March 12 - Deaths

Deaths

• 604 – Pope Gregory I
• 1289 – King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)
• 1374 – Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)
• 1447 – Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)
• 1507 – Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman (b. 1475)
• 1608 – Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530)
• 1628 – John Bull, English composer
• 1648 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish writer (b. 1571)
• 1681 – Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (b. 1635)
• 1699 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)
• 1757 – Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (b. 1696)
• 1790 – Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
• 1832 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (b. 1786)
• 1858 – William James Blacklock, British landscape painter (b. 1816)
• 1872 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)
• 1894 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
• 1898 – Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 – Edmondo De Amicis, Italian children's writer (b. 1846)
• 1909 – Joe Petrosino, American police lieutenant (b. 1860)
• 1914 – George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1916 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (b. 1830)
• 1925 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (b. 1866)
• 1929 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1930 – Alois Jirásek, Czech writer (b. 1851)
• 1930 – William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (b. 1894)
• 1937 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (b. 1858)
• 1937 – Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1942 – Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
• 1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1944 – Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861)
• 1945 – Friedrich Fromm, German Army Officer (b. 1861)
• 1946 – Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician (executed) (b. 1897)
• 1947 – Winston Churchill, American novelist (b. 1871)
• 1955 – Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1920)
• 1973 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1974 – George D. Sax, American entrepreneur (b. 1904)
• 1978 – John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 – Gene Moore, American baseball player (b. 1909)
• 1980 – Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
• 1984 – Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
• 1985 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (b. 1899)
• 1987 – Woody Hayes, American football coach (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Maurice Evans, English-born actor (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Wallace Breem, British author (b. 1926)
• 1991 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
• 1991 – William Heinesen, Faroese writer, poet and artist (b. 1900)
• 1995 – Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949)
• 1998 – Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
• 1998 – Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (b. 1924)
• 1998 – Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (b. 1893)
• 1999 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2001 – Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
• 2003 – Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
• 2003 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
• 2005 – Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Hege Nerland, Norwegian politician (b. 1966)
• 2008 – Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer and media host (b. 1949)
• 2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, French soldier (b. 1897)
• 2010 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (b. 1920)