2012
Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925)
Frank Romer Pierson was an American screenwriter and film director.
Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925)
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2012
Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (born 1936)
Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of …
Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (born 1936)
2012
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (born 1951)
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman t…
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (born 1951)
2012
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (born 1914)
Lakshmi Sahgal was an Indian politician and activist. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army (INA), and the Minister of…
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (born 1914)
2012
Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (born 1936)
Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.
Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (born 1936)
2012
José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (born 1936)
José Luis Uribarri Grenouillou was a Spanish broadcaster and music journalist for Televisión Española (TVE). He was the Spanish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest on 18 oc…
José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (born 1936)
2012
Chad Everett, American actor and director (born 1937)
Raymon Lee Cramton, known professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in more than 40 films and television series. He played Dr. Joe Gannon in the television…
Chad Everett, American actor and director (born 1937)
2012
Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (born 1938)
Sherman Alexander Hemsley was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons (1975…
Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (born 1938)
2012
Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (born 1951)
Orleans is an American pop rock band formed in 1972 in Woodstock, New York, by John Hall, Larry Hoppen, and Wells Kelly. Larry's younger brother, bassist Lance Hoppen, and drummer …
Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (born 1951)
2012
Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)
Robert Steven Ledley, professor of physiology and biophysics and professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital compute…
Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)
2012
Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (born 1928)
Themístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre, better known as Themo Lobos, was a Chilean cartoonist. He created the characters Máximo Chambónez, Ferrilo, Nick Obre, and Alaraco, with his mos…
Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (born 1928)
2012
John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, President of Ghana (born 1944)
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January…
John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, President of Ghana (born 1944)
2012
Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (born 1938)
Gregorio Peces-Barba Martínez was a Spanish politician and jurist. He was one of the seven jurists who wrote the Spanish Constitution of 1978, acting as a representative of the Spa…
Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (born 1938)
2012
B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
Babu Ram Ishara was an Indian film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s. He filmed 35 Bollywood films between 1964 and 1996. He was much popular for his …
B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
2012
Barry Langford, English director and producer (born 1926)
Barry Langford was a British television and music director, producer, and businessman. He directed many television programmes for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s, and also worked as…
Barry Langford, English director and producer (born 1926)
2012
Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950)
Gregory R. Mohns was an American football coach and executive. He was the head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1998 to 2000.
Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950)
2012
Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947)
Franz West was an Austrian artist.
Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947)
2012
Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (born 1927)
Donald Neff Bagley was an American jazz bassist.
Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (born 1927)
2012
Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (born 1918)
Miriam Ben-Porat was an Israeli jurist. She was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel and the State Comptroller of Israel from 1988–1998.
Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (born 1918)
2012
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (born 1942)
Guadalupe Ontiveros was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television s…
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (born 1942)
2012
James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927)
James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the United States Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administr…
James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927)
2012
Karl Benjamin, American painter and educator (born 1925)
Karl Stanley Benjamin was an American painter of vibrant geometric abstractions, who rose to fame in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles–based Abstract Classicists and subsequently pro…
Karl Benjamin, American painter and educator (born 1925)
2012
Norman Alden, American actor (born 1924)
Norman Alden was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures. He first appeared on television on The 20th Century Fox Hour in 1957. He prov…
Norman Alden, American actor (born 1924)
2012
R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (born 1917)
Robert Golden Armstrong Jr. was an American character actor and playwright. A veteran performer who appeared in dozens of Westerns during his 40-year career, he may be best remembe…
R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (born 1917)