Deaths in 2012
Appearance
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2012. Names are listed under the date of death, not under the date of announcement. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.
Deaths of notable animals are also reported here.
A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, and reference.
November 2012
- Milan Čič, 80, Slovak lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Slovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990).[1]
- Bernard Perera, 56, Sri Lankan cricketer and women's national team coach.[2]
- Bill Tarmey, 81, British actor (Coronation Street
- Samuel Becker, 89, American scholar (University of Iowa).[3]
- Herbert Carter, 93, American pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).[4]
- Lino Cassar, 78, Maltese journalist and film critic.[5]
- Hope Harriman, 79, Nigerian businessman and chief.[6]
- Ian Pearce, 90, Australian jazz musician, cancer.[7]
- Carmen Basilio, 85, American boxer, pneumonia.[8]
- Arthur Beckwith, 100, Australian agriculturalist and winemaker.[9]
- Jiří Chaloupka, 60, Czech jockey and trainer, winner of 1979 Velká pardubická, traffic collision.[10]
- Ellen Douglas, 91, American writer, heart failure.[11]
- Beryl Kapaun, 113, American supercentenarian, oldest resident of South Dakota.[12]
- Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., 61, American science fiction author, lung cancer.[13]
- Sandy Pearson, 94, Australian major general, Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1968–1969).[14]
- Frank Peppiatt, 85, Canadian-born American television writer and producer (Hee Haw, The Sonny and Cher Show), bladder cancer.[15]
- Darrell Royal, 88, American football coach (University of Texas), Alzheimer's disease.[16]
- Gyan Singh, 61, Indian musician (Skinny Alley), cancer.[17]
- Arthur K. Snyder, 79, American politician, Los Angeles City Councilman (1967–1985).[18]
- Larry Alexander, 62, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House (1979–1990).[19]
- Aloysius Balina, 67, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Geita (1984–1997) and Shinyanga (since 1997), liver cancer.[20]
- Hetty Blok, 92, Dutch actress, comedian, singer and director.[21]
- Murray Byrne, 84, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat Province (1958–1976).[22]
- Joel Connable, 39, American television presenter, diabetic seizure.[23]
- Clive Dunn, 92, British actor (Dad's Army) and singer ("Grandad"), complications following operation.[24]
- Frances Hashimoto, 69, American businesswoman and civic leader, lung cancer.[25]
- Vladimír Jiránek, 74, Czech cartoonist and animator.[26]
- Theodore T. Jones, 68, American judge, NY Court of Appeals (since 2007), apparent heart attack.[27]
- Maxim of Bulgaria, 98, Bulgarian Orthodox hierarch, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (since 1971), heart ailment.[28]
- Panbanisha, 26, American bonobo involved in language studies (Great Ape Trust), common cold.[29]
- Ivor Powell, 96, Welsh footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Aston Villa) and coach (Carlisle United, Team Bath).[30]
- Frank Prial, 82, American journalist and wine critic (New York Times), complications of prostate cancer.[31]
- Damaskinos Roumeliotis, 92, Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Maronia and Komotini (since 1974), multiple organ failure.[32]
- Bohdan Tsap, 71, Ukrainian footballer and youth football trainer.[33]
- Carmen Warschaw, 95, American politician and philanthropist, natural causes.[34]
- Joseph Oliver Bowers, 102, Dominican-born Antiguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Accra, Ghana (1953–1971), and Saint John's – Basseterre (1971–1981).[35]
- Olympe Bradna, 92, French-born American dancer and actress (College Holiday, Souls at Sea, The Night of Nights).[36]
- Charles V. Bush, 72, American air force officer, first African American to graduate from the US Air Force Academy, colon cancer.[37]
- Elliott Carter, 103, American composer, natural causes.[38]
- James R. Dumpson, 103, American public servant, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Welfare (1959–1965), stroke.[39]
- Leonardo Favio, 74, Argentine singer, actor, and film director (Chronicle of a Boy Alone, Juan Moreira, Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf), polyneuritis melaminosa and HCV.[40]
- Jim Flick, 82, American golf instructor, member of PGA Hall of Fame, pancreatic cancer.[41]
- Bob Kaplan, 75, Canadian politician, creator of CSIS, Solicitor General (1980–1984), MP for Don Valley (1968–1972) and York Centre (1974–1993), cancer.[42]
- Athmane Nourine, 48, Algerian footballer (USM Alger), following a long illness.[43]
- Louis Pienaar, 86, South African lawyer and diplomat, Administrator-General of Namibia (1985-90).[44]
- Sikandar Sanam, 48, Pakistani actor and comedian, liver cancer.[45]
- Arunesh Sharma, 67, Indian footballer, following a brief illness.[46]
- Jimmy Stephen, 90, Scottish footballer.[47]
- Ken Stephinson, 79, British television director and producer (BBC), lymphoma.[48]
- Glen Morgan Williams, 92, American federal judge, Western District Court of Virginia (1976–2010).[49]
- Errol Black, 73, Canadian academic and politician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[50]
- Ted Curson, 77, American jazz trumpeter, heart attack.[51]
- Jim Durham, 65, American sportscaster.[52]
- Samuel S. Freedman, 85, American politician (Connecticut House, 1972–1978), judge (Connecticut Superior Court, 1978–2010), and professor (Quinnipiac University).[53]
- Beverley Goodway, 69, British glamour photographer, cancer.[54]
- Marit Henie, 87, Norwegian Olympic figure skater.[55]
- Eiji Hosoya, 67, Japanese businessman, Chairman of Resona Holdings.[56]
- Max Obispo, 73, French footballer (FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bergerac Foot), writer and painter.[57]
- Reg Pickett, 85, English footballer (Portsmouth, Ipswich Town).[58]
- David Resnick, 88, Brazilian-born Israeli architect and town planner.[59]
- Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, 38, Indian restaurateur and television show host, heart attack.[60]
- Carmélia Alves, 89, Brazilian singer, multiple organ seizure.[61]
- Odd Børretzen, 85, Norwegian author and singer, pneumonia.[62]
- George Chesterton, 90, British cricketer.[63]
- Tommy Godwin, 91, British Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) track cyclist.[64]
- Paul Keyes, 50, American baseball coach (Virginia Commonwealth University), melanoma.[65]
- Fateh Khan, Pakistani politician, bombing.[66]
- Greg King, 43, New Zealand lawyer, suspected suicide.[67] (body discovered on this date)
- Thomas K. McCraw, 72, American scholar and author (Harvard University).[68]
- Kailashpati Mishra, 89, Indian politician, Governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan (2003–2004), asthma.[69]
- Eugenija Pleškytė, 74, Lithuanian actress.[70]
- Ingegerd Troedsson, 83, Swedish politician, MP for Uppsala County (1974–1994), first female Speaker of the Riksdag (1991–1994).[71]
- Shaha Ali Abdu, 42, Syrian Kurdish militia leader, execution.[72]
- Milt Campbell, 78, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) decathlete, prostate cancer and diabetes.[73]
- Robert Morton Duncan, 85, American federal judge (Armed Forces Court of Appeals, Southern Ohio District Court).[74]
- Joe Ginsberg, 86, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers).[75]
- Nikos A. Kavvadias, 74, Greek prosaist. [76]
- Hans Lindgren, 80, Swedish actor. [77]
- Han Suyin, 95, Chinese-born British writer (A Many-Splendoured Thing).[78]
- Pino Rauti, 85, Italian politician.[79]
- János Rózsás, 86, Hungarian writer.[80]
- Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, 55, Indian politician, MP for Srikakulam (1996–2009), traffic collision.[81]
- John C. Tyson, 86, American judge (Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals), natural causes.[82]
- Roger Wood, 87, Belgian-born American editor and journalist (Daily Express, New York Post), cancer.[83]
- Brad Armstrong, 50, American professional wrestler.[84]
- Gae Aulenti, 84, Italian architect and designer.[85]
- Chen Zude, 68, Chinese Go player, cancer.[86]
- Chong Chee Kin, 39, Singaporean journalist, heart failure.[87]
- Agustín García Calvo, 86, Spanish academic, respiratory failure.[88]
- Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, 86, British politician, MP for Pontefract and Castleford (1978–1997).[89]
- Jan Louwers, 82, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).[90]
- Mitch Lucker, 28, American singer (Suicide Silence), traffic collision.[91]
- Pascual Pérez, 55, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees), bludgeoned.[92]
- Omry Ronen, 75, Ukranian-born American Slavist, stroke.[93]
- Edwin Q. White, 90, American journalist, Saigon bureau chief for the Associated Press (1965–1975), heart failure.[94]
Prior months
- Deaths in October 2012
- Deaths in September 2012
- Deaths in August 2012
- Deaths in July 2012
- Deaths in June 2012
- Deaths in May 2012
- Deaths in April 2012
- Deaths in March 2012
- Deaths in February 2012
- Deaths in January 2012
See also
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External links
- Obituaries, Variety
- Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
- The Guardian, UK obituaries
- The New York Times, US obituaries
- The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries