Deaths in 2012

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

22

• Joe Blanchard, 83, American professional wrestler, cancer. [1]
• C. K. Chandrappan, 76, Indian politician, Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India and member of the Lok Sabha for Thrissur (1977–1980; 2004–2010), cancer. [2]
• Samuel L. Glazer, 89, American entrepreneur (Mr. Coffee coffeemakers), leukemia. [3]
• Mohammed Merah, 23, French jihadist and spree killer, shot. [4]
• Vimal Mundada, 49, Indian politician, cancer. [5]

21

• Lacy Banks, 68, American sports columnist (Chicago Sun Times) and author, heart disease. [6]
• Ron Erhardt, 80, American football coach (New England Patriots). [7]
• Robert Fuest, 84, English film director. [8]
• Bruno Giacometti, 104, Swiss architect, brother of Alberto and Diego Giacometti. [9] (German)
• Jan Goossenaerts, 111, Belgian supercentenarian, oldest man in Europe. [10] (French)
• Tonino Guerra, 92, Italian poet and screenwriter (L'Avventura, L'eclisse, Blowup, Amarcord). [11]
• Ichirō Ishi, 100, Japanese scholar of American literature, complications from senility. [12] (Japanese)
• Irving Louis Horowitz, 82, American sociologist (Rutgers University, Washington University), surgical complications. [13]
• Murray Lender, 81, American entrepreneur (Lender's Bagels), complications from a fall. [14]
• Yuri Razuvaev, 66, Russian chess player and trainer. [15] (Russian)
• Marina Salye, 77, Russian geologist and politician, heart attack. [16] (Russian)
• Kåre Tveter, 90, Norwegian artist. [17] (Norwegian)
• D. Venkatesh, 27, Indian footballer, cardiac arrest. [18]

20

• Kjell-Henry Dahlberg, 63, Swedish artist and actor. [19] (Swedish)
• Noboru Daishin, 74, Japanese sumo wrestler. [20] (Japanese)
• Lincoln Hall, 56, Australian mountaineer and author, mesothelioma. [21]
• Noboru Ishiguro, 73, Japanese animator and animation director (Space Battleship Yamato, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Megazone 23). [22] (Japanese)
• Ante Jurić, 89, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, Metropolitan Archbishop of Split and Makarska (1988–2000). [23]
• Hirofumi Kabashima, 56, Japanese editor-in-chief, drowned. [24] (Japanese)
• Mel Parnell, 89, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer. [25]
• Stanislav Rassadin, 77, Russian literary critic, heart attack. [26] (Russian)
• Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, 101, Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva. [27]
• Jim Stynes, 45, Irish-born Australian football player, cancer. [28]

19

• Hanne Borchsenius, 76, Danish actress. [29] (Danish)
• Gene DeWeese, 78, American author. [30]
• Ulu Grosbard, 83, Belgian-born American theatre and film director (The Subject Was Roses, American Buffalo). [31] (body found on this date)
• William J. Hibbler, 65, American federal judge, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. [32]
• Sanford N. McDonnell, 89, American businessman (McDonnell Douglas), pancreatic cancer. [33]
• Seiichi Sakurada, 76, Japanese composer, acute leukemia. [34] (Japanese)

18

• Imra Agotić, 69, Croatian major general, commander of the Air Force. [35]
• Haim Alexander, 96, German-born Israeli composer. [36] (Hebrew)
• Furman Bisher, 93, American sports writer (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), heart attack. [37]
• William R. Charette, 79, American Medal of Honor recipient. [38]
• Gary Cornell, 34, Australian musician (Pyramid of the Coyote). [39]
• Samba Diallo, Guinea-Bissauan head of military intelligence, shot. [40]
• Shirley May France, 79, American swimmer. [41]
• Kōsen Hagihara, 75, Japanese sculptor, infective endocarditis. [42] (Japanese)
• Bob Henry, 92, American television producer and director (The Nat King Cole Show, The Flip Wilson Show). [43]
• Yoshihisa Koyama, 79, Japanese calligrapher, brain hemorrhage. [44] (Japanese)
• António Leitão, 51, Portuguese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1984) athlete, iron overload. [45] (Portuguese)
• Warren Luening, 70, American musician. [46]
• Alan Pegler, 91, British railway preservationist. [47]
• George Tupou V, 63, Tongan King (since 2006). [48]
• Anarghyros Printesis, 74, Greek Eastern Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch of Greece (1975–2008). [49]
• Nikos Vastardis, 88, Greek actor, complications after an accident. [50] (Greek)
• Eric Watson, 56, British photographer, heart attack. [51]
• Jalal Zolfonun, 74, Iranian setar player and composer, heart disease. [52]

17

• Bernard Cohen, 87, American nuclear physicist. [53]
• John Cowles, Jr., 82, American businessman and philanthropist, lung cancer. [54]
• John Demjanjuk, 91, Ukrainian Nazi war criminal, natural causes. [55]
• Tarō Fujioka, 47, Japanese actor and comedian, abdominal trauma. [56] (Japanese)
• John T. Henley, 90, American politician, President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1978). [57]
• Famara Jatta, 53, Gambian government minister and economist, Governor of the Central Bank (2003–2007). [58]
• Yūji Kinoshita, 60, Japanese entrepreneur, president of Tokyu Department Store, heart failure. [59] (Japanese)
• Rina Litvin, 73, Israeli author and translator. [60]
• Jaye Radisich, 35, Australian politician, Western Australian MLA for Swan Hills (2001–2008), cancer. [61]
• Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 88, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (since 1971), prostate cancer. [62]
• Margaret Whitlam, 92, Australian swimmer and activist, wife of Gough Whitlam, complications from a fall. [63]
• Fukiko Yasunaga, 92, Japanese poet, pancreatic cancer. [64] (Japanese)
• Chaleo Yoovidhya, 88, Thai businessman (Red Bull), natural causes. [65]

16

• Aziz Ab'Saber, 87, Brazilian geologist, heart attack. [66] (Portuguese)
• M. A. R. Barker, 83, American professor, fantasy novelist, and role-playing game creator. [67]
• Estanislao Basora, 85, Spanish footballer. [68]
• Andy Brown, 50, Zimbabwean musician, pneumonia. [69]
• Bijan Chowdhury, 81, Indian sculptor. [70]
• Mervyn Davies, 65, Welsh rugby union player, cancer. [71]
• John Ghindia, 86, American football player (University of Michigan). [72]
• Robert Hails, 89, American air force general, vice commander of Tactical Air Command. [73]
• Mikhail Kurilko-Ryumin, 89, Russian set and costume designer. [74] (Russian)
• Camilo Maccise, 74, Mexican-born Lebanese Roman Catholic priest, Superior general of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1991–2003), cancer. [75]
• Bronislav Poloczek, 72, Czech theatre and television actor. [76] (Czech)
• Peter Serracino Inglott, 75, Maltese philosopher. [77]
• Takaaki Yoshimoto, 87, Japanese poet, critic, and professor (Tokyo Institute of Technology), pneumonia. [78]
• Dieter Zechlin, 85, German pianist. [79] (German)

15

• Edvard Hagerup Bull, 89, Norwegian composer. [80] (Norwegian)
• Bob Day, 67, American Olympic (1968) distance runner, bladder cancer. [81]
• Bhanwar Lal Dhaka, 47, Indian sport shooter, 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, cardiac arrest. [82]
• Huib Eversdijk, 78, Dutch politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1991), Member of the Senate (1991–2003). [83] (Dutch)
• Lily Garafulic, 97, Chilean sculptor and professor. [84] (Spanish)
• Luis Gonzales, 81, Filipino actor, pneumonia. [85]
• Herb Gregg, American college basketball coach (Northern Arizona University). [86]
• Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 81, British soldier and courtier. [87]
• Dave Philley, 91, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics). [88]
• Pepe Rubio, 80, Spanish actor. [89]
• Jean-Marie Souriau, 89, French mathematician. [90] (French)
• Joe Stanley, 104, American World War II pilot, commander of Eglin Air Force Base. [91]

14

• Ray Barlow, 85, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion). [92]
• Josie DeCarlo, 82, French model, inspiration for Josie of Josie and the Pussycats. [93].
• Himanish Goswami, 85, Indian writer and cartoonist, prostate cancer. [94]
• Ernst-Günter Habig, 76, German Olympic footballer, stroke. [95] (German)
• Eddie King, 73, American Chicago blues musician. [96]
• Pierre Schoendoerffer, 83, French director (The Anderson Platoon), surgical complications. [97]
• Carl Rattray, 82, Jamaican jurist and politician, Attorney General (1989–1993) and President of the Court of Appeal (1993–1999). [98]
• Marcel Rohrbach, 78, French cyclist. [99] (French)
• Ted L. Strickland, 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1973–1975). [100]
• Ċensu Tabone, 98, Maltese politician, President (1989–1994) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1989). [101]

13

• Princess Anna of Saxony, 82, German princess. [102]
• Domitila Chúngara, 74, Bolivian labor leader and feminist, lung cancer. [103]
• Bodjie Dasig, 48, Filipino singer and songwriter, cancer. [104]
• Michel Duchaussoy, 73, French actor, cardiac arrest. [105] (French)
• Moshe Yehoshua Hager, 95, Israeli rabbi, 5th Rebbe of Vizhnitz, Bnei Brak. [106]
• Jock Hobbs, 52, New Zealand rugby union player and administrator, leukaemia. [107]
• Frank Jordan, 79, Australian Olympic (1952) water polo player. [108]
• Tom Johnson, 89, American astronomer and businessman, founder of Celestron. [109]
• Noel Luces, 63, Trinidadian Olympic (1968) cyclist, stroke. [110]
• Hans Ludvig Martensen, 84, Danish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Copenhagen (1965–1995). [111]
• Eileen McDonough, 49, American child actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Waltons). [112]
• Grete Nordrå, 87, Norwegian actress. [113] (Norwegian)
• Lassi Nummi, 83, Finnish poet, writer and translator. [114] (Finnish)
• Karl Roy, 43, Filipino singer (Kapatid, P.O.T.), cardiac arrest. [115]
• Tetsunosuke Sawamura, 81, Japanese kabuki actor, pancreatic cancer. [116] (Japanese)
• Lyudmila Shagalova, 88, Russian film actress (The Young Guard, Balzaminov's Marriage). [117] (Russian)
• Amusa Shittu, 75, Nigerian footballer, effects of a stroke. [118]

12

• Hasan Gafoor, 62, Indian police commissioner, heart attack. [119]
• Dick Harter, 81, American basketball coach (Charlotte Hornets, University of Oregon), cancer. [120]
• Michael Hossack, 65, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers), cancer. [121]
• Friedhelm Konietzka, 73, German-born Swiss football player and manager, assisted suicide. [122]
• Lefteris Mavroedis, 94, Greek journalist. [123] (Greek)
• Augustin Misago, 69, Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gikongoro (since 1992). [124]
• Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, 67, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador (since 2002). [125]
• Tom Murrin, 73, American performance artist under the stage names Tom Trash and the Alien Comic, cancer. [126]
• Madeleine Parent, 93, Canadian union leader and women's rights activist. [127]
• Gloria Sachs, 85, American fashion designer. [128]
• Mike Silverstein, 85, Lithuanian-born co-founder of Nina Footwear, bacterial infection. [129]
• Dick Woehrle, 81, American professional wrestling referee, colon cancer. [130]

11

• Henry Adefope, 85, Nigerian politician, Foreign Minister (1978–1979). [131]
• Hub Andrews, 89, American baseball player (New York Giants). [132]
• Faith Brook, 90, British actress. [133]
• Sid Couchey, 92, American comic book artist (Richie Rich, Little Lotta, Little Dot), Burkitt's lymphoma. [134]
• Alain Derobe, 76, French cinematographer and stereographer. [135]
• Alba Encarnación, Puerto Rican activist. [136] (Spanish)
• Wayne Frazier, 73, American football player. [137]
• Hans G. Helms, 79, German experimental writer. [138]
• Tom Manastersky, 83, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes) and hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). [139]
• James B. Morehead, 95, American World War II flying ace, stroke complications. [140]
• Kazuhito Nagae, 75, Japanese politician and parliamentarian, pneumonia. [141] (Japanese)
• Lanier W. Phillips, 88, American civil rights activist. [142]
• John Souza, 91, American soccer player (1950 World Cup , 1948 and 1952 Olympics). [143]
• Ghiath Tayfour, 42 or 43, Syrian boxing champion, shot. [144]
• Agnes Torres Hernandez, Mexican LGBT rights activist, decapitated. [145]
• Ian Turpie, 68, Australian actor and game show host, cancer. [146]
• Miomir Vukobratović, 81, Serbian mechanical engineer. [147]
• Tahira Wasti, 68, Pakistani actor. [148]

10

• Nikos Dadinopoulos, 68, Greek actor, cancer. [149]
• Jean Giraud, 73, French comic book artist (Blueberry, Métal Hurlant) and production designer (Tron, Alien). [150]
• Julio César González, 35, Mexican Olympic boxer, injuries from a hit and run. [151]
• Fausto Evelio Hernández Arteaga, 54, Honduran journalist, machete injuries. [152]
• Jay McMullen, 90, American journalist (CBS News). [153]
• Hermín Negrón Santana, 74, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (since 1981). [154]
• R. I. Page, 87, British historian and runologist. [155]
• Mykola Plaviuk, 86, Ukrainian politician, last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992). [156] (Ukrainian)
• Frank Sherwood Rowland, 84, American chemistry professor, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1995), Parkinson's disease. [157]
• Mitsuko Sakai, 90, Japanese actress, Parkinson's disease. [158] (Japanese)
• Domna Samiou, 83, Greek singer and traditional music researcher. [159]
• Tony Silipo, 54, Canadian politician, Ontario Minister of Education (1991–1993) and MPP for Dovercourt (1990–1999), brain tumor. [160]
• Jammu Siltavuori, 85, Finnish murderer and sex offender. [161] (Finnish)
• Tan Boon Teik, 83, Singaporean lawyer, Attorney-General (1967–1992), internal bleeding. [162]
• Jack Watson, 90, English cricketer, football coach and scout. [163]
• Richard White, 86, New Zealand rugby union player. [164]
• Ethel Winter, 87, American dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and teacher at the Juilliard School. [165]
• Nik Zoricic, 29, Canadian ski cross racer, brain injuries from race crash. [166]

9

• Peter Bergman, 72, American comedian (The Firesign Theater), leukemia. [167]
• Dennis Bowen, 61, American actor (Caddyshack II, Welcome Back, Kotter). [168]
• Brian Bromley, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth). [169]
• Herb Carnegie, 92, Canadian ice hockey player. [170]
• Willye Dennis, 85, American civil rights activist and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–1999). [171]
• Joy Mukherjee, 73, Indian actor. [172]
• Zuhir al-Qaisi, Palestinian militant leader, Secretary General of the Popular Resistance Committees (since 2011), air strike. [173]
• Selma Rubin, 96, American activist and environmentalist. [174]
• Jose Tomas Sanchez, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1991–2012). [175]
• Terry Teene, 70, American singer and clown, injuries from a traffic collision. [176]
• Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, 84, British academic and politician. [177]
• Harry Wendelstedt, 73, American baseball umpire (1966–1998). [178]
• Widjojo Nitisastro, 84, Indonesian economist and government minister. [179]

8

• Kristin Bølgen Bronebakk, 61, Norwegian civil servant. [180] (Norwegian)
• LaVerne Carter, 86, American bowler, heart failure. [181]
• Leslie Cochran, 60, American street personality, activist, and politician, head trauma. [182]
• Simin Daneshvar, 90, Iranian writer and academic, influenza. [183]
• Ursula Dronke, 91, British medievalist. [184]
• Jimmy Ellis, 74, American singer (The Trammps), complications of Alzheimer's disease. [185]
• Compton Gonsalves, 85, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic cyclist. [186]
• Bugs Henderson, 68, American blues guitarist, cancer. [187]
• Charlie Hoag, 81, American Olympic gold-medal winning basketball player (1952). [188]
• Scott Huey, 88, Irish cricketer. [189]
• Toshiki Komazawa, 51, Japanese author and translator, strangled. [190] (Japanese) (body discovered on this date)
• Elena Libera, 94 or 95, Italian Olympic (1948) fencer. [191] (Italian)
• Jerry Miller, 72, American boxing trainer and promoter, heart attack. [192]
• Minoru Mori, 77, Japanese businessperson, chairman and executive director of the Mori Building Company, heart failure. [193] (Japanese)
• Elio Pagliarani, 84, Italian poet and literary critic. [194]
• Jens Petersen, 70, Danish footballer and manager. [195] (Danish)
• Steve Romeo, 40, American ski mountaineer, avalanche. [196]
• Mick Walker, 69, British motorcycling writer. [197]

7

• Cris Alexander, 92, American actor and photographer. [198]
• Gary DeCramer, 67, American politician, Minnesota state senator (1983–1993). [199]
• Smaroula Giouli, 78, Greek actress. [200] (Greek)
• Dave Hrechkosy, 60, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals, St. Louis Blues), brain cancer. [201]
• Sir Raymond Lygo, 87, British admiral and businessman. [202]
• Lucia Mannucci, 91, Italian singer. [203] (Italian)
• Félicien Marceau, 98, French novelist, member of the Académie française. [204] (French)
• Marcel Mouchel, 85, French footballer and manager. [205] (French)
• Greg Novak, 61, American writer and wargame designer. [206]
• Ravi, 86, Indian music director, cardio-respiratory arrest. [207]
• Włodzimierz Smolarek, 54, Polish footballer. [208]
• Tonka Štetić, 89, Croatian operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano. [209] (Croatian)
• Pierre Tornade, 82, French actor. [210] (French)
• Ramaz Urushadze, 72, Georgian footballer. [211] (Russian)
• Mie Yamaguchi, 51, Japanese tarento and freelance news presenter, heart failure. [212] (Japanese)

6

• Khalaf al-Ali, 45, Saudi Arabian diplomat, shot. [213]
• Marcos Alonso Imaz, 78, Spanish football player (Real Madrid). [214]
• Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 75, East Timorese politician, President (1975). [215]
• Jaap Boersma, 82, Dutch politician. [216] (Dutch)
• Jan Dawidziuk, 74, Polish-born American bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church. [217]
• Rushworth Kidder, 67, American ethicist and writer, natural causes. [218]
• Gemma McCluskie, 29, British actress (EastEnders), homicide. [219] (body found on this date)
• Jacky Mekaiten, 57, Israeli singer, lyricist and composer. [220] (Hebrew)
• Louis J. Michot, 89, American businessman and politician. [221]
• Maurice Moyer, 93, American reverend and civil rights leader. [222]
• Donald M. Payne, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (since 1989), colon cancer. [223]
• Arthur Anton Vogel, 88, American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri. [224]
• Sayuri Yamauchi, 55, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Crayon Shin-chan), cancer. [225] (Japanese)

5

• Tasos Aliferis, 61, Greek politician, Mayor of Tilos (1984–2012), cancer. [226] (Greek)
• Don Andrews, 82, Australian guitarist. [227]
• Yehuda Ben-Haim, 56, Israeli Olympic boxer. [228]
• Rafael Corporan De Los Santos, 71, Dominican television producer, host, and politician, Mayor of Distrito Nacional (1990–1994), heart attack. [229]
• William Heirens, 83, American serial killer. [230]
• Kanichi Kiyokawa, 83, Japanese politician, heart failure. [231] (Japanese)
• Marian Kuszewski, 78, Polish Olympic silver medal-winning (1956, 1960) fencer. [232] (Polish)
• Roland Lakes, 72, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants). [233]
• Carl Machover, 84, American computer graphics pioneer, prolonged illness. [234]
• John Madigan, 94, American journalist, complications following a stroke. [235]
• Philip Madoc, 77, Welsh actor (Dad's Army, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George). [236]
• Maurice Pechet, 94, American academic. [237]
• Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter (Sherman Brothers). [238]
• Ken Shipp, 83, American football coach. [239]

4

• Gomer Cool, 103, American television diretor and writer (You Asked for It). [240]
• Yasuhiro Higashi, 61, Japanese baseball player (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks), myocardial infarction. [241] (Japanese)
• Robert Brendon Keating, 87, American ambassador to Madagascar and the Comoros, pneumonia. [242]
• Fumio Kōnami, 78, Japanese scriptwriter, multiple organ failure. [243] (Japanese)
• Paul McBride, 46, British lawyer. [244]
• Don Mincher, 73, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Oakland Athletics), President of the Southern League (2000–2011). [245]
• Runako Morton, 33, Nevisian Test cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision. [246]
• John C. Reiss, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trenton (1980–1997). [247]
• Steven Rubenstein, 49, American anthropologist. [248]
• Shmuel Tankus, 97, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Navy. [249]
• Joan Taylor, 82, American actress (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Rifleman), natural causes. [250]

3

• Steve Bridges, 48, American impressionist. [251]
• Dave Charnley, 76, British boxer. [252]
• Leonardo Cimino, 94, American actor (Moonstruck, Dune), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [253]
• A R Shamsud Doha, 83, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1984). [254]
• Henryk Grabowski, 82, Polish Olympic athlete. [255]
• Lloyd Hittle, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators). [256]
• Per J. Husabø, 83, Norwegian politician. [257] (Norwegian)
• Lutfullah Khan, 95, Pakistani writer and sound archivist. [258]
• Franklin McMahon, 90, American artist and reporter. [259]
• Ralph McQuarrie, 82, American conceptual designer and illustrator (Star Wars original trilogy, Cocoon). [260]
• Frank Marocco, 81, American accordionist, arranger and composer. [261]
• Ronnie Montrose, 64, American guitarist (Montrose), prostate cancer. [262]
• Jim Obradovich, 62, American baseball player (Houston Astros). [263]
• Norris Stevenson, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions), cancer. [264]
• Kason Sugioka, 98, Japanese calligrapher, Order of Culture recipient, heart failure. [265] (Japanese)
• Stephen M. Tiru, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dumka (1986–1995) and Khunti (since 1995). [266]
• Hiroshi Tsuruoka, 75, Japanese businessperson, pneumonia. [267] (Japanese)
• Alex Webster, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes) and coach (New York Giants). [268]

2

• Lawrence Anthony, 61, South African conservationist and environmentalist, heart attack. [269]
• Van T. Barfoot, 92, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, head injuries from a fall. [270]
• Gerry Bridgwood, 67, English footballer (Stoke City), heart attack. [271]
• George Firestone, 80, American politician, Secretary of State of Florida (1978–1987), Alzheimer's disease. [272]
• Doug Furnas, 52, American professional wrestler, heart disease. [273]
• Vera Galushka-Duyunova, 66, Russian volleyball player, cardiac arrest. [274] (Russian)
• Yūji Inada, 84, Japanese biochemist (Tokyo Institute of Technology), lymphoma. [275] (Japanese)
• Sir Keith Jones, 100, Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. [276]
• Gary Kubly, 68, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (since 2002), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [277]
• José Adolfo Mojica Morales, 75, Salvadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sonsonate (1989–2011). [278]
• John Panelli, 85, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals). [279]
• Gérard Rinaldi, 69, French musician and actor (Les Charlots). [280] (French)
• Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, 82, British politician and author, Leader of the House of Commons (1979–1981). [281]
• Stan Stearns, 76, American photographer (John F. Kennedy, Jr. salute), lung cancer. [282]
• James Q. Wilson, 80, American political scientist, co-author of the broken windows theory, leukemia. [283]
• Isagani Yambot, 77, Filipino journalist, publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (since 1994), heart attack. [284]

1

• Blagoje Adžić, 79, Serbian politician. [285] (Serbian)
• Phillip R. Allen, 72, American actor. [286]
• Alice Arden, 97, American Olympic (1936) high jumper. [287]
• Henryk Bałuszyński, 39, Polish footballer, heart attack. [288] (Polish)
• Andrew Breitbart, 43, American publisher and political commentator, apparent heart attack. [289]
• Jerome Courtland, 85, American actor, director, and producer, heart disease. [290]
• Lucio Dalla, 68, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack. [291]
• Fathulla Jameel, 69, Maldivian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–2005), heart disease. [292]
• 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, 80, Tibetan-born Mongolian Buddhist spiritual leader. [293]
• Archie Kalokerinos, 85, Australian physician. [294]
• Róbert Kutasi, 48, Hungarian football manager, Chairman of the Rákospalotai EAC, suicide. [295] (Hungarian)
• Thomas J. Lydon, 84, American federal judge, sepsis and car accident complications. [296]
• Germano Mosconi, 79, Italian sportswriter and news presenter. [297] (Italian)
• Callan Pinckney, 72, American fitness professional, created Callanetics. [298]
• Randy Primas, 62, American politician, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1981–1990), bone marrow cancer. [299]
• Mary Russell-Vick, 89, English field hockey player. [300]

February 2012

See Deaths in February 2012.

January 2012

See Deaths in January 2012.

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