Famous People Who Died in 2012

Deaths 1 - 200 of 612

Jan 2 William Carey, American businessman & philanthropist (W. P. Carey & Co.), died from complications after a heart attack at 81
Jan 3 Bob Weston, British guitarist & songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), dies from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 64 (body found this date)
Jan 3 Gene Bartow, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (US National Team 1974; Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA), dies of stomach cancer at 81
Jan 3 Harold Zirin, American astronomer, dies at 82
Jan 3 Josef Skvorecky, Czech writer & publisher, dies at 87
Jan 3 Robert L Carter, American civil rights activist & judge, dies after complications from a stroke at 94
Jan 3 Winifred Milius Lubell, American illustrator & writer (The Outer Lands), dies of congestive heart failure at 97
Jan 3 Wylie Walker Vale, American endocrinologist who discovered the stress hormone, dies at 70
Jan 4 Eve Arnold, American photojournalist, dies at 99
Jan 4 Gatewood Galbraith [Louis], lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, dies from pneumonia at 64
Jan 4 Harry Fowler, British actor (Great: Isambard Kingdom Brunel), dies at 85
Jan 4 James Crow, American geneticist, dies at 95
Jan 4 Rod Robbie, Canadian architect and planner (Roger's Centre/Sky Dome, Toronto), dies at 83
Jan 4 Ruben Ayala, American politician (California State Senator 1974-1998), dies of natural cause at 89
Jan 5 Don Carter, American pro bowler (6 x Bowler of the Year; first athlete to earn $1m in single endorsement deal [Ebonite International]), dies from pneumonia and emphysema at 85
Jan 5 Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and screenwriter, dies at 111
Jan 5 Hikaru Hayashi, Japanese pianist, conductor and composer (Onibaba), dies at 80
Jan 6 Ellen Pence, American social activist (battered women's movement), dies from cancer at 63
Jan 6 John Celardo, American comic strip artist (Tarzan), dies at 93
Jan 6 Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and filmmaker, dies at 96

Jan 6 Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
Jan 6 Robert Holness, South African English radio and television presenter (Blockbusters), dies at 83
Jan 6 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist (anticipated challenger disaster), dies at 73
Jan 6 W. Francis McBeth, American composer (Of Sailors and Whales), conductor, and pedagogue (Ouachita Baptist University, 1957-96), dies at 78
Jan 7 Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian author, dies from heart failure at 77
Jan 8 Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian born pianist (Levintritt Prize, 1948), and composer, dies at 82
Jan 9 Brian Curvis, British boxer and 1960 welterweight champion, dies from leukemia at 74
Jan 9 Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer, dies at 87
Jan 9 Malam Bacai Sanhá, President of Guinea-Bissau, dies of diabetes at 64
Jan 9 Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican singer and politician, dies from septic shock and pneumonia at 92
Jan 9 William Roll, German poltergeist researcher and parapsychologist (The Poltergeist, Unsolved Mysteries), dies at 85
Jan 10 Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence agent, dies at 87
Jan 12 Bill Janklow, American politician and four-term Governor of South Dakota (Republican: 1979-87, 1995-2003), dies of brain cancer at 72
Jan 12 Charles Price, American businessman and diplomat, dies at 80
Jan 12 Reginald Hill, British crime author (Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe novels), dies of brain cancer at 75
Jan 12 Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), dies at 89
Jan 13 Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer, dies from cancer at 71
Jan 13 Rauf Denktash, leader of Turkish Cypriots, dies of multiple organ failure at 87
Jan 15 Edward Derwinski, Chicago congressman 1959-83 and first Secretary of Veteran Affairs, dies of cancer at 85
Jan 16 Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor, dies at 87

Jan 16 Jimmy Castor, American pop and funk musician (Troglodyte (Cave Man), Jimmy Castor Bunch), died of heart failure at 71
Jan 17 Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, dies at 82
Jan 17 Johnny Otis [Ioannis Veliotes], American R&B musician, songwriter, producer and talent scout ("Willie and the Hand Jive"; "Cupid's Boogie"), known as "the godfather of rhythm and blues", dies at 90
Jan 17 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, dies of a heart attack at 74
Jan 19 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer an choreographer (Painted Birds), dies from lymphoma at 78

Etta James (1938-2012)

Jan 20 American singer ("Roll With Me"; "At Last"), dies from leukemia at 73

Jan 20 John F Baker Jr, United States Army Master Sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient dies at 66
Jan 21 Jonathan Idema, American torturer, kidnapper and con-artist, dies from Aids complications at 55
Jan 21 Roy John Britten, American molecular biologist (repeated DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes), dies of pancreatic cancer at 92
Jan 22 Joe Paterno, American College Football HOF coach (Penn State 1966-2011; NCAA C'ship 1982, 86; Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of 1986), dies from lung cancer at 85
Jan 22 Richard "Dick" Tufeld, American voice actor (Lost in Space - "Robot"), dies at 85'
Jan 23 Anthony Capo, DeCavalcante crime family hitman and informant, dies from heart attack at 52/53
Jan 24 James Farentino, American actor (The Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), dies of heart failure at 73
Jan 24 Patricia Neway, American opera and musical theatre singer, dies at 83
Jan 24 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (The Travelling Players, Eternity and a Day), dies at 76
Jan 25 Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (Helsinki Chamber Orchestra; Finnish RSO, 1956-72), dies aged 82
Jan 26 Clare Fischer, American musician, composer and arranger, dies at 83
Jan 26 Dimitra Arliss [Arlys], American actress (Rich Man Poor Man II, The Sting), dies at 79
Jan 26 Ian Abercrombie, English actor (Birds of Prey, Desperate Housewives), dies from kidney failure at 77
Jan 26 Roberto Mières, Argentine auto racer (USAC Road Racing C'ship Daytona 1,000 km 1959; 17 x F1 GP), dies at 87
Jan 27 Greg Cook, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), dies at 65
Jan 27 Kevin White, American politician, dies at 82
Jan 29 Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, dies at 92
Jan 29 François Migault, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 runner-up; 16 F1 GP), dies from cancer at 67
Jan 29 Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager, dies at 88
Jan 29 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian President (1992-99), dies at 93
Jan 30 Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86
Jan 30 Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, dies at 99
Jan 31 Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal, dies at 88
Jan 31 Dorothea Tanning, American artist (Nachtmusik, 1943, Night Shadow, 1945), dies at 101
Jan 31 Mike Kelley, American artist, commits suicide at 57
Jan 31 Tristram Coffin, American folklorist, dies from pneumonia at 89
Feb 1 Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer & cornerman (Muhammad Ali 1960–81 & 15 other world boxing champions), dies at 90
Feb 1 Charlie Spoonhour, American basketball coach (Southwest Missouri State, Saint Louis, UNLV), dies at 72
Feb 1 Don Cornelius, American television host, commits suicide by gunshot at 75
Feb 1 Gerlando Alberti, Sicilian Mafioso, dies from cancer at 88
Feb 1 Ton de Kruyf, Dutch composer, dies at 74
Feb 1 Wislawa Szymborska, Polish poet & Nobel Laureate, dies at 88
Feb 2 Dorothy Gilman, American mystery writer, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 88
Feb 3 Ben Gazzara, American actor, dies from pancreatic cancer at 81
Feb 3 Christopher Samuel Youd, British sci-fi writer (Tripods Trilogy), dies at 89
Feb 3 Norton Zinder, American biologist (genetic transduction), dies from pneumonia at 83
Feb 3 Zalman King, American actor and director, dies from cancer at 69
Feb 4 Florence Green, last surviving veteran of World War One, dies at 110
Feb 4 Istvan Csurka, Hungarian writer and politician, dies at 77
Feb 4 Robert Daniel, five term American congressman for Virginia, dies at 75
Feb 4 Robert Glaser, American educational psychologist, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 91
Feb 5 Al De Lory, American session pianist, arranger, and record producer (Glen Campbell), dies 82
Feb 5 Sam Coppola, American actor (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 79
Feb 6 Antoni Tapies, Spanish painter, sculptor and theorist (Dau al Set), dies at 88
Feb 6 Billy Bean, American jazz guitarist (John Lewis; Herbie Mann; Bud Shank), dies at 79
Feb 6 Janice Voss, American astronaut (shuttle radar topography mission), dies from breast cancer at 55
Feb 6 Noel Kelehan, Irish pianist, conductor (RTÉ Concert Orchestra), and arranger (Eurovision; U2), dies at 77
Feb 6 Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st African-American woman architect in NY & California, dies at 85
Feb 6 Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), dies at 82
Feb 7 Florence Holway, American rape victim and activist, dies at 96
Feb 7 Patricia Stephens Due, African-American civil rights activist (FAMU jail-in), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 72
Feb 7 Phil Bruns, American actor and writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "George Shumway"), dies of natural causes at 80
Feb 8 Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi, dies at 99
Feb 8 Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian rock musician, dies from lung cancer at 62
Feb 10 Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver, dies at 88
Feb 10 Geoffrey Cornish, Canadian golf course architect, dies at 97
Feb 10 Jeffrey Zaslow, American author and columnist, dies in a car accident at 53

Whitney Houston (1963-2012)

Feb 11 American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), dies from an accidental bathtub drowning at 48

Feb 12 David Kelly, Irish actor (Grandpa Joe-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Fawlty Towers), dies of pneumonia and lung cancer at 82
Feb 12 John Severin, American comic book artist, dies at 90
Feb 12 Zina Bethune, American actress, dies from hit and run at 66
Feb 13 Freddie Solomon, American football wide receiver, dies from colon and liver cancer at 59
Feb 13 Lillian Bassman, American photographer and painter (Harper's Bazaar), dies at 94
Feb 13 Mohamed Lamari, Chief of Staff of the Algerian Army, dies from a heart attack at 72
Feb 14 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter, dies at 86
Feb 15 Charles Anthony [Caruso], American tenor, dies from kidney failure at 82
Feb 15 Lina Romay, Spanish actress (Conan the Barbarian), dies at 57
Feb 16 Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, dies from asthma at 43
Feb 16 Baddeley Devesi, first Governor-General of the Solomon Islands, dies at 70
Feb 16 Elyse Knox, American actress and model (Hit the Ice, Black Gold), dies at 94
Feb 16 Gary Carter, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1986; Gold Glove Award 1980–82; Montreal Expos, NY Mets), dies from brain tumor at 57
Feb 16 Harry McPherson, presidential counsel (Lyndon Johnson) and lobbyist, dies from cancer at 82
Feb 17 Michael Davis, American bass guitarist, and songwriter (MC5 -"Kick Out The Jams"), dies of liver failure at 68
Feb 17 Ulric Neisser, American psychologist, dies at 83
Feb 19 John Hogan, American research chemist, dies at 92
Feb 19 Steve Kordek, American pinball machine designer, dies at 100
Feb 20 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist (1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for oncoviruses work), dies at 97
Feb 21 Barney Rosset, American publisher and free speech advocate, dies at 89
Feb 21 Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer, dies at 86
Feb 21 Colin Ireland, British 'Gay Slayer' serial killer, dies at 57
Feb 21 Eiko Ishioka, Japanese Costume designer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 74
Feb 21 John Michuki, Kenyan politician, dies from heart attack at 79
Feb 21 Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, dies at 89
Feb 22 Billy Strange, American singer-songwriter, dies at 81
Feb 22 Mike Melvoin, American jazz and studio pianist, composer, and arranger, dies of cancer at 74
Feb 23 Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (Dirty Harry, Lenny), dies at 74
Feb 24 Benedict Freedman, American novelist and mathematician, dies at 92
Feb 24 István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian classical and electronic music composer (La Tourangelle; Winthrop), educator (McGill; Queens (Ontario) Universities), and writer (Alternative Voices), dies at 92
Feb 24 Jan Berenstain [Janice Marian Grant], American author (The Berenstain Bears), dies from a stroke at 88
Feb 24 Kenneth Price, American ceramic artist and print maker, dies from cancer at 77
Feb 25 Erland Josephson, Swedish actor, dramatist and author (The Sacrifice, Utflykt), dies of Parkinson's disease at 88
Feb 25 Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Sweet Blood Call"), dies of a stroke at 79
Feb 25 Lynn Compton, American jurist and commissioned officer, dies from heart attack at 90
Feb 25 Maurice André, French classical trumpeter and baroque revivalist, dies at 78
Feb 25 Red Holloway [James], American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies from stroke and kidney failure at 84
Feb 26 Rolf "Hazy" Osterwald, Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist, dies at 90
Feb 27 Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and resistor to Nazi occupation, dies from cancer at 91

Davy Jones (1945-2012)

Feb 29 British singer and actor (The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"), dies from heart attack at 66

Mar 1 Andrew Breitbart, American conservative blogger & publisher, dies at 43
Mar 1 Jerome Courtland, American actor (Tonka, Tharus), dies at 85
Mar 1 Phillip R. Allen, American stage and screen actor (Hardy Boys Mysteries - "Harry"; Star Trek III - "Captain Esteban"), dies at 72
Mar 2 James Wilson, American criminologist, dies at 80
Mar 2 Lawrence Anthony, South African conservationist and author, dies from heart attack at 61
Mar 2 Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, British MP (1964-1987), dies at 82
Mar 2 Nydia Ecury, celebrated Afro-Dutch writer, translator and actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera), dies at 86
Mar 2 Van Barfoot, American army colonel and Medal of Honour recipient, dies at 92
Mar 3 Alex Webster, American football coach (NY Giants), dies at 80
Mar 3 Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer (Dartford Destroyer), dies at 72
Mar 3 Frank Marocco, American jazz, pop, classical, and session accordionist, arranger and composer, dies at 81
Mar 3 Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 94
Mar 3 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer (Star Wars, E.T.), dies at 82
Mar 3 Ronnie Montrose, American rock guitarist (Montrose, Gamma), dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 64
Mar 4 Don Mincher, American Major League Baseball 1st baseman, dies at 73
Mar 4 Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer, dies in a traffic collision at 33
Mar 5 Philip Madoc, Welsh actor (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George), dies of cancer at 77
Mar 5 William Heirens, American serial killer, dies at 83
Mar 6 Donald Payne, American Congressman, dies from colon cancer at 77
Mar 6 Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese President, dies at 75
Mar 6 Gene “Joe” Byrd, American jazz bassist (Charlie Byrd Trio), dies in a car crash at 78
Mar 6 Jaap Boersma, Dutch politician (Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)), dies at 82
Mar 6 Lucia Mannucci, Italian jazz singer (Quartetto Cetra, 1947-88), dies at 91
Mar 6 Robert Sherman, American songwriter, dies at 86
Mar 7 Jimmy Ellis, American soul singer, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 74
Mar 7 Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish soccer wing/midfield (60 caps; RTS Widzew Łódź, FC Utrecht, Eintracht Frankfurt, Feyenoord), dies at 54
Mar 8 Leslie Cochran, American peace activist and police critic, dies from head trauma at 60
Mar 9 Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, British politician and academic, dies at 84
Mar 9 Peter Bergman, American Comedian, dies from leukemia at 72
Mar 9 Selma Rubin, American environmental activist, dies at 96
Mar 10 Erico Menczer, Italian cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda), dies at 85
Mar 10 F. Sherwood Rowland, American Nobel laureate in chemistry 1995, dies from Parkinson's disease at 84
Mar 10 Heinz Wunderlich, German organist and composer, dies at 92
Mar 10 Jean Giraud, French comic artist (Alien, Tron), dies at 73
Mar 10 Julio Gonzalez, Mexican light heavyweight boxer (WBO Champion 2003-2004), dies from a hit and run at 35
Mar 10 Mykola Plaviuk, Ukrainian president (1978-81), dies at 86
Mar 10 Richard White, New Zealand rugby union player, dies at 86
Mar 11 Hans G. Helms, German writer and composer, dies at 79
Mar 11 Sid Couchey, American comic book artist, dies at 92
Mar 12 Michael Hossack, American rock drummer (The Doobie Brothers), dies of cancer at 65

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