 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 18th, 2012 at 55 years old in Seattle (brain cancer).
Milan Čič
Czechoslovak minister of justice of the slovakia, minister of interior of the slovakia, vice prime minister of czechoslovakia, member of czechoslovak parliament, prime minister of slovakia, politician, lawyer, constitutional judge (1932-2012).
Born January 2nd, 1932 in Zákamenné.
Died November 9th, 2012 at 80 years old in Bratislava (stroke).
Félix
Brazilian footballer (1937–2012).
Born December 24th, 1937 in São Paulo.
Died August 24th, 2012 at 74 years old in São Paulo.
Takao Sakurai
Japanese boxer (1941-2012).
Born September 25th, 1941 in Sawara.
Died January 10th, 2012 at 70 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Arnaldo Mesa
Boxer (1967–2012).
Born December 6th, 1967 in Frank País.
Died December 17th, 2012 at 45 years old in Holguín (myocardial infarction).
Fortunato Baldelli
Italian cardinal.
Born August 6th, 1935 in Valfabbrica.
Died September 20th, 2012 at 77 years old in Rome. [ref]
Elwood V. Jensen
American biologist (1920-2012).
Born January 13th, 1920 in Fargo.
Died December 16th, 2012 at 92 years old in Cincinnati (pneumonia). [ref]
Lêdo Ivo
Brazilian writer and poet.
Born February 18th, 1924 in Maceió.
Died December 23rd, 2012 at 88 years old in Seville (myocardial infarction).
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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