April 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 45 BC – Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general
• 65 – Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
• 238 – Gordian I, Roman Emperor
• 238 – Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire
• 352 – St. Julius I, 35th Pope
• 434 – Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
• 1125 – Vladislaus I of Bohemia (b. 1065)
• 1443 – Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1550 – Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (b. 1496)
• 1555 – Juana of Castile, wife of Philip I of Castile (b. 1479)
• 1675 – Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
• 1684 – Nicolò Amati, Italian luthier and member of the Amati family (b. 1596)
• 1687 – Ambrose Dixon, British-born American settler (b. c. 1619)
• 1704 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (b. 1627)
• 1748 – William Kent, English architect (b. c. 1685)
• 1782 – Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
• 1788 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 – Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 – Charles Messier, French astronomer (b. 1730)
• 1850 – Adoniram Judson, American missionary (b. 1788)
• 1872 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
• 1878 – William Marcy Tweed, American politician (b. 1823)
• 1898 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
• 1902 – Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
• 1912 – Clara Barton, American nurse and Red Cross advocate (b. 1821)
• 1933 – Adelbert Ames, American general and politician (b. 1835)
• 1938 – Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (b. 1873)
• 1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1962 – Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861)
• 1962 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1968 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
• 1971 – Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
• 1975 – Josephine Baker, American dancer (b. 1906)
• 1977 – Phil Wrigley, American manufacturer and baseball executive (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
• 1980 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician (b. 1913)
• 1981 – Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)
• 1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1984 – Edwin T. Layton, American naval officer (b. 1903)
• 1986 – Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (b. 1964)
• 1988 – Alan Paton, South African writer (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
• 1989 – Abbie Hoffman, American politicial activist (b. 1936)
• 1989 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1999 – Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
• 1999 – Marion Pruett, American spree killer (b. 1949)
• 2000 – Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)
• 2002 – George Shevelov, Ukrainian-born American linguist and academic (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Cecil H. Green, British-born American geophysicist (b. 1900)
• 2003 – Sydney Lassick, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Dr. Rajkumar, Indian film actor/singer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
• 2006 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
• 2008 – Patrick Hillery, Irish politician (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
• 2009 – Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934)