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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

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

April 2012

16

15

• Murray Rose, 73, Australian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956; 1960) swimmer, leukaemia.
• Dwayne Schintzius, 43, American basketball player (San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets), respiratory failure.

14

• Shigeru Araki, 63, Japanese actor (Kamen Rider Stronger) and drummer, pneumonia. (Japanese)
• Émile Bouchard, 92, Canadian ice hockey player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
• Florin Constantiniu, 79, Romanian historian and academic. (Romanian)
• Verónica Gómez, 26, Venezuelan volleyballer, heart failure. (Dutch)
• Eddie May, 68, English football player and manager.
• Piermario Morosini, 25, Italian footballer (Livorno), cardiac arrest.
• Eiichi Shiga, 74, Japanese businessman, chairman of the Japan East Rugby Football Union, heart failure. (Japanese)
• Synchronised, 9, Irish racehorse, euthanised after race fall.
• Cathie Wright, 82, American politician, California State Senator (1992–2000).

13

• Inge Bråten, 63, Norwegian cross-country skiing coach.
• Cecil Chaudhry, 70, Pakistani fighter pilot, school principal, and activist, lung cancer.
• Avraham Goldberg, 99, American-born Israeli Talmud scholar.
• Ryōhei Komiyama, 95, Japanese businessman and editor, senility. (Japanese)
• Margarita Lilova, 76, Bulgarian-born Austrian opera singer.
• Mario Rizzi, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Bagnoregio (since 1991), Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria (1991–1996).

12

• Vladimir Astapovsky, 65, Soviet Olympic bronze medal-winning (1976) footballer. (Russian)
• Kellon Baptiste, 38, Grenadian footballer, cancer.
• Marly Bueno, 78, Brazilian actress, complications after surgery. (Portuguese)
• Mohit Chattopadhyay, 77, Indian playwright, dramatist, and poet, cancer.
• Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen, 74, Faroese poet and writer. (Faroese)
• Robert Kennedy, 73, Canadian publisher, complications from skin cancer.
• Andrew Love, 70, American saxophonist (The Memphis Horns), complications of Alzheimer's disease.
• Masakre, 57, Mexican professional wrestler, cancer.
• Stefánia Moldován, 80, Hungarian opera singer. (Hungarian)
• Bruce Morrison, 88, Australian football player.
• Manfred Orzessek, 78, German footballer. (German)
• Gabriel Țepelea, 96, Romanian politician, MP (1990–2000), natural causes. (Romanian)
• Amy Tryon, 42, American Olympic bronze medal-winning (2004) equestrian.
• Vladimir Ukhin, 81, Russian broadcaster. (Russian)

11

• Julio Alemán, 79, Mexican actor, cancer. (Spanish)
• Ahmed Ben Bella, 93, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1962–1963); President (1963–1965).
• Misbach Yusa Biran, 78, Indonesian film director.
• Roger Caron, 73, Canadian author, escape artist, and bank robber, infection.
• Tippy Dye, 97, American college athlete, coach, and athletic director.
• Hal McKusick, 87, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist, natural causes.
• Yolanda Mérida, 82, Mexican actress. (Spanish)
• Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez, 83, Cuban-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (1979–2003), heart attack.
• Grant Tilly, 74, New Zealand actor.

10

• Luis Aponte Martínez, 89, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate and first cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (1964–1999). (Spanish)
• Erdoğan Arıca, 57, Turkish football coach, lung cancer.
• Raymond Aubrac, 97, French WWII resistance fighter.
• René Berange, 72, French footballer. (French)
• Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, 79, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Camiri (1993–2009).
• Barbara Buchholz, 52, German musician and composer, cancer. (German)
• Virginia Spencer Carr, 82, American biographer.
• Maria-Pia Casilio, 76, Italian film actress. (Italian)
• Lili Chookasian, 90, Armenian-born American opera singer.
• Kurt Crain, 47, American football player (Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers).
• Dorothy Dermody, 102, Irish Olympic (1948) fencer.
• Zvi Dinstein, 86, Israeli politician, MK (1965–1974), pulmonary embolism. (Hebrew)
• Carl Gatto, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (since 2003), prostate cancer.
• David Holtzman, Canadian gay activist, heart attack.
• Karyn Kay, 63, American author and screenwriter, beaten.
• Isamu Miyazaki, 92, Japanese fighter pilot and midshipman (Imperial Japanese Navy). (Japanese)
• Tichaona Mudzingwa, 69, Zimbabwean politician.
• Ivan Oliger, 102, Russian zoologist and entomologist.
• Andy Replogle, 58, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).
• Yoshikazu Shimizu, 58, Japanese journalist and editorial writer (Tokyo Shimbun), pancreatic cancer. (Japanese)
• Richie Teeter, 61, American drummer (The Dictators, Twisted Sister), esophageal cancer.
• Eiichi Uchiyama, 100, Japanese politician, mayor of Taitō, Tokyo, senility. (Japanese)
• N. Varadarajan, 87, Indian politician.

9

• Takeshi Aono, 75, Japanese voice actor (Dragon Ball, One Piece), post-operative multiple cerebral infarction. (Japanese)
• Barry Cahill, 90, Canadian-born American actor (Grand Theft Auto, Sweet Bird of Youth).
• José Guardiola, 81, Spanish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963).
• Mark Lenzi, 43, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1992) diver, hypotension.
• Wiebo Ludwig, 70, Canadian environmental activist and convicted bomber, esophageal cancer.
• Ivan Nagel, 80, German theater director. (German)
• Simo Nikolić, 71, Croatian Olympic sailor. (Croatian)
• Jim Niven, Australian musician (The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, The Sports), cancer.
• Meral Okay, 53, Turkish actress and screentwriter (Muhteşem Yüzyıl), cancer.
• Don Reed, 92, American football coach (Long Beach State 49ers), natural causes.
• Cleo Smith, 93, American television producer (Here's Lucy).
• Malcolm Thomas, 82, Welsh rugby union player.
• Mitsunori Tozawa, 79, Japanese archaeologist, Principal of Meiji University (1996–2000). (Japanese)

8

• Gordon Bagier, 87, British politician, MP for Sunderland South (1964–1987).
• Bram Bart, 49, Dutch voice actor, pancreatic cancer. (Dutch)
• George Wilberforce Kakoma, 89, Ugandan musician, composer of the Ugandan national anthem.
• Blair Kiel, 50, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), suspected heart attack.
• Graciano Ravelo, 77, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (Tiburones de La Guaira), cancer. (Spanish)
• Anatoly Ravikovich, 75, Russian film actor (The Pokrovsky Gate), cancer. (Russian)
• Jack Tramiel, 83, Polish-born American businessman, founder of Commodore and CEO of Atari.
• Al Veigel, 95, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Rikiya Yasuoka, 64, Japanese actor and singer, heart failure. (Japanese)
• Janusz K. Zawodny, 90, Polish-born American historian, World War II resistance fighter. (Polish)

7

• John Egan, 59, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Steve Fredericks, 72, American sports journalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Kyūichi Hayashida, 90, Japanese politician, mayor of Minakuchi, Shiga, pneumonia. (Japanese)
• Kaku Mo-rin, 90, Taiwanese architect. (Japanese)
• Kofuku Kaminarimon, 77, Japanese rakugo storyteller, pharyngeal cancer. (Japanese)
• Steven Kanumba, 28, Tanzanian actor and director.
• Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven, 87, Scottish peer and soldier, Lord Lieutenant of Nairn (1969–1999).
• Satsue Mito, 97, Japanese zoologist. (Japanese)
• Miss Read, 98, English writer.
• Ignatius Moses I Daoud, 81, Syrian Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Antioch (1998–2001), stroke complications.
• Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, 54, Pakistani politician, cardiac arrest.
• Serafym Verzun, 62, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Bishop of Zhytomyr (1992–1995), Archbishop of Rivne (1995–2000) and Kirovohrad (2002–2008). (Ukrainian)
• Mike Wallace, 93, American news correspondent (60 Minutes).
• Yūichi Yamada, 81, Japanese teacher and professor, Principal of Meiji University (2000–2004). (Japanese)
• Jamshid Zokirov, 63, Uzbek actor. (Uzbek)

6

• Larry Canning, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa) and broadcaster, vascular dementia.
• Fang Lizhi, 76, Chinese political activist and astrophysicist.
• Felipe Fernández García, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ávila (1976–1991) and San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife (1991–2005).
• Promode Gogoi, 82, Indian politician.
• Thomas Kinkade, 54, American painter, natural causes.
• Tōru Maeara, 88, Japanese teacher, Kikuchi Kan Prize winner, cerebral hemorrhage. (Japanese)
• Janet Roberts, 110, Scottish supercentenarian, oldest person in Scotland, granddaughter of William Grant.
• Hilde Sacré, 73, Belgian actress. (Dutch)
• Michael Sands, 66, American show business publicist and alleged CIA operative, choked.
• Sheila Scotter, 91, Australian fashion editor (Vogue Australia).
• Dick Wearmouth, 85, Australian football player.
• Jose Wejebe, 54, Cuban-born American television and sports fishing personality, plane crash.
• Reed Whittemore, 92, American poet.

5

• Joe Avezzano, 68, American football player (Boston Patriots) and coach (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders), heart attack.
• David Axon, 61, British astrophysicist.
• Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, 91, Dominican military general, Provisional President (1965). (Spanish)
• Angelo Castro, Jr., 67, Filipino journalist, The World Tonight anchor (1986–2009; 2011), lung cancer.
• Cynthia Dall, 41, American musician.
• Attila Hazai, 44, Hungarian writer. (Hungarian)
• James S. Herr, 87, American businessman, founder of Herr's Snacks.
• Kunio Hiraki, 87, Japanese writer, kidney failure. (Japanese)
• Aminul Islam, 40, Bangladeshi trade union leader.
• Jimmy Lawlor, 78, Irish footballer.
• Jim Marshall, 88, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification.
• Barney McKenna, 72, Irish musician (The Dubliners).
• Bingu wa Mutharika, 78, Malawian politician, President (since 2004), heart attack.
• Gil Noble, 80, American television reporter and host (Like It Is).
• Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, 76, German designer.
• Bernard Rapoport, 94, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Sir Peter Tapsell, 82, New Zealand politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1993–1996).
• Christer Zetterberg, 70, Swedish businessman. (Swedish)

4

• Muhammad Afrizal, 30, Indonesian boxer, PABA featherweight champion (2008), injuries sustained from bout.
• A. Dean Byrd, 64, American psychologist.
• Peter M. Douglas, 69, American lawyer, Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission (1985–2011), cancer.
• Anne Karin Elstad, 74, Norwegian author, stroke. (Norwegian)
• Juan Carlos Figarella, Venezuelan state legislator, respiratory arrest.
• Nikolay Krasovsky, 87, Russian mathematician. (Russian)
• Hans Kreijns, 83, Dutch contract bridge champion. (Dutch)
• Claude Miller, 70, French director, producer, and screenwriter.
• Helge Sverre Nesheim, 92, Norwegian broadcaster. (Norwegian)
• Said Mohamed Nur, Somali Football Federation chief, bombing.
• Dubravko Pavličić, 44, Croatian footballer. (Croatian)
• Roberto Rexach Benítez, 82, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1993–1996). (Spanish)
• Aden Yabarow Wiish, Somali Olympic Committee chief, bombing.

3

• Lorne Benson, 81, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Arduino Bertoldo, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Foligno (1992–2008).
• Claudia Boerner, 32, German fashion model, suicide. (German)
• Michael Bzdel, 81, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Metropolitan of Winnipeg (1992–2006).
• Richard Descoings, 53, French academic director (Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris).
• Eduardo Luis Duhalde, 72, Argentine human rights activist, historian, and judge, aortic aneurysm. (Spanish)
• O'Brian Eselu. 56, American kumu hula and singer.
• Mária Kopp, 70, Hungarian physician, psychologist, and professor. (Hungarian)
• Efraím Basílio Krevey, 83, Brazilian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (1978–2006).
• Jean Gerard Leigh, 88, British MI5 clerk involved in the WWII Operation Mincemeat.
• Mingote, 93, Spanish cartoonist, writer, and journalist.
• Govind Narain, 95, Indian civil servant, Governor of Karnataka (1977–1983).
• Airton Pavilhão, 77, Brazilian footballer. (Portuguese)
• Xenia Stad-de Jong, 90, Dutch Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete. (Dutch)
• Chief Jay Strongbow, 83, American professional wrestler.
• José María Zárraga, 81, Spanish footballer and manager. (Spanish)

2

• Jesús Aguilarte, 53, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Apure State (1999–2000; 2004–2011), shot.
• Roger Breske, 73, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1990–2008).
• Jim Delaney, 91, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) shot putter.
• Sarah Dreher, 75, American novelist and playwright.
• Ben Huan, 105, Chinese Buddhist master, honorary president of the Buddhist Association of China.
• Warren Bonython, 95, Australian conservationist, explorer, author, and chemical engineer.
• Elizabeth Catlett, 96, American-born Mexican artist.
• Allie Clark, 88, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics).
• John Kuenster, 87, American sportswriter (Chicago Daily News, Baseball Digest), cardiac arrest.
• Mauricio Lasansky, 97, Argentinian-born American printmaker.
• Jimmy Little, 75, Australian singer.
• Fatma Neslişah, 91, Turkish-born Ottoman and Egyptian royal, heart attack.
• Christos Parlas, 76, Greek actor, pulmonary failure. (Greek)
• M. Saroja, 79, Indian film actress.
• Masao Taki, 90, Japanese baseball player and coach, heart failure. (Japanese)
• Yōnosuke Watanabe, 80, Japanese Noh performer. (Japanese)

1

• Ekrem Bora, 78, Turkish actor, pulmonary edema. (Turkish)
• Lionel Bowen, 89, Australian politician, MP for Kingsford-Smith (1969–1990); Deputy Prime Minister (1983–1990), pneumonia.
• Sauro Bufalini, 70, Italian Olympic basketball player. (Italian)
• Giorgio Chinaglia, 65, Italian footballer (Lazio, New York Cosmos), heart attack.
• Miguel de la Madrid, 77, Mexican politician, President (1982–1988), complications of pulmonary emphysema.
• Leila Denmark, 114, American supercentenarian, author, and physician, credited with developing a whooping cough vaccine.
• Jamaa Fanaka, 68, American filmmaker.
• Jerry Lynch, 81, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Chūichi Mukawa, 92, Japanese tanka poet (Waseda University), ischemic heart disease. (Japanese)
• N. K. P. Salve, 91, Indian politician.
• Stan Yapp, 70, English politician.

March 2012

See Deaths in March 2012.

February 2012

See Deaths in February 2012.

January 2012

See Deaths in January 2012.

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