Deaths In 2012 Information
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).
February 2012
9
- Fred Dickson, 74, Canadian Senator (2009-2012), colon cancer. [1]
- Josh Gifford, 70, British racehorse jockey and trainer, heart attack. [2]
- Kiyoshi Kajiwara, 90, Japanese politician, chief of the Ministry of Transport, member of the House of Councillors. [3] (Japanese)
- Shirō Taihei, 55, Japanese comedian, actor and broadcast writer. [4] (Japanese)
8
- Dennis Callahan, 70, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis (1985–1989), heart attack. [5]
- John Cunningham, 66, Irish journalist, editor of Connacht Tribune (1984–2007), illness. [6]
- Robert Hecht, Jr., 92, American antiquities dealer. [7]
- Enrique Moreno, 48, Spanish footballer. [8] (Spanish)
- Luis Alberto Spinetta, 62, Argentine musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso), lung cancer. [9]
- Wando, 66, Brazilian singer, cardiorespiratory arrest. [10] (Portuguese)
7
- Esfandiar Ahmadieh, 83, Iranian animator. [11]
- Danny Clyburn, 37, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays), shot. [12]
- Jim Dinwiddie, 63, American basketball player (University of Kentucky), apparent suicide by gunshot. [13]
- Patricia Stephens Due, 72, American civil rights activist, cancer. [14]
- Harry Keough, 84, American soccer player and coach. [15]
- Sergio Larraín, 81, Chilean photographer. [16] (Spanish)
- Shōichi Sengoku, 62, Japanese zoologist, duodenal cancer. [17] (Japanese)
- Phil Shanahan, 84, Irish hurler. [18]
6
- Roger Boisjoly, 73, American engineer, anticipated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. [19]
- Sharada Dwivedi, 69, Indian historian. [20]
- Nikolay Evdakov, 47, Russian professional poker player. [21]
- Tsuneo Fujita, 82, Japanese anatomist and endocrinologist (Niigata University), stroke. [22] (Japanese)
- Vitaly Gorelik, 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack. [23]
- Yasuhiro Ishimoto, 90, Japanese photographer, complications following pneumonia and a stroke. [24] (Japanese)
- Jiang Ying, 92, Chinese opera singer and music teacher. [25]
- Noel Kelehan, 76, Irish musician (RTÉ Concert Orchestra). [26]
- Juan Vicente Lezcano, 74, Paraguayan footballer. [27] (Spanish)
- Matthew Mbu, 82, Nigerian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (1993). [28]
- Władysław Ogrodziński, 93, Polish historian and writer. [29] (Polish)
- Antoni Tàpies, 88, Spanish painter. [30]
- Janice E. Voss, 55, American astronaut, cancer. [31]
5
- Blaine, 74, Canadian editorial cartoonist. [32]
- Sam Coppola, 79, American actor (Saturday Night Fever, Fatal Attraction). [33]
- Jazmín De Grazia, 27, Argentine model, drowned. [34]
- Bill Hinzman, 75, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cancer. [35]
- Ray Honeyford, 77, English headmaster and writer. [36]
- John Turner Sargent, Sr., 87, American publisher. [37]
- Mitsuhiko Yoshino, 80, Japanese mountain climber, heart failure. [38] (Japanese)
4
- Hiroshi Ashino, 87, Japanese chanson singer, interstitial lung disease. [39] (Japanese)
- István Csurka, 77, Hungarian playwright and politician, Chairman of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (since 1993). [40] (Hungarian)
- Mike deGruy, 60, American documentary filmmaker (Trials of Life, The Blue Planet), helicopter crash. [41]
- Nigel Doughty, 54, British businessman, owner (since 1999) and chairman (2001–2011) of Nottingham Forest F.C. [42]
- Joseph W. Estabrook, 67, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Services (since 2004) and Titular Bishop of Flenucleta. [43]
- Jeff Fraza, 34, American professional boxer, struck by train. [44]
- Andy Gabrielson, 24, American stormchaser, car accident. [45]
- Florence Green, 110, British supercentenarian, last surviving veteran of World War I. [46]
- Fernando Lanhas, 88, Portuguese painter. [47] (Portuguese)
- Hubert Leitgeb, 46, Italian Olympic biathlete, two-time world champion, avalanche. [48] (German)
- Irene McKinney, 72, American poet, Poet Laureate of West Virginia (since 1994), cancer. [49]
- Livio Minelli, 85, Italian boxer. [50]
- Wendell Mitchell, 71, American politician, Alabama State Senator (1974–2010), heart failure. [51]
- Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, 94, French-born Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daloa (1956–1975). [52]
- János Sebestyén, 80, Hungarian organist. [53] (Hungarian)
- Giovanni Volta, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pavia (1986–2003). [54]
- Andrew Wight, 51, Australian screenwriter and producer (Sanctum), helicopter crash. [55]
3
- Nikos Apergis, 65, Greek actor, playwright and politician, cancer. [56] (Greek)
- Steve Appleton, 51, American businessman (Micron Technology), plane crash. [57]
- Patricia Disney, 77, American philanthropist, Alzheimer’s disease. [58]
- Nello Ferrara, 93, American businessman (Ferrara Pan Candy Company). [59]
- Ben Gazzara, 81, American actor (Run for Your Life, Road House), pancreatic cancer. [60]
- Terence Hildner, 49, American general, commander of the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). [61]
- Kumashi Kakehashi, 88, Japanese politician, stomach cancer. [62] (Japanese)
- Raj Kanwar, 50, Indian film director and producer, kidney failure. [63]
- Zalman King, 69, American film director (Wild Orchid) and producer (9½ Weeks), cancer. [64]
- Karlo Maquinto, 21, Filipino boxer. [65]
- Mayer Matalon, 89, Jamaican businessman. [66]
- Andrzej Szczeklik, 73, Polish physician and educational administrator (Jagiellonian University Medical College). [67] (Polish)
- Toh Chin Chye, 90, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1965–1968) and Minister for Health (1975–1981). [68]
- Samuel Youd, 89, British science fiction author (The Tripods, The Sword of the Spirits). [69]
- Norton Zinder, 83, American microbioloigist, pneumonia. [70]
2
- Joyce Barkhouse, 98, Canadian children's writer (Pit Pony), heart attack. [71]
- Edgar Bessen, 78, German actor. [72] (German)
- Paul Consbruch, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (1980–1999). [73]
- Frederick William Danker, 91, American lexicographer and New Testament scholar. [74]
- George Esper, 79, American reporter (Fall of Saigon) and professor. [75]
- Elwyn Friedrich, 78, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player, myocardial infarction. [76] (German)
- Luis Javier Garrido, 71, Mexican political analyst. [77] (Spanish)
- Dorothy Gilman, 88, American spy novelist (The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax), complications of Alzheimer’s disease. [78]
- Jorge Glusberg, 79, Argentine author and curator, director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. [79] (Spanish)
- Jane Ising, 110, German-born American economics professor and supercentenarian, wife of Ernst Ising. [80]
- Nassib Lahoud, 67, Lebanese politician. [81]
- James F. Lloyd, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1975–1981), stroke. [82]
1
- Herb Adams, 83, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox). [83]
- Gerlando Alberti, 88, Italian Sicilian Mafioso, cancer. [84] (Italian)
- Yona Baltman, 82, Israeli jurist, State Attorney (1982–1988). [85] (Hebrew)
- Elizabeth Candon, 90, American nun, president of Trinity College (Vermont), pulmonary fibrosis. [86]
- Don Cornelius, 75, American television host and producer (Soul Train), suicide by gunshot. [87]
- Angelo Dundee, 90, American boxing trainer (Muhammad Ali). [88]
- Ruth Hausmeister, 99, German actress (The Longest Day). [89] (German)
- Ladislav Kuna, 64, Slovak football player and manager. [90] (Slovak)
- Anil Mohile, 71, Indian film music composer, heart attack. [91]
- Ingolf Mork, 64, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper. [92] (Norwegian)
- Taiji Ōtani, 80, Japanese baseball umpire, heart failure. [93] (Japanese)
- David Peaston, 54, American R&B singer, complications of diabetes. [94]
- Lutz Philipp, 71, German Olympic athlete. [95] (German)
- Gilbert Poirot, 67, French Olympic ski jumper. [96] (French)
- Charlie Spoonhour, 72, American basketball coach (Southwest Missouri State, Saint Louis University), complications from lung disease. [97]
- Jerry Steiner, 94, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons). [98]
- Wisława Szymborska, 88, Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1996). [99]
January 2012
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