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 (that is, those with their own Wikipedia articles) are also reported here.
October 2012
editDay | Name | Age | Nationality and Reason for Notability | Cause of Death | Ref |
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6 | Chadli Bendjedid | 83 | Algerian politician, President of Algeria (1979–1992) | [1] | |
6 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | 86 | Indian politician, Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1990–1993) and Orissa (1993–1995) | lung disease | [2] |
6 | Ada Yakusheva | 78 | Russian bard and poet | [3] | |
5 | James W. Holley, III | 85 | American politician, Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia (1984–1987, 1996–2010) | complications of a stroke | [4] |
5 | Edvard Mirzoyan | 91 | Georgian-born Armenian composer | [5] | |
5 | Claude Pinoteau | 87 | French film director (La Boum) | [6] | |
4 | Günter Böttcher | 58 | German handball player | suicide | [7] |
4 | Razia Butt | 88 | Pakistani novelist | [8] | |
4 | Frank Distelbarth | 84 | German publisher | after short illness | [9] |
4 | K. C. N. Gowda | 84 | Indian film producer and distributor | after short illness | [10] |
4 | Stan Mudenge | 71 | Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–2005); Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education (since 2005) | [11] | |
4 | Tom Stannage | 68 | Australian historian | cardiac arrest | [12] |
4 | Gloria Taylor | 64 | Canadian right to die activist | infection from a perforated colon | [13] |
4 | Pramote Teerawiwatana | 45 | Thai badminton player | lung cancer | [14] |
4 | Leonidas Tzanis | 57 | Greek politician | suicide by hanging | [15][16] |
4 | Erhard Wunderlich | 55 | German handball player | cancer | [17] |
September 2012
editDay | Name | Age | Nationality and Reason for Notability | Cause of Death | Ref |
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References
edit- ^ "Algerian president overthrown in '92 coup dies". Huffingtonpost.com. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ "Ex-UP Governor Satyanarayana Reddy passes away". indiatvnews.com. 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ "Умерла автор и исполнитель бардовской песни Ада Якушева". bbc.news. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012. (Russian)
- ^ "Former Portsmouth Mayor James Holley dies at 85". hamptonroads.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Умер композитор Эдвард Мирзоян". ukrnews24.com. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012. (Russian)
- ^ "Le réalisateur de La Boum est mort". lefigaro.fr. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012. (in French)
- ^ "Früherer Nationalspieler Günter Böttcher ist tot" (in German). stern.de. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "Novelist Razia Butt dies at 89". nation.com.pk. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Heilbronner Stimme trauert um Frank Distelbarth". Stimme (in German). 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "KCN Gowda passes away". 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Update 2: Minister Stan Mudenge dies". nehandaradio.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Mendez, Torrance (5 October 2012). "Brilliant scholar a footy giant". The West Australian. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Gloria Taylor, B.C. right-to-die activist, dies of natural causes". thestar.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Cancer claims badminton great Pramote". News.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "Greece: Former Government Official Found Dead". The New York Times. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Body discovered on this date
- ^ "Erhard Wunderlich ist tot" (in German). ksta.de. 4 October 2012.