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Claude Miller
Arts & Music
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Claude Miller

Claude Miller
🇫🇷 France
1942 – 2012 (69 years old)

Acclaimed French film director and screenwriter who emerged from the French New Wave as François Truffaut's production manager before directing psychological masterpieces including 'Garde à vue' and 'The Best Way to Walk'.

Paris, France
Leila Denmark
Sciences & Discovery
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Leila Denmark

Leila Alice Daughtry
🇺🇸 United States
1898 – 2012 (114 years old)

Pioneering American pediatrician and supercentenarian who co-developed the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine and treated children for over seven decades until retiring at age 103.

Portal, United States
Earl Scruggs
Arts & Music
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Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs
🇺🇸 United States
1924 – 2012 (88 years old)

Legendary American banjo virtuoso whose syncopated, lightning-fast three-finger picking style ('Scruggs style') transformed the 5-string banjo and established the sound of bluegrass music.

Nashville, United States
Khelifi Ahmed
Arts & Music
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Khelifi Ahmed

خليفي أحمد (أحمد بن معمر)
🇩🇿 Algeria
1921 – 2012 (91 years old)

Legendary Algerian singer who brought the ancient Saharan Bedouin vocal art of 'Aiyai' from the desert tents of the Zibans to national glory, celebrated for his immortal epic 'Hiziya'.

Algiers, Algeria
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Arts & Music
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Pierre Schoendoerffer

Pierre Schoendoerffer
🇫🇷 France
1928 – 2012 (83 years old)

Distinguished French novelist, screenwriter, and Academy Award-winning filmmaker who captured the tragic human reality of war in military masterpieces including 'The 317th Platoon' and 'The Anderson Platoon'.

Paris, France
F. Sherwood Rowland
Sciences & Discovery
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F. Sherwood Rowland

Frank Sherwood Rowland
🇺🇸 United States
1927 – 2012 (84 years old)

American chemist who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroy the Earth's protective ozone layer, leading to the Montreal Protocol.

Corona del Mar, United States
Robert B. Sherman
Arts & Music
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Robert B. Sherman

Robert Bernard Sherman
🇺🇸 United States
1925 – 2012 (86 years old)

Prolific American songwriter who with his brother Richard M. Sherman formed the Sherman Brothers, creating beloved musical scores for Walt Disney classics including 'Mary Poppins', 'The Jungle Book', and 'It's a Small World'.

Glendale, United States
Bruce Surtees
Arts & Music
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Bruce Surtees

Bruce Mohr Powell Surtees
🇺🇸 United States
1937 – 2012 (74 years old)

Master American cinematographer known as 'The Prince of Darkness' for his pioneering use of natural lighting and deep shadows, defining the visual style of Clint Eastwood's classics including 'Dirty Harry' and 'Pale Rider'.

Ojai, United States
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Arts & Music
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Lyudmila Kasatkina

Людмила Ивановна Касаткина
🇷🇺 Russia
1925 – 2012 (86 years old)

Celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actress, People's Artist of the USSR, and star of the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army, immortalized in the comedy classic 'Tiger Girl' and war drama 'Remember Your Name'.

Moscow, Russia
Politics
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John Michuki

John Njoroge Michuki
🇰🇪 Kenya
1932-12-01 – 2012-02-21 (79 years old)

Transformative administrator and Minister for Transport and Internal Security who introduced the renowned 'Michuki Rules' that tamed Kenya's chaotic public transport sector.

Kangema, Kenya
Vitaly Vorotnikov
Statesmanship & Statesmen
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Vitaly Vorotnikov

Виталий Иванович Воротников
🇷🇺 Russia
1926 – 2012 (86 years old)

Prominent Soviet statesman who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (1983–1988) and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russia during Perestroika.

Moscow, Russia
Mohammed Wardi
Arts & Music
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Mohammed Wardi

محمد وردي
🇸🇩 Sudan
July 19, 1932 – February 18, 2012 (79 years old)

Legendary Sudanese Nubian singer, composer, and patriotic icon acclaimed as 'The Last Pharaoh', whose majestic baritone voice, revolutionary anthems, and mastery of five-tone pentatonic scales made him Sudan's most beloved cultural figure.

Khartoum, Sudan
Gary Carter
Sports & Athletics
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Gary Carter

Gary Edmund Carter
🇺🇸 United States
1954 – 2012 (57 years old)

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher nicknamed 'The Kid' for his infectious enthusiasm and unyielding grit, who anchored the Montreal Expos and led the New York Mets to their historic 1986 World Series title.

Tequesta, United States
Sergey Kolosov
Arts & Music
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Sergey Kolosov

Сергей Николаевич Колосов
🇷🇺 Russia
1921 – 2012 (90 years old)

Pioneering Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter who created the very first Soviet television miniseries, 'Calling Fire upon Ourselves', and directed acclaimed films including 'The Taming of the Shrew' and 'Remember Your Name'.

Moscow, Russia
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