Famous Deaths In August - 12

1989  On this day in history death of william Shockley, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)  

1990  Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87 on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies  

1992  Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63 on August - 12.  

1993  Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69 on August - 12.  

1994  On August - 12 gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59  

1995  Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73  

1997  Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57 on August - 12.  

1999  On this day in history death of jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)  

2000  On this day in history death of loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)  

2002  On August - 12 death of enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916)  

2004  Death of Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1919) on August - 12.  

2005  Death of John Loder, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band CRASS (b. 1946) on August - 12.  

2005  On August - 12 death of death of Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé Community (b. 1915)  

2005  On August - 12 death of death of Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka (assassinated) (b. 1932)  

2007  On this day in history death of merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator (b. 1925)  

2008  On August - 12 death of christie Allen, British-Australian pop singer (b. 1954)  

2009  Death of Les Paul, American musician (b. 1915) on this day in history.  

2010  On August - 12 death of richie Hayward, American musician (Little Feat) (b. 1946)  

2018  Death of Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist on August - 12.  

2019  Death of José Luis Brown, Argentinian footballer on August - 12.  

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.  

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.  

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.  

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer