Notable Deaths on April 12th
April 12th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
45 |
Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general |
BC AD | |
65 |
Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist |
238 |
Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage |
238 |
Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I |
352 |
Julius I, pope (337-52), dies |
434 |
Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople |
1125 |
Vladislaus I of Bohemia |
1443 |
Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury |
1550 |
Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 |
1555 |
Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75 |
1675 |
Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) |
1687 |
Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer |
1690 |
Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 |
1704 |
John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 |
1704 |
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer, dies at 77 |
1748 |
William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies |
1760 |
Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 |
1782 |
Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) |
1782 |
Pietro Metastasio, La clemenza di Tito |
1788 |
Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 |
1788 |
Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67 |
1795 |
Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80 |
1795 |
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710) |
1797 |
Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 |
1814 |
Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) |
1817 |
Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies |
1828 |
Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 |
1845 |
Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 |
1850 |
Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788) |
1859 |
John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 |
1864 |
Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 |
1872 |
Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) |
1878 |
William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies |
1896 |
Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 |
1898 |
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) |
1902 |
Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) |
1909 |
Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 |
1910 |
William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 |
1912 |
Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 |
1912 |
Clara Barton, The Flag of Humanity |
1914 |
Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71 |
1920 |
Walter Edwards, A Pair of Silk Stockings |
1922 |
Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64 |
1927 |
Sam Sihvo, Soldier's Bride |
1931 |
Arthur Hunter, Traffic in Souls |
1931 |
Fausto Maria Martini, Satan's Rhapsody |
1933 |
Niels Th. Thomsen, The Folly of Sin |
1934 |
Marie-Louise Iribe, Hara-Kiri |
1936 |
Madeleine Guitty, Bric à Brac et compagnie |
1937 |
Filoteo Alberini, Buffalo Bill's Wild West |
1938 |
Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65 |
1938 |
Serafín Álvarez Quintero, El genio alegre |
1938 |
Wilson Reynolds, The Inevitable |
1938 |
Feodor Chaliapin Sr., Don Quixote |
1940 |
John Bragdon, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages |
1940 |
Honore Morrow, Seven Alone |
1942 |
Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 |
1942 |
Wilhelm Högstedt, Ingmarssönerna |
1944 |
Adolf Wagner, Triumph of the Will |
1945 |
Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 |
1945 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, United We Stand |
1945 |
Emil Stepanek, Masquerade in Vienna |
1945 |
Peggy O'Neill, Song of the Open Road |
1946 |
August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 |
1946 |
F Guicciardi, writer, dies |
1947 |
Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies |
1950 |
Jack Sweeney, Smilin' Through |
1950 |
Rollin B. Berry, Sweethearts |
1950 |
Axel Strøm, Kærlighedens Styrke |
1951 |
Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62 |
1951 |
Fred Burnworth, The Left Hand Brand |
1951 |
Henry De Vere Stacpoole, The Blue Lagoon |
1952 |
Ivan Bobrov, Battleship Potemkin |
1952 |
Julia Cuypers, Koningin Elisabeth's dochter |
1953 |
Maidel Turner, The Raven |
1954 |
Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89 |
1954 |
Hans Sanden, Midnight Taxi |
1956 |
Samuel J. Seymour, Episode dated 9 February 1956 |
1956 |
Daisy Lee, Little Tokyo, U.S.A. |
1956 |
Jack Grey, Ups and Downs |
1956 |
Louise Marquet, L'argent ne fait pas le bonheur |
1957 |
Fritz Nussbaum, Oberstadtgass |
1958 |
Nicole Ladmiral, Diary of a Country Priest |
1959 |
Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60 |
1959 |
James Gleason, dies at 76 |
1959 |
James Gleason, The Night of the Hunter |
1959 |
Ralph Peters, Ball of Fire |
1960 |
Bob Reeves, A Desperate Chance |
1961 |
Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50 |
1961 |
Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93 |
1961 |
Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Countess for a Night |
1962 |
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861) |
1962 |
Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923) |
1962 |
Brian Reece, Orders Are Orders |
1962 |
Frank Stravenger, Guns and Guitars |
1962 |
Urho Somersalmi, The Day the Earth Froze |
1962 |
Georgi Antonow, Izpitanie |
1963 |
Wolle Weiner, Kesäyön unelma |
1963 |
Mark Hamilton, Smoke Bellew |
1965 |
Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43 |
1966 |
Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed |
1968 |
Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899) |
1971 |
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871) |
1971 |
Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931) |
1972 |
C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57 |
1972 |
Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89 |
1972 |
C.W. Ceram, Valley of the Kings |
1974 |
Carl Jaffe, dies at 72 |
1974 |
Carl Jaffe, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
1975 |
Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 |
1976 |
Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 |
1977 |
Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82 |
1978 |
Isaak Menaker, Devochka i krokodil |
1978 |
Paul White, Sing, You Sinners |
1980 |
Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies |
1980 |
William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup |
1980 |
Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895) |
1980 |
Abel Ferreira, A Carne É o Diabo |
1980 |
Sonja Wigert, Ombyte av tåg |
1981 |
Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 |
1981 |
Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88 |
1981 |
Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies of cardiac arrest at 66 |
1982 |
Huguette Duflos, La princesse aux clowns |
1982 |
Max de Vaucorbeil, Mélodie haïtienne |
1982 |
Lenny Baker, Next Stop, Greenwich Village |
1982 |
Sixten Andersson, Munkbrogreven |
1982 |
Sofiya Giatsintova, Zhukovsky |
1983 |
Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944) |
1983 |
Carroll Kemp, Cry Blood, Apache |
1983 |
Maurice Davidson, The Maze |
1983 |
Gene Lukowski, An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe |
1983 |
Gerard Fairlie, Charlie Chan in Shanghai |
1984 |
Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 |
1984 |
Oleg Komarov, Adventures of Mowgli |
1984 |
Daniele D'Anza, Episode #1.1 |
1984 |
Ruth Taylor, Dangerous Curves Behind |
1984 |
Leonard Kantor, Search for Tomorrow |
1984 |
Edwin Layton, Big Jim McLain |
1985 |
Morrie Roizman, Is Everybody Listening? |
1985 |
Seiji Miyaguchi, Seven Samurai |
1986 |
Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897) |
1986 |
Valentin Kataev, Vremya, vperyod! |
1986 |
Marguerite Gance, The Fall of the House of Usher |
1987 |
Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 |
1987 |
Mike Von Erich, American wrestler |
1987 |
René Hardy, Bitter Victory |
1987 |
Hertha von Walther, M |
1987 |
Russ Burton, A Slip of the Gun |
1987 |
Mike Von Erich, World Pro Wrestling TV |
1988 |
Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies |
1988 |
Rem Lebedev, 12 stulyev |
1988 |
Al Kaye, The Great Dictator |
1988 |
Colette Deréal, Le manège de Port-Barcarès |
1988 |
George Rock, Million Selling Records |
1988 |
Sheridan Gibney, Once Upon a Honeymoon |
1988 |
Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1988 |
Ernest Léardée, L'usine Castel |
1988 |
Jorge Salcedo, Hardly a Criminal |
1988 |
Luke Andreas, The Rose |
1989 |
Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 |
1989 |
Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer |
1989 |
Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927) |
1989 |
Abbie Hoffman, Heavy Petting |
1989 |
Edi Finger, Solang' die Sterne glüh'n |
1989 |
Lee McDonald, Blue Collar |
1989 |
Gerald Flood, Patton |
1989 |
Tamás Csurja, Johann Strauss: A denevér |
1989 |
Georges Sebastian, Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris |
1989 |
Tilda Thamar, La femme à l'orchidée |
1989 |
Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randolph Turpin |
1989 |
Herbert Mills, Jack Goes to Las Vegas |
1990 |
Henry Kendrick, dies |
1990 |
Jessica Dunning, Burn, Witch, Burn |
1990 |
Emile LaVigne, Some Like It Hot |
1990 |
Rosemary Dean, The Broken Spur |
1990 |
Claus Hammel, Reise ins Ehebett |
1991 |
James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies |
1991 |
Henry 'Hank' Coffin, The Cyclops |
1991 |
Zofia Koreywo, Ponad snieg |
1991 |
Dead, |
1991 |
Marcia Manners, Caught |
1991 |
Tom Rosqui, The Godfather: Part II |
1992 |
Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 |
1992 |
Georg Haentzschel, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
1992 |
Howard Masters, Secret Evidence |
1992 |
Klaus Viana, Pedro Diabo Ama Rosa Meia Noite |
1992 |
Joachim Cadenbach, Das Paradies von Pont L'Eveque |
1992 |
Vlastimil Hasek, The Girl on the Broomstick |
1993 |
Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies |
1993 |
Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56 |
1993 |
Roger Unice, Major League |
1993 |
Alena Kreuzmannová, When the Cat Comes |
1994 |
Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 |
1994 |
Jean Carmet, dies at 72 |
1994 |
Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 |
1994 |
Lidia Wyrobiec-Bank, Schindler's List |
1994 |
Joseph Darling, No Small Affair |
1994 |
Frank V. Phillips, Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
1994 |
Bob Cryer, The Railway Children |
1995 |
Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56 |
1995 |
Philip H. Lathrop, The Pink Panther |
1995 |
Raan Lewis, The Outing |
1995 |
Elli Rex, The Achilles Heel Is My Weapon |
1995 |
Lydia Polak, Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming |
1995 |
Juraj Cervik, The Sun in a Net |
1996 |
Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82 |
1996 |
Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69 |
1996 |
William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 |
1996 |
Michele Calvert, Return of Callisto |
1996 |
Gábor Goda, Volt egyszer egy család |
1997 |
George Wald, scientist, (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina) dies at 90 |
1997 |
George Wald, The Force Beyond |
1997 |
Eric Pearce, Episode dated 21 July 1957 |
1998 |
Joan Heal, A Perfect Woman |
1998 |
Gregory McKinney, Mortal Kombat |
1998 |
Ljubica Otasevic, Il gobbo |
1999 |
Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931) |
1999 |
Cecil Brock, Ragan's Forge |
1999 |
Lieve Cools, Zware jongens |
1999 |
Jos Simons, The Enemies |
1999 |
Rolf Schnabel, Das große Bündnis |
1999 |
Rica Owen Moore, Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! |
1999 |
Ricardo Barreiro, H.G.O. |
1999 |
Boxcar Willie, Sweet Dreams |
2000 |
Ricardo Lizama, Episode #1.1 |
2000 |
Carmen Dillon, The Omen |
2000 |
Vanne Goodall, Chimps: So Like Us |
2000 |
Tatsuyuki Jinnai, Ranma ½: Nettô-hen |
2000 |
Christopher Pettiet, Point Break |
2000 |
Ronald Lockley, The Private Life of the Gannets |
2001 |
Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921) |
2001 |
Ljiljana Krstic, Savior |
2001 |
Noah Harrison, All the Wrong Places |
2001 |
Normand Houle, Evel Knievel |
2001 |
Richard Shores, The Paper Chase |
2001 |
Alberto Erede, New York Stories |
2001 |
'By' Dunham, McLintock! |
2002 |
Karen Ohland, Pie in the Sky |
2002 |
Jirina Sedlácková, Bílá jachta ve Splitu |
2002 |
Howard Pays, A Night to Remember |
2002 |
Robert Chazal, Le jeu de la vérité |
2003 |
Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900) |
2003 |
Raúl Shaw Moreno, Mi mujer necesita marido |
2003 |
Richard Grosse, Silent Hill 3 |
2003 |
Sydney Lassick, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
2003 |
Bohdan Kosinski, Na torach |
2003 |
Zdenek Jirotka, The Fortune-Teller |
2003 |
Anna Nikolayeva, Gulyashchaya |
2004 |
Juanito Valderrama, El emigrante |
2004 |
Jean-Marie Robain, The Army of Shadows |
2004 |
Larisa Vikkel, Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat |
2004 |
Yvette Jacobs, The Still Life |
2004 |
Norman Campbell, Once Upon a Brothers Grimm |
2004 |
Joyce Worsley, Signpost to Murder |
2005 |
Estelita Bell, Tem Folga na Direção |
2005 |
Corky Gonzales, I Am Joaquin |
2005 |
Joe Barone, The Day It Came to Earth |
2005 |
Fred Valis, Fox News |
2005 |
Ehud Manor, Yossi |
2005 |
Samantha Grismore, Kings |
2006 |
Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929) |
2006 |
Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929) |
2006 |
Puggy Pearson, No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail |
2006 |
Rajkumar, Bangarada Manushya |
2006 |
Christiane Maybach, Fox and His Friends |
2006 |
Richard Bebb, Cold Comfort Farm |
2006 |
Kazuo Kuroki, Tomorrow |
2006 |
Dick D'Arcy, Sampter Clayton Ballet/Selling Tickets |
2006 |
Günther Schwab, Echo der Berge |
2006 |
Sarajane Avidon, Opportunity Knocks |
2006 |
Louis L. Edemann, Schindler's List |
2006 |
William Sloane Coffin, Splendor and Wisdom |
2007 |
Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936) |
2007 |
Sandu Popa, Das Land der kleinen Zweige |
2007 |
Bob Miles, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
2007 |
James Lyons, The Virgin Suicides |
2008 |
Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923) |
2008 |
Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater and Olympian (b. 1920) |
2008 |
Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949) |
2008 |
Annette De Kirby, Mother Knows Best |
2008 |
Bülent Ufuk, Çakircali Mehmet Efe |
2008 |
Buzz Nutter, 1959 NFL Championship Game |
2008 |
Dieter Eppler, Jonas |
2009 |
John Maddox, Homeopathy: The Test |
2009 |
Huaili Yan, Journey to the West |
2009 |
Norris Domingue, The Hotel New Hampshire |
2009 |
Fumio Tanaka, Godzilla 1985 |
2009 |
Hélène Vercors, La vena d'oro |
2009 |
Benny S. Cannon, Trial and Error |
2009 |
Miroslav Dolezal, Vlcí jáma |
2009 |
Tom Kennedy, Automorphosis |
2009 |
Jerzy Wunderlich, Ocalenie |
2010 |
Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934) |
2010 |
Carlo Alberto Rossi, The Last Kiss |
2010 |
Robin Shlien, Haunted Honeymoon |
2010 |
Catherine Carson, Twin Brides |
2010 |
Michel Chartrand, 24 heures ou plus... |
2010 |
María Aurelia Bisutti, Con alma y vida |
2010 |
Peter Haskell, Child's Play 2 |
2010 |
Evrim Alatas, Before Your Eyes |
2010 |
Werner Schroeter, Palermo or Wolfsburg |
2010 |
Palito, No Blood No Surrender |
2011 |
Shirley Barclay, Look Who's Talking |
2011 |
Peter Ruehl, Gillies and Company |
2011 |
Karel Janský, Hedvika |
2011 |
Jean-Claude Darnal, The Punishment |
2011 |
Yakov Kostyukovskiy, Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures |
2011 |
Sachin Bhowmick, Koi... Mil Gaya |
2011 |
Hunter Bryce, Fallen |
2011 |
Alicja Kluba, The Hourglass Sanatorium |
2011 |
Eddie Joost, 1949 MLB All-Star Game |
2012 |
Stefánia Moldován, Denevér |
2012 |
Andrew Love, A Family Thing |
2012 |
Ronan O'Casey, Bitter Victory |
2012 |
Nico Tirone, Episode #1.2074 |
2012 |
Hedy Fassler, Der Herr Kanzleirat |
2012 |
Vladimir Ukhin, Bolshoe kosmicheskoe puteshestvie |
2012 |
Marly Bueno, Oriundi |
2012 |
Vappu Jurkka, Fire-Eater |
2012 |
Linda Cook, Guiding Light |
2012 |
Richard Debuisne, Special Delivery |
2013 |
Robert Byrne, American grand chess master, dies from Parkinson's disease at 84 |
2013 |
Michael France, American screenwriter, dies from complications from diabetes at 51 |
2013 |
Antoine Veil, Episode dated 29 November 2010 |
2013 |
Leon Feder, Skygger |
2013 |
Nodar Shashigoglu, Uzaq sahillarda |
2013 |
Carola Merrild, Panserbasse |
2013 |
John Burgh, Episode dated 11 May 1989 |
2013 |
Helen Doss, The Family Nobody Wanted |
2013 |
Toni Reid, The Stepford Wives |
2013 |
Alfred Shelly, Not with My Wife, You Don't! |
2013 |
Forrest Westering, Deniece Williams |
2013 |
Michael France, Cliffhanger |
2013 |
David Slaight, Zodiac |
2014 |
Brita Koivunen, Naisellista |
2014 |
Boris Karadimchev, A Nameless Band |
2014 |
Don Borisenko, Night of Passion |
2014 |
Fred Ho, Fred Ho's Last Year |
2014 |
Ole Aaby, Louises hus |
2014 |
Dorothy Mitchum, The Big Steal |
2015 |
Jochen Neupert, Ein Mann für gewisse Sekunden |
2015 |
Gary Terry, The Invasion |
2015 |
Doug Gregory, Flyboys |
2015 |
Patrice Dominguez, Episode dated 14 June 2008 |
2016 |
Sir Tom Jones's wife dies of cancer, aged 75 |
2017 |
MTV star Clay Adler dead at 27 from apparent suicide |
2017 |
J Geils - founder and guitarist of The J Geils Band - dies aged 71 |
2017 |
South Korean LGBTI pioneer Justin Lim dies aged 32 |
2018 |
WeHo Comedy Store Founder Mitzi Shore Dies At 87 |
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