August 12th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 12th

2019 - 2010

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

• Isaac Bonewits

  American liturgist and author, singer-songwriter (d. 2010).

• Guido de Marco

  Maltese politician and diplomat (Born 1931).

• Richie Hayward

  American songwriter and drummer (Little Feat & Fraternity of Man), (d.2010).

2009 - 2000

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

• Les Paul

  American jazz guitarist and designer of the electric guitar. Paul's greatest contribution to popular music was the ability to see electronic amplified guitars' potential as a leading instrument, influencing artists around the world. Paul combined his virtuoso playing of the guitar with innovative recording techniques and sound effects. The result was a rich, full-bodied and thick hi-fi sound that sounded …

• Christie Allen

  English-born Australian pop singer (Born 1954)

• Merv Griffin

  American entertainer and TV host. He is a singer, pianist, and has credits in radio and nightclubs. He was also a horse breeder. His talk show, his eponymous one, ran from 1962 to 1985. He then transformed himself into a multi-millionaire and powerful performer.

• Mike Wieringo

  American illustrator and author (d. 2007).

• John Loder

  English sound engineer and record producer (Born 1946).

• Peter Woodthorpe

  British actor (Born 1931).

• Enos Slaughter

  American baseball player. He was inducted into The Hall of Fame in 1985 after a long and successful career that began with his debut in 1938 with the St.Louis Cardinals. On August 12, 2002, he died from non-Hodgkins’ lymphoma in Durham, NC.

1999 - 1990

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

• Jean Drapeau

  Canadian politician and leader of Civic Action League. In 1954, he won a clear victory and was elected the youngest mayor of Montreal. Drapeau lost in 1957 but was reelected in October 1960. He began rebuilding Montreal and added the Place des Arts, subway and the Expo in 1967. The Olympics were also brought to Montreal in 1976.

• Luther Allison

  Mayflower, Arkansas -- Rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming).

• Mark Gruenwald

  American comic book editor and writer (Born 1953).

• Victor Ambartsumian

  Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996).

• Robert Gravel

  French-Canadian actor, director of theatre (Born 1945).

• Anthony Derrick Parsons

  Diplomat dies at 73

• Viktor Hambardzumyan

  Soviet Armenian scientist (Born in 1908)

• Frank Cvitanovich

  Filmmaker, who dies at 68

• Manfred Salzgeber

  German film distributor/publicist dies at 51

• Gene Cherico

  At 59, bassist dies

• Jerome Thor

  Actor (Riot at Juvenile Prison), suffers cardiac arrest at the age of 69

• John Cage

  American composer, writer, journalist, critic and photographer. He was a multitalented writer and composer, and was fascinated by the beauty and mystery of the everyday. He was also a journalist and photographer, known for his multimedia work.

• Beverley Brooks

  Deaths of a stroke at the age of 63

• Lady Rothermere [Bubbles]

  The wife of a British newspaper magnate

• Queen Mother

  of Oman

• Irene Campbell

  British actress/dancer (Wicker Man St Justice).

• William Gordon

  Screenwriter (Back to Bataan)

• Dorothy Mackaill

  Actress in Love Affair, dies at 87 from kidney failure

• B Kliban

  American cartoonist (Born 1935).

• Sara Seegar [Stone]

  Actor (Mystery of Room 13), dead at 76

1989 - 1980

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

• Samuel Okwaraji

  Nigerian footballer (Born 1964)

• Jean-Michel Basquiat

  American graffiti artist and painter (Born 1960).

• Marcel Mihalovici

  Composer dies at 86

• Lenny Breau

  American jazz guitarist (Born 1941)

• Henry Fonda

  American actor. He was a star on screen and stage for many years. He was nominated to the Oscar for 1940's "The Grapes of Wrath" and starred on TV in "The Smith Family". He won the Oscar in 1982 for "On Golden Pond", his film debut that spanned 47 years. He was remarkably indifferent to his personal life. He only …

• Varlam Shalamov

  Russian writer (Born in 1907)

• Joe Tex

  American singer-songwriter and musician Tex was a successful American singer-songwriter. His brand of Southern Soul, which combines the best of country, gospel, and rhythm and blues, earned him success in the 1960s, 1970s. Tex's ability to speak over the music made him one of the pioneers of modern rap music.

• Salvador Sanchez

  Mexican boxer (Born 1959).

• Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska

  Composer dies at age 80

1979 - 1970

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

• Sir Ernst Boris Chain

  British biochemist, Nobel laureate (Born 1906)

• Thomas Edward Driberg

  1st Baron Bradwell, journalist

• Karl Ziegler

  German chemist, co-winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 for the discovery of polyethylene plastics.

1969 - 1960

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

• Pieter J Auld

  Mayor of Rotterdam (1945-1952), dies at 81

• Esther Forbes

  American author and historian (d. 1968).

• Ian Fleming

  James Bond, the English novelist and creator (Born in 1908)

• Ian Fleming

  James Bond, the English novelist and creator (Born in 1908)

• Ian L Fleming

  James Bond, British journalist/writer, dies at 56

1959 - 1950

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

• Mike O'Neill

  Manager and player in Irish-American baseball (d. 1959).

• Thomas Mann

  German writer. He is the author of novels and plays as well as essays. In 1929, Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel "Buddenbrooks", which was based on his family. Mann was respected by critics throughout his career and a popular figure among the public. Mann was able to transform personal stories into literary works. His …

• David Bergelson

  Ukrainian-born Soviet Yiddish language writer (Born 1884).

1949 - 1940

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

• Harry Brearley

  English metallurgist (d. 1948)

• Joseph P Kennedy

  Jr., brother to President John F. Kennedy (Born in 1915).

• Vittorio Sella

  Italian photographer and mountaineer (d. 1943).

• Georges Martin Witkowski

  Composer dies at 76

• Bobby Peel

  English cricketer and coach (d. 43)

1939 - 1930

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

• Ludwig Borchardt

  German egyptologist dies at 74

• Friedrich Schottky

  Polish-German mathematician, theorist (d. 355)

• Hendrik P Berlage

  Architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), died at 78

• Hendrik Petrus Berlage

  Dutch architect (Born 1856).

1929 - 1920

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

• Leos Janacek

  Czech composer (Born 1854)

• Arthur Griffith

  Irish politician and journalist 3rd President, DA!il A%0ireann

1919 - 1910

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

• Anna Held

  American Polish-born actress and singer (Born in 1872)

• John Philip Holland

  Irish submarine designer (Born 1840)

• Petrus H Hugenholtz

  Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 12th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

• William Renshaw

  British tennis player (Born 1861).

• Adolf Erik Nordenskiold

  Finnish-born Swedish explorer (Born 1832)

• James E Keeler

  At 42, a US astronomer (rings Saturn) dies