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

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2029 - 2020

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

2022

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

2021

  • Lynn Stalmaster was a casting director known for his work in Hollywood.

  • Innovative jazz drummer and percussionist who pushed the boundaries of the genre.

2020

  • Dracen Sunblade was a renowned political strategist known for his innovative campaign tactics.

  • Yussuf Haji was a Kenyan politician who served as a member of the National Assembly.

  • Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951)

  • Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928)

2019 - 2010

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

2019

  • Legendary English goalkeeper who made iconic saves during his career.

  • Controversial figure in American politics and founder of the LaRouche movement.

  • Puerto rican professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1942)

2018

2017

  • Renowned jazz singer known for his vocal versatility and improvisational skills.

  • Chinese rocket scientist (b. 1915)

  • First female american underwater archaeologist (b. 1933)

2016

2015

  • American singer-songwriter and minister (the statesmen quartet), (d. 2015).

  • David Carr was an American journalist and author who wrote about media for The New York Times.

  • Nik Aziz was a Malaysian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013.

  • Welsh singer (visage the moors murderers, and strange cruise). (d. 2015).

  • Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th menteri besar of kelantan (d. 2015)

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.

  • English historian and author (b. 1944)

2013

2012

2011

  • 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)

  • Croatian chess grandmaster (born 1927).

2010

  • Elizeth Soares was a renowned Brazilian poet whose works explored themes of love, nature, and the human condition.

  • Georgian luger (born 1988)

2009 - 2000

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

2009

2008

2007

  • American jazz saxophonist, bandleader (born in 1905)

  • American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)

  • American actor and casting director (born 1958).

2005

  • Dorothyann Stang was a missionary who dedicated her life to helping the poor and advocating for land rights in Brazil.

  • Danish physicist known for his contributions to the field of plasma physics.

  • American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

  • American-brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)

  • Venezuelan athlete and sportscaster (d. 2005).

2003

  • Australian dancer and painter (d. 2003).

2002

  • Kenyan politician and academic known for his contributions to political thought.

  • Danish footballer (d. 2002)

2001

  • Swedish-german actress and photographer (d. 2001)

  • 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

  • The creator of the beloved comic strip 'Peanuts', which featured the iconic characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins

    American musician (born 1929)

  • Creator of the comic strip Peanuts, which featured the character Charlie Brown.

  • American football player and coach (b. 1924)

  • Australian musician (born 1967)

1999 - 1990

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

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

  • Us furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at age 65.

  • Canadian assisted suicide advocate (born in 1950).

1993

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

1992

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.

  • American death metal bass player (born 1968)

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • French/flemish director, dies at age 83.

1987

1986

1985

1984

  • Keiffer Mendel was a pioneering geneticist who made significant advancements in the understanding of heredity and genetic inheritance.

  • 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.

  • American gun designer and author (d.1984)

  • Renowned Mexican painter known for his vibrant and surreal artworks.

  • Polish-american woman, who claimed to be grand duchess anastasia nikolaevna of russia (b. 1896)

1983

  • American pianist and composer (b. 1887)

  • Ragtime-composer/pianist (memories of you), dies at age 100.

1982

1981

  • Jean Dixon

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

1980

  • Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet and political activist who is known for her socially conscious poetry and advocacy for social justice.

  • Actor (crossing trails)

1979 - 1970

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

1979

  • 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

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.

  • Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1941)

  • At 52 years old, composer/band master (sinfonians) dies.

1975

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

1973

1971

1970

1969 - 1960

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

1969

1965

1961

1960

  • Contributed to the development of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.

  • 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 …

  • 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

1957

1955

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

1954

1951

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

1950

1949 - 1940

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

1949

  • Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

  • Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, a significant Islamist organization.

  • Egyptian religious leader, founded the muslim brotherhood (d. 1949)

  • Egyptian founder of the muslim brotherhood (born in 1906).

1947

  • Kurk Lewin was a German-American psychologist and journalist who is known for his work in social psychology.

  • Kurt Lewin was a German-American psychologist who is known for his work on social psychology and organizational development.

  • Ukrainian-american academic and chemist (d. 1947).

  • Actor charlie chan, dark alibi, dies at 72

1945

  • Filipino jurist (born 1880)

  • Dutch vicar / resistance fighter, executed

  • 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.

  • Dutch banker/resisted germans, execution at 39.

1942

  • Grant Wood was an American painter known for his iconic work 'American Gothic'.

  • Grant Wood was an American painter known for his iconic work 'American Gothic'.

  • Irish-english lieutenant and pilot, victoria cross recipient (b. 1909)

  • 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 was a french chef known for modernizing and popularizing traditional french cooking techniques. he is considered one of the most influential chefs in history.

  • French chef and author (d. 355)

1933

  • 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

1929 - 1920

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

1929

  • Lillie Langtry was a British actress known for her beauty and stage presence.

  • 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.

  • German para-psychologist dies at the age of 66.

1920

1919 - 1910

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

1918

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

1916

1915

1913

  • Delavan Miller was an American author known for his works in poetry and fiction.

1912

1909 - 1900

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

1908

  • Chandler Harris was an American journalist and author, best known for his Uncle Remus stories.

1905

1901

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