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*[[Joe Avezzano]], 68, American football player ([[Boston Patriots]]) and coach ([[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Oakland Raiders]]), heart attack. [http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/04/former-cowboys-special-coach-j.html] |
*[[Joe Avezzano]], 68, American football player ([[Boston Patriots]]) and coach ([[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Oakland Raiders]]), heart attack. [http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/04/former-cowboys-special-coach-j.html] |
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*[[Pedro Bartolomé Benoit]], 91, Dominican military general, [[List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic|Provisional President]] (1965). [http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/4/9/228084/Fallece-general-retirado-Pedro-Bartolome-Benoit] (Spanish) |
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*[[Angelo Castro, Jr.]], 67, Filipino journalist, ''[[The World Tonight (ABS-CBN)|The World Tonight]]'' anchor (1986–2009; 2011), lung cancer. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/05/12/angelo-castro-succumbs-cancer] |
*[[Angelo Castro, Jr.]], 67, Filipino journalist, ''[[The World Tonight (ABS-CBN)|The World Tonight]]'' anchor (1986–2009; 2011), lung cancer. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/05/12/angelo-castro-succumbs-cancer] |
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*[[Cynthia Dall]], 41, American musician. [http://pitchfork.com/news/46064-rip-cynthia-dall/] |
*[[Cynthia Dall]], 41, American musician. [http://pitchfork.com/news/46064-rip-cynthia-dall/] |
Revision as of 00:26, 11 April 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).
April 2012
11
10
- Erdoğan Arıca, 57, Turkish football coach, lung cancer. [1]
- Luis Aponte Martínez, 89, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, first Puerto Rican cardinal, after long illness. [2] (Spanish)
- Barbara Buchholz, 52, German musician and composer, cancer. [3] (German)
- Isamu Miyazaki, 92, Japanese fighter aircraft aviator and midshipman (Imperial Japanese Navy). [4] (Japanese)
- Ivan Oliger, 102, Russian zoologist and entomologist. [5]
- Yoshikazu Shimizu, 58, Japanese journalist and editorial writer (Tokyo Shimbun), pancreatic cancer. [6] (Japanese)
- N. Varadarajan, 87, Indian politician. [7]
9
- Takeshi Aono, 75, Japanese voice actor (Dragon Ball, One Piece), post-operative multiple cerebral infarction. [8] (Japanese)
- Mark Lenzi, 43, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1992) diver, hypotension. [9]
- Wiebo Ludwig, 70, Canadian environmental activist and convicted bomber, esophageal cancer. [10]
- Jim Niven, Australian musician (The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, The Sports), cancer. [11]
- Meral Okay, 53, Turkish scriptwriter and actress, cancer. [12]
- Mitsunori Tozawa, 79, Japanese archaeologist, principal of Meiji University (1996–2000). [13] (Japanese)
8
- Gordon Bagier, 87, British politician, MP for Sunderland South (1964–87). [14]
- Bram Bart, 49, Dutch voice actor, pancreatic cancer. [15] (Dutch)
- José Guardiola, 82, Spanish singer. [16] (Spanish)
- George Wilberforce Kakoma, 89, Ugandan musician, composer of the Ugandan national anthem. [17]
- Blair Kiel, 50, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), suspected heart attack. [18]
- Graciano Ravelo, 77, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (Tiburones de La Guaira), cancer. [19] (Spanish)
- Anatoly Ravikovich, 75, Russian film actor (The Pokrovsky Gate), cancer. [20] (Russian)
- Jack Tramiel, 83, Polish-born American businessman, founder of Commodore and CEO of Atari. [21]
- Rikiya Yasuoka, 64, Japanese actor and singer, heart failure. [22] (Japanese)
7
- John Egan, 59, Irish Gaelic footballer. [23]
- Steve Fredericks, 72, American sports journalist, pancreatic cancer.[24]
- Kofuku Kaminarimon, 77, Japanese rakugo storyteller, pharyngeal cancer. [25] (Japanese)
- Ignatius Moses I Daoud, 81, Syrian Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Antioch (1998–2001), stroke complications. [26]
- Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, 54, Pakistani politician, cardiac arrest. [27]
- Mike Wallace, 93, American news correspondent (60 Minutes). [28]
- Yūichi Yamada, 81, Japanese teacher and professor, Principal of Meiji University (2000–2004). [29] (Japanese)
- Jamshid Zokirov, 63, Uzbek actor. [30] (Uzbek)
6
- Larry Canning, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa) and broadcaster, vascular dementia. [31]
- Fang Lizhi, 76, Chinese political activist and astrophysicist. [32]
- Felipe Fernández García, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ávila (1976–1991) and San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife (1991–2005). [33]
- Promode Gogoi, 82, Indian politician. [34]
- Thomas Kinkade, 54, American painter, natural causes. [35]
- Tōru Maeara, 88, Japanese teacher, Kikuchi Kan Prize winner, cerebral hemorrhage. [36] (Japanese)
- Hilde Sacré, 73, Belgian actress. [37] (Dutch)
- Sheila Scotter, 91, Australian fashion editor (Vogue Australia). [38]
- Jose Wejebe, 54, Cuban-born American television and sports fishing personality, plane crash. [39]
5
- Joe Avezzano, 68, American football player (Boston Patriots) and coach (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders), heart attack. [40]
- Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, 91, Dominican military general, Provisional President (1965). [41] (Spanish)
- Angelo Castro, Jr., 67, Filipino journalist, The World Tonight anchor (1986–2009; 2011), lung cancer. [42]
- Cynthia Dall, 41, American musician. [43]
- James S. Herr, 87, American businessman, founder of Herr's Snacks. [44]
- Kunio Hiraki, 87, Japanese writer, kidney failure. [45] (Japanese)
- Jimmy Lawlor, 78, Irish footballer. [46]
- Jim Marshall, 88, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification. [47]
- Barney McKenna, 72, Irish musician (The Dubliners). [48]
- Bingu wa Mutharika, 78, Malawian politician, President (since 2004), heart attack. [49]
- Gil Noble, 80, American television reporter and host (Like It Is). [50]
- Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, 76, German designer. [51]
- Bernard Rapoport, 94, American businessman and philanthropist. [52]
- Sir Peter Tapsell, 82, New Zealand politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1993–1996). [53]
4
- Muhammad Afrizal, 30, Indonesian boxer, PABA featherweight champion (2008), injuries sustained from bout. [54]
- Peter M. Douglas, 69, American lawyer, Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission (1985–2011), cancer. [55]
- Anne Karin Elstad, 74, Norwegian author, stroke. [56] (Norwegian)
- Juan Carlos Figarella, Venezuelan state legislator, respiratory arrest. [57]
- Nikolay Krasovsky, 87, Russian mathematician. [58] (Russian)
- Hans Kreijns, 83, Dutch contract bridge champion. [59] (Dutch)
- Claude Miller, 70, French director, producer, and screenwriter. [60]
- Helge Sverre Nesheim, 92, Norwegian broadcaster. [61] (Norwegian)
- Said Mohamed Nur, Somali Football Federation chief, bombing. [62]
- Dubravko Pavličić, 44, Croatian footballer. [63] (Croatian)
- Roberto Rexach Benítez, 82, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1993–1996). [64] (Spanish)
- Aden Yabarow Wiish, Somali Olympic Committee chief, bombing. [65]
3
- Arduino Bertoldo, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Foligno (1992–2008). [66]
- Claudia Boerner, 32, German fashion model, suicide. [67] (German)
- Michael Bzdel, 81, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Metropolitan of Winnipeg (1992–2006). [68]
- Richard Descoings, 53, French academic director (Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris). [69]
- Eduardo Luis Duhalde, 72, Argentine human rights activist, historian, and judge, aortic aneurysm. [70] (Spanish)
- O'Brian Eselu. 56, American kumu hula and singer. [71]
- Mária Kopp, 70, Hungarian physician, psychologist, and professor. [72] (Hungarian)
- Efraím Basílio Krevey, 83, Brazilian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (1978–2006). [73]
- Jean Gerard Leigh, 88, British MI5 clerk involved in the WWII Operation Mincemeat. [74]
- Mingote, 93, Spanish cartoonist, writer, and journalist. [75]
- Govind Narain, 95, Indian civil servant, Governor of Karnataka (1977–1983). [76]
- Airton Pavilhão, 77, Brazilian footballer. [77] (Portuguese)
- Xenia Stad-de Jong, 90, Dutch Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete. [78] (Dutch)
- Chief Jay Strongbow, 83, American professional wrestler. [79]
- José María Zárraga, 81, Spanish footballer and manager. [80] (Spanish)
2
- Jesús Aguilarte, 53, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Apure State (1999–2000; 2004–2011), shot. [81]
- Roger Breske, 73, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1990–2008). [82]
- Ben Huan, 105, Chinese Buddhist master, honorary president of the Buddhist Association of China. [83]
- Warren Bonython, 95, Australian conservationist, explorer, author, and chemical engineer. [84]
- Elizabeth Catlett, 96, American-born Mexican artist. [85]
- Allie Clark, 88, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics). [86]
- John Kuenster, 87, American sportswriter (Chicago Daily News, Baseball Digest), cardiac arrest. [87]
- Mauricio Lasansky, 97, Argentinian-born American printmaker. [88]
- Jimmy Little, 75, Australian singer. [89]
- Fatma Neslişah, 91, Turkish-born Ottoman and Egyptian royal, heart attack. [90]
- Christos Parlas, 76, Greek actor, pulmonary failure. [91] (Greek)
- Masao Taki, 90, Japanese baseball player and coach, heart failure. [92] (Japanese)
- Yōnosuke Watanabe, 80, Japanese Noh performer. [93] (Japanese)
1
- Ekrem Bora, 78, Turkish actor, pulmonary edema. [94] (Turkish)
- Lionel Bowen, 89, Australian politician, MP for Kingsford-Smith (1969–1990); Deputy Prime Minister (1983–1990), pneumonia. [95]
- Sauro Bufalini, 70, Italian Olympic basketball player. [96] (Italian)
- Giorgio Chinaglia, 65, Italian footballer (Lazio, New York Cosmos), heart attack. [97]
- Miguel de la Madrid, 77, Mexican politician, President (1982–1988), complications of pulmonary emphysema. [98]
- Leila Denmark, 114, American supercentenarian, author, and physician, credited with developing a whooping cough vaccine. [99]
- Jamaa Fanaka, 68, American filmmaker. [100]
- Jerry Lynch, 81, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates). [101]
- Wataru Mori, 86, Japanese pathologist (University of Tokyo), World Kindness Movement, pneumonia. [102][dead link] (Japanese)
- Chūichi Mukawa, 92, Japanese tanka poet (Waseda University), ischemic heart disease. [103] (Japanese)
- N. K. P. Salve, 91, Indian politician. [104]
- Stan Yapp, 70, English politician. [105]
March 2012
See Deaths in March 2012.
February 2012
January 2012
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