February 12th famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

Ivan Reitman
Slovak-canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)

2021

Lynn Stalmaster
Lynn Stalmaster was a casting director known for his work in Hollywood.
Milford Graves
Innovative jazz drummer and percussionist who pushed the boundaries of the genre.

2020

Dracen Sunblade
Dracen Sunblade was a renowned political strategist known for his innovative campaign tactics.
Yussuf Haji
Yussuf Haji was a Kenyan politician who served as a member of the National Assembly.
Christie Blatchford
Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951)
Geert Hofstede
Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928)

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

Gordon Banks
Legendary English goalkeeper who made iconic saves during his career.
Lyndon LaRouche
Controversial figure in American politics and founder of the LaRouche movement.
Pedro Morales
Puerto rican professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1942)

2018

Bill Crider
American author (b. 1941)

2017

Al Jarreau
Renowned jazz singer known for his vocal versatility and improvisational skills.
Ren Xinmin
Chinese rocket scientist (b. 1915)
Anna Marguerite McCann
First female american underwater archaeologist (b. 1933)

2016

Zi Wang
Chinese-American physicist known for his work on the Manhattan Project.
Yannis Kalaitzis
Greek cartoonist (b. 1945)
Dominique D'Onofrio
Italian-belgian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
Yan Su
Chinese general and composer (b. 1930)

2015

Mosie Lister
American singer-songwriter and minister (the statesmen quartet), (d. 2015).
David Carr
David Carr was an American journalist and author who wrote about media for The New York Times.
Nik Aziz
Nik Aziz was a Malaysian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013.
Steve Strange
Welsh singer (visage the moors murderers, and strange cruise). (d. 2015).
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th menteri besar of kelantan (d. 2015)

Movita Castaneda

American actress and singer (b. 1916)

Gary Owens

American radio host and voice actor (b. 1934)

2014

Sid Caesar
American comedian actor and writer. he is best known for his pioneering 1950s live audience tv series, your show of shows, and caesar's hour. this series influenced many generations of comedians. he also acted as a film actor, including in the 1963 screwball comedy, it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world.
John Pickstone
English historian and author (b. 1944)

2013

Reginald Turnill
English journalist and author (b. 1915)
Hennadiy Udovenko
Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd minister of foreign affairs for ukraine (b. 1931)
Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi arabian prince (d. 2013)

2012

David Kelly
Irish actor (b. 1929)
John Severin
American illustrator (b. 1921)
Zina Bethune
American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1945)
Denis Flannery
Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1928)

2011

Peter Alexander
American artist, who typically sells in the 1990s for $18,000 to $25,000 his work ranges from abstract, minimalist pieces to extravagantly lavish representations of the globe.
Betty Garrett
American actress, who started her career in comedy with broadway musicals. later, she became a tv and film character actress. garrett's 60-year career began at mgm. her films include "big city", 1946, "neptune's daughter", 1949, and "my sister eileen," 1956. she starred in the latter with jack lemmon. they reunited 43 years later, on "the long way home", a tv …
Kenneth Mars
American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
Mato Damjanovic
Croatian chess grandmaster (born 1927).

2010

Elizeth Soares
Elizeth Soares was a renowned Brazilian poet whose works explored themes of love, nature, and the human condition.
Nodar Kumaritashvili
Georgian luger (born 1988)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

Beverly Eckert
American co-chair of 9/11 family steering committee (born 1951).
Mat Mathews
Dutch accordion player (b. 1924)
Gerry Niewood
American saxophonist (b. 1943)
Coleman Mellett
American musician (born 1974)
Alison Des Forges
American historian and activist (b. 1942)

Alison Des Forges

American genocide investigator (born 1942).

2008

David Groh
American actor (b. 1939)
Oscar Brodney
American screenwriter and lawyer (d. 2008).

2007

Peggy Gilbert
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader (born in 1905)
Ann Barzel
American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)
Randy Stone
American actor and casting director (born 1958).

2005

Dorothyann Stang
Dorothyann Stang was a missionary who dedicated her life to helping the poor and advocating for land rights in Brazil.
Jens Martin Knudsen
Danish physicist known for his contributions to the field of plasma physics.
Sammi Smith
American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
Dorothy Stang
American-brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)
Rafael Vidal
Venezuelan athlete and sportscaster (d. 2005).

2003

Vali Myers
Australian dancer and painter (d. 2003).

2002

Nasiir Mazrui
Kenyan politician and academic known for his contributions to political thought.
John Eriksen
Danish footballer (d. 2002)

2001

Kristina Söderbaum
Swedish-german actress and photographer (d. 2001)
Tiberio Mitri
Italian boxer, dramatic and thrilling grand champion. mitri lived an extravagant lifestyle, consuming wine, beautiful women and drugs, as well as whatever else pleased him. he traveled the world, from the top to the bottom, using his championship purses. it was a slow decline after his retirement, and he ended up barely surviving on his pension. on the 2nd of …

2000

Charles Schulz
The creator of the beloved comic strip 'Peanuts', which featured the iconic characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American musician (born 1929)
Charles M. Schulz
Creator of the comic strip Peanuts, which featured the character Charlie Brown.
Tom Landry
American football player and coach (b. 1924)
Andy Lewis
Australian musician (born 1967)

Oliver

American singer best known for his hit single "good morning starshine" 9 and "jean," both in 1969. he died of cancer february 12, 2000 in shreveport, la.

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998

Gardner Ackley
Gardner Ackley was an American economist known for his work in the field of macroeconomics.
Hugh Gardner Ackley
American economist (born1915)

1997

Walter Ritchie
At 77, sculptor dies.
Nora Beloff
Journalist dies at 78

1996

Roger Omond
Journalist dies at 51

1995

Philip Taylor Kramer
American bass player (b. 1952)
L Jansma
Fries publisher (friese stamp).
Terence Beckles
Piano teacher, who dies at the age of 82.
Philip Taylor Kramer
American musician (iron butterfly) (born 1952)
Tony Secunda
Rock band manager dies at the age of 54.

Earring George Mayweather

Blues harmonica player dies at the age of 66.

1994

Donald Judd
Us furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at age 65.
Sue Rodriguez
Canadian assisted suicide advocate (born in 1950).

1993

James Bulger
Age 2, vanishes from liverpool's strand shopping centre. his body is discovered on a liverpool disused railway two days later.

1992

Bep van Klaveren
Dutch boxer (born in 1907)
Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren
Dutch boxing champion (olympics-gold-1928), dies (born 1907).
Dorothy Tree
Actress (abe lincoln, illinois, nazi agent).
Ton Brandsteder
Ceo (sony netherlands bbv), dies at the age of 74

1991

Robert Wagner
American actor best known for his role as jonathan hart on the 1979 tv series hart to hart. it was based on the chemistry that wagner and stephanie powers had and it became an international hit.
Roger Patterson
American death metal bass player (born 1968)
Edward A Blatt
Director (between 2 worlds), is killed at 88

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright, novelist and poet. bernhard's body of work was called "the greatest literary achievement since world war ii". he is widely considered to have been one of the most important german-speaking writers of the postwar period. on february 12, 1989, he died.
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright, novelist and poet. bernhard's body of work was called "the greatest literary achievement since world war ii". he is widely considered to have been one of the most important german-speaking writers of the postwar period. on february 12, 1989, he died.
Mauritius Balfoort
French/flemish director, dies at age 83.

1987

Lang Jeffries
Canadian actor (skip rescue 8), dies aged 55

1986

Sid Stone
Comedy performer (milton berle show), passes away at 82
Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack
Composer dies at 86

1985

Van Lingle Mungo
Van Lingle Mungo was a sports journalist and former baseball player.
Nicholas Colasanto
American actor and director (d. 1985)
Nicholas Colssanto
Actor (coach cheers), dies in 61

1984

Keiffer Mendel
Keiffer Mendel was a pioneering geneticist who made significant advancements in the understanding of heredity and genetic inheritance.
Julio Cortázar
Argentinian essayist, novelist, translator, and short story writer. he is known as the founder of the latin american boom, along with carlos fuentes, gabriel garcaa ma!rquez and mario vargas llosa.
Elmer Keith
American gun designer and author (d.1984)
Esteban Cortázar
Renowned Mexican painter known for his vibrant and surreal artworks.
Anna Anderson
Polish-american woman, who claimed to be grand duchess anastasia nikolaevna of russia (b. 1896)

Julio Cort zar

Argentina writer (final del juego), dies at 69

1983

Eubie Blake
American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
Eubie Blake
Ragtime-composer/pianist (memories of you), dies at age 100.

1982

Victor Jory
Dawson city, canada -- actor (kings row, manhunt)
Cornelis Rijnsdorp
Dutch writer culprit dies at the age of 87.
Victor Jory
Actor (adventures of tom sawyer, 1st lady jigsaw), is killed at 79

1981

Jean Dixon
Actress (joy of livng, you only get one life)

1980

Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet and political activist who is known for her socially conscious poetry and advocacy for social justice.
Floyd Taliaferro Alderson
Actor (crossing trails)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Jean Renoir
French film director and screenwriter known for his influential contributions to cinema.
Jean Renoir
Pierre auguste renoir, a french filmmaker and the son of the artist pierre auguste renoir. his films, which include zola’s "nana," 1926 and "la grande illusion," 37, 1937, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 19 39, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1940, 1946, and "diary of a chambermaid," 46, are considered to …

1977

Herman Dooyeweerd
Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)

1976

Sal Mineo
American actor. his career began as a child and ended in violence at the age of 40. he was one of four great friends, including james dean, natalie wood, and nick adams. all four died tragically.
Frank Stagg
Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1941)
James Clifton Williams
At 52 years old, composer/band master (sinfonians) dies.

1975

Carl Lutz
Swiss vice-consul to hungary during wwii, credited with saving over 62,000 jews (b. 1895)

1973

Benjamin Frankel
Composer dies at 67

1971

James Cash Penney
American businessman and philanthropist, founded j. c. penney (b. 1875)
James C Penney
American department store founder (born in 1875).
George Shelton
Actor (it pays to be ignorant), dies at 86
James Cash Penney
J c penney, the founder of the united states, dies at 95.

1970

Clare Turlay Newberry
American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
Ishman Bracey
American blues musician (born 1901)
Andre Souris
Composer dies at 79

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Johanna EFG Tourniaire
Actress (potasch & perlemoer), dies at 80
Paltiel Daykan
Lithuanian-israeli lawyer, jurist (d. 1969).

1965

Henry Kulky
Actor (otto life of riley), died at 53

1961

Richmond K. Turner
American admiral who played a major role in World War II.

1960

Oskar Anderson
Contributed to the development of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
Jean-Michel Atlan
French painter of algerian jewish descent who moved to paris in 1930. he studied philosophy at sorbonne. in 1941, he began as a self-taught painter. he was arrested because he was jewish and for his 1942 political activism. he pleaded guilty to insanity and was sent to the sainte anne asylum. in 1944, he published a small volume of poetry …
Oskar Anderson
Bulgarian-german statistician and mathematician (d. 1960).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1958

Douglas Hartree
English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)
Marcel Cachin
At age 88, the first french communist senator dies.

1957

Johannes Anker Larsen
Danish writer marta og maria, dies at 82

1955

Tom Moore
American cartoonist, member of national cartoonists society. he is well-known for his work on the

1954

Dziga Vertov
Polish-russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
Dziga Vertov [Kaufman]
Russian director (3 songs of lenin), died at 58

1951

Orvie Garrett
Professional baseball player known for his time with the St. Louis Browns.

1950

Dirk Coster
Co-discoverer of the element Hafnium.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Hasan Al-Banna
Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Hassan Al-Banna
Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, a significant Islamist organization.
Hassan al-Banna
Egyptian religious leader, founded the muslim brotherhood (d. 1949)
Hassan al Banna
Egyptian founder of the muslim brotherhood (born in 1906).

1947

Kurk Lewin
Kurk Lewin was a German-American psychologist and journalist who is known for his work in social psychology.
Kurt Lewin
Kurt Lewin was a German-American psychologist who is known for his work on social psychology and organizational development.
Moses Gomberg
Ukrainian-american academic and chemist (d. 1947).
Sidney Toler
Actor charlie chan, dark alibi, dies at 72

1945

Antonio Villa-Real
Filipino jurist (born 1880)
de Jong
Dutch vicar / resistance fighter, executed
Henrietta Szold
American jewish zionist leader and founder of hadassah (the women's zionist organization of america). she co-founded ihud in 1942, a political party in mandate palestine that was dedicated to a binational solution.
Walraven [Wally] van Hall
Dutch banker/resisted germans, execution at 39.

1942

Grant Wood
Grant Wood was an American painter known for his iconic work 'American Gothic'.
Grant Wood
Grant Wood was an American painter known for his iconic work 'American Gothic'.
Eugene Esmonde
Irish-english lieutenant and pilot, victoria cross recipient (b. 1909)
Avraham Stern
Polish-israeli militant leader (b. 1907)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1935

Auguste Escoffier
Auguste escoffier was a french chef known for modernizing and popularizing traditional french cooking techniques. he is considered one of the most influential chefs in history.
Auguste Escoffier
French chef and author (d. 355)

1933

Henri Duparc
French musician and cesar franck's pupil. his reputation as a composer rests on a few songs that are among the best examples of 20th-century lyricism.

1931

Samad bey Mehmandarov
Azerbaijani-russian general and politician, 3rd azerbaijani minister of defense (b. 1855)
Samedbey Mehmandarov
Russian general (born 1855)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry was a British actress known for her beauty and stage presence.
Lillie Langtry
British stage actress "jersey lillie" is a well-known name in the united states. she was a popular figure in both england and america due to her charm.
Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing
German para-psychologist dies at the age of 66.

1920

Emile Sauret composer
At the age of 67, she dies.
Aurore Gagnon
Child abuse victim in france (d. 1920).
Jean Allemane French socialist/communard (allemanisten)
At the age of 77, he dies.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

Remingtyn Cartwright
Remingtyn Cartwright was an American inventor who is best known for his contributions to the development of the typewriter.

1916

Richard Dedekind
German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
J W Richard Dedekind German mathematician
Dies.

1915

Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby was a prolific hymnwriter, known for writing thousands of hymns that are still sung in churches today.
Émile Waldteufel
French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
Emile Waldteufel
French composer (born 1837).
Charles Emile Waldteufel composer
At the age of 77, he dies.