In the year 2012
959 Notable deaths
Ruud van Hemert
Dutch film- and tv-director (1938-2012).
Born October 29th, 1938 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2012 at 73 years old in Wapserveen (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Boris Razinsky
Soviet footballer and manager (1933-2012).
Born July 12th, 1933 in Lyubertsy.
Died August 6th, 2012 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Lennart Samuelsson
Swedish footballer and manager (1924-2012).
Born July 4th, 1924 in Borås. [ref]
Died November 27th, 2012 at 88 years old in Borlänge. [ref]
Hannie Lips
Dutch television announcer.
Born July 16th, 1924 in Rotterdam.
Died November 19th, 2012 at 88 years old in Laren.
Erwin Axer
Polish theatre director (1917–2012).
Born January 1st, 1917 in Vienna.
Died August 5th, 2012 at 95 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Mike Sparken
Racecar driver (1930-2012).
Born June 16th, 1930 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died September 21st, 2012 at 82 years old in Beaulieu-sur-Mer. [ref]
Erhard Wunderlich
German handball player (1956–2012).
Born December 14th, 1956 in Augsburg.
Died October 4th, 2012 at 55 years old in Cologne (cancer).
Jim Delaney
American shot putter.
Born March 1st, 1921 in Butte.
Died April 2nd, 2012 at 91 years old in Santa Rosa. [ref]
Baddeley Devesi
Solomon island politician (1941-2012).
Born October 16th, 1941 in Guadalcanal.
Died February 16th, 2012 at 70 years old [ref]
Anne Karin Elstad
Norwegian author (1938–2012).
Born January 19th, 1938 in Halsa Municipality.
Died April 4th, 2012 at 74 years old in Oslo (stroke). [ref]
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