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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 Misplaced Pages articles) are also reported here.

A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, and reference (language of reference source, if not English).

August 2012

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25

• Bienvenido P. Cancero, 110, Filipino supercentenarian.
• Angkarn Kalayanapong, 86, Thai poet and artist, heart disease and diabetes.
• Anita Linda, 87, Filipino actress.

24

• Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (Bajaur Agency), airstrike.
• Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, Brazilian footballer, 1970 FIFA World Cup winner, cardiac arrest. (Portuguese)
• Steve Osborne, 60, Manx motorcycle racer, crash during 2012 Manx Grand Prix.
• Dale Sommers, 68, American radio personality, Addison's disease.
• Maureen Toal, 82, Irish actress.

23

• Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, 96, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tainan (1966–1990).
• Jean-Luc Delarue, 48, French television producer and host, stomach cancer.
• Aubrey Dunn, Sr., 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1965–1980), cancer.
• James Fogle, 75, American author (Drugstore Cowboy), malignant mesothelioma.
• Sei Haneda, 80, Japanese Ikebana expert, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Byard Lancaster, 70, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Bob Myrick, 59, American baseball player (New York Mets), heart attack.
• Merv Neagle, 54, Australian AFL football player (Essendon), traffic collision.
• Jerry Nelson, 78, American puppeteer (The Muppets, Sesame Street), prostate cancer and COPD.
• Josepha Sherman, 65, American science fiction author.
• Steve Van Buren, 91, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.

22

• Houcine Anafal, 59, Moroccan footballer, heart attack.
• Nina Bawden, 87, British author (Carrie's War).
• John Davidson, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1973–1993), natural causes.
• José Foralosso, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (2000–2012), complications from a stroke. (Portuguese)
• Paulino Matip Nhial, South Sudanese military leader and politician, complications of diabetes.
• Tony Nicklinson, 58, British victim of locked-in syndrome, right-to-die advocate, pneumonia.
• Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, 88, Taiwanese Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Kaohsiung (1991–2006), pneumonia.
• Martin Shikuku, 79, Kenyan politician, MP for Butere (1963–1975, 1979–1988, 1992–1997), cancer.
• András József Szennay, 91, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey (1973–1991).

21

• Peter Alafi, 76, Hungarian-born German jockey, greatest number of winning rides.
• Paul Bassim, 89, Lebanese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (1974–1999).
• Cornelis Geurtz, 110, Dutch supercentenarian, nation's oldest person. (Dutch)
• Badruddin Haqqani, Pashtun Taliban Warlord Haqqani Network, drone strike.
• Georg Leber, 91, German politician, Minister of Defence (1972–1978).
• Gary Mara, 50, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers), traffic collision.
• Michalis Menidiatis, 80, Greek singer, cancer.
• Don Raleigh, 86, Canadian ice hockey player, complications of a fall.
• J. Frank Raley, 85, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1963–1966), heart attack.
• Ichirō Shima, 85, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force general, heart failure.
• Guy Spitaels, 80, Belgian politician, Leader of the Socialist Party (1981–1992), Minister-President of Wallonia (1992–1994), brain tumor.
• William Thurston, 65, American mathematician, melanoma.

20

• Phyllis Diller, 95, American comedienne and actress (The Pruitts of Southampton), natural causes.
• Dom Mintoff, 96, Maltese politician, Prime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984), natural causes.
• Minoru Mizuta, 87, Japanese politician, member of the Lower House, heart failure.
• Len Quested, 87, British football player.
• Kapu Rajaiah, 87, Indian painter, complication of Parkinson's disease.
• Mika Yamamoto, 45, Japanese journalist, shooting.
• Meles Zenawi, 57, Ethiopian politician, President (1991–1995), Prime Minister (since 1995), liver cancer.

19

• Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician, Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, plane crash.
• Donal Henahan, 91, American music critic.
• Ivar Iversen, 97, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist.
• Laura Latini, 42, Italian voice actress (Scary Movie, Ranma ½), tumor.
• Calvin Miller, 75, American theologian, professor, and author, complications from open heart surgery.
• Maïté Nahyr, 64, South African-born Belgian actress.
• Samia Yusuf Omar, 21, Somali athlete, drowning. (death announced on this date)
• Miloslav Petrusek, 75, Czech sociologist and academic, dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague.
• Tony Scott, 68, British film director (Top Gun, Unstoppable) and producer (Numb3rs), suicide by jumping.

18

• Hisham al-Hayali, Iraqi politician, Governor of Diyala Province (2012), traffic collision.
• Tayseer al-Mashhadani, Iraqi engineer and politician, traffic collision.
• Jessup Bahinting, 60, Filipino pilot, CEO of Aviatour Air, plane crash.
• Harrison Begay, 95, American painter.
• Mike Hewland, 89, British engineer, founder of Hewland engineering company. (death announced on this date)
• John Kovatch, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• John Lynch-Staunton, 82, Canadian politician, Senator (1990–2005), leader of the Conservative Party (2003–2004), heart attack.
• Daien Matsumoto, 90, Japanese Buddhist monk (Kiyomizu-dera), natural causes.
• Scott McKenzie, 73, American singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)") and songwriter ("Kokomo"), Guillain–Barré syndrome.
• Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, 85, Indian Tamil language writer.
• Jesse Robredo, 54, Filipino politician, Mayor of Naga City (1988–1998, 2001–2010), Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (since 2010), plane crash.
• Eilif Straume, 83, Norwegian writer and critic.

17

• Aase Bjerkholt, 97, Norwegian politician and government minister, Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs (1956–1963, 1963–1965).
• Pál Bogár, 84, Hungarian basketball player.
• Yoshiji Dan, 96, Japanese politician, chairman of the Kyoto Prefecture Diet, natural causes.
• Rosa Hernandez, 16, Dominican teenager, figure in Dominican Constitutional abortion controversy, leukemia.
• Winnie Johnson, 78, English justice campaigner, mother of Moors murders victim Keith Bennett, bowel cancer.
• Setsuya Kagita, 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives, liver cancer.
• Joey Kovar, 29, American reality TV star (The Real World: Hollywood), suspected drug overdose.
• Willem G. van Maanen, 91, Dutch journalist and writer. (Dutch)
• Lou Martin, 63, Northern Irish musician (Rory Gallagher).
• Brian Oakley, 84, British civil servant and scientist.
• Shirley W. Palmer-Ball, 82, American businessman and politician.
• Veronique Passani, 80, French-born American arts patron, widow of Gregory Peck.
• Victor Poor, 79, American engineer, co-developer of the microchip and various radio developments, cancer.
• Patrick Ricard, 67, French entrepreneur (Pernod Ricard), complications from a heart attack.
• Akira Shimizu, 95, Japanese actor, liver failure.
• Michio Taneda, 88, Japanese Noh actor, liver cancer.

16

• Larry R. Brown, 69, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2005), heart attack.
• T. G. Kamala Devi, 81, Indian actor and playback singer.
• Richard Fowkes, 66, American entertainment business executive, brain cancer.
• Martine Franck, 74, Belgian photographer, bone marrow cancer.
• Simon Gourdine, 72, American sports executive, Deputy Commissioner of the NBA (1974–1981).
• Jang Hyun-Kyu, 30, South Korean footballer, suspected heart attack.
• Phil Kelly, 73, Irish footballer.
• Constance Kgosiemang, 66, Namibian politician, paramount chief of the Tswana people, heart attack.
• Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco, 58, Moroccan royal, daughter of Mohammed V of Morocco, lung cancer.
• Marvin Meyer, 64, American biblical scholar, cancer.
• Abune Paulos, 76, Ethiopian patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, heart attack.
• William Windom, 88, American actor (Murder, She Wrote; My World and Welcome to It; The Farmer's Daughter; Star Trek), heart failure.
• Katsumi Yamauchi, 100, Japanese politician, mayor of Iwata, Shizuoka, natural causes.

15

• Elson Iazegi Beyruth, 70, Brazilian footballer, complications of diabetes.
• Bob Birch, 56, American musician (Elton John), apparent suicide by gunshot.
• Hans R. Camenzind, 78, Swiss electronics engineer. (death announced on this date)
• Altamiro Carrilho, 87, Brazilian musician and composer, lung cancer.
• Biff Elliot, 89, American actor (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I, the Jury, The Enemy Below).
• Punch Gunalan, 68, Malaysian badminton player, liver cancer.
• Harry Harrison, 87, American science fiction writer (Make Room! Make Room!, The Stainless Steel Rat).
• Masayoshi Hayase, 72, Japanese baseball player (Orix Buffaloes), lung cancer.
• Matthew Ianniello, 92, American mobster, member of the Genovese crime family.
• Shūichi Iida, 86, Japanese physicist (University of Tokyo), natural causes.
• Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski, 99, German graphic artist.
• Müşfik Kenter, 79, Turkish theater actor, lung cancer.
• Mária Lugossy, 62, Hungarian sculptor.
• Eva McConnell, 111, Australian supercentenarian, nation's oldest person.
• Ashok Mehta, 65, Indian cinematographer (Bandit Queen), lung cancer.
• Carina Moberg, 46, Swedish politician, MP for Stockholm County (1994–2012), cancer.
• Burl Osborne, 75, American publisher, chairman of the Associated Press (2002–2007), after short illness.
• Renzo Pi Hugarte, 77, Uruguayan anthropologist.
• Bill Tillman, 65, American saxophonist (Blood, Sweat & Tears), injuries from a fall.
• Mitchell Todd, 21, British rugby player (Nottingham), traffic collision.
• Sir Ray Whitney, 81, British politician, MP for Wycombe (1978–2001).
• Arben Xhaferi, 64, Macedonian politician and Albanian-rights activist, complications from a stroke.

14

• Maja Bošković-Stulli, 89, Croatian historian, writer, publisher and academic. (Croatian)
• Remy Charlip, 83, American dancer, after long illness.
• Vilasrao Deshmukh, 67, Indian politician, kidney and liver failure.
• Svetozar Gligorić, 89, Serbian chess grandmaster, stroke.
• Sergey Kapitsa, 84, Russian physicist, demographer, and television host; son of Pyotr Kapitsa.
• Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum, 66, American embroidery designer.
• Charles Maynard, 42, Bahamian politician, chairman of the opposition Free National Movement (since 2012), apparent heart attack.
• Ron Palillo, 63, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter), apparent heart attack.
• Al Rabin, 76, American producer and director (Days of our Lives).
• Rosemary Rice, 87, American radio and television actress (Archie Andrews, Mama).
• Phyllis Thaxter, 92, American actress (Superman, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo), Alzheimer's disease.
• Zhou Kehua, 42, Chinese criminal, shooting.

13

• Hugo Adam Bedau, 85, American philosopher, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Helen Gurley Brown, 90, American author, publisher, and businesswoman; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine (1965–1997).
• Salvador Escudero, 69, Filipino politician, cancer.
• Kathi Goertzen, 54, American journalist and television anchor (KOMO-TV), benign brain tumors.
• Nellie Gray, 88, American pro-life activist and lawyer, natural causes. (body discovered on this date)
• Brent Grulke, 52, American creative director of the SXSW music festival, cardiac arrest.
• Tom Hofwander, 58, Swedish musician, fall from tour bus.
• Ray Jordon, 75, Australian cricketer and football coach, cancer.
• Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h, 97, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (1973–1986).
• Johnny Munkhammar, 37, Swedish politician, MP (2010–2012) and writer, adenoid cystic carcinoma.
• Johnny Pesky, 92, American baseball player, manager, and coach (Boston Red Sox).
• Joan Roberts, 95, American musical theatre actress (Oklahoma!), heart failure.

12

• Sōsen Asahina, 89, Japanese businessman, Jōchi-ji priest and TBS producer, respiratory failure. (Japanese)
• Yukio Ashida, 87, Japanese historian, lung cancer. (Japanese)
• Eileen Beasley, 91, Welsh teacher and Welsh language campaigner, pancreatic cancer.
• Jimmy Carr, 79, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Gary Cox, 59, American musician (Artful Dodger).
• Prabuddha Dasgupta, 55, Indian fashion photographer, heart attack.
• Alex Falconer, 72, Scottish politician, MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife (1984–1999).
• Jerry Grant, 77, American race car driver.
• Joe Kubert, 85, Polish-born American comic book artist (Sgt. Rock, Hawkman).
• Frank Martin, 73, American defense attorney and politician, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (1991–1994), pancreatic cancer.
• Edgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician, mayor-elect of Matehuala, shooting.
• Alf Morris, Baron Morris, 84, British politician and disability rights campaigner, MP for Manchester Wythenshawe (1964–1997).
• Gregory Ulas Powell, 79, American convicted murderer, subject of The Onion Field, prostate cancer.
• Jackie Watters, 92, Scottish footballer (Celtic).

11

• Red Bastien, 81, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer’s disease.
• Carlo Curley, 59, American classical organist.
• Michael Dokes, 54, American heavyweight boxer, liver cancer.
• Hans Einstein, 89, American physician.
• Von Freeman, 88, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, heart failure.
• Lucy Gallardo, 82, Argentine-born Mexican film and telenovela actress (How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Heidi Holland, 64, Zimbabwean journalist and author, apparent suicide by hanging.
• Mitsuo Inaba, 63, Japanese baseball player and coach (Chunichi Dragons), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Greg Kouri, 51, Canadian-born American businessman, co-founder of PayPal, heart attack.
• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, 84, Indian linguist.
• Henning Moritzen, 84, Danish actor, heart attack.
• Dame Simone Prendergast, 82, British public servant and philanthropist.
• Bill Rafferty, 68, American comedian and television host (Blockbusters, Card Sharks, Real People).
• Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux, 74, British politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull West (1983–1997).
• Roger Sandall, 79, New Zealand anthropologist and writer.
• Sid Waddell, 72, British darts commentator and author, bowel cancer.
• Susan Weiner, 66, American politician, Mayor of Savannah (1992–1996), complications from surgery.

10

• Philippe Bugalski, 49, French rally driver, injuries from fall.
• Suresh Dalal, 79, Indian poet and writer in Gujarati language, heart attack.
• Ioan Dicezare, 95, Romanian WWII fighter pilot ace. (Romanian)
• Irving Fein, 101, American film and television producer, manager of Jack Benny and George Burns.
• Mohammed Hadia al-Feitouri, Libyan army general, shooting.
• Madeleine Leininger, 87, American nursing theorist.
• Carlo Rambaldi, 86, Italian special effects artist (Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
• Tia Sharp, 12, British murder victim. (body discovered on this date)
• Lee Vernon, 24, British motorcycle racer, race collision.

9

• Harry G. Barnes, Jr., 86, American diplomat.
• Carl Davis, 77, American record producer ("Duke of Earl", "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"), lung disease.
• Pyotr Fomenko, 80, Russian stage director.
• Al Freeman, Jr., 78, American actor (Malcolm X, My Sweet Charlie, One Life to Live) and professor.
• Raymond Harding, 77, American politician, cancer.
• Giorgos Lazarides, 85, Greek playwright and stage director. (Greek)
• Dale Olson, 78, American publicist, cancer.
• David Rakoff, 47, Canadian-born American writer and actor, cancer.
• Carmen Belen Richardson, 81, Puerto Rican actress and comedian.
• Jan Sawka, 65, Polish-born American artist and architect, heart attack.
• Mel Stuart, 83, American film director (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), cancer.

8

• Ruth Etchells, 81, English poet and college principal.
• Sancho Gracia, 75, Spanish actor, lung cancer.
• Georgios Katsifaras, 77, Greek politician.
• Surya Lesmana, 68, Indonesian football player and manager, heart attack.
• Kurt Maetzig, 101, German film director.
• Jairo Varela, 62, Colombian singer (Grupo Niche), heart attack. (body found on this date)
• Magro Waghabi, 68, Brazilian singer and songwriter (MPB4), prostate cancer.

7

• Murtuz Alasgarov, 84, Azerbaijani politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1996–2005).
• Judith Crist, 90, American film critic.
• Mary Hanes, 59, American television writer (Make It or Break It, Doc) and producer, ovarian cancer.
• Yasunari Hirata, 83, Japanese businessman, intracerebral hematoma. (Japanese)
• Mike Kelly, 68, American doo-wop singer (The Duprees), kidney failure.
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Kobzev, 52, Russian football player and coach, stroke.
• Thomas Malmquist, 66, Swedish sports journalist, cancer.
• Donald C. Paup, 73, American badminton player and academic.
• Anna Piaggi, 81, Italian fashion writer.
• Ranking Trevor, 60, Jamaican reggae musician, traffic collision.
• Veljko Rogošić, 71, Croatian long-distance swimmer.
• Hans Hammond Rossbach, 80, Norwegian politician.
• Sir John Swaine, 80, Hong Kong politician and barrister, President of the Legislative Council (1993–1995).
• Takane Watanabe, 73, Japanese sculptor (Tokyo Zokei University), esophageal cancer. (Japanese)
• Marvin Lee Wilson, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Mayer Zald, 81, American sociologist.
• Dušan Zbavitel, 87, Czech Indologist.

6

• Celso Blues Boy, 56, Brazilian musician, throat cancer.
• Richard Cragun, 67, American ballet dancer, heart attack.
• Brian Crozier, 94, British author and journalist.
• Marvin Hamlisch, 68, American composer (The Way We Were, A Chorus Line) and arranger (The Sting), EGOT winner.
• Robert Hughes, 74, Australian art critic and writer (The Fatal Shore).
• Gerry Kearby, 65, American businessman, traffic collision.
• Polys Kermanidis, 66, Greek singer, cancer.
• Sir Bernard Lovell, 98, British astronomer.
• Mark O'Donnell, 58, American playwright (Hairspray, Cry-Baby) and author, respiratory arrest.
• Boris Razinsky, 79, Russian football player.
• Ruggiero Ricci, 94, American violinist, heart failure.
• Dan Roundfield, 59, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks), drowning.
• Kanji Satō, 64, Japanese politician, acute aortic dissection. (Japanese)
• Eleftherios Verivakis, 77, Greek politician.

5

• Erwin Axer, 95, Polish theatre director.
• Henry Chinonso Ihelewere, 21, Nigerian footballer, cardiac arrest.
• Michel Daerden, 62, Belgian politician, heart attack.
• Alexander Doty, 58, American academic, traffic collision.
• Kōichi Hamada, 83, Japanese politician, tarento and member of the House of Representatives, acute heart failure. (Japanese)
• Benjamin W. Heineman, 98, American railroad executive.
• Stephen Hill, 55, American gospel singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Fred Matua, 28, American football player, heart failure.
• Martin E. Segal, 96, Russian-born American entrepreneur (Film Society of Lincoln Center).
• Sister Boom Boom, 57, American gay rights activist, member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, liver cancer.
• Kirk Urso, 22, American soccer player, natural causes.
• Chavela Vargas, 93, Costa Rican-born Mexican singer-songwriter, respiratory arrest.
• Roland Charles Wagner, 51, French author, traffic collision. (French)
• Péter Zwack, 85, Hungarian businessman.

4

• Johnnie Bassett, 76, American blues musician, cancer.
• Metin Erksan, 83, Turkish film director, renal failure.
• Hanley Funderburk, 81, American academic administrator, President of Auburn University (1980–1983).
• Con Houlihan, 86, Irish sports journalist.
• Hidenobu Nakanishi, 88, Japanese politician, chairman of the Kagawa Prefecture Diet, stroke. (Japanese)
• Jason Noble, 40, American rock guitarist (Rodan, Rachel's, Shipping News), synovial sarcoma.
• Bud Riley, 86, American CFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-cats).
• Arnie Risen, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Rochester Royals), complications from COPD and lung cancer.
• Brian Sando, 76, Australian sports doctor, pancreatic cancer.
• Stuart Swanlund, 54, American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band), natural causes.
• Jimmy Thomson, 75, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic) (death announced on this date)
• Gregor W Yeates, 68, New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist.

3

• Severino Araújo, 95, Brazilian conductor and composer, respiratory failure.
• John Berry, 67, English speedway promoter (Ipswich Witches) and national team manager.
• Martin Fleischmann, 85, Czech-born British chemist, complications of Parkinson's disease.
• Giorgi Gomiashvili, Georgian business executive and diplomat. (death announced on this date)
• Paul McCracken, 96, American economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1969–1971).
• Aleksandr Nieskorodow, 20, Russian climber, injuries from fall.
• Moshe Piamenta, 91, Israeli linguist and orientalist.
• Joan Stein, 59, American theatre and television producer, cancer.
• Al Troth, 82, American fly fishing pioneer.

2

• Ruy de Freitas, 95, Brazilian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) basketball player, multiple organ failure.
• Liselotte Funcke, 94, German politician and minister. (German)
• Amos Hakham, 91, Israeli Bible scholar, first winner of the International Bible Contest (1958).
• Gabriel Horn, 85, British biologist.
• Magnus Isacsson, 64, Canadian documentary filmmaker (Maxime, McDuff & McDo), cancer.
• Jimmy Jones, 82, American pop singer ("Handy Man", "Good Timin'").
• Sir John Keegan, 78, British military historian and journalist.
• Bernd Meier, 40, German footballer, heart attack.
• Jean Merrill, 89, American children's author (The Pushcart War), cancer.
• Marguerite Piazza, 86, American singer, heart failure.
• Gilbert Prouteau, 95, French poet and film director.
• William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden, 82, British peer, cancer.
• Roy Steffens, 98, American actor (Captain Z-Ro).
• Mihaela Ursuleasa, 33, Romanian pianist, cerebral hemorrhage. (body discovered on this date)
• Herman van Ham, 81, Dutch chef.

1

• Fyodor Chekhankov, 72, Russian actor, heart attack. (Russian)
• Don Erickson, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Aldo Maldera, 58, Italian footballer (AC Milan).
• De'Andre McCullough, 35, American drug dealer, inspiration for The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, suspected drug overdose.
• Riccardo Ruotolo, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (1995–2004).
• Abel Salinas, 82, Peruvian politician.
• Irving Saulwick, 82, Australian social researcher and pollster.
• Barry Trapnell, 88, English cricketer and headmaster.
• Keiko Tsushima, 86, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai), stomach cancer. (Japanese)
• Miki Wakamatsu, 77, Japanese dancer, multiple myeloma. (Japanese)

Prior months

• Deaths in July 2012
• Deaths in June 2012
• Deaths in May 2012
• Deaths in April 2012
• Deaths in March 2012
• Deaths in February 2012
• Deaths in January 2012

See also

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264. "Tragedia w gorach, mistrz wspinaczki nie żyje". PAP. 6 August 2012.
265. "פרופ' משה פיאמנטה ז"ל". 3 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012. (Hebrew)
266. "Joan Stein, Tony-winning theater producer, dies at 59". LA Times. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
267. "Al Troth, designer of elk-hair caddis fly, has died at 82". Therepublic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
268. revistaepoca.globo.com (in portuguese)
269. "Liselotte Funcke ist gestorben". fdp.de. 3 August 2012.
270. "First Winner of Bible Contest Dies at 91". Arutz Sheva. 3 August 2012.
271. "Notices 2012". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
272. "Montreal documentary filmmaker Magnus Isacsson dies". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
273. "'Handy Man' Singer Song Writer Jimmy Jones Dies At Age 82 In Aberdeen NC". Aberdeen Times. 2012-08-04. p. Local News Headlines, Feature Section, 4 of 4. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
274. "Sir John Keegan (obituary)". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2012.
275. "Ex-Torwart Bernd Meier stirbt nach Herzinfarktwork=The Daily Telegraph". 2 August 2012.
276. "Jean Merrill, a Writer of Children's Underdog Tales, Dies at 89". The New York Times. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
277. Bradley, Barbara. "Soprano, fundraiser and Memphis icon Marguerite Piazza dies". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
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279. "Henley on Thames - Viscount Hambleden dies of cancer". Henleystandard.co.uk. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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281. "Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa dies, aged 33". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
282. "Limburgse aspergekok Van Ham overleden". Dagblad De Limburger (in Dutch). 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
283. "ИТАР-ТАСС : На 73-м году жизни в Москве от инфаркта скончался народный артист РФ Федор Чеханков" (in Template:Ru icon). Itar-tass.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
284. "Former Lanphier standout Don Erickson dies at 80". SJ-R.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
285. "Former Milan full-back Aldo Maldera dies | News". AC Milan. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
286. Baltimore drug addict who inspired 'The Corner' dies at 35 of suspected overdose
287. Riccardo Ruotolo
288. miércoles 1 de agosto del 2012 15:48 Politica. "Falleció el ex ministro aprista Abel Salinas | El Comercio Perú" (in Spanish). Elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 2012-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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291. 津島恵子さん死去「七人の侍」などに出演 Nikkan Sports 2012-8-3
292. 訃報:若松美黄さん７７歳＝舞踊家 Mainichi.jp 2012-08-02

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