Deaths in 2012
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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
March 2012
9
- Joy Mukherjee, 73, Indian actor. [1]
- Jose Tomas Sanchez, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1991–2012). [2]
- Harry Wendelstedt, 73, American baseball umpire. [3]
8
- Leslie Cochran, 60, American street personality, activist, and politician, head trauma. [4]
- Simin Daneshvar, 90, Iranian writer and academic. [5]
- Jimmy Ellis, 74, American singer (The Trammps). [6]
- Toshiki Komazawa, 51, Japanese author and translator, strangled. [7] (Japanese) (body discovered on this date)
- Steve Romeo, 40, American ski mountaineer, avalanche. [8]
- Mie Yamaguchi, 51, Japanese tarento and freelance news presenter, heart failure. [9] (Japanese) (body discovered on this date)
7
- Gary DeCramer, 67, American politician, Minnesota state senator (1983–1993). [10]
- Smaroula Giouli, 78, Greek actress. [11] (Greek)
- Lucia Mannucci, 91, Italian singer. [12] (Italian)
- Félicien Marceau, 98, French novelist, member of the Académie française. [13] (French)
- Ravi, 86, Indian music director, cardio-respiratory arrest. [14]
- Włodzimierz Smolarek, 54, Polish footballer. [15]
- Tonka Štetić, 89, Croatian operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano. [16] (Croatian)
- Pierre Tornade, 82, French actor. [17] (French)
- Ramaz Urushadze, 72, Georgian footballer. [18] (Russian)
6
- Marcos Alonso Imaz, 78, Spanish football player (Real Madrid). [19] (Spanish)
- Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 75, East Timorese politician, President (1975). [20]
- Jaap Boersma, 82, Dutch politician. [21] (Dutch)
- Jan Dawidziuk, 74, Polish-born American bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church. [22]
- Rushworth Kidder, 67, American ethicist and writer, natural causes. [23]
- Maurice Moyer, 93, American reverend and civil rights leader. [24]
- Donald M. Payne, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (since 1989), colon cancer. [25]
- Sayuri Yamauchi, 55, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Crayon Shin-chan), cancer. [26] (Japanese)
5
- Tasos Aliferis, 61, Greek politician, Mayor of Tilos (1984–2012), cancer. [27] (Greek)
- Yehuda Ben-Haim, 46, Israeli Olympic boxer. [28]
- Rafael Corporan De Los Santos, 71, Dominican television producer, host, and politician, Mayor of Distrito Nacional (1990–1994), heart attack. [29]
- William Heirens, 83, American serial killer. [30]
- Kanichi Kiyokawa, 83, Japanese politician, heart failure. [31] (Japanese)
- Marian Kuszewski, 78, Polish fencer [32] (Polish)
- Roland Lakes, 72, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants). [33]
- Carl Machover, 84, American computer graphics pioneer, prolonged illness. [34]
- John Madigan, 94, American journalist, complications following a stroke. [35]
- Philip Madoc, 77, Welsh actor (Dad's Army, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George). [36]
- Maurice Pechet, 94, American academic. [37]
- Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter (Sherman Brothers). [38]
- Ken Shipp, 83, American football coach. [39]
4
- Yasuhiro Higashi, 61, Japanese baseball player (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks), myocardial infarction. [40] (Japanese)
- Fumio Kōnami, 78, Japanese scriptwriter, multiple organ failure. [41] (Japanese)
- Paul McBride, 46, British lawyer. [42]
- Don Mincher, 73, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Oakland Athletics), President of the Southern League (2000–2011). [43]
- Runako Morton, 33, Nevisian-born Trinidadian Test cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision. [44]
- John C. Reiss, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trenton (1980–1997). [45]
- Shmuel Tankus, 97, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Navy. [46]
- Joan Taylor, 82, American actress (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Rifleman), natural causes. [47]
3
- Steve Bridges, 48, American impressionist. [48]
- Dave Charnley, 76, British boxer. [49]
- A R Shamsud Doha, 83, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1984). [50]
- Henryk Grabowski, 82, Polish Olympic athlete. [51]
- Lloyd Hittle, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators). [52]
- Per J. Husabø, 83, Norwegian politician. [53] (Norwegian)
- Franklin McMahon, 90, American artist and reporter. [54]
- Ralph McQuarrie, 82, American conceptual designer and illustrator (Star Wars original trilogy, Cocoon). [55]
- Frank Marocco, 81, American accordionist, arranger and composer. [56]
- Ronnie Montrose, 64, American guitarist (Montrose), prostate cancer. [57]
- Jim Obradovich, 62, American baseball player (Houston Astros). [58]
- Norris Stevenson, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions), cancer. [59]
- Kason Sugioka, 98, Japanese calligrapher, Order of Culture recipient, heart failure. [60] (Japanese)
- Stephen M. Tiru, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dumka (1986–1995) and Khunti (since 1995). [61]
- Hiroshi Tsuruoka, 75, Japanese businessperson, pneumonia. [62] (Japanese)
- Alex Webster, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes) and coach (New York Giants). [63]
2
- Lawrence Anthony, 61, South African conservationist and environmentalist, heart attack. [64]
- Van T. Barfoot, 92, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, head injuries from a fall. [65]
- Gerry Bridgwood, 67, English footballer (Stoke City), heart attack. [66]
- George Firestone, 80, American politician, Secretary of State of Florida (1978–1987), Alzheimer's disease. [67]
- Doug Furnas, 52, American professional wrestler, heart disease. [68]
- Vera Galushka-Duyunova, 66, Russian volleyball player, cardiac arrest. [69] (Russian)
- Yūji Inada, 84, Japanese biochemist (Tokyo Institute of Technology), lymphoma. [70] (Japanese)
- Gary Kubly, 68, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (since 2002), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [71]
- José Adolfo Mojica Morales, 75, Salvadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sonsonate (1989–2011). [72]
- John Panelli, 85, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals). [73]
- Gérard Rinaldi, 69, French musician and actor (Les Charlots). [74] (French)
- Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, 82, British politician and author, Leader of the House of Commons (1979–1981). [75]
- Stan Stearns, 76, American photographer (John F. Kennedy, Jr. salute), lung cancer. [76]
- James Q. Wilson, 80, American political scientist, co-author of the broken windows theory, leukemia. [77]
- Isagani Yambot, 77, Filipino journalist, publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (since 1994), heart attack. [78]
1
- Blagoje Adžić, 79, Serbian politician. [79] (Serbian)
- Alice Arden, 97, American Olympic (1936) high jumper. [80]
- Henryk Bałuszyński, 39, Polish footballer, heart attack. [81] (Polish)
- Andrew Breitbart, 43, American publisher and political commentator, apparent heart attack. [82]
- Jerome Courtland, 85, American actor, director and producer. [83]
- Lucio Dalla, 68, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack. [84]
- Fathulla Jameel, 69, Maldivian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–2005), heart disease. [85]
- 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, 80, Tibetan-born Mongolian spiritual leader of Buddhism. [86]
- Róbert Kutasi, 48, Hungarian football manager, Chairman of the Rákospalotai EAC, suicide. [87] (Hungarian)
- Germano Mosconi, 79, Italian sportswriter and news presenter. [88] (Italian)
- Callan Pinckney, 72, American fitness professional, created Callanetics. [89]
February 2012
January 2012
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