Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Aug-12

Died on This Day (Aug-12)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Antônio Delfim Netto Antônio Delfim Netto Brazilian economist, university professor and politician Brazilian politician 96 1
  Helen Don-Duncan British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallist English swimmer 42 2
Adèle Milloz Adèle Milloz French ski mountaineer French ski mountaineer 26 3
Una Stubbs Una Stubbs English actress, television personality, and former dancer English actress 84 4
Gian Carlo Vacchelli Gian Carlo Vacchelli Peruvian sports commentator and politician Peruvian sports commentator and politician 38 5
DJ Arafat DJ Arafat Ivorian musician, singer and record producer Ivorian disc jockey and musician 33 6
  Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim Sudanese writer, women's rights activist and socialist leader Politician and human rights campaigner 88 8
Martin Sostre Martin Sostre American activist American activist 92 10
Isaac Bonewits Isaac Bonewits Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits was an American Neo-Druid who published a number of books on the subject of Neopaganism and magic. Neopagan leader, author, and neo-druid priest 60 15
Rashied Ali Rashied Ali Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson was an American free jazz and avant-garde drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life. American free jazz and avant-garde drummer 76 16
Charlie Norman Charlie Norman Charles Norman, also known as Charlie Norman , was a Swedish musician and entertainer. Swedish musician 84 20
Loretta Young Loretta Young Loretta Young was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. American actress 87 25
  B. Kliban Bernard "Hap" Kliban was an American cartoonist. American cartoonist 55 35
Kyu Sakamoto Kyu Sakamoto Kyu Sakamoto and raised as Hisashi Oshima , 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985) was a Japanese singer. Japanese singer and acttor 43 40
F. S. Platou F. S. Platou Frithjof Stoud Platou was a Norwegian architect. He worked for the international architects Lars Backer and Erich Mendelsohn before he established his own architectural firm in Oslo. Norwegian architect 76 45
  Joseph Storey Joseph William Storey was an internationally renowned architect based in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Canadian architect 52 50
Thomas Mann Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. German writer 80 70
Léon Dehon Léon Dehon Léon-Gustave Dehon, SCJ , also known as Jean of the Sacred Heart, was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . Clergyman 82 100
Wilhelm Steinitz Wilhelm Steinitz William Steinitz was an Austrian and, later, American chess player. First official world chess champion 64 125
Horace Binney Horace Binney Horace Binney was an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives. American lawyer 95 150