Deaths in August 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

August 2012

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Ülkü Adatepe, 79, Turkish adoptee, adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, traffic collision.{{cite web |url=http://www.aksam.com.tr/ataturkun-manevi-kizi-trafik-kazasinda-vefat-etti--130349h.html |title=Ata'nın mirası Ülkü artık yok 01 Ağustos 2012 Çarşamba 19:24 |website=aksam.com.tr |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904082905/http://www.aksam.com.tr/ataturkun-manevi-kizi-trafik-kazasinda-vefat-etti--130349h.html |archive-date=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Archie Baxter, 90, Australian footballer.{{cite web | url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Archie_Baxter.html | title=AFL Tables – Archie Baxter – Stats – Statistics }}
Joan Bernard, 94, British academic, first Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham.[http://www.e-mailstrategies.com/ebulletins/showissue.php3?page=/526/15577/37442&rec=0 Joan Bernard (1918–2012)]
Dorothy D'Anna, 94, American actress.{{Cite web|url=https://obittree.com/obituary/us/south-carolina/charleston/mcalister-smith-funeral-home/dorothy-danna/1298264/|title = Obituaries | Tribute Archive| date=5 July 2023 }}
Sami Damian, 82, Romanian-born Jewish literary critic and essayist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.romlit.ro/in_memoriam_s._damian |title=In memoriam S. Damian – Fundatia Romania Literara |access-date=2021-01-09 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053121/http://www.romlit.ro/in_memoriam_s._damian |url-status=dead }}
Don Erickson, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).{{cite news|last=Kane|first=Dave|date=2 August 2012|title=Former Lanphier standout Don Erickson dies at 80|work=The State Journal-Register|url=https://www.sj-r.com/article/20120802/News/308029899|url-status=live|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511172324/https://www.sj-r.com/article/20120802/News/308029899|archive-date=May 11, 2021}}
David Eyton-Jones, 88, British Army officer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=502643|title=Koi Hai | Memories | Koliabor Memories | Lornie Family}}
Liselotte Funcke, 94, German politician.{{Cite web |url=https://www.freiheit.org/fuer-gleichberechtigung-und-integration |title=Für Gleichberechtigung und Integration |access-date=2021-05-14 |archive-date=2019-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527214116/https://www.freiheit.org/fuer-gleichberechtigung-und-integration |url-status=dead }}
Aldo Maldera, 58, Italian footballer (AC Milan).{{cite web|url=http://www.acmilan.com/en/news/show/142690|title=Former Milan full-back Aldo Maldera dies|publisher=AC Milan|access-date=1 August 2012}}
Riccardo Ruotolo, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (1995–2004).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bruotolo|Bishop Riccardo Ruotolo|21 January 2015}}
Abel Salinas, 82, Peruvian politician.{{cite web|author=miércoles 1 de agosto del 2012|url=http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1449727/noticia-fallecio-ex-ministro-aprista-abel-salinas|title=Falleció el ex ministro aprista Abel Salinas|publisher=Elcomercio.pe|access-date=2012-08-02|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804025531/http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1449727/noticia-fallecio-ex-ministro-aprista-abel-salinas|archive-date=2012-08-04}}
Douglas Townsend, 90, American composer and musicologist.{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalmatters.com/douglas_t.htm |title=Douglas Townsend (November 8, 1921 – August 1, 2012) |work=Classical Matters |access-date=2014-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014072535/http://www.classicalmatters.com/douglas_t.htm |archive-date=October 14, 2014 }}
Barry Trapnell, 88, English cricketer and headmaster.{{cite news|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/152525/trapnell|title=TRAPNELL|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=4 August 2012|location=London}}
Keiko Tsushima, 86, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai), stomach cancer.[http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20120803-994682.html 津島恵子さん死去「七人の侍」などに出演] (Japanese), Nikkan Sports; 3 August 2012
Gustavo Vassallo, 92, Argentine fencer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.esgrima-fae.com.ar/?tipo=noticias&wVarID=484|title = Fae :: #}}

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Thor Axelsson, 91, Finnish sprint canoer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ax/ture-axelsson-1.html |title=Ture Axelsson Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ax/ture-axelsson-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}
Alistair Bell, 82, British judge and politician.['BELL, His Honour Alistair Watson', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Aug 2015]
Jacques Caufrier, 70, Belgian Olympic water polo player (1960 and 1964).[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/jacques-caufrier-1.html Jacques Caufrier]
Ruy de Freitas, 95, Brazilian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) basketball player, multiple organ failure.{{Cite web |url=http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Sociedade/olimpiada2012/noticia/2012/08/morre-ruy-de-freitas-bronze-no-basquete-nos-jogos-de-londres-de-1948.html |title=revistaepoca.globo.com (in Portuguese) |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122092921/http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Sociedade/olimpiada2012/noticia/2012/08/morre-ruy-de-freitas-bronze-no-basquete-nos-jogos-de-londres-de-1948.html |archive-date=2014-11-22 |url-status=dead }}
Felix De Smedt, 88, Belgian pioneer judo teacher.{{cite web|url=http://www.eju.net/news/?mode=showNewsItem&id=1791|title=In memoriam Felix De Smedt of Belgium|author=European Judo Union (EJU)|date=5 August 2012|publisher=European Judo Union (EJU)|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Amos Hakham, 91, Israeli Bible scholar, first winner of the International Bible Contest (1958).{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/246534#.UBs3LfbN8Uo|title=First Winner of Bible Contest Dies at 91|work=Arutz Sheva|date=3 August 2012}}
Sir Gabriel Horn, 85, British biologist.{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/notices-2012|title=Notices 2012|publisher=Royal Society|access-date=2012-08-04}}
Magnus Isacsson, 64, Canadian documentary filmmaker (Maxime, McDuff & McDo), cancer.{{cite news|last=Dunlevy|first=T'Cha|date=2017-01-20|title=Montreal documentary filmmaker Magnus Isacsson dies|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/montreal-documentary-filmmakeractivist-magnus-isacssons-voice-silenced/|url-status=live|access-date=2012-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912170130/https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/montreal-documentary-filmmakeractivist-magnus-isacssons-voice-silenced/|archive-date=2018-09-12}}
Jimmy Jones, 82, American pop singer ("Handy Man", "Good Timin'").{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeentimes.com/page33.html |title='Handy Man' Singer Song Writer Jimmy Jones Dies At Age 82 |publisher=Aberdeen (NC) Times |page=Local News Headlines, Feature Section, 4 of 4 |date=2012-08-04 |access-date=2012-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728235925/http://aberdeentimes.com/page33.html |archive-date=2012-07-28 }}
Sir John Keegan, 78, British military historian and journalist.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9447744/Sir-John-Keegan.html|title=Sir John Keegan obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 2012|location=London}}
Giovanni Lucchi, 69, Italian bow maker.{{cite journal|url=http://www.thestrad.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=2339 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204031041/http://www.thestrad.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=2339 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-04 |title=Italian bow maker Giovanni Lucchi dies aged 69 |journal=The Strad |date=August 2012 }}
Jacques Marty, 72, French Olympic boxer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/jacques-marty-1.html Jacques Marty]
Bernd Meier, 40, German footballer, heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.schock-fuer-1860-ex-torwart-bernd-meier-stirbt-nach-herzinfarkt.7be69680-9d61-45e7-876e-1a200d2046fe.html|title=Ex-Torwart Bernd Meier stirbt nach Herzinfarktwork=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 2012}}
Jean Merrill, 89, American children's author (The Pushcart War), cancer.{{cite news|title=Jean Merrill, a Writer of Children's Underdog Tales, Dies at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/books/jean-merrill-childrens-book-writer-dies-at-89.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 August 2012|access-date=2013-01-27|first=Paul|last=Vitello}}
Marguerite Piazza, 90, American singer, heart failure.{{cite news|last=Bradley|first=Barbara|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/aug/02/soprano-fund-raiser-and-memphis-icon-marguerite/?CID=happeningnow|title=Soprano, fundraiser and Memphis icon Marguerite Piazza dies|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=2012-08-03}}
Cesare Pinarello, 79, Italian Olympic dual bronze medallist racing cyclist (1952, 1956).{{cite web|url=http://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it/sport/2012/08/03/news/l-addio-a-cesare-pinarello-bronzo-olimpico-1.5498349|title=L'addio a Cesare Pinarello, bronzo olimpic|date=4 August 2012|publisher=tribunatreviso.gelocal.it|language=it|access-date=27 January 2013}}
Gilbert Prouteau, 95, French poet and film director.{{cite web|url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/paysdelaloire_detail_-L-ecrivain-Gilbert-Prouteau-est-mort-ce-jeudi-a-l-age-de-95-ans_3723-2101456_actu.Htm|title=L'écrivain Gilbert Prouteau est mort ce jeudi à l'âge de 95 ans|date=August 2012 |publisher=ouest-france.fr|access-date=5 August 2012}} (French)
William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden, 82, British peer, cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=37637|title=Henley on Thames – Viscount Hambleden dies of cancer|publisher=Henleystandard.co.uk|date=8 August 2012|access-date=12 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=37637|archive-date=3 February 2016}}
Jacques-Raymond Tremblay, 88, Canadian politician.{{cite news|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/tremblay-jacques-raymond-5603/biographie.html|title=Jacques-Raymond Tremblay|publisher=Assemblée nationale du Québec|language=fr|date=August 2012|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Mihaela Ursuleasa, 33, Romanian pianist, cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/03/romanian-pianist-mihaela-ursuleasa-dies?newsfeed=true|title=Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa dies, aged 33|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2012-08-03|location=London|first=Siobhan|last=Dowling|date=2012-08-03}}
Herman van Ham, 81, Dutch head chef.{{cite news|title=Limburgse aspergekok Van Ham overleden|url=http://www.limburger.nl/article/20120806/REGIONIEUWS01/120809782/1001#Limburgse_aspergekok_Van_Ham_overleden|archive-date=22 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222163439/http://www.limburger.nl/article/20120806/REGIONIEUWS01/120809782/1001%23Limburgse_aspergekok_Van_Ham_overleden|url-status=dead|newspaper=Dagblad De Limburger|language=nl|date=6 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013}}

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Jan Muhammad Baloch, 60, Pakistani Olympic boxer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/jan-balouch-1.html Jan Balouch]
John Berry, 67, English speedway promoter (Ipswich Witches) and national team manager.{{cite news|last=Watson|first=Stuart|title=Tributes flooding in for Ipswich Witches' legendary speedway promoter John Berry|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/tributes_flooding_in_for_ipswich_witches_legendary_speedway_promoter_john_berry_1_1471095|access-date=2012-08-04|newspaper=East Anglian Daily Times|date=3 August 2012|archive-date=2012-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805040046/http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/tributes_flooding_in_for_ipswich_witches_legendary_speedway_promoter_john_berry_1_1471095|url-status=dead}}
Garth Burkett, 85, Australian football player.{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/gar%2Bburkett/277|title=Australian Football – Gar Burkett – Player Bio}}
Fernando Cavaleiro, 95, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/fernando-cavaleiro-1.html |title=Fernando Cavaleiro Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/fernando-cavaleiro-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}
Chang Do-yong, 89, South Korean general, politician and professor, dementia.{{cite web | url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20110517006018 | title="장도영 美플로리다서 치매 투병… 군부가 정착지 정해줘" | date=17 May 2011 }}
Al Conway, 82, American football player and official.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?pid=158974508#fbLoggedOut|title=Obituary for football player Alfred Joseph "Al" Conway|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2013-01-19}}
Frank Evans, 90, American Negro league baseball player.{{cite news|title=FRANK EVANS|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montgomeryadvertiser/obituary.aspx?pid=158920525#fbLoggedOut|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Martin Fleischmann, 85, Czech-born British chemist, complications of Parkinson's disease.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/7439163/Leading-electrochemist-dies|title=Leading electrochemist dies|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|date=8 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013}}
Giorgi Gomiashvili, 39, Georgian business executive and diplomat, suicide by gunshot.{{cite news|url=http://en.trend.az/regions/scaucasus/georgia/2053178.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206040811/http://en.trend.az/regions/scaucasus/georgia/2053178.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2012|last=Kirtskhalia|first=N.|title=Former deputy FM found shot dead in Tbilisi|newspaper=Trend|date=3 August 2012|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Paul McCracken, 96, American economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1969–1971).{{cite news|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120803/METRO/208030465/1361/Paul-W.-McCracken--economic-advisor-to-U.S.-presidents--dies-at-96|title=Paul W. McCracken, economic advisor to U.S. presidents, dies at 96|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=August 3, 2012|access-date=2012-08-03}} {{dead link|date=January 2013}}
John Pritchard, 85, American basketball player.[http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/166348136.html?refer=y Obituary: 'Big John' Pritchard squared off against Globetrotters|startribune.com]
George Shanard, 86, American politician and agribusinessman.{{cite news |last1=Mueller |first1=Chris |title=Longtime former legislator George Shanard dies |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/longtime-former-legislator-george-shanard-dies |access-date=December 2, 2024 |work=Mitchell Republic |date=August 3, 2012}}

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István Andrássy, 85, Hungarian nematologist.[Vinciguerra MT (2012). "Obituary". Nematology. 14(8): 1015–1017.]
Johnnie Bassett, 76, American blues musician, cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120805/ENT04/208050325/Detroit-blues-man-Johnnie-Bassett-dies?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE|newspaper=The Detroit News|title=Detroit blues man Johnnie Bassett dies|date=2012-08-05|access-date=2012-08-05}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Josy Braun, 74, Luxembourgish writer, journalist and translator.{{cite web|url=http://www.wort.lu/de/view/josy-braun-ist-tot-501d2fc0e4b077a166186a97|title=Josy Braun ist tot|date=4 August 2012 |publisher=Wort.lu|access-date=28 August 2012}}
Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 78, Bangladeshi politician, old age complications.{{cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-244882 | title=Abdul Matin Chowdhury passes away | date=5 August 2012 }}
Giuseppe Coco, 76, Italian comics artist and illustrator.[http://www.lastampa.it/2012/08/08/cultura/fumetti-e-cartoons/addio-al-vignettista-coco-hzTksVXVwInhrTjl3w9jyM/pagina.html Addio al vignettista Coco] {{in lang|it}}
Brian Crozier, 94, British author and journalist.{{cite news|author=David Mercer|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/journalist-brian-crozier-dies-aged-94-8009934.html|title=Journalist Brian Crozier dies aged 94|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 April 2012|access-date=8 August 2012|location=London}}
Metin Erksan, 83, Turkish film director, renal failure.{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kultur-sanat/haber/21150360.asp|newspaper=Hürriyet|title=Metin Erksan hayatını kaybetti|date=5 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2012|language=tr}}
Hanley Funderburk, 81, American academic administrator, President of Auburn University (1980–1983).{{cite news|url=http://www2.oanow.com/news/2012/aug/04/hanley-funderburk-12th-au-president-dies-age-81-ar-4276708|title=Hanley Funderburk, 12th AU president, dies at age 81|work=aonow.com|date=August 5, 2012|access-date=2012-08-05}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Con Houlihan, 86, Irish sports journalist.{{cite news|url=http://thescore.thejournal.ie/tributes-pour-in-for-writer-and-journalist-con-houlihan-545885-Aug2012|title=Tributes pour in for writer and journalist Con Houlihan|work=The Score|date=4 August 2012|access-date=4 August 2012}}
John J. Phelan Jr., 81, American financier and chief executive (New York Stock Exchange).{{cite news|author=Megan McDonough|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/markets/john-j-phelan-jr-ex-chairman-of-new-york-stock-exchange-dies-at-81/2012/08/09/86108b18-e241-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_story.html|title=John J. Phelan Jr., ex-chairman of New York Stock Exchange, dies at 81|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2012-08-26|date=2012-08-09}}
Bud Riley, 86, American CFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-cats).{{cite news|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120806/UPDATE/120806017/Bud-Riley-father-OSU-football-coach-MIke-Riley-has-died-?odyssey=nav%7Chead&nclick_check=1|title=Bud Riley father of OSU football coach Mike Riley has died|date=August 6, 2012|work=Statesmen Journal|access-date=2012-08-06}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Arnie Risen, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Rochester Royals), complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/story/2012-08-05/hall-of-fame-arnie-risen-dead-age-87/56809392/1 Hall of Fame basketball player Arnie Risen dies at age 87|USATODAY.com]
Henry Scholberg, 91, American bibliographer.[http://www.startribune.com/obituary-henry-scholberg-knew-hunger-and-saw-the-world/165858996/ Obituary: Henry Scholberg knew hunger and saw the world]
Jimmy Thomson, 75, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).{{cite web|url=http://www.dafc.co.uk/articles/20120804/death-of-dunfermline-stalwart_2207955_2871459 |title=Death of Dunfermline Stalwart |publisher=Dafc.co.uk |access-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810031301/http://www.dafc.co.uk/articles/20120804/death-of-dunfermline-stalwart_2207955_2871459 |archive-date=10 August 2012 }}

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Erwin Axer, 95, Polish theatre director.{{cite web|url=http://www.wprost.pl/ar/337853/Erwin-Axer-legenda-polskiego-teatru-nie-zyje|title=Erwin Axer, legenda polskiego teatru nie żyje|publisher=Wprost.pl|date=2 August 2012|access-date=6 August 2012|language=pl}}
Michel Daerden, 62, Belgian politician, heart attack.[http://www.rtl.be/info/belgique/politique/897882/michel-daerden-serait-decede Michel Daerden: il aurait caché au public son dernier infarctus], RTL info (in French).
Benjamin W. Heineman, 98, American railroad executive.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120808/NEWS07/120809821/railroad-exec-captain-of-industry-ben-heineman-dies-at-98|title=Railroad exec, captain of industry Ben Heineman dies at 98|date=7 August 2012 |publisher=Chicagobusiness.com|access-date=2012-08-14}}
Fred Matua, 28, American football player, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://reignoftroy.com/2012/08/05/usc-football-former-usc-og-fred-matua-dies-from-brain-aneurysm |title=USC Football: Former USC OG Fred Matua Dies At 28 |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-date=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810052227/http://reignoftroy.com/2012/08/05/usc-football-former-usc-og-fred-matua-dies-from-brain-aneurysm/ |url-status=dead }}
Martin E. Segal, 96, Russian-born American entrepreneur (Film Society of Lincoln Center).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/arts/martin-segal-leading-new-york-cultural-figure-dies-at-96.html?_r=1|title=Martin E. Segal, Titan of the Arts in New York City, Dies at 96|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2012-08-06|first=Robin|last=Pogrebin|date=2012-08-05}}
Sister Boom Boom, 57, American gay rights activist, member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, liver cancer.[http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/08/pioneering_queer_activist_jack.php Notice of death of "Sister Boom Boom", SF Weekly blog (August 7, 2012)].
Kirk Urso, 22, American soccer player, heart failure.{{cite web|title=Columbus' Kirk Urso dead at 22|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/mls/story/_/id/8235814/kirk-urso-dies-22-year-old-midfielder-mls-columbus-crew|work=ESPN|date=5 August 2012 |access-date=2012-08-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805215026/http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/mls/story/_/id/8235814/kirk-urso-dies-22-year-old-midfielder-mls-columbus-crew|archive-date=2012-08-05}}
Chavela Vargas, 93, Costa Rican-born Mexican singer-songwriter, respiratory arrest.[http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/483553/muere-chavela-vargas "Muere Chavela Vargas"].
Roland Charles Wagner, 51, French author, traffic collision.[http://www.fantasy.fr/articles/view/20767/roland-c-wagner-nous-a-quittes "Roland C. Wagner nous a quittés"] (French)
Péter Zwack, 85, Hungarian businessman, philanthropist, diplomat and U.S. ambassador.[http://hetivalasz.hu/uzlet/cege-kozolte-a-hirt-52748 Heti Válasz: "Cége közölte a hírt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808000612/http://hetivalasz.hu/uzlet/cege-kozolte-a-hirt-52748 |date=2012-08-08 }} (in Hungarian).
Manie van Zyl, 83, South African Olympic wrestler.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/manie-van-zyl-1.html Manie van Zyl]

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Míne Bean Uí Chribín, 84, Irish conservative campaigner.{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/devout-catholic-who-was-a-strident-voice-on-social-and-moral-issues-1.535559 | title=Devout Catholic who was a strident voice on social and moral issues | newspaper=The Irish Times }}
Celso Blues Boy, 56, Brazilian singer and guitarist, laryngeal cancer.[http://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/2012/08/morre-cantor-celso-blues-boy-vitima-de-cancer-em-santa-catarina.html Morre cantor Celso Blues Boy vítima de câncer de garganta, em Joinville] {{in lang|pt}}
Valentin Chernykh, 77, Russian screenwriter.{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/trend/Chernykh_death_06082012|script-title=ru:Скончался сценарист Валентин Черных|access-date=11 April 2013|work=Ria.ru|language=ru}}
Douglas Alan Clark, 95, American pilot.{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=Douglas-Clark&pid=159144188#fbLoggedOut| title = Douglas Clark Obituary (2012) – West Palm Beach, FL – The Palm Beach Post| website = Legacy.com}}
Richard Cragun, 67, American ballet dancer, heart attack.{{cite news|author=Judith Cruickshank|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/aug/10/richard-cragun|title=Richard Cragun obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2012-08-12|location=London|date=2012-08-10}}
Marvin Hamlisch, 68, American composer and arranger (The Way We Were, A Chorus Line, The Sting), EGOT winner, lung failure.{{cite web|author=Staff|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/marvin-hamlisch-oscar-winning-composer-dies-68-50971|title=Marvin Hamlisch, Composed 'The Way We Were', Dies at 68|date=7 August 2012|publisher=Thewrap.com|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2020-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517021838/https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/marvin-hamlisch-oscar-winning-composer-dies-68-50971/|url-status=dead}}
Robert Hughes, 74, Australian art critic and writer (The Fatal Shore).[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-07/australian-critic-robert-hughes-dead/4181906 Australian critic Robert Hughes dead|Australian Broadcasting Corporation]
Gerry Kearby, 65, American businessman, traffic collision.{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.hmbreview.com/news/music-pioneer-dies-in-pescadero-accident/article_05782920-e0de-11e1-a786-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Music pioneer dies in Pescadero accident|publisher=Hmbreview.com|date=August 7, 2012|access-date=2012-08-09}}
Sir Bernard Lovell, 98, British astronomer.{{cite web|url=http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/news/2012/SirBernard|title=Sir Bernard Lovell|publisher=Jodrell Bank Centre for Radioastronomy|date=7 August 2012}}
Mark O'Donnell, 58, American playwright (Hairspray, Cry-Baby) and author, respiratory arrest.[https://news.yahoo.com/hairspray-co-writer-mark-odonnell-dies-58-211816474.html 'Hairspray' co-writer Mark O'Donnell dies at 58|Yahoo! News]
Boris Razinsky, 79, Russian football player.{{cite web|author=Eurosport|url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/international-football/2010/ussr-keeper-razinsky-dies_sto3378698/story.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228130933/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/international-football/2010/ussr-keeper-razinsky-dies_sto3378698/story.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2014|title=Former Soviet keeper Razinsky dies at 79|publisher=Asia.eurosport.com|access-date=2012-08-16}}
Ruggiero Ricci, 94, American violinist, heart failure.[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/06/ruggiero-ricci?newsfeed=true Ruggiero Ricci obituary], guardian.co.uk
Dan Roundfield, 59, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks), drowning.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2012/08/07/atlanta-hawks-report-former-hawks-all-star-dan-roundfield-drowns-in-aruba/?cxntfid=blogs_hawks |title=Former Hawks All-Star Dan Roundfield drowns in Aruba |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809015145/http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2012/08/07/atlanta-hawks-report-former-hawks-all-star-dan-roundfield-drowns-in-aruba/?cxntfid=blogs_hawks |archive-date=August 9, 2012 }}
Shunpei Ueyama, 91, Japanese philosopher.{{cite news|url=http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120806k0000e060195000c.html|script-title=ja:訃報:上山春平さん９１歳＝哲学者、元京都市立芸術大学長|date=6 August 2012|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=2012-08-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111192359/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120806k0000e060195000c.html|archive-date=11 January 2013}}
Frits Vandenboer, 78, Belgian footballer.[http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/25787/Frits_Vandenboer.html Frits Vanderboer]
Eleftherios Veryvakis, 77, Greek politician.{{cite news|publisher=in.gr|date=6 August 2012|access-date=6 August 2012|script-title=el:Πέθανε σε ηλικία 77 ετών ο πρώην υπουργός του ΠΑΣΟΚ Λευτέρης Βερυβάκης|url=http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231208277|language=el}}
Gregor W. Yeates, 68, New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist.{{cite web|url=http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/General/Biographies/GYeates.htm |title=Gregor Yeates |publisher=Plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu |date=5 August 2012 |access-date=11 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305013819/http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/General/Biographies/GYeates.htm |archive-date= 5 March 2012 }}

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Murtuz Alasgarov, 83, Azerbaijani politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1996–2005).{{cite news|url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=176741|title=Azerbaijani Parliament's former speaker Murtuz Alasgarov dies|publisher=en.apa.az|access-date=7 August 2012}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Fritzi Jane Courtney, 89, American actress.{{Cite web|url=https://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=freda-cohen&pid=159027052&fhid=11167|title=Obituary: Shari Lee Robinson}}
George Crawford, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika (1985–1992).{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1|title=Crawford, George Robert|work=Re-member|publisher=Parliament of Victoria}}
Judith Crist, 90, American film critic.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/movies/judith-crist-film-critic-dies-at-90.html?pagewanted=all|title=Judith Crist, a Blunt and Influential Film Critic, Dies at 90|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 7, 2012|first=Douglas|last=Martin}}
Luc de Heusch, 85, Belgian filmmaker and academic.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_le-cineaste-et-ethnologue-belge-luc-de-heusch-est-decede?id=7818819|title=Le cinéaste et ethnologue belge Luc de Heusch est décédé|date=8 August 2012|publisher=Rtbf.be|access-date=2012-08-27}}
Sabahattin Kalender, 93, Turkish composer.{{cite web|author=SLC Internet Solutions|url=http://www.andante.com.tr/index.php?page=haberdetay&haberID=729|title=Sabahattin Kalender vefat etti|publisher=Andante.com.tr|access-date=25 November 2012}}
Vladimir Kobzev, 52, Russian football player and coach, stroke.{{cite web|url=http://www.sports.ru/football/142541728.html|script-title=ru:Умер бывший нападающий "Торпедо" Владимир Кобзев – Футбол|publisher=Sports.ru|access-date=10 August 2012|language=ru |date=8 August 2012 }}
Donald C. Paup, 73, American badminton player and academic.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-c-paup-professor-badminton-champ/2012/08/17/2cef0f86-e8af-11e1-a3d2-2a05679928ef_story.html|title=Donald C. Paup, professor, badminton champ|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 17, 2012|first=Michael|last=Laris}}
Anna Piaggi, 81, Italian fashion writer.{{cite news|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG9458877/Fashion-world-mourns-death-of-fashion-writer-Anna-Piaggi.html |title=Fashion world mourns death of fashion writer Anna Piaggi |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2012-08-07 |last=Bergin |first=Olivia |date=2012-08-07 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808052753/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG9458877/Fashion-world-mourns-death-of-fashion-writer-Anna-Piaggi.html |archive-date=2012-08-08 }}
Ranking Trevor, 60, Jamaican reggae musician, traffic collision.{{cite web|author=Associated Press – 23 hrs ago|url=https://news.yahoo.com/jamaican-rap-pioneer-ranking-trevor-dies-crash-225749863.html|title=Jamaican rap pioneer Ranking Trevor dies in crash|publisher=News.yahoo.com|access-date=8 August 2012}}
Veljko Rogošić, 71, Croatian Olympic long-distance swimmer.{{cite web|last=Munatones|first=Steve|url=http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/08/veljko-rogosic-croatian-legend-passes.html|title=Croatian Olympian Swimmer Veljko Rogošić Passes Away|date=8 August 2012 |publisher=Dailynews.openwaterswimming.com|access-date=8 August 2012}}
Hans Hammond Rossbach, 80, Norwegian politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Hans-Hammond-Rossbach-er-dod-6961262.html|title=Hans Hammond Rossbach er død|access-date=8 August 2012|work=Aftenposten/NTB|date=8 August 2012|language=no}}
Samala Sadasiva, 84, Indian writer.{{cite news|agency=TNN|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Sahitya-Akademi-awardee-passes-away/articleshow/15396488.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104203931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-08/hyderabad/33099335_1_sahitya-akademi-telugus-persian |url-status=live |archive-date=2014-01-04 |title=Sahitya Akademi awardee passes away |access-date=2012-08-22 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2012-08-08}}
Sir John Joseph Swaine, 80, Hong Kong politician and barrister, President of the Legislative Council (1993–1995).{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201208/09/P201208090576.htm|title=CE saddened by death of Sir John J. Swaine|access-date=2012-08-11|publisher=The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|date=2012-08-09}}
Marvin Lee Wilson, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/supreme-court-allows-execution-of-texas-inmate-with-low-iq/|title=Supreme Court allows execution of Texas inmate with low IQ|publisher=Fox News|access-date=2012-08-08|date=2012-08-07}}
Mayer Zald, 81, American sociologist.{{cite web|url=http://listserv.asanet.org/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1208B&L=COLLECTIVE_BEHAVIOR-ANNOUNCE&T=0&F=&S=&P=67|author=Jeff Goodwin|title=American sociologist Mayer Zald has died|publisher=Collective Behavior (Section of the American Sociological Association) announcement|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2015-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104190945/http://listserv.asanet.org/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1208B&L=COLLECTIVE_BEHAVIOR-ANNOUNCE&T=0&F=&S=&P=67|url-status=dead}}
Dušan Zbavitel, 87, Czech Indologist.{{cite news|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/ve-veku-87-let-dnes-zemrel-indolog-dusan-zbavitel/825826|title=Ve věku 87 let dnes zemřel indolog Dušan Zbavitel|publisher=Czech News Agency|access-date=8 August 2012|date=7 August 2012|language=cs}}

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Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, 86, German-born American physicist.{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-05/news/33583139_1_physics-bok-read-professor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114040248/http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-05/news/33583139_1_physics-bok-read-professor|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2012|title=Physics professor Ajzenberg-Selove; honored by U.S.|publisher=Articles.philly.com|access-date=2012-09-08}}
Japie Basson, 94, South African politician.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/chameleon-of-sa-politics-dies-1359721|title=Chameleon of SA politics dies}}
Hans Camenzind, 78, Swiss electronics engineer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4394166/Hans-Camenzind-dies |title=Hans Camenzind, 555 timer inventor, dies |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613075925/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4394166/Hans-Camenzind-dies |archive-date=2013-06-13 |url-status=dead }}
Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury, 98, Bangladeshi politician.{{Cite web |url=https://m.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/131441.details |title=বান্দরবানের বোমাং রাজা অংশৈ প্রু চৌধুরীর মহাপ্রয়াণ :: BanglaNews24.com mobile |access-date=2020-12-11 |archive-date=2020-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101091825/https://m.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/131441.details |url-status=dead }}
Lou Costello, 76, English footballer.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/loucostello.html Lou Costello]
András Domahidy, 92, Hungarian-Australian novelist and librarian.{{cite web | url=http://www.frissujsag.ro/ujratemettek-domahidy-andras-irot/ | title=Újratemették Domahidy András írót }}
Ruth Etchells, 81, English poet and college principal.{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Janet|url=http://archdeaconinthedales.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/ruth-etchells-rip.html?spref=tw|title=archdeacon in the dales: Ruth Etchells|date=9 August 2012|publisher=Archdeaconinthedales.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=12 August 2012}}
Sancho Gracia, 75, Spanish actor, lung cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5g5aMVWV4ETgOQG_OnW2-yI8V4rZw?docId=1844734|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205235353/http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5g5aMVWV4ETgOQG_OnW2-yI8V4rZw?docId=1844734|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2012|title=El actor español Sancho Gracia fallece|publisher=EFE}} (Spanish)
Azizul Haque, 93, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician.[http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=39819 Bangladeshi Ex-IOJ chief Shaikhul Hadith passes away|thedailystar.net]
Georgios Katsifaras, 77, Greek politician.{{cite web|url=http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231208569|title=Πέθανε σε ηλικία 77 ετών ο πρώην υπουργός Γιώργος Κατσιφάρας|access-date=9 August 2012}}
Surya Lesmana, 68, Indonesian football player and manager, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.bolaindo.com/2012/08/08/legenda-sepakbola-indonesia-surya-lesmana-meninggal|title=Legenda sepakbola Indonesia Surya Lesmana meninggal|work=bolaindo.com|access-date=9 August 2012|language=id|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809234428/http://www.bolaindo.com/2012/08/08/legenda-sepakbola-indonesia-surya-lesmana-meninggal/|archive-date=9 August 2012}}
Kurt Maetzig, 101, German film director.{{cite web|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/film/defa-regisseur-kurt-maetzig-gestorben,10809184,16833946.html|title=Kurt Maetzig gestorben: Zwischen Freiheit und Anpassung|publisher=Berliner-zeitung.de|date=8 July 2012|access-date=8 August 2012|archive-date=16 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216144656/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/film/defa-regisseur-kurt-maetzig-gestorben,10809184,16833946.html|url-status=dead}} (German)

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José Aruego, 80, Filipino children's book author and illustrator.{{Cite web|url=http://www.slj.com/2012/08/industry-news/authorillustrator-jose-aruego-dies-at-80/|title=Library Journal}}
Harry G. Barnes Jr., 86, American diplomat.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/americas/harry-g-barnes-jr-envoy-to-chile-and-india-dies-at-86.html|title=Harry Barnes Jr., a Top U.S. Diplomat, Is Dead at 86|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 17, 2012|first=Douglas|last=Martin}}
Ralph W. Beiting, 88, American priest.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nky/obituary.aspx?pid=159065843|title=Rev. MSGR. Ralph W. BEITING Obituary (2012) Kentucky Enquirer|website=Legacy.com}}
Max Bound, 87, Australian environmental activist and trade unionist.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51898|last=Thorne|first=Tim|title=Vale Max Bound, 1924–2012|date=16 August 2012|work=Green Left Weekly|access-date=10 February 2013}}
Gerard J. Campbell, 92, American Jesuit and academic, President of Georgetown University (1964–1968).{{cite news|title=Rev. Gerard J. Campbell, Jesuit priest and former Georgetown president, dies at age 92|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gerard-j-campbell-jesuit-priest-and-former-georgetown-president-dies-at-92/2012/08/17/a810683a-e24d-11e1-98e7-89d659f9c106_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2012-08-17|access-date=2012-08-26|first=Emily|last=Langer}}
Carnegie, 21, British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1994), euthanized (death announced on this date).[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/71921/arc-de-triomphe-winner-sire-carnegie-dies Arc de Triomphe Winner, Sire Carnegie Dies BloodHorse.com]
Ananda Dassanayake, 92, Sri Lankan politician.[http://mylinkenglishnews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/former-mp-ananda-dassanayake-has-passed.html "Former MP Ananda Dassanayake has passed away at age 92"], mylinkenglishnews.blogspot.co.uk
Carl Davis, 77, American record producer ("Duke of Earl", "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"), lung disease.[http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/14366413-421/carl-davis-music-producer-of-the-chicago-sound-dies-at-77.html "Carl Davis, music producer of "The Chicago Sound" dies at 77"], Chicago Sun-Times.
Tom Dockrell, 88, American ice hockey player and coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/uticaod/obituary.aspx?pid=159892619|title = Thomas R. Dockrell Obituary (2012) the Observer-Dispatch|website = Legacy.com}}
Pyotr Fomenko, 80, Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, and artistic director.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120814203908/http://www.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=1062412&cid=178 https://web.archive.org/web/20120814203908/http://www.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=1062412&cid=178] {{in lang|ru}}
Gene F. Franklin, 85, American control theorist, professor emeritus of electrical engineering (Stanford University).[http://engineering.stanford.edu/obituary/gene-f-franklin-professor-emeritus-electrical-engineering-dies-85 Gene F. Franklin, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, dies at 85] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508055310/http://engineering.stanford.edu/obituary/gene-f-franklin-professor-emeritus-electrical-engineering-dies-85 |date=2013-05-08 }}, Stanford University School of Engineering
Al Freeman Jr., 78, American actor (Malcolm X, My Sweet Charlie, One Life to Live) and professor.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/rip-al-freeman-jr|title=RIP Al Freeman Jr.|publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com|date=1934-03-21|access-date=2012-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812020730/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/rip-al-freeman-jr|archive-date=2012-08-12|url-status=dead}}
Dale Olson, 78, American publicist, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19164473|title=BBC News – Dale Olson, Hollywood publicist, dies|work=BBC News|date=2012-08-10|access-date=2012-08-10}}
David Rakoff, 47, Canadian-born American writer and actor (Capote, Strangers with Candy), cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.third-beat.com/2012/08/10/david-rakoff-1964-2012|title=David Rakoff, 1964–2012|first1=Sharilyn|last1=Johnson|date=August 10, 2012|work=Third Beat Magazine|access-date=2012-08-10}}
Hjalte Rasmussen, 71, Danish academic.{{cite web|url=http://www.bt.dk/danmark/professor-hjalte-rasmussen-er-doed |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106084042/http://www.bt.dk/danmark/professor-hjalte-rasmussen-er-doed |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-06 |title=Professor Hjalte Rasmussen er død |publisher=bt.dk |access-date=2012-08-27 |language=da }}
Carmen Belén Richardson, 81, Puerto Rican actress and comedian.{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/muerelaactrizcarmenbelenrichardson-681598.html|title=Muere la actriz Carmen Belén Richardson|work=Primera Hora|author=Santiago, Amary|author2=López, Ana Enid|date=August 9, 2012|language=es|access-date=August 14, 2012|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811152129/http://www.primerahora.com/muerelaactrizcarmenbelenrichardson-681598.html|url-status=dead}}
Jan Sawka, 65, Polish-born American artist and architect, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-polish-american-artist-and-architect-jan-sawka-dies-at-65-20120810,0,3009906.story|title=American artist and architect Jan Sawka dies at 65|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=2012-08-10|access-date=2012-08-10|first=Jamie|last=Wetherbe}}
Mel Stuart, 83, American film director (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120810/OBITUARIES/208100408/-Willy-Wonka-director-Mel-Stuart-dies-cancer-83?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CEntertainment%7Cp|title='Willy Wonka' director Mel Stuart dies of cancer at 83|publisher=detroitnews.com|access-date=2012-08-10}} {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Erol Togay, 62, Turkish footballer.[http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/futbol/70011/turk-futbolunun-aci-kaybi Türk futbolunun acı kaybı], ntvspor.net, 9 August 2012

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James Lloyd Abbot Jr., 94, American U.S. Navy rear admiral.{{cite news|title=Retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. James Lloyd "Doc" Abbot Jr. dies|url=http://blog.al.com/live/2012/08/retired_us_navy_rear_adm_james.html|date=2012-08-17|access-date=2012-09-07}}
Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar, 72, Jordanian academic.[http://islamstory.com/ar/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%B1 Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar's obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812045005/http://islamstory.com/ar/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%B1 |date=2012-08-12 }} (in Arabic)
Altay Sarsenuly Amanzholov, 78, Kazakh Turkologist.{{cite web | url=https://www.inform.kz/ru/ushel-iz-zhizni-odin-iz-krupneyshih-tyurkologov-sovremennosti-altay-amanzholov_a2500934 | title=Ушел из жизни один из крупнейших тюркологов современности Алтай Аманжолов | date=9 October 2012 }}
Art Andrew, 81, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61178|title=Olympedia – Art Andrew}}
William G. Bade, 88, American mathematician.{{cite journal | url=http://blms.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/4/875 | journal=Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society | date=August 2013 | volume=45 | issue=4 | pages=875–888 | doi=10.1112/blms/bdt037 | last1=Dales | first1=H. G. | title=Obituary: William George Bade 1924-2012 | url-access=subscription }}
Robert C. Becklin, 86, American businessman and politician.{{Cite web|url=https://carlsonlillemoen.com/tribute/details/107/Robert-Becklin/obituary.html|title = Carlson-Lillemoen Funeral Home | Cambridge MN funeral home and cremation}}
Billy Bootle, 86, English footballer.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/mancity/mancity.html Manchester City: 1946/47 – 2013/14]
Philippe Bugalski, 49, French rally driver, injuries from fall.{{cite news|last=Biewer|first=Chris|title=RIP Philippe Bugalski|publisher=RallyeInfo|work=rallye-info.com|url=http://www.rallye-info.com/article.asp?stid=10313|date=2012-08-10|access-date=2012-08-10|archive-date=2012-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813205135/http://www.rallye-info.com/article.asp?stid=10313|url-status=dead}}
Suresh Dalal, 79, Indian poet and writer in Gujarati language, heart attack.{{cite news|title=Suresh Dalal, doyen of Gujarati literature, dies at 79|publisher=expressindia.com|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/suresh-dalal-doyen-of-gujarati-literature-dies-at-79/987319/|date=2012-08-12|access-date=2012-08-12}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Amjad Hameed Khan Dasti, 94, Pakistani politician.{{Cite web|url=http://pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/1997-2001/dist30.htm|title=Legislators from MUZAFFARGARH (PP-207 to PP-214)}}
Ioan Dicezare, 95, Romanian WWII fighter pilot ace.Claudiu Pacearcă, [http://www.libertatea.ro/detalii/articol/general-ioan-dicezare-decedat-as-pilot-al-doilea-razboi-mondial-407994.html Doliu în aviația românească. A murit Generalul Ioan Dicezare, unul dintre ultimii piloți de vânătoare români din al doilea Război Mondial] (Romanian), libertatea.ro, 10 August 2012, accessed 2012-08-10.
Joe Douse, 82, American Negro League baseball player.{{cite news|title=Joseph S. Douse dies|publisher=Michigan.com|url=http://deathnotices.michigan.com/view-single.php?id=300121|access-date=2013-01-09|archive-date=2016-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://deathnotices.michigan.com/view-single.php?id=300121|url-status=dead}}
Irving Fein, 101, American film and television producer, manager of Jack Benny and George Burns.{{Cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/la-me-irving-fein-20120815-story.html |title=Irving Fein dies at 101; manager for Jack Benny, George Burns |access-date=2021-06-27 |archive-date=2021-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627230813/https://www.courant.com/la-me-irving-fein-20120815-story.html |url-status=dead }}
Madeleine Leininger, 87, American nursing theorist.{{cite web|url=http://www.madeleine-leininger.com/en/tributes.shtml|title=Tributes to Dr. Madeleine Leininger|publisher=Madeleine-leininger.com|date=2012-08-10|access-date=2012-08-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910010210/http://www.madeleine-leininger.com/en/tributes.shtml|archive-date=2012-09-10}}
William W. Momyer, 95, American air force general, heart ailment.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/retired-air-force-gen-william-w-momyer/9cc19c98706684fb6857f0cce2456cc2|title=Retired Air Force Gen. William W. Momyer dies at 95|publisher=Oregonlive.com|date=2012-09-01|access-date=2012-09-01}}
Carlo Rambaldi, 86, Italian special effects artist (Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Oscar winner (1976, 1980, 1983).{{cite web|last=Barry|first=Colleen|url=https://news.yahoo.com/italian-special-effects-master-carlo-rambaldi-father-et-192008977.html?_esi=1|title=Italian special effects master Carlo Rambaldi, father of ET, dead at 86|date=10 August 2012 |publisher=News.yahoo.com|access-date=2012-08-11}}

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Red Bastien, 81, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/05/02/13796526.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208194705/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/05/02/13796526.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 8, 2012|last=Oliver|first=Greg|title=Red Bastien dead at 81|work=slam.canoe.ca|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Carlo Curley, 59, American classical organist.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9483336/Carlo-Curley.html |title=Carlo Curley | work=The Telegraph | date=2012-08-17 |access-date=2014-10-26}}
Michael Dokes, 54, American former WBA heavyweight champion boxer, liver cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/michael-dokes-former-champ-passes-away-54--56001|title=Michael Dokes, Former Champ, Passes Away at 54|publisher=Boxingscene.com|date=1958-08-10|access-date=2012-08-12}}
Marco Antonio Dorantes García, 76, Mexican football referee.{{cite web |url=http://www.ligamx.net/home/plaincards/noticia.html?Id=239 |title=Archived copy |website=ligamx.net |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055253/http://www.ligamx.net/home/plaincards/noticia.html?Id=239 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Beverly Milton Dyck, 78, Canadian politician, progressive supranuclear palsy.{{cite news|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Friends+recall+councillor/7097656/story.html|title=Friends recall MLA, councillor|last=Hamilton|first=Charles|newspaper=The StarPhoenix|location=Saskatoon|date=August 16, 2012|access-date=2012-08-26}} {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Hans Einstein, 89, American physician.{{cite web|url=http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x1925195018/Immigrant-pioneered-valley-fever-research|title=Dr. Hans Einstein, valley fever research pioneer, dies at 89|publisher=BakersfieldCalifornian.com|access-date=2012-08-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819094143/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x1925195018/Immigrant-pioneered-valley-fever-research|archive-date=2012-08-19}}
Karl Fleming, 84, American journalist, respiratory complications.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-aug-12-la-me-karl-fleming-20120812-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814162928/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/12/local/la-me-karl-fleming-20120812|url-status=live|archive-date=August 14, 2012|title = Archives|website = Los Angeles Times| date=12 August 2012 }}
Von Freeman, 88, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, heart failure.{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-von-freeman-dies-chicago-jazz-music-20120813,0,7008651.column|last=Reich|first=Howard|title=Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 13, 2012|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Lucy Gallardo, 82, Argentine-born Mexican film and telenovela actress (How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-lucy-gallardo-luis-bunuel-361831|title=Actress Lucy Gallardo Dies at 82|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 August 2012|access-date=15 August 2012|first=Mike|last=Barnes}}
Hilary Gardner, 90, South African cricketer.{{cite web| url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45319.html| title = Hilary Gardner profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}}
Heidi Holland, 64, Zimbabwean journalist and author, apparent suicide by hanging.{{cite news|author=Jon Gambrell|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9481012/Heidi-Holland.html|title=Heidi Holland|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=12 August 2012|location=London}}
Shafaat Jamil, 72, Bangladesh Army officer.[http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=140036&date=2012-08-12 Freedom fighter Shafaat Jamil dies]
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, 84, Indian linguist.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article3757019.ece|title=Linguist Bhadriraju Krishnamurti dead|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 August 2012|access-date=21 August 2012|location=Chennai, India}}
R. Duncan Luce, 87, American cognitive scientist.[http://www.socsci.uci.edu/node/12733 "Renowned UCI scholar R. Duncan Luce dies at 87"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121211114430/http://www.socsci.uci.edu/node/12733 |date=2012-12-11 }}, UC Irvine School of Social Sciences, retrieved 2012-08-13.
Henning Moritzen, 84, Danish actor, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/navne/doedsfald/ECE1718556/henning-moritzen-er-doed|title=Henning Moritzen er død|publisher=Politiken.dk|access-date=12 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813183004/http://politiken.dk/navne/doedsfald/ECE1718556/henning-moritzen-er-doed/|archive-date=13 August 2012}} (Danish)
Dame Simone Prendergast, 82, British public servant and philanthropist.{{cite news|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/152826/prendergast|title=Dame Simone Prendergast dies|newspaper=telegraph.co.uk|access-date=14 August 2012|location=London}}
Bill Rafferty, 68, American comedian and television host (Blockbusters, Card Sharks, Real People), heart failure.[https://twitter.com/buzzerblog/status/234354541640953856 Buzzerblog on Twitter]; accessed 2012-08-11.
Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux, 74, British politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull West (1983–1997).{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/deceased-lords/|title=Deceased Lords|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Roger Sandall, 79, New Zealand anthropologist and writer.{{cite news|url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=roger-sandall&pid=159157709#fbLoggedOut|title=Roger Sandall obituary by The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Tributes.smh.com.au|date=2012-08-11|access-date=2012-08-17}}
Sid Waddell, 72, British darts commentator and author, bowel cancer.{{cite news|author=Sky Sports News|url=http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/7984796/Waddell-dies-aged-72|title=Waddell dies aged 72|date=2012-08-12|access-date=2012-08-12}}
Susan Weiner, 66, American politician, Mayor of Savannah (1992–1996), complications from surgery.{{cite web|author=onlineathens.com|url=http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2012-08-13/savannahs-1st-female-mayor-susan-weiner-dies|title=Savannah's 1st female mayor, Susan Weiner, dies|date=2012-08-13|access-date=2012-08-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104134100/http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2012-08-13/savannahs-1st-female-mayor-susan-weiner-dies|archive-date=2013-01-04}}

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Eileen Beasley, 91, Welsh teacher and Welsh language campaigner, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/08/13/tributes-paid-to-welsh-language-activist-eileen-beasley-who-died-age-91-91466-31616229|title=Tributes paid to Welsh language activist Eileen Beasley|work=WalesOnline|date=11 August 2009|access-date=14 August 2012}}
Ève Cournoyer, 43, Canadian singer-songwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/08/12/deces-de-la-chanteuse-eve-cournoyer|title = Décès de la chanteuse Ève Cournoyer| date=13 August 2012 }}
Prabuddha Dasgupta, 55, Indian fashion photographer, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/noted-photographer-prabuddha-dasgupta-passes-away/281621-8-66.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813231240/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/noted-photographer-prabuddha-dasgupta-passes-away/281621-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2012|title=Noted photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta passes away|publisher=IBNLive|access-date=13 August 2012}}
Alex Falconer, 72, Scottish politician, MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife (1984–1999).{{cite web|author=Staffer|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/former-labour-mep-falconer-dies-1-2466818|title=Former Labour MEP Falconer dies|date=6 August 2012 |publisher=Scotsman.com|access-date=15 August 2012}} {{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Pedro Gasset, 88, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.{{cite web|url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/terrassa/muere-los-anos-jugador-hockey-pere-gasset-2184143|title=Muere a los 88 años Pere Gasset, jugador de hockey del Terrassa y olímpico en Londres'48-Terrassa-El Periódico|date=13 August 2012|publisher=Elperiodico.com|access-date=13 September 2012}}
Jerry Grant, 77, American race car driver, liver failure and diabetes.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.racer.com/jerry-grant-passes-away/article/254343|title=Jerry Grant passes away|magazine=Racer|date=2012-08-13|access-date=2012-08-13}}
Dominic Hibberd, 71, English biographer, pneumonia-induced corticobasal degeneration.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/12/dominic-hibberd|last=Bostridge|first=Mark|title=Obituary for English biographer Dominic Hibberd|newspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=12 September 2012|access-date=27 January 2013|location=London}}
Barbara Kimenye, 82, British-born Ugandan children's author.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/18/barbara-kimenye Barbara Kimenye obituary]
Joe Kubert, 85, Polish-born American comic book artist (Sgt. Rock, Hawkman), multiple myeloma.{{cite web|url=http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/08/12/comics-legend-joe-kubert-dead-at-85|title=Comics Legend Joe Kubert Dead At 85|date=12 August 2012|publisher=Geeks of Doom|access-date=2012-08-13}}
Jakov Labura, 74, Croatian Olympic rower.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/jakov-labura-1.html Jakov Labura]
Frank Martin, 73, American defense attorney and politician, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (1991–1994), pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/08/12/2159872/former-columbus-mayor-frank-martin.html |title=Former Columbus Mayor Frank Martin dies at 74{{!}}ledger-enquirer.com |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814223136/http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/08/12/2159872/former-columbus-mayor-frank-martin.html |archive-date=2012-08-14 |url-status=dead }}
Robert W. McNitt, 97, American U.S. Navy rear admiral, dean of admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, heart failure.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-w-mcnitt-retired-navy-rear-admiral-and-us-naval-academy-dean-dies/2012/09/04/0146f596-f6ac-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html Robert W. McNitt, retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and U.S. Naval Academy dean, dies at 97|washingtonpost.com], April 9, 2012.
Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician, mayor-elect of Matehuala, shooting.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19237915|title=Mayor-elect Edgar Morales shot dead in San Luis Potosi|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=13 August 2012|date=2012-08-12}}
Alf Morris, Baron Morris, 84, British politician and disability rights campaigner, MP for Manchester Wythenshawe (1964–1997).{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-08-14/alf-morris-champion-of-disability-rights-has-died|title=Alf Morris, champion of disability rights, has died|publisher=Itv.com|access-date=14 August 2012}}
Jackie Watters, 92, Scottish footballer (Celtic).{{cite web|url=http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=2939|title=Celtic Football Club|publisher=Celticfc.net|access-date=14 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221065634/http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=2939|archive-date=21 February 2013}}

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Hugo Bedau, 85, American philosopher, complications from Parkinson's disease.[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/us/hugo-bedau-philosopher-who-opposed-death-penalty-dies-at-85.html Hugo Bedau, Philosopher Who Opposed Death Penalty, Dies at 85|date=August 16, 2012]
Beverly Bender, 94, American sculptor.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|title = North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|isbn = 9781135638825|last1 = Heller|first1 = Jules|last2 = Heller|first2 = Nancy G.|date = 19 December 2013| publisher=Routledge }}
Helen Gurley Brown, 90, American author, publisher, and businesswoman; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine (1965–1997).{{Cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/media/article/helen-gurley-brown-cosmopolitan-editor-dead-90-51806 |title=Helen Gurley Brown, Groundbreaking Cosmopolitan Editor, Dead at 90 |access-date=2020-02-20 |archive-date=2020-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218065703/https://www.thewrap.com/media/article/helen-gurley-brown-cosmopolitan-editor-dead-90-51806/ |url-status=dead }}
Robert Bruce, 96, Scottish composer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/sep/12/robert-bruce-obituary|title=Robert Bruce obituary|website=TheGuardian.com|date=12 September 2012}}
Jimmy Carr, 79, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).{{cite web|url=https://6abc.com/archive/8773375/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125001136/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/sports/pro/football&id=8773375&cmp=fb-wpvi-article-8773375|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-01-25|title=Jimmy Carr of Eagles 1960 NFL Championship team passes away|publisher=delcotimes.com|date=2012-08-14|access-date=2012-08-15}}
Dan Daniels, 90, American sportscaster.[https://archive.today/20130217011325/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-08-16/local/35492654_1_broadcast-voice-radio-broadcast-radio-station Dan Daniels, Washington sportscaster, dies at 90]
Salvador Escudero, 69, Filipino politician, cancer.[http://www.rappler.com/nation/10399-chiz-s-father-ex-minister-escudero-dies Chiz's father ex-Minister Escudero dies]
E. X. Giroux, 88, U.S.-born Canadian writer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/210000.Doris_Shannon|title=Doris Shannon}}
Kathi Goertzen, 54, American journalist and television anchor (KOMO-TV), benign brain tumors.[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018911694_goertzen14m.html Longtime TV anchorwoman Kathi Goertzen dies after battle with benign brain tumors]
Nellie Gray, 88, American anti-abortion activist and lawyer, natural causes. (body discovered on this date)[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/us/nellie-gray-anti-abortion-activist-dies-at-88.html Nellie Gray, Abortion Foe and Leader of Annual March, Dies at 88]
Ray Jordon, 75, Australian cricketer and football coach, cancer.[http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/144545/default.aspx Slug's last call] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816233925/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/144545/default.aspx |date=2012-08-16 }}
Deborah Scaling Kiley, 54, American shipwreck survivor, sailor, author, motivational speaker and businesswoman.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?pid=159316729#fbLoggedOut Obituary]
Hervé Le Cléac'h, 97, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (1973–1986).[http://www.lesnouvelles.pf/article/ca-fait-la-une/deces-de-mgrherve-maria-le-cleac'h Décès de Mgr Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h] {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (French)
W. Michael Mathes, 76, American historian, expert on the history of Baja California.{{Cite web |url=http://mexicoperspective.com/Michael-Mathes-historian-of-Baja-California-dies.html |title=W. Michael Mathes, a major historian of Baja California, dies at 76 |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429044427/http://mexicoperspective.com/Michael-Mathes-historian-of-Baja-California-dies.html |archive-date=2014-04-29 |url-status=dead }}
Johnny Munkhammar, 37, Swedish politician, MP (2010–2012) and writer, adenoid cystic carcinoma.[http://www.thelocal.se/20120814/42598 Swedish MP dies after battling rare cancer]
Johnny Pesky, 92, American baseball player, manager, and coach (Boston Red Sox).[http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2012/08/johnny_pesky_dead_at_age_92_ac.html Johnny Pesky dead at age 92, according to report]
Joan Roberts, 95, American musical theatre actress (Oklahoma!), heart failure.[https://web.archive.org/web/20241225184437/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/08-2012/joan-roberts-original-laurey-in-oklahoma-has-died_60535.htm/ Joan Roberts, Original Laurey in Oklahoma!, Has Died]
Typhoon Tracy, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Coolmore Classic (2009) and Futurity Stakes (2010).[http://www.racenet.com.au/news/82474/Typhoon-Tracy-dies-giving-birth Typhoon Tracy dies giving birth]

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Maja Bošković-Stulli, 89, Croatian historian, writer, publisher and academic.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvinfo.hr/najnovije-vijesti.php?ppar=6286|title=Preminula akademkinja Maja Bošković-Stulli|publisher=Mvinfo.com|access-date=2012-08-25}} (Croatian)
Remy Charlip, 83, American dancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Dancer-author-Remy-Charlip-dies-3797310.php|title=Dancer, author Remy Charlip dies|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2012-08-19|first=Allan|last=Ulrich|date=2012-08-18}}
Colorspin, 29, French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, suspected heart attack.[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/127216/prominent-english-broodmare-colorspin-dies Prominent English Broodmare Colorspin Dies]
Vilasrao Deshmukh, 67, Indian politician, kidney and liver failure.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19265057|title=Vilasrao Deshmukh receives Indian state funeral|website=bbc.co.uk|date=2008-12-01|access-date=2012-08-15}}
Svetozar Gligorić, 89, Serbian chess grandmaster, stroke.{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/pojedinacni/sah.php?yyyy=2012&mm=08&dd=14&nav_id=634748|title=Preminuo Svetozar Gligorić|publisher=B92|date=2012-07-05|access-date=2012-08-14}}
Brian Green, 77, British football coach and player.{{cite web|url=http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/rochdale/fb_news.php?storyid=17852|title=Former manager dies aged 77|publisher=Fansnetwork.co.uk|date=2012-08-14|access-date=2012-08-28}}
Svein Hansen, 69, Norwegian ice hockey player.[https://www.webcitation.org/6AH2cqDTK?url=http://tux.aftenposten.no/personalia/paperadsobi/802935.pdf Svein Hansen's obituary] (in Norwegian)
Sergey Kapitsa, 84, Russian physicist, demographer, and television host; son of Pyotr Kapitsa.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/science/2012/08/14_a_4726481.shtml|title=Слеп Яепцеи Оерпнбхв Йюохжю – Аеяялеммши Бедсыхи Рекеоепедювх ╚Нвебхдмне – Мебепнърмне╩—Цюгерю.Ru|publisher=Gazeta.ru|date=2007-04-27|access-date=2012-08-15}}
Billy Kerr, 67, Irish Olympic cyclist.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/billy-kerr-1.html Billy Kerr]
Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum, 66, American embroidery designer.{{cite web|url=http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/breaking-news-marilyn-levitt-imblum-has.html|title=Welcome To The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure: Marilyn Levitt-Imblum Has Died|publisher=Chillyhollownp.blogspot.co.uk|date=2011-10-16|access-date=2012-08-16}}
Charles Maynard, 42, Bahamian politician, chairman of the opposition Free National Movement (since 2012), apparent heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/aug/14/fnm-chairman-charles-maynard-dead|title=Bahamas Opposition Leader Dies on Campaign Trail|publisher=Tribune 242|date=2012-08-14|access-date=2012-08-14}}
Anna Orso, 73, Italian actress.{{cite web|author=Tom B.|url=http://westernboothill.blogspot.nl/2012/08/rip-anna-orso.html|title=Boot Hill: RIP Anna Orso|publisher=Westernboothill.blogspot.nl|date=2012-08-14|access-date=2012-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://westernboothill.blogspot.nl/2012/08/rip-anna-orso.html|archive-date=2016-02-03|url-status=dead}}
Ron Palillo, 63, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter, Rubik, the Amazing Cube, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives), heart attack.[https://www.tmz.com/2012/08/14/ron-palillo-dies-horshack-welcome-back-kotter-dead-at-63/ Ron Palillo Dead at 63: 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Star Dies from Heart Attack]
Al Rabin, 76, American producer and director (Days of Our Lives).[http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/08/al-rabin-dead-at-76.html "Al Rabin Dead at 76"] from We Love Soaps (August 15, 2012).
Rosemary Rice, 87, American radio and television actress (Archie Andrews, Mama).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=Rosemary-Merrell&pid=159323691#fbLoggedOut|title=Obituary for actress Rosemary Rice (aka Rosemary Merrell)|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-08-22}}
Smoke, American donkey, therapy animal for the United States Marine Corps.{{cite web | url=http://battlerattle.marinecorpstimes.com/2012/08/15/smoke-the-donkey-beloved-marine-mascot-dies/ | title=Smoke the donkey, beloved Marine mascot dies }}
Phyllis Thaxter, 92, American actress (Superman, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The World of Henry Orient), complications from Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|last=Kyle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/movies/phyllis-thaxter-actress-who-played-supermans-ma-kent-dies-at-92.html?_r=1&src=recg|title=Phyllis Thaxter, Actress Who Played Superman's Mother, Dies at 92|newspaper=NY Times|access-date=2012-08-18|date=2012-08-18}}

*Zhou Kehua, 42, Chinese criminal, shooting.{{cite web|author=陈霞|url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-08/14/content_26226704.htm|title=Serial killer Zhou Kehua dies|publisher=China.org.cn|date=25 September 2009|access-date=14 August 2012}}

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Elson Iazegi Beyruth, 70, Brazilian footballer, complications of diabetes.{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/elson-beiruth-ya-descansa-en-el-mausoleo-de-colo-colo/noticias/2012-08-16/162346.html|title=Elson Iazegi Beiruth ya descansa en el mausoleo de Colo Colo|publisher=Lanacion.cl|access-date=18 August 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105190507/http://www.lanacion.cl/elson-beiruth-ya-descansa-en-el-mausoleo-de-colo-colo/noticias/2012-08-16/162346.html|archive-date=5 November 2013}}
Bob Birch, 56, American musician (Elton John), apparent suicide by gunshot.[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/bob-birch-dead-elton-john-suicide-_n_1784056.html Bob Birch Dead: Elton John's Bassist Dies Of Apparent Suicide]
Jeffery Boswall, 81, British naturalist and broadcaster, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/27/jeffery-boswall|title=Obituary for British naturalist Jeffery Boswall|access-date=27 August 2012 | location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=2012-08-27}}
Richard B. Brewer, 61, American chief executive officer (Myrexis), cancer.{{cite web|url=http://investors.myrexis.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=700680|title=Myrexis Announces Death of Chief Executive Officer Richard B. Brewer, Trailblazing Biotechnology Industry Veteran and Patient Advocate|publisher=Myrexis|access-date=2012-08-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105072556/http://investors.myrexis.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=700680|archive-date=2012-11-05}}
Altamiro Carrilho, 87, Brazilian musician and composer, lung cancer.{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/flautista-altamiro-carrilho-morre-de-cancer-aos-87-anos-5794714|title=Flautista Altamiro Carrilho morre de câncer aos 87 anos|date=15 August 2012 |publisher=Oglobo.globo.com|access-date=15 August 2012|language=pt}}
Enzo Cavazzoni, 80, Italian Olympic water polo player.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/charleston/obituary-preview.aspx?n=enzo-cavazzoni&pid=159240496&referrer=1411|title=Enzo Cavazzoni obituary by Charleston Post & Courier|publisher=Legacy.com|date=2012-08-15|access-date=2012-10-21}}
Biff Elliot, 89, American actor (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I, the Jury, The Enemy Below).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=Biff-Elliot&pid=159219213#fbLoggedOut|title=Biff Elliot obituary by Los Angeles Times|publisher=Legacy.com|date=1923-07-26|access-date=2012-08-17}}
Joaquín Filba, 89, Spanish cyclist.{{cite web | url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=7400 | title=Joaquin Filba }}
Punch Gunalan, 68, Malaysian badminton player, liver cancer.{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/15/nation/20120815085535&sec=nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815191804/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F8%2F15%2Fnation%2F20120815085535&sec=nation|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2012|title=Punch Gunalan passes away|access-date=15 August 2012}}
Harry Harrison, 87, American science fiction writer (Make Room! Make Room!, The Stainless Steel Rat).{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/5934884/rip-harry-harrison-creator-of-the-stainless-steel-rat-bill-the-galactic-hero-and-soylent-green|title=R.I.P. Harry Harrison, creator of the Stainless Steel Rat, Bill the Galactic Hero, and Soylent Green|date=15 August 2012|access-date=2012-08-15|archive-date=2012-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817225923/http://io9.com/5934884/rip-harry-harrison-creator-of-the-stainless-steel-rat-bill-the-galactic-hero-and-soylent-green|url-status=dead}}
Henry Herx, 79, American film critic, complications from liver cancer.Hevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/movies/henry-herx-79-dies-reviewed-movies-for-catholics.html "Henry Herx, Film Critic for Catholic Publications, Dies at 79"], The New York Times, September 2, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012
Ralph Holman, 94, American biochemist.[http://www.bethel.edu/news/articles/2012/august/ralph-holman Biochemist Ralph Holman Dies at 94|Bethel.edu] 2012-08-17
Matthew Ianniello, 92, American mobster, member of the Genovese crime family.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/li-mobster-matthew-matty-the-horse-ianniello-dies-at-92-1.3914408|title=LI mobster Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello dies at 92|publisher=Newsday.com|access-date=2012-08-20}}
Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski, 99, German graphic artist and postage stamp designer.[http://trauer.rp-online.de/18830893 Elisabethvon Janota-Bzowski: Traueranzeige – RP Trauer – Rheinische PostDüsseldorf]
Müşfik Kenter, 79, Turkish theater actor, lung cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-acting-legend-musfik-kenter-dies-at-80.aspx?pageID=238&nID=27869&NewsCatID=384|title=Turkish acting legend Müşfik Kenter dies at 80|newspaper=Hürriyet|date=15 August 2012|location=Istanbul|access-date=27 January 2013}}
Colleen B. Lemmon, 85, American Latter Day Saint counselor.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=colleen-bushman-lemmon&pid=159219583&fhid=4549#fbLoggedOut|title=Colleen Bushman Lemmon, American Latter Day Saint counsel, dies at 85|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-09-06}}
Ashok Mehta, 65, Indian cinematographer (Bandit Queen), lung cancer.{{cite news|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-MUM-bandit-queen-cinematographer-ashok-mehta-passes-away-3656611.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-MUM-bandit-queen-cinematographer-ashok-mehta-passes-away-3656611.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2016|title=Bandit Queen cinematographer Ashok Mehta passes|newspaper=dailybhasker.com|date=15 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013}}
Carina Moberg, 46, Swedish politician, MP for Stockholm County (1994–2012), cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/carina-moberg-s-dod_7423920.svd|title=Carina Moberg, Swedish politician, dead|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |date=15 August 2012|language=sv|access-date=27 January 2013|last1=Norman |first1=Filip }}
Albert (Peto) Nicholas, 61, Cook Islands politician, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=70320|title=Former Cooks MP in fatal accident|publisher=Radio New Zealand International|date=17 August 2012|access-date=11 September 2012}}
Burl Osborne, 75, American publisher, chairman of the Associated Press (2002–2007), after short illness.{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018929957_apobitburlosborne.html|title=Burl Osborne, former chair of AP board, dies|publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2012-08-17|date=2012-08-16}}
Mitchell Todd, 21, British rugby player (Nottingham), traffic collision.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-19289370|title=Nottingham rugby player Mitchell Todd dies in car crash|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=17 August 2012|date=2012-08-16}}
Sir Ray Whitney, 81, British politician, MP for Wycombe (1978–2001).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9478296/Sir-Ray-Whitney.html|title=Sir Ray Whitney dies|access-date=16 August 2012 | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2012-08-15}}
Heinz Wittig, 74, German Olympic water polo player.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220833/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/heinz-wittig-1.html Heinz Wittig]
Arbën Xhaferi, 64, Macedonian politician and Albanian-rights activist, complications from a stroke.{{cite news|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142334|title=Leader of Ethnic Albanians in Macedonia Dies|newspaper=Sofia News Agency|date=15 August 2012|access-date=2013-01-27}}

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Peter Joseph Bis, app. 61, American homeless man, heart attack.[http://thewashingtonjournalismcenter.com/?p=5027 Goodbye to a Hill icon]
Larry R. Brown, 69, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2005), heart attack.{{cite web|author=Staff|url=https://abc11.com/archive/8775977/|title=NC Rep. Larry Brown has died|publisher=Abclocal.go.com|access-date=2012-08-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125044320/http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8775977|archive-date=2013-01-25|url-status=live}}
Candice Cohen-Ahnine, app. 35, French-born former Saudi royal, fall from apartment window.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/candice-cohen-ahnine-dead-custody-battle-saudi-prince_n_1813277.html|title=Candice Cohen-Ahnine Dead: French Mother In Custody Battle With Saudi Arabian Prince Falls To Her Death|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com|access-date=20 August 2012|date=2012-08-20}}
T. G. Kamala Devi, 81, Indian actor and playback singer.{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/actor-singer-kamala-devi-passes-away-886 |title=Actor, singer Kamala Devi passes away |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |date=17 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819223237/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/actor-singer-kamala-devi-passes-away-886 |archive-date=August 19, 2012 }}
Evon Dickson, 77, New Zealand cricketer.{{cite web | url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths | title=Death Search }}
Akiva Ehrenfeld, 90, Austrian-born Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi.{{cite web|url=http://www.chareidi.org/archives5772/shoftim/arehrnfldshf72.htm|title=Akiva Ehrenfeld dies|first=Yechiel|last=Sever|date=23 August 2012|access-date=4 October 2012|work=Dei'ah VeDibur}}
Martine Franck, 74, Belgian photographer, bone marrow cancer.{{cite news|author=Amanda Hopkinson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/aug/19/martine-franck|title=Martine Franck obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=20 August 2012|location=London|date=2012-08-19}}
Owsley Brown Frazier, 77, American philanthropist.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

*Jang Hyun-kyu, 30, South Korean footballer, suspected heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=soccer&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=139&article_id=0001987568|script-title=ko:축구계 충격, 승부조작 장현규 16일 돌연 사망|publisher=Naver|work=SportalKorea|date=16 August 2012|access-date=16 August 2012|language=ko}}

Phil Kelly, 73, Irish footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/former_norwich_city_right_back_phil_kelly_dies_following_illness_1_1484767 |title=Former Norwich City right-back Phil Kelly dies following illness |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195645/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/former_norwich_city_right_back_phil_kelly_dies_following_illness_1_1484767 |url-status=dead }}
William Kent, 93, American artist.{{cite web|url=http://williamkentfoundation.org/artist-remembered.htm|title=The William Kent Charitable Foundation|publisher=Williamkentfoundation.org|access-date=2013-01-09|archive-date=2014-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323043416/http://williamkentfoundation.org/artist-remembered.htm|url-status=dead}}
Constance Kgosiemang, 66, Namibian politician, paramount chief of the Tswana people, heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=100741&no_cache=1|title=Tswana chief Kgosiemang dies|date=17 August 2012|work=The Namibian}}
Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco, 58, Moroccan royal, daughter of Mohammed V of Morocco, lung cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/521191|title=Aunt of King Mohammed VI Passes Away|publisher=Bna.bh|access-date=2012-08-20}}
Marvin Meyer, 64, American biblical scholar, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9497841/Marvin-Meyer.html|title=Marvin Meyer, American biblical scholar, dead at 64|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2012-08-25|location=London|date=2012-08-24}}
Abune Paulos, 76, Ethiopian patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12080121.htm|title=Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church dies|publisher=Assistnews.net|date=10 February 2012|access-date=17 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128091115/http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12080121.htm|archive-date=28 November 2012}}
Bystrík Režucha, 77, Slovak conductor.{{cite news|url=http://www.slovakradio.sk/aktualne/Z-domova?&i=44317&p=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418133037/http://www.slovakradio.sk/aktualne/Z-domova?&i=44317&p=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2013 |title=ÚMRTIE: Zomrel dirigent a pedagóg Bystrík Režucha |last=Slovenský rozhlas |date=20 August 2012 |language=sk }}
William Windom, 88, American actor (Murder She Wrote, To Kill a Mockingbird, Star Trek), heart failure.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/arts/television/william-windom-everyman-actor-is-dead-at-88.html?_r=1|title=William Windom, TV Everyman, Dies at 88|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2012-08-21|first=Eric|last=Grode|date=2012-08-19}}
Katsumi Yamauchi, 100, Japanese politician, mayor of Iwata, Shizuoka, natural causes.[http://sougi.bestnet.ne.jp/php/funeral_jump.php?type=FW&start_id=1&rcv_funeral_id=6U2fGc12qpPKJdlMraDjGW0WGPBP 山内克巳さん死去], Yūmeijin Sōgi, 16 August 2012.

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Joan Bielski, 88, Australian activist.{{cite web | url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0223b.htm | title=Bielski, Joan – Woman – the Australian Women's Register }}
Aase Bjerkholt, 97, Norwegian politician and government minister, Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs (1956–1963, 1963–1965).{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Aase-Bjerkholt-er-dod-6968300.html#xtor=RSS-3|title=Aase Bjerkholt er død|date=17 August 2012|work=Aftenposten|language=no|access-date=17 August 2012}}
Pál Bogár, 84, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.{{cite news|url=http://hvg.hu/sport/20120817_Elhunyt_az_Ebgyoztes_magyar_kosarasok_kap|title=Elhunyt az Eb-győztes magyar kosarasok kapitánya|date=17 August 2012|work=Heti Világgazdaság|language=hu|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Amparo Cuevas, 81, Spanish Roman Catholic seer.{{cite web | url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20120819/sociedad/muere-amparo-cuevas-vidente-20120819.html | title=Muere Amparo Cuevas, la 'vidente de el Escorial' | date=19 August 2012 }}
Axel Edelstam, 88, Swedish diplomat.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dt.se/familj/dodsfallbegravningar/dodsfall/1.5061621-axel-edelstam |title=Axel Edelstam – Dödsfall – dt.se |access-date=2021-01-12 |archive-date=2012-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026125250/http://www.dt.se/familj/dodsfallbegravningar/dodsfall/1.5061621-axel-edelstam |url-status=dead }}
Joey Kovar, 29, American reality TV star (The Real World: Hollywood, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew), opiate intoxication.{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/11/10/joey-kovar-real-world-dead-opiate-intoxication|title='Real World' Star Joe Kovar: Coroner Says Opiates Killed Him|work=TMZ|date=November 10, 2012}}
Geoffrey Lees, 92, English cricketer and educator, prolonged illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.oldbrightonians.com/news/deaths-/-obituaries/geoff-lees.html|title=Geoff Lees|last=Davison|first=John|date=17 August 2012|publisher=oldbrightonians.com|access-date=30 August 2012}}
John Lynch-Staunton, 82, Canadian politician, Senator (1990–2005), leader of the Conservative Party (2003–2004), heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/health/First+Conservative+Party+leader+dies/7111743/story.html |title=First leader of the Conservative Party of Canada dies at 82 |last=Solyom |first=Catherine |date=2012-08-18 |newspaper=The Gazette (Montreal) |access-date=2012-08-18 }} {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Willem G. van Maanen, 91, Dutch journalist and writer.[http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3352/boeken/article/detail/3304108/2012/08/21/Schrijver-Willem-G-van-Maanen-91-overleden.dhtml Schrijver Willem G. van Maanen (91) overleden] (Dutch)
Panos Markovic, 87, Greek football coach and player.{{cite web|url=http://www.tanea.gr/athlitismos/article/?aid=4745802|script-title=el:Πέθανε ο Πάνος Μάρκοβιτς – Αθλητισμός|publisher=Tanea.gr|date=2012-08-17|access-date=2012-08-27|language=el|title=Article }}
Lou Martin, 63, Northern Irish musician (Rory Gallagher).{{cite web|url=http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/news/2012/08/a_blue_day_for_the_blues_-_lou_martin_rip|title=Lou Martin R.I.P.|date=17 August 2012|publisher=Rorygallagher.com}}
Brian Oakley, 84, British civil servant and scientist.{{cite news|title=Death announcement: Brian Oakley (10/10/1927–17/08/2012)|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=21 August 2012|access-date=21 August 2012|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/153058/oakley-brian-wynne-10.10.27|location=London|archive-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181144/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/153058/oakley-brian-wynne-10.10.27|url-status=dead}}
Shirley W. Palmer-Ball, 82, American businessman and politician.{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120820/NEWS01/308200061/Shirley-Palmer-Ball-former-candidate-Kentucky-lietenant-governor-dies?nclick_check=1|title=Shirley Palmer-Ball, former candidate for Kentucky lieutenant governor, dies|date=August 20, 2012|work=courier-journal.com|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Veronique Peck, 80, French-born American arts patron.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gregory-peck-widow-veronique-passani-dead-363942|title=Gregory Peck's Widow, Veronique Passani, Dies at 80|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 17, 2012|access-date=2012-08-20}}
Victor Poor, 79, American engineer, co-developer of the microchip and various radio developments, cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120818/BUSINESS/120817025/Victor-Poor-reluctant-visionary-dies-79|title=Victor Poor, reluctant visionary, dies at 79|publisher=FloridaToday.com|date=August 17, 2012|access-date=2012-08-17}}
Patrick Ricard, 67, French entrepreneur (Pernod Ricard), complications from a heart attack.[http://www.skynews.com.au/finance/article.aspx?id=785115 Pernod Ricard CEO dies|Sky News Australia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822082237/http://www.skynews.com.au/finance/article.aspx?id=785115 |date=2012-08-22 }}, 18 August 2012.

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Samuel Anderson, 82, Cuban Olympic hurdler.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tbo/obituary.aspx?n=Samuel-ANDERSON&pid=159302593#fbLoggedOut Cuban Olympic hurdler Samuel Anderson's obituary at legacy.com], 20 August 2012.
Hisham al-Hayali, Iraqi politician, Governor of Diyala Governorate (2012), traffic collision.{{cite web|url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2258379&Language=en|title=Diyala governor killed in car crash|date=19 August 2012|publisher=Kuwait News Agency|access-date=27 January 2013}}
Tayseer al-Mashhadani, Iraqi engineer and politician, traffic collision.
Alan Bateman, 76, Australian film producer and television screenwriter, cancer.[http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/home-and-away/news/home-and-away-creator-alan-bateman-dies/17396 Home and Away creator Alan Bateman dies]
Harrison Begay, 94, American painter.[http://obits.arizonagravestones.org/view.php?id=60199 "Harrison Begay."] Arizona Obituary Record. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
George Bowers, 68, American film editor (A League of Their Own, The Country Bears, Harlem Nights), complications following heart surgery.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/george-bowers-editor-of-penny-marshall-pics-dies-1118059321/|title=Editor George Bowers dies|magazine=Variety|date=2012-09-10|access-date=2012-09-17}}
Lourival Mendes França, Brazilian draughts player.{{cite web | url=https://fmjd64.org/ru/world-men-championship/ | title=Чемпионат мира среди мужчин | IDF | International Draughts Federation | date=19 February 2012 }}
Robert B. Gaither, 83, American mechanical engineer.{{cite web | url=https://www.fold3.com/record/461973314-robert-b-gaither | title=Robert B Gaither in Social Security Death Index }}
Les Kaine, 76, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).[https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/hawks-premiership-player-les-kaine-dies-aged-76/news-story/985d73b2755f12e4da6bc7908f3a1791 Hawks premiership player Les Kaine dies, aged 76]
John Kovatch, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/southbendtribune/obituary.aspx?n=john-g-kovatch&pid=159320244#fbLoggedOut|title=Obituary for American football player John G. Kovatch|publisher=Legacy.com|date=1920-07-21|access-date=2012-08-23}}
Scott McKenzie, 73, American singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)") and songwriter ("Kokomo"), Guillain–Barré syndrome.[http://www.noise11.com/news/scott-mckenzie-dies-at-72-20120819 Scott McKenzie Dies At 72].
Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, 85, Indian Tamil language writer.[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/ra-ki-rangarajan-passes-away-410 Ra Ki Rangarajan passes away] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820094826/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/ra-ki-rangarajan-passes-away-410 |date=2012-08-20 }}, deccanchronicle.com, 19 August 2012.
Jesse Robredo, 54, Filipino politician, Mayor of Naga City (1988–1998, 2001–2010), Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (since 2010), plane crash.{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=840358&publicationSubCategoryId=63|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131154503/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=840358&publicationSubCategoryId=63|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|title=Divers recover Robredo's body|newspaper=The Philippine Star|date=21 August 2012|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Eilif Straume, 83, Norwegian writer and critic.{{cite news|url=http://tux.aftenposten.no/personalia/paperadsobi/803634.pdf|title=Eilif Straume er død|language=no|date=20 August 2012|work=Aftenposten|access-date=27 January 2013}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician, Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, plane crash.[https://archive.today/20130104044950/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48716017%23.UDC64N2PWE8 Sudan plane crash kills up to 31, including Ghazi al-Sadiq, Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments]
Yuriy Avanesov, 77, Soviet football player and coach.{{FootballFacts.ru|22960|Yuriy Avanesov}}
Doug Dench, 82, Australian football player.{{cite web | url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/doug%2Bdench/8505 | title=Australian Football – Doug Dench – Player Bio }}
Hellmut Geissner, 86, German scholar.{{cite web |url=http://hkg-inmemoriam.ch/about-hkg-inmemoriam |title=Loss – verlust | Hellmut K. Geissner |access-date=2012-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902102135/http://hkg-inmemoriam.ch/about-hkg-inmemoriam/ |archive-date=2012-09-02 }}, Kondolenzbuch der Familie, retrieved on 26 August 2012.
Donal Henahan, 91, American music critic.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/arts/music/donal-henahan-a-music-critic-for-the-times-dies-at-91.html?hpw|title=Donal Henahan, Thought-Provoking Music Critic, Dies at 91|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2012-08-21|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|date=2012-08-20}}
Ivar Iversen, 97, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist.{{Cite web |url=http://tux.aftenposten.no/personalia/paperadsobi/803768.pdf |title=Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist Ivar Iversen's obituary (Norwegian) |access-date=2012-08-24 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6A9RWTuXi?url=http://tux.aftenposten.no/personalia/paperadsobi/803768.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-24 |url-status=dead }}
Laura Latini, 42, Italian voice actress, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://antoniogenna.com/2012/08/19/doppiaggio-e-morta-laura-latini/ |title=Doppiaggio – È morta Laura Latini |publisher=Il mondo dei doppiatori |language=it |date=19 August 2012 |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715031246/http://antoniogenna.com/2012/08/19/doppiaggio-e-morta-laura-latini/ |archive-date=15 July 2015 |url-status=live }}
Maïté Nahyr, 64, South African-born Belgian actress.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/belgian-actress-maite-nahyr-dies-364345|title=Belgian Actress Maite Nahyr Dies at 64|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2012-08-21|first=Rebecca|last=Leffler|date=2012-08-21}}
Samia Yusuf Omar, 21, Somali Olympic runner, drowning. (death announced on this date){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19323535|title=Somalia Olympic runner 'drowns trying to reach Europe'|website=bbc.co.uk|date=2012-08-21|access-date=2012-08-28}}
Tony Scott, 68, British film director (Top Gun, True Romance, Man on Fire) and producer, suicide by jumping.[https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/20/showbiz/obit-tony-scott/index.html Official: British director Tony Scott dead after jumping from California bridge], CNN, 20 August 2012.
Edmund Skellings, 80, American poet.{{cite web|author=Wayne K. Roustan|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-29/news/fl-obit-skellings-20120829_1_fau-faculty-florida-atlantic-university-professor-multimedia-work|title=Edmund Skellings dies: Poet Laureate of Florida Dr. Edmund Skellings dies at 80|publisher=Sun Sentinel|date=2012-08-29|access-date=2012-10-30|archive-date=2016-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-29/news/fl-obit-skellings-20120829_1_fau-faculty-florida-atlantic-university-professor-multimedia-work|url-status=dead}}

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Agnes World, 17, American-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.{{cite web | url=https://www.studbook.jp/users/en/Honba.php?sid=424531098 | title=Japan Association for International Racing and Stud Book }}
Seweryn Chajtman, 93, Polish scientist.{{cite web|url=http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,174973,Seweryna-Chajtman-inne.html|title=Seweryna Chajtman, Warszawa, 23.08.2012 – pozostałe|language=pl|publisher=Nekrologi.wyborcza.pl|access-date=2012-09-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825155819/http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0%2C11%2C%2C174973%2CSeweryna-Chajtman-inne.html|archive-date=2012-08-25}}
Lucy Dickenson, 32, Welsh charity worker, road accident.{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Sharon|title=Zambia crash tragedy: Family of Lucy Dickenson pay tribute to 'wonderful' daughter and sister|url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/9892632.tributes-pour-in-to-barry-charity-founder-lucy-dickenson-32-who-has-died-in-zambia/|work=Barry and District News|date=24 August 2012|access-date=22 March 2025}}
Phyllis Diller, 95, American comedian and actress (The Pruitts of Southampton, Splendor in the Grass, A Bug's Life).{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/Comedian-Phyllis-Diller-dies-at-95.html#photoNumber=0|last=Eichel|first=Molly|title=Comedian Phyllis Diller dies at 95|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=20 August 2012|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Virginia Dwyer, 92, American actress (Another World, As the World Turns, Guiding Light).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=VIRGINIA-GORMAN&pid=159437026#fbLoggedOut|title=Obituary for actress Virginia Dwyer|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-08-26}}
Juan Edmunds Rapahango, 89, Chilean Rapa Nui politician.[http://buscador.emol.com/noticias/Juan+Edmunds Juan Edmunds] (in Spanish)
Daryl Hine, 76, American poet, editor, and translator, intestinal blockage.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/arts/daryl-hine-poet-editor-and-translator-dies-at-76.html|title=Daryl Hine, Poet, Editor and Translator, Dies at 76|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2012-08-25|first=Leslie|last=Kaufman|date=2012-08-24}}
Jacob Matijevic, 64, American engineer (NASA).{{cite news|last=Goldsborough|first=Bob|title=Jacob R. Matijevic, 1947–2012: Engineer worked on Mars rover missions|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/10/10/jacob-r-matijevic-1947-2012/|date=October 10, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=October 11, 2012 }}
Dom Mintoff, 96, Maltese politician, Prime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984), natural causes.{{cite news|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Dom-Mintoff-passes-away-20120820|last=Mintoff|first=Dm|title=Dom Mintoff, Malta's political giant, passes away|newspaper=Malta Today|date=20 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822015545/http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Dom-Mintoff-passes-away-20120820|url-status=dead}}
Len Quested, 87, English footballer.{{cite news|url=http://tributes.dailytelegraph.com.au/obituaries/dailytelegraph-au/obituary.aspx?pid=159333350|title=Len Quested Tribute|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=22 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230111042/http://tributes.dailytelegraph.com.au/obituaries/dailytelegraph-au/obituary.aspx?pid=159333350|archive-date=30 December 2012}}
Kapu Rajaiah, 87, Indian painter, complication of Parkinson's disease.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3801501.ece|title=Folk artist Kapu Rajaiah passes away in Siddipet|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=22 August 2012|location=Chennai, India|date=2012-08-21}}
Alexander Saxton, 93, American novelist and historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/books/alexander-saxton-novelist-and-historian-dies-at-93.html?_r=1|title=Alexander Saxton, Historian and Novelist, Dies at 93|author=Paul Vitello|date=September 1, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 2, 2012}}
Mika Yamamoto, 45, Japanese journalist, shooting.{{cite news|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japanese-woman-reporter-killed-in-syrias-aleppo|title=Japanese woman reporter killed in Aleppo, Syria|newspaper=japantoday.com|date=21 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013}}
Meles Zenawi, 57, Ethiopian politician, President (1991–1995), Prime Minister (since 1995), liver cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19328356|title=Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dies after illness|date=21 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013|work=BBC News}}

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Vinus van Baalen, 70, Dutch Olympic swimmer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/vinus-van-baalen-1.html Vinus van Baalen]
Paul Bassim, 89, Lebanese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (1974–1999).{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/beir6.htm#3288|title=Paul Bassim|publisher=GCatholic|date=2012-08-23}}
Joe Cunningham, 80–81, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.{{cite web| url = http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=176013| title = The late Joseph Cunningham – HoganStand}}
Tissa David, 91, Hungarian-born American animator (Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure), cancer.{{cite news|title=Passings: Tissa David, master animator who broke ground in the field for women, dies at 91|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20120826,0,4481797.story|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2012-08-26}}
John Davidson, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1973–1993), natural causes.{{cite news|url=http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1782332383/Former-state-Sen-John-Davidson-dead-at-87|title=Former state Sen John Davidson dead at 87|work=The State Journal-Register}}
Genoveva Dawson, 94, Argentine botanist, curator, teacher, and explorer.Pochettino, M.L. y Julio Hurrell, J. 2012. Obituario: Genoveva Dawson de Teruggi (1918–2012). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 47 (3–4)Pochettino, María Lelia; Hurrell, Julio (2012). "Obituario: Genoveva Dawson de Teruggi (1918–2012)". Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica. 47 (3–4): 471–472. ISSN 0373-580X.
Hans Josephsohn, 92, Swiss sculptor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/zuerich/bildhauer-hans-josephsohn-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-125055010 |title=Bildhauer Hans Josephsohn im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004356/http://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/zuerich/bildhauer-hans-josephsohn-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-125055010 |url-status=dead }}
Delcia Kite, 88, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1995).{{cite web|url=http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-09-12.154.2|title=New South Wales politician Delcia Kite dead at 88|last=Faulkner|first=John|author-link=John Faulkner}}
Kyle Larsen, 62, American contract bridge player.[http://bridgewinners.com/article/view/in-memoriam-kyle-larsen-1950-2012/ In Memoriam: Kyle Larsen 1950–2012]
Georg Leber, 91, German politician, Minister of Defence (1972–1978).{{cite news|title=Former German Defense Minister Leber dies|url=http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16184548,00.html|work=Deutsche Welle|date=22 August 2012|access-date=22 August 2012}}
Shimon Lev-Ari, 70, Israeli actor, theatre director and translator.[https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4271509,00.html נפטר השחקן שמעון לב ארי] (in Hebrew)
Gary Mara, 50, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers), traffic collision.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/holidaying-aussie-sacrificed-his-life-for-daughter-20120825-24sss.html|title=Holidaying Aussie sacrificed his life for daughter|newspaper=smh.com.au|date=25 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-date=15 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115171654/http://www.smh.com.au/national/holidaying-aussie-sacrificed-his-life-for-daughter-20120825-24sss.html|url-status=dead}}
Taketoshi Naito, 86, Japanese actor.{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0829/TKY201208290550.html|script-title=ja:俳優の内藤武敏さん死去「ビルマの竪琴」など出演|date=29 August 2012|newspaper=The Asahi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=29 August 2012}}
Don Raleigh, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers), complications of a fall.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=640206|title=Former Ranger Don Raleigh dies at 86|publisher=NHL.com|date=1948-02-25|access-date=2012-08-22}}
J. Frank Raley Jr., 85, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1963–1966), heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/29155|title=J. Frank Raley, Jr., former Maryland State Senator, Passes Away at 85|publisher=Thebaynet.com|access-date=2012-08-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825014403/http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/29155|archive-date=2012-08-25}}
Roy Speer, 80, American businessman (Home Shopping Network).{{cite web|author=Donna Koehn|url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/aug/22/3/memeto2-driven-stetson-classmate-made-it-big-ar-470593|title=HSN co-founder Roy Speer dies at age 80|publisher=TBO.com|access-date=2012-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825002309/http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/aug/22/3/memeto2-driven-stetson-classmate-made-it-big-ar-470593/|archive-date=2012-08-25|url-status=dead}}
Guy Spitaels, 80, Belgian politician, Leader of the Socialist Party (1981–1992), Minister-President of Wallonia (1992–1994), brain tumor.{{cite web|url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/guy-spitaels-belgian-socialist-leader-has-died/article/feed/2026165|title=Guy Spitaels, Belgian socialist leader, dead at 80|publisher=Washingtonexaminer.com|access-date=21 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171626/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/guy-spitaels-belgian-socialist-leader-has-died/article/feed/2026165|archive-date=3 February 2016}}
William Thurston, 65, American mathematician, melanoma.{{cite web|url=http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/bill-thurston|title=Bill Thurston dies.|date=22 August 2012 |publisher=Terrytao.wordpress.com|access-date=2012-08-22}}
Sergio Toppi, 79, Italian cartoonist, cancer.[http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/cronaca/morto_sergio_toppi_fumetti/notizie/215160.shtml Addio a Sergio Toppi, maestro del fumetto italiano], Ilmessaggero.it (Italian)
Ivan the Gorilla, 49–50, gorilla who didn't see his kind for 27 years, chest tumor.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

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Houcine Anafal, 59, Moroccan footballer, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.staderennais.com/breve.php?id=5663 |title=Déces : H. Anafal s'est éteint |access-date=22 August 2012 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114741/http://www.staderennais.com/breve.php?id=5663 |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}
Bernie Anderson, 71, Australian footballer.{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/bernie%2Banderson/9094|title = Australian Football – Bernie Anderson – Player Bio}}
Nina Bawden, 87, British author (Carrie's War).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19341736|title=Author Nina Bawden dies aged 87|work=BBC News online|date=22 August 2012}}
Larry Carp, 86, American attorney and diplomat.{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/larry-carp-dies-lawyer-diplomat-and-musical-writer-who-claimed/article_8fbda897-236d-5035-a03a-30b148bd61a5.html|title=Larry Carp dies; lawyer, diplomat and musical writer who claimed to have introduced popcorn to Paris|publisher=Stltoday|date=2012-08-22|access-date=2012-08-29}}
David K. Cheng, 94, Chinese-born American professor.{{cite web |url=http://archives.syr.edu/collections/fac_staff/sua_cheng_dk.htm |title=Archived copy |website=archives.syr.edu |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428062713/http://archives.syr.edu/collections/fac_staff/sua_cheng_dk.htm |archive-date=28 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}
Charles Flores, 41, Cuban-born American jazz bassist, throat cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.spinner.com/2012/08/27/charles-flores-dead|title=Charles Flores Dead: Grammy-Winning Jazz Bassist Passes Away From Throat Cancer at Age 41|publisher=Spinner.com|date=2012-08-27|access-date=2012-08-27|archive-date=2012-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014021707/http://www.spinner.com/2012/08/27/charles-flores-dead/|url-status=dead}}
José Foralosso, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (2000–2012), complications from a stroke.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/pa/para/noticia/2012/08/bispo-emerito-de-maraba-dom-jose-foralosso-falece-aos-74-anos.html|title=Bispo emérito de Marabá, dom José Foralosso, falece aos 74 anos|publisher=Globo.com|date=22 August 2012|language=pt}}
Trevor French, Australian Paralympic swimmer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=French&fname=J.&gender=all |title=IPC Historical Results Database |access-date=2021-05-13 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002410/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=French&fname=J.&gender=all |url-status=dead }}
Guy Landry Hazoumé, 72, Beninese politician and poet.[http://www.lanouvelletribune.info/benin/11943-le-benin-en-deuil-le-ministre-guy-landry-hazoume-n-est-plus Le Bénin en deuil : le ministre Guy Landry Hazoumè n'est plus] (mise à jour du 26/08) {{in lang|fr}}
Paulino Matip Nhial, 69–70, South Sudanese military leader and politician, complications of diabetes.{{cite news|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article43654|title=South Sudan's Paulino Matip dies in Nairobi after long illness|work=Sudan Tribune|access-date=22 August 2012|archive-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719033410/http://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article43654|url-status=dead}}
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, 88, Taiwanese Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Kaohsiung (1991–2006), pneumonia.{{cite web|url=http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=373077|script-title=zh:樞機主教單國璽病逝臨終前仍降福眾人|publisher=Radio Taiwan International|date=22 August 2012|language=zh|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824012810/http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=373077|archive-date=24 August 2012}}
Martin Shikuku, 79, Kenyan politician, MP for Butere (1963–1975, 1979–1988, 1992–1997), cancer.Capital FM, August 22, 2012: [http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/08/veteran-politician-martin-shikuku-dies-at-79 Veteran Kenyan politician Martin Shikuku dies at 79|capitalfm.co.ke]
Jeffrey Stone, 85, American actor, model for Prince Charming in Cinderella.{{cite web|author=Tom B.|url=http://westernboothill.blogspot.nl/2012/08/rip-jeffrey-stone.html|title=American actor Jeffrey Stone dies at 85|publisher=Westernboothill.blogspot.nl|access-date=2012-08-26|archive-date=2016-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://westernboothill.blogspot.nl/2012/08/rip-jeffrey-stone.html|url-status=dead}}
András Szennay, 91, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey (1973–1991).[http://www.magyarkurir.hu/hirek/elhunyt-szennay-andras Magyar Kurír|"Elhunyt Szennay András"], magyarkurir.hu (Hungarian)

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Col Campbell, 78, Australian gardener, cancer.{{cite web| url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/gardening-icon-and-media-commentator-colin-campbell-loses-battle-with-cancer/story-e6frg996-1226456680335| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120823112140/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/gardening-icon-and-media-commentator-colin-campbell-loses-battle-with-cancer/story-e6frg996-1226456680335| archive-date = 2012-08-23| title = Gardening columnist and presenter Colin Campbell loses battle with cancer |work= The Australian}}

* Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, 96, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tainan (1966–1990).{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tain0.htm|title=Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, Bishop of Tainan, dead|publisher=gcatholic.org|access-date=23 August 2012}}

Jean-Luc Delarue, 48, French television producer and host, stomach cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/jean-luc-delarue-est-mort-emporte-par-le-cancer-24-08-2012-2135697.php|title=Jean-Luc Delarue est mort, emporté par le cancer|newspaper=Le Parisien|date=23 August 2012|access-date=24 August 2012}}
Aubrey Dunn Sr., 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1965–1980), cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_21388210/aubrey-dunn-sr-passes-away|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116100823/http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_21388210/aubrey-dunn-sr-passes-away|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2013|title=Aubrey Dunn Sr., former New Mexico State Senator, passes away at 84|publisher=Alamogordo Daily News|date=2012-08-23|access-date=2012-08-23}}
James Fogle, 75, American author (Drugstore Cowboy), mesothelioma.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/us/james-fogle-author-of-drugstore-cowboy-dies-at-75.html|title='Drugstore Cowboy' author James Fogle dies at 75 in prison from mesothelioma|access-date=2012-08-30 | work=The New York Times|first=William|last=Yardley|date=2012-08-29}}
Byard Lancaster, 70, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, pancreatic cancer.{{cite web|url=http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/08/24/rip-philly-jazz-legend-byard-lancaster|title=RIP Philly jazz legend Byard Lancaster|publisher=Thekey.xpn.org|date=2012-08-24|access-date=2012-08-28}}
Howard Lee, 77, Bermudian Olympic sailor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62743|title = Olympedia – Howard Lee}}
Edith Mastenbroek, 37, Dutch politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008), cardiac arrest.{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/411215-edith-mastenbroek-37-overleden.html|title=Dutch politician Edith Mastenbroek dies at 37|publisher=NOS|date=27 August 2012|access-date=27 August 2012|language=nl}}
Bob Myrick, 59, American baseball player (New York Mets), heart attack.{{cite web|last=Ciurczak|first=Ellen|url=http://www.sunherald.com/2012/08/23/4143246/former-new-york-mets-pitcher-bobby.html|title=Former Mets pitcher Bobby Myrick dies at age 59|publisher=The Sun Herald|access-date=2012-08-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827004649/http://www.sunherald.com/2012/08/23/4143246/former-new-york-mets-pitcher-bobby.html|archive-date=2012-08-27}}
Merv Neagle, 54, Australian AFL football player (Essendon), traffic collision.{{cite web|url=http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/merv-neagle-killed-in-a-truck-crash/20120823-24omq.html|title=AFL footballer Merv Neagle killed in a truck crash|publisher=3aw.com.au|access-date=23 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827075253/http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/merv-neagle-killed-in-a-truck-crash/20120823-24omq.html|archive-date=2012-08-27|url-status=dead}}
Jerry Nelson, 78, American puppeteer (The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock), prostate cancer and COPD.{{cite web|url=http://www.toughpigs.com/jerry-nelson-1934-2012|title=Puppeteer Jerry Nelson dies (1934–2012)|date=24 August 2012|publisher=Toughpigs.com|access-date=2012-08-24}}
James Serrin, 85, American mathematician.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=159462038#fbLoggedOut|title=James B. Serrin obituary by Star Tribune|publisher=Legacy.com|date=2012-08-31|access-date=2012-12-09}}
Josepha Sherman, 65, American science fiction author.{{cite web|url=http://shurefuneralhome.com/funeral/index.php?funeralId=459|title=Robert E. Shure, Inc. Funeral Home|publisher=Shurefuneralhome.com|access-date=2012-08-24}}
Steve Van Buren, 91, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.{{cite web|last=Biggs|first=Brad|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/hall-fame-running-back-steve-025202650--nfl.html|title=Hall of Fame running back Steve Van Buren dies|publisher=Ca.sports.yahoo.com|access-date=2012-08-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171626/https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/hall-fame-running-back-steve-025202650--nfl.html|archive-date=2016-02-03}}

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Henry H. Black, 83, American marine.{{Cite web |url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/Former-Sergeant-Major-of-the-Marine-Corps-Black-dies-at-83.aspx?pid=frontpage_onpoint_Black#.UD4XfUSDpRE |title=Former Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Black dies at 83 |access-date=2020-12-06 |archive-date=2012-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924233835/http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/Former-Sergeant-Major-of-the-Marine-Corps-Black-dies-at-83.aspx?pid=frontpage_onpoint_Black#.UD4XfUSDpRE |url-status=dead }}
Werner Braun, 86, German musicologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.uni-saarland.de/campus/fakultaeten/fachrichtungen/philosophische-fakultaet-i/fachrichtungen/musikwissenschaft/personen/prof-em-dr-werner-braun.html |title=Universität des Saarlandes: Prof. Em. Dr. Werner Braun † |website=uni-saarland.de |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812093517/http://www.uni-saarland.de/campus/fakultaeten/fachrichtungen/philosophische-fakultaet-i/fachrichtungen/musikwissenschaft/personen/prof-em-dr-werner-braun.html |archive-date=12 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Cornelia Brierly, 99, American architect.{{cite web |url=http://bwaf.org/cornelia-brierly/ |title=Cornelia Brierly, in Memoriam |website=bwaf.org |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145138/http://bwaf.org/cornelia-brierly/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}
Bud Chamberlain, 92, American baseball player and realtor.{{cite web |url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/mclub/spec-rel/092612aab.html |title=U-M Baseball Great Bud Chamberlain Passes Away – the University of Michigan Official Alumni Letterwinners M Club |website=mgoblue.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101151605/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/mclub/spec-rel/092612aab.html |archive-date=1 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Dadullah, app. 47, Pakistani Taliban leader (Bajaur Agency), airstrike.{{cite web|author=RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan-air-strike-kills-senior-pakistani-taliban-leader/24687557.html|title=Afghan Air Strike Kills Senior Pakistani Taliban Leader|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=25 August 2012 |publisher=Rferl.org|access-date=2012-08-25}}
Richard William Davis, 70, American child murderer and rapist, natural causes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.montanarightnow.com/top_story/familial-dna-hit-solves-1974-murder-of-missoula-5-year-old-suspect-deceased/article_f47e3964-17ae-11eb-bf2c-63d8e58d1e62.html|title=Familial DNA hit solves 1974 murder of Missoula 5-year-old, suspect deceased|publisher=Montana Right Now|date=October 26, 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220527191509/https://www.montanarightnow.com/top_story/familial-dna-hit-solves-1974-murder-of-missoula-5-year-old-suspect-deceased/article_f47e3964-17ae-11eb-bf2c-63d8e58d1e62.html|archivedate=May 27, 2022}}
Aleksander Donner, 65, Ukrainian handball coach.[http://www.publico.pt/desporto/noticia/morreu-o-treinador-de-andebol-alexander-donner-1603903 Morreu o treinador de andebol Alexander Donner]
Lijon Eknilang, 66, Marshallese anti–nuclear weapons activist. (death reported on this date){{cite news|first=Giff|last=Johnson|title=Long time advocate for Rongelap nuclear test victims dies|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=70463|work=Radio New Zealand International|date=24 August 2012}}
Pauli Ellefsen, 76, Faroese politician, Prime Minister (1981–1985).{{cite web|url=http://www.kringvarp.fo/?sc_itemid={F0475D0B-3DA6-4D01-8AC2-12ACFA5824F0}&track=Seinasta_Tidindi|title=Tíðindi, ítróttur og mentan – Pauli Ellefsen deyður|publisher=Kringvarp.fo|access-date=2012-08-26}} (Faroese)
Sir Richard Evans, 84, British diplomat, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1984–1988).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9504625/Sir-Richard-Evans.html|title=Sir Richard Evans dies|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=28 August 2012|location=London|date=2012-08-28}}

*Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, Brazilian footballer, 1970 FIFA World Cup winner, cardiac arrest.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/felix-goalkeeper-in-brazils-greatest-football-team-8099842.html|title=Félix: Goalkeeper in Brazil's greatest football team|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2012-09-01|location=London|first=Ivan|last=Ponting|date=2012-09-01}}

Steve Franken, 80, American actor (Bewitched, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), cancer.{{cite journal|last=Slotnik|first=Daniel|title=Steve Franken, Actor in 'Dobie Gillis', Dies at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/arts/television/steve-franken-actor-in-dobie-gillis-dies-at-80.html|issue=Television|journal=The New York Times|access-date=2012-08-31|date=2012-08-29}}
Bud Goodall, 59, American scholar and writer, pancreatic cancer.H. L. (Bud) Goodall Jr{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}}
Gerd Greune, 63, German politician.{{cite web|url=http://ebco-beoc.org/gerdgreune|title=Gerd Greune gestorben|publisher=Ebco-beoc.org|access-date=5 October 2012}}
Zygmunt Kiszkurno, 91, Polish Olympic sport shooter.{{cite web|url=http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,175374,Zygmunt-Kiszkurno-nekrolog.html|title=Obituary for Polish Olympian Zygmunt Kiszkurno|publisher=Wyborcza.pl|access-date=27 August 2012|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107014145/http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0%2C11%2C%2C175374%2CZygmunt-Kiszkurno-nekrolog.html|archive-date=7 January 2014}}
Claire Malis, 69, American actress (One Life to Live, From Here to Eternity, The Facts of Life), heart failure and pneumonia.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/claire-malis-callaway-facts-of-life-369702|title=Actress Claire Malis Callaway Dies at 69|author=Mike Barnes|date=2012-09-11|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2013-01-27}}
Dale Sommers, 68, American radio personality, Addison's disease.{{cite news|author=in: Local Events, Local Media, Radio|url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2012/08/24/rip-dale-truckin-bozo-sommers|title='The Truckin Bozo' dies|newspaper=Cincinnati.com|access-date=2012-08-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827023251/http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2012/08/24/rip-dale-truckin-bozo-sommers/|archive-date=2012-08-27}}
Maureen Toal, 82, Irish actress.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0825/1224322964711.html|title='Greatest' actor Maureen Toal dies at 82|publisher=IrishTimes.com|access-date=25 August 2012|archive-date=25 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825105011/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0825/1224322964711.html|url-status=dead}}
Krum Yanev, 83, Bulgarian Olympic footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1851023.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828205501/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1851023.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2012|title=Bulgaria mourns CSKA Sofia great Krum Yanev|publisher=UEFA|access-date=27 August 2012}}

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Florencio Amarilla, 77, Paraguayan footballer, coach and actor.{{cite news|url=http://www.lavozdealmeria.es/vernoticia.asp?IdNoticia=31559&IdSeccion=5 |title=El último adiós del futbolista que quiso ser actor |last=García |first=Juan Gabriel |date=29 August 2012 |publisher=La Voz de Almería |language=es |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525034401/http://www.lavozdealmeria.es/vernoticia.asp?IdNoticia=31559&IdSeccion=5 |archive-date=25 May 2015 }}
Neil Armstrong, 82, American astronaut, first person to walk on the Moon, complications from surgery.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098|title=US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies, first man on Moon|work=BBC News|access-date=2012-08-25|date=2012-08-26}}
R. Palmer Beasley, 76, American physician, public health educator, and epidemiologist, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/us/r-palmer-beasley-hepatitis-b-researcher-dies-at-76.html|title=R. Palmer Beasley, Expert on Hepatitis B, Dies at 76|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2012|first=William|last=Yardley}}
Ray Booty, 79, English cyclist, British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1958), cancer.[http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534547/time-trialling-great-ray-booty-dies.html "Time trialling great Ray Booty dies", Cycling Weekly]
Stephen Bradford, 48, English cricket player (Lincolnshire).{{cite web|last=Free|first=Peter|url=http://www.thisisannouncements.co.uk/19094506?s_source=clmi_tili|title=Cricketer Stephen Bradford's obituary|publisher=ThisIsAnnouncements|access-date=1 January 2013}}
Willard C. Butcher, 85, American banker, cancer.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-26/willard-butcher-former-chase-ceo-who-expanded-bank-dies-at-85.html | title=Willard Butcher, Former Chase CEO Who Expanded Bank, Dies at 85 | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=27 August 2012 }}
Joshua Casteel, 32, American soldier and playwright, lung cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/09/18/divinity-school-student-joshua-casteel-1979-2012|title = Divinity School student Joshua Casteel, 1979–2012| date=18 September 2012 }}
Stanley Crooks, 70, American tribal leader, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (1992–2012), respiratory ailment.{{cite news|first=Curt|last=Brown|title=Throngs remember Stanley Crooks|url=http://www.startribune.com/local/167935535.html?refer=y|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104220952/http://www.startribune.com/local/167935535.html?refer=y|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-04|work=Minneapolis Star Tribune|date=2012-08-29|access-date=2012-09-18}}
Wisse Dekker, 88, Dutch businessman, traffic collision.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxcrawl.com/2012/08/25/former-philips-ceo-wisse-dekker-dies-in-car-crash|title=Former Philips CEO Wisse Dekker dies in car crash|publisher=Foxcrawl|access-date=2012-08-25}}
Georg Feuerstein, 65, German-born Canadian scholar of Hinduism.{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/yoga-scholar-georg-feuerstein-passes-on/12346.html|title=Yoga Scholar Georg Feuerstein Passes On|publisher=Hinduism Today|access-date=2012-09-02}}
Roger Fisher, 90, American academic.{{cite news|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/14768476-418/roger-fisher-90-prof-co-wrote-best-selling-book-on-art-of-negotiating.html|title=Roger Fisher, 90, prof co-wrote best-selling book on art of negotiating|publisher=Suntimes.com|access-date=2012-08-28}}
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, 68, Croatian archeologist and museologist.{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/u-69-godini-preminula-vesna-girardi-jurkic/633478.aspx|title=U 69-oj godini umrla Vesna Girardi Jurkić|publisher=Index.hr|access-date=2012-08-26|language=hr}}

* Roberto González Barrera, 82, Mexican businessman, founder of Gruma, cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/d0c48fff2e2b7bc219046de52346fcf0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103193202/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/d0c48fff2e2b7bc219046de52346fcf0|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Fallece Don Roberto Gonzalez Barrera, presidente de Gruma y Banorte|language=es|work=Milenio|publisher=Grupo Multimedios|date=25 August 2012|access-date=2012-08-26}}

Donald Gorrie, 79, Scottish politician, MSP for Central Scotland (1999–2007), MP for Edinburgh West (1997–2001).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19383168|title=Former Liberal Democrat MSP Donald Gorrie dies aged 79|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=2012-08-26|date=2012-08-26}}

* Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, 92, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Angra (1979–1996), pneumonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.agencia.ecclesia.pt/cgi-bin/noticia.pl?&id=92240|title=Açores: Morreu D. Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, antigo bispo de Angra|publisher=Agencia.ecclesia.pt|access-date=26 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171626/http://www.agencia.ecclesia.pt/cgi-bin/noticia.pl?&id=92240|archive-date=2016-02-03|url-status=dead}}

Angkarn Kalayanapong, 86, Thai poet and artist, heart disease and diabetes.{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/arts-and-culture/art/309325/national-artist-angkarn-dies|title=National artist Angkarn dies|newspaper=Bangkok Post|date=25 August 2012 |access-date=2012-08-25}}
Eduardo Koaik, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Piracicaba (1984–2002), cancer.{{cite web|url=http://noticias.cancaonova.com/noticia.php?id=287204|title=Morre Dom Eduardo Koaik|publisher=cacaonova.com|date=25 August 2012}} (Portuguese)
V. K. Lakshmanan, 80, Indian politician, MP for Coimbatore East (1991–2006).{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/former-cong-mla-passes-away/1050199.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126024112/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/former-cong-mla-passes-away/1050199.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-26|title=Former Cong MLA passes away|publisher=IBN Live|access-date=2012-08-25}}
Richard Norris, 80, British Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1952).{{cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=19348&itemTitle=Hockey+loses+two+great+contributors§ion=22|title=Hockey loses two great contributors|publisher=England Hockey|date=31 August 2012|access-date=8 September 2012}}
Emilio Pacione, 92, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).{{cite web|url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Obituaries/article/24558/he-had-the-heart-of-a-lion-dundee-united-great-emilio-pacione.html|title=Dundee United great Emilio Pacione dies|publisher=The Courier|access-date=26 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827233514/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Obituaries/article/24558/he-had-the-heart-of-a-lion-dundee-united-great-emilio-pacione.html|archive-date=27 August 2012}}
Manola Saavedra, 76, Spanish-born Mexican actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2012/08/27/C-37668-fallecio-la-actriz-de-el-bolero-de-raquel-manola-saavedra.php|title=Falleció la actriz de 'El bolero de Raquel', Manola Saavedra|publisher=Tvnotas.com.mx|access-date=28 August 2012|language=es|archive-date=30 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830065934/http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2012/08/27/C-37668-fallecio-la-actriz-de-el-bolero-de-raquel-manola-saavedra.php|url-status=dead}}
Pontus Schultz, 40, Swedish journalist, ravine fall during 2012 Haute Route bicycle race.{{cite web|title=Fatality on the Haute Route 2012|url=http://www.hauteroute.org/en/news/view/fatality_on_the_haute_route_2012|work=hauteroute.org|access-date=26 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827185536/http://www.hauteroute.org/en/news/view/fatality_on_the_haute_route_2012|archive-date=27 August 2012}}
Juan Valdez, 74, American land rights activist.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/juan-valdez-land-grant-activist-chicano_n_1837621.html|title=Juan Valdez Dead: Land Grant Activist Who Led New Mexico Courthouse Raid And Inspired Chicano Movement Dies At 74|work=Huffington Post|date=2012-08-28|access-date=September 13, 2012}}

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Russ Alben, 82, American advertising executive.{{cite news|first=Mallory|last=Russell|title=Former Ogilvy Creative Director Russ Alben Dies|url=http://adage.com/article/people-players/ogilvy-creative-director-russ-alben-dies/236893|work=Advertising Age|date=2012-08-28}}
Reginald Bartholomew, 76, American diplomat, cancer.{{cite news|author=Emily Langer|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/diplomat-reginald-bartholomew-dies/2012/08/27/b294731c-f069-11e1-ba17-c7bb037a1d5b_story.html|title=Diplomat Reginald Bartholomew dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2012-08-25|access-date=2012-08-30}}
Jacques Bensimon, 69, Canadian film executive, cancer.{{cite news|title=Jacques Bensimon, former NFB president, dies|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1247523--jacques-bensimon-former-nfb-president-dies|access-date=2012-08-27|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=27 August 2012|agency=The Canadian Press}}
Gérard Bitsindou, 70, Congolese politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=62489&oldaction=liste®pay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=08&select_year=2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102084646/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=62489&oldaction=liste®pay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=08&select_year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-02 |title=Les Dépêches de Brazzaville |publisher=Brazzaville-adiac.com |access-date=2012-08-29 |language=fr }}
Viredo Espinosa, 83, Cuban artist, vascular disease.{{Cite web|url=http://viredo.com/themiamiherald.html|title = Viredo}}
Robert T. Gannett, 94, American politician and lawyer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/multimedia/radio/golden-dome/bios/gannett.htm |title=VFC Radio :: Under the Golden Dome – Robert T. Gannett bio |access-date=2021-05-14 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104428/http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/multimedia/radio/golden-dome/bios/gannett.htm |url-status=dead }}
John Goldkamp, 64, American criminologist, multiple myeloma.{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-02/news/33549675_1_criminal-justice-first-drug-court-department-chair |title=Criminal justice scholar had national influence |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414120505/http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-02/news/33549675_1_criminal-justice-first-drug-court-department-chair |archive-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}
George Gunther, 92, American politician.[http://www.stratfordstar.com/325/george-l-doc-gunther-nd George L. "Doc" Gunther, North Dakota politician, dies|stratfordstar.com], August 28, 2012.
A. K. Hangal, 98, Indian actor, complications from a fall.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/AK-Hangal-passes-away-in-Mumbai/articleshow/15736176.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206010548/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-26/mumbai/33401470_1_veteran-actor-kidney-disease-and-hypertension-history-of-pulmonary-tuberculosis|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-12-06|title=AK Hangal passes away in Mumbai|access-date=2012-08-26|newspaper=The Times of India|date=2012-08-26}}
Countess Alix de Lannoy, 70, Belgian countess, mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy, stroke.{{cite news | url=http://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/mother-of-stephanie-de-lannoy-passes-away-503b2f86e4b0194b2e3a49d4 | title=Mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy passes away | work=Luxemburger Wort | date=27 August 2012 | access-date=5 September 2015 | archive-date=21 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921025146/http://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/mother-of-stephanie-de-lannoy-passes-away-503b2f86e4b0194b2e3a49d4 | url-status=dead }}
Peter L. Shelton, 67, American architect, cancer.{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Leslie|title=Peter Shelton, Architect Who Made Luxury Minimal, Dies at 67|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/design/peter-shelton-architect-who-made-luxury-minimal-dies-at-67.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|access-date=September 2, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 1, 2012}}
Karsten Anker Solhaug, 97, Norwegian salvationist.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karsten Anker Solhaug|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=26 February 2020|url=http://www.snl.no/Karsten_Anker_Solhaug|language=no}}
Alan Steen, 90, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).{{cite web|url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/alan-steen-passes-away-260812-336761.aspx|title=Alan Steen Passes Away|publisher=Wolves.co.uk|access-date=2012-09-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831055321/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/alan-steen-passes-away-260812-336761.aspx|archive-date=2012-08-31}}
Krzysztof Wilmanski, 72, Polish physicist, pancreatic cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.roseschool.it/news/2012/08/64/professor-krzysztof-wilmanski-1940-2012.html|title=Professor Krzysztof Wilmanski (1940–2012) dies|publisher=Roseschool.it|access-date=4 September 2012}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Neville Alexander, 75, South African revolutionary and linguist, cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Neville-Alexander-dies-aged-75-20120827|title=South African revolutionary Neville Alexander dies, aged 75|work=News24|access-date=27 August 2012}}
Aurora Bautista, 86, Spanish film actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.deltaworld.org/cinema/The-actress-Aurora-Bautista-died-in-Madrid-at-the-age-of-86|title=Spanish film actress Aurora Bautista dies in Madrid|publisher=Deltaworld.org|access-date=28 August 2012|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071855/http://www.deltaworld.org/cinema/The-actress-Aurora-Bautista-died-in-Madrid-at-the-age-of-86/|url-status=dead}}
Malcolm Browne, 81, American journalist and photographer (1964 Pulitzer Prize), complications of Parkinson's disease.{{cite news|last=Ilnytzky|first=Ula|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/world/asia/malcolm-w-browne-pulitzer-winner-dies-at-81.html?_r=0|title=Malcolm W. Browne, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Reporter, Dies at 81|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2012-08-28|date=2012-08-28}}
Irwin Cohen, 60, American judoka, amyloidosis and myelodysplastic syndromes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120828/news/708289771/|title = Renowned Olympian, judo coach from Buffalo Grove dies|date = 28 August 2012}}
Tony Dumper, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dudley (1977–1993).[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i327 "Former Bishop of Dudley dies"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121224163808/http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i327 |date=2012-12-24 }}, Diocese of Worcester website, 4 September 2012
Richard L. Fisher, 64, American politician and energy executive, heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://richmond.com/entertainment/former-del-richard-l-fisher-dies-at/article_6cac7e74-a05e-5e14-94fd-2ec6f3d9c80b.html|title=Former del. Richard L. Fisher dies at 64|date=31 August 2012 }}
Art Heyman, 71, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers).{{cite web|url=http://blogs.fayobserver.com/accbasketball/August-2012/Duke-great-Art-Heyman-dies-at-71|title=Duke great Art Heyman dies at 71|publisher=Blogs.fayobserver.com|access-date=2012-08-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829191839/http://blogs.fayobserver.com/accbasketball/August-2012/Duke-great-Art-Heyman-dies-at-71|archive-date=2012-08-29}}
Allan Horsfall, 84, British gay rights activist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/11/allan-horsfall-obituary|title=Allan Horsfall obituary|first=Bob|last=Cant|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 September 2012|location=London}}
Ivica Horvat, 86, Croatian football player and manager.[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203081859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/ivica-horvat-1.html Ivica Horvat, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports]. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
Richard Keyes, 81, American painter.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.aspx?n=richard-keyes&pid=159870330|title= American painter Richard Keyes' obituary|work=Orange County Register|publisher=legacy.com|date=13 September 2012}}
Sir Richard Kingsland, 95, Australian RAAF pilot and public servant.[http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/boys-own-adventures-in-wartime-and-sterling-public-service-20120828-24yol.html Sir Richard Kingsland, noted for Boys Own adventures in wartime and sterling public service, dies]
Geliy Korzhev, 87, Russian painter.{{cite web|url=http://russia-ic.com/news/show/14606#.UD2HDUSGRVv|title=Famous Soviet and Russian Artist Gely Korzhev Passes Away|publisher=Russia-ic.com|access-date=29 August 2012}}
Karl Lennert, 91, German physician and pathologist.{{cite web|url=http://socforheme.org/lennerthomage.pdf|title=Death of Professor Karl Lennert|publisher=socforheme.org|date=September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309031536/http://www.socforheme.org/lennerthomage.pdf|archive-date=2013-03-09}}
Leonard Linsky, 90, American philosopher.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=159514736|title=Obituary for American philosopher Leonard Linsky|publisher=Legacy.com|date=2012-08-27|access-date=2012-09-10}}
Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, 67, Swazi Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Manzini (1985–2012), heart failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.times.co.sz/News/79127.html|title=Bishop Ncamiso Ndlovu is dead|publisher=Times.co.sz|access-date=1 September 2012}}
Antoine Redin, 77, French footballer and football manager.{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/sport/20120827.REU4488/football-deces-d-antoine-redin-decouvreur-de-platini.html?xtor=RSS-31|title=Football: décès d'Antoine Redin, "découvreur" de Platini|publisher=Tempsreel.nouvelobs.com|access-date=28 August 2012}} (French)
Aboud Rogo, 44, Kenyan Islamic cleric, shooting.{{cite news|title='Al-Shabab supporter' Aboud Rogo Mohammed killed in Kenya|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19390888|access-date=29 August 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=27 August 2012}}
Russell Scott, 91, American clown and television host (Blinky's Fun Club), pneumonia.{{cite news|author=Claire Martin|url=http://www.denverpost.com/obituaries/ci_21413831/blinky-clown-denver-tv-icon-more-than-40?IADID=Search-www.denverpost.com-www.denverpost.com|title=Blinky the Clown, Denver TV icon for more than 40 years, dead at 91|newspaper=The Denver Post|access-date=2012-08-28|date=2012-08-28}}
Tomáš Sedláček, 94, Czech general, anti-Nazi resistance member, and political prisoner, melanoma.{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-war-veteran-general-sedlacek-dies-aged-94/833198|title=Czech war veteran General Tomáš Sedlacek dies, aged 94|publisher=Czech News Agency|access-date=27 August 2012}}

* Tao Wei, 46, Chinese football player and commentator, heart attack.[http://news.sohu.com/20120829/n351764024.shtml 警方称陶伟身亡系猝死陶伟家人对死因无异议-搜狐新闻] (Chinese)

Roger J. White, 71, British-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Milwaukee (1985–2003), brain aneurysm.{{cite web|url=http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/08/29/former-diocese-of-milwaukee-bishop-roger-j-white-dies-at-71|title=Former Diocese of Milwaukee Bishop Roger J. White dies at 71|publisher=Episcopaldigitalnetwork.com|access-date=2012-08-30|archive-date=2015-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915163224/http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/08/29/former-diocese-of-milwaukee-bishop-roger-j-white-dies-at-71/|url-status=dead}}
Albert George Wilson, 94, American astronomer.{{cite web|author=American Astronomical Society|url=http://aas.org/baas/obits/obit?Full_Name=Albert_G._Wilson&Date=2012-08-27|title=BAAS Obituary|publisher=Aas.org|access-date=2012-10-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011022523/http://aas.org/baas/obits/obit?Full_Name=Albert_G._Wilson&Date=2012-08-27|archive-date=2012-10-11}}

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Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, 85, Bangladeshi physician and politician.{{Cite web |url=https://m.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/736035.details |title=ডা. আখলাকুল হোসাইন আহমেদের সপ্তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী বুধবার :: BanglaNews24.com mobile |access-date=2020-12-03 |archive-date=2020-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125181406/https://m.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/736035.details |url-status=dead }}
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, 74, Russian Muslim Sufi leader, suicide bomb attack.{{cite news|title=Suicide bombing kills Russian Sufi scholar|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/08/201282994021642619.html|access-date=29 August 2012|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=29 August 2012}}
Sir Rhodes Boyson, 87, British educator, author and politician, MP for Brent North (1974–1997).[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9507100/Sir-Rhodes-Boyson.html Sir Rhodes Boyson dies]
Norm Dussault, 86, American ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).{{cite news|author=Tom Hawthorn|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20120906.TEXT090320120501PMATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|title=globeandmail.com: Habs winger one of the speediest skaters|publisher=V1.theglobeandmail.com|access-date=2012-09-06|location=Toronto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017005834/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20120906.TEXT090320120501PMATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|archive-date=2013-10-17|url-status=dead}}
Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belluno-Feltre (1975–1996).[http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bducoli.html Bishop Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli dies|catholic-hierarchy.org]
Eva Figes, 80, English author.{{cite news|author=Eva Tucker|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/07/eva-figes|title=Eva Figes obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 September 2012|location=London|date=2012-09-07}}
Shulamith Firestone, 67, Canadian-born American feminist writer (The Dialectic of Sex).{{cite news|magazine=Tablet Magazine|author=Butnick, Stephanie|date=August 30, 2012|title=Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012): Leading feminist thinker and activist has died at 67|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/110721/shulamith-firestone-1945-2012|access-date=2012-08-31}}
Dave Fredrickson, 85, American archaeologist, anthropologist, and folk singer.[http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/davefredrickson/history/DAF_Memorial.pdf Memorial program]
William Pascal Kikoti, 55, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mpanda (since 2000), complications of high blood pressure.{{Cite web |url=http://thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/25331-mpanda-catholic-bishop-kikoti-dies.html |title=Mpanda Roman Catholic bishop William Pascal Kikoti dies |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2013-01-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113215254/http://thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/25331-mpanda-catholic-bishop-kikoti-dies.html |url-status=dead }}
Dick McBride, 84, American beat poet.{{cite news|url=http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/9916643.Famous_beat_poet_has_died_aged_84|title=Famous beat poet Dick McBride, of Malvern, has died aged 84|newspaper=Malvern Gazette|date=10 September 2012|access-date=January 27, 2013}}
Saul Merin, 79, Israeli ophthalmologist.{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohneyehospital.org/saul-merin-friend-hospital-group-passes-away-jerusalem |title=Saul Merin, Friend to the Hospital Group, Passes Away in Jerusalem |publisher=St John Eye Hospital |access-date=2012-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102111215/http://www.stjohneyehospital.org/saul-merin-friend-hospital-group-passes-away-jerusalem |archive-date=2013-01-02 }}
K. Pankajakshan, 84, Indian politician, MLA in Kerala (1971–1977, 1980–1991), cardiac arrest.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article3832293.ece |title=Veteran RSP leader K. Pankajakshan passes away |website=The Hindu |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830214622/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article3832293.ece |archive-date=2012-08-30 |url-status=dead }}
Alfred Schmidt, 81, German philosopher.{{cite web|author=Staff |url=http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/kultur/index.jsp?rubrik=5676&key=standard_document_45920605 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205062655/http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/kultur/index.jsp?rubrik=5676&key=standard_document_45920605 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2012 |title=Alfred Schmidt gestorben |publisher=hr-online.de |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=30 August 2012 |language=de }}
Ramón Sota, 74, Spanish golfer, pneumonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/news/newsid=170868.html#ramon+sota|title=Spanish golfer Ramón Sota dead at 74|publisher=PGA European Tour|date=29 August 2012|access-date=27 January 2013}}

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Said Aburish, 77, Palestinian journalist.{{cite news|author=Andrew Lycett|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/06/said-aburish|title=Said Aburish obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 September 2012|location=London|date=2012-09-06}}
Margie Foote, 82, American politician.{{cite web| url = https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/rgj/obituary.aspx?n=margie-foote&pid=159573721| title = Margie Foote Obituary (1929–2012) – Reno, NV – The Reno Gazette Journal and Lyon County News Leader| website = Legacy.com}}
Ruth Goldbloom, 88, Canadian philanthropist, co-founder of the Pier 21 museum, cancer.{{cite news|last=Lee |first=Pat |title=Iconic Nova Scotian philanthropist Ruth Goldbloom passes away |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/130964-iconic-nova-scotian-ruth-goldbloom-passes-away-of-cancer |access-date=2012-08-29 |newspaper=The Halifax Chronicle Herald |date=2012-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830080157/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/130964-iconic-nova-scotian-ruth-goldbloom-passes-away-of-cancer |archive-date=2012-08-30 |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |url-status=dead }}
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 59, British academic and author (The Occult Roots of Nazism), cancer.[http://phoenixrising.org.gr/en/3986/in-memoriam-nicholas-goodrick-clarke-1953-2012/#.UEMl79biYZ4 British academic and author Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1953–2012) dead] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907080924/http://phoenixrising.org.gr/en/3986/in-memoriam-nicholas-goodrick-clarke-1953-2012/ |date=2012-09-07 }}
Shoshichi Kobayashi, 80, Japanese mathematician.{{cite web|url=http://math.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/shoshichi-kobayashi|title=Shoshichi Kobayashio obituary; Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley|publisher=Math.berkeley.edu|access-date=2012-09-13}}
Anne McKnight, 88, American opera singer.[http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/14929789-418/anne-mcnight-opera-star-with-aurora-roots-dies-in-switzerland.html Anne McKnight: Opera star with Aurora roots dies in Switzerland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120082947/http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/14929789-418/anne-mcnight-opera-star-with-aurora-roots-dies-in-switzerland.html |date=2012-11-20 }}, suntimes.com, September 4, 2012
Les Moss, 87, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?n=john-moss-les&pid=159613220#fbLoggedOut|title=John "Les" Moss Funeral notice|access-date=4 September 2012|publisher=Legacy.com}}
Daniel O'Keefe, 84, American author and editor (Reader's Digest), inventor of Festivus.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=DANIEL-OKEEFE&pid=159946083#fbLoggedOut|title=Daniel L. O'Keefe obituary by New York Times|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-10-21}}
Sergei Ovchinnikov, 43, Russian volleyball coach (women's national team), suspected suicide by hanging.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/volleyball-russia-coach-ovchinnikov-dies-aged-43-104753599--oly.html|title=Volleyball: Russia coach Ovchinnikov dies aged 43|date=29 August 2012|access-date=2012-08-29|work=Yahoo! News}}
Jeremy Pope, 76, New Zealand activist and lawyer.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7579981/Top-activist-and-lawyer-dies|title=Top activist and lawyer dies|date=30 August 2012|access-date=30 August 2012|work=Stuff.co.nz}}
Donald E. Tewes, 96, American businessman and politician, Representative from Wisconsin (1957–1959).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?pid=159545961|title=Obituary of American businessman and politician Donald E. Tewes|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-10-21}}
Valyra, 3, British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de Diane (2012), euthanized.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/29/arc-contender-valyra-dies-deauville Arc contender Valyra dies after freak accident on Deauville beach Sport The Guardian]

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Bernardo Bonezzi, 48, Spanish film music composer.[http://www.abc.es/20120830/cultura-musica/abci-muere-bernardo-bonezzi-201208301927.html Muere Bernardo Bonezzi, el triunfador más joven de la Movida] (in Spanish).
Daire Brehan, 55, Irish broadcaster, actress and barrister, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/daire-brehan-dancer-actress-and-barrister-and-broadcaster-on-radio-5-and-the-world-service-8099841.html|title=Daire Brehan: Dancer, actress and barrister, and broadcaster on Radio 5 and the World Service|newspaper=The Independent|date=9 January 2012|location=London|first=Phil|last=Davison}}
L. Macon Epps, 92, American engineer, inventor, author and poet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/venturacountystar/obituary-preview.aspx?n=l-macon-epps&pid=159697325|title = L. Macon Epps Obituary (1920–2012) Ventura County Star|website = Legacy.com}}
Gaeton Fonzi, 76, American investigative journalist, complications from Parkinson's disease.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gaeton-fonzi-journalist-who-investigated-the-assassination-of-john-f-kennedy-8142920.html|title = Gaeton Fonzi: Journalist who investigated the assassination of John F|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 17 September 2012}}
Kristian Fougner, 93, Norwegian engineer and resistance member.[ Ulstein, Ragnar (1990). Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940–1945 (in Norwegian). 2. Cappelen. pp. 35–36, 166–170. ISBN 82-02-12421-2.]
Paul Friedrichs, 72, German motocross racer.{{cite web|url=http://www.msc-teutschenthal.de/paul-friedrichs-verstorben|title=Paul Friedrichs 21.03.1940–30.08.2012|date=30 August 2012|publisher=MSC Teutschenthal|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905053701/http://www.msc-teutschenthal.de/paul-friedrichs-verstorben|archive-date=5 September 2012}}
Bill Kini, 75, New Zealand boxer and rugby player, cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/team-to-honour-northland-sport-legends-memory/1527343|title=Team to honour Northland sport legend Bill Kini|publisher=The Northern Advocate|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103082304/http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/team-to-honour-northland-sport-legends-memory/1527343/|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status=dead}}
Igor Kvasha, 79, Russian actor.[http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=263070 Умер актёр Игорь Кваша] (in Russian).
Carlos Larrañaga, 75, Spanish actor, cardiac decompensation.{{cite web|author=RTVE.es|url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20120830/muere-actor-carlos-larranaga-75-anos/560690.shtml|title=Muere el actor Carlos Larrañaga a los 75 años|date=30 August 2012|publisher=RTVE.es|access-date=1 September 2012|language=es}}
Chris Lighty, 44, American talent manager, co-founder of Violator Entertainment, suicide by gunshot.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hip-hop-manager-chris-lighty-dead-apparent-suicide-bronx-apartment-cops-article-1.1148073|magazine=Billboard|title=Hip-hop manager Chris Lighty dead after shooting himself amid argument with ex-wife in his Bronx apartment|publisher=nydailynews.com|first=Joe|last=Kemp|date=2012-08-30|access-date=2012-08-30|location=New York}}
Nat Peeples, 86, American professional baseball player.{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/sep/02/memphis-area-obituaries-sept-2-2012/?print=1|title=Obituary for Nat Peeples|publisher=Scripps Newspaper Group|access-date=2013-07-25}}
Don Richard Riso, 66, American teacher and author, cancer.{{cite web|title=Public Memorial Service|url=http://app.streamsend.com/ss/1/TauY/2302idaf8q|work=streamsend.com|date=September 3, 2012|access-date=September 3, 2012|archive-date=January 4, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104233919/http://app.streamsend.com/ss/1/TauY/2302idaf8q|url-status=dead}}
Jacek Sempoliński, 85, Polish painter, art professor, critic, and essayist.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvp.pl/kultura/aktualnosci/jacek-sempolinski-nie-zyje/8391338|title=Jacek Sempoliński nie żyje|publisher=tvp.pl|access-date=30 August 2012|language=pl}}
Anton Skulberg, 90, Norwegian scientist and politician, MP for Østfold (1969–1972, 1974–1977).{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostfold/1.8305538|title=Anton Skulberg er død|date=September 2012|publisher=Nrk.no|access-date=2 September 2012|language=no}}
Vidar Theisen, 79, Norwegian meteorologist and weather presenter, Parkinson's disease.[http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article3783313.ece Vidar Theisen er død], Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
Gabriel Vahanian, 85, French Christian theologian.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/education/gabriel-vahanian-85-death-of-god-theologian-dies.html|title=Gabriel Vahanian, French Christian theologian, dies at 85; linked to 'Death of God' Movement|last=Vitello|first=Paul|date=8 September 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=9 September 2012}}
Christopher Williams, 85, British Olympic bobsledder.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/christopher-williams-1.html Christopher Williams]
Xin Kegui, 61, Chinese academic and civil engineer.[http://www.tsinghua.org.cn/alumni/infoSingleArticle.do?articleId=10081675&columnId=10005594 Obituary for Chinese academic and civil engineer Xin Kegui] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171626/http://www.tsinghua.org.cn/alumni/infoSingleArticle.do?articleId=10081675&columnId=10005594 |date=2016-02-03 }} (Chinese)

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Cornelis Christiaan Berg, 78, Dutch botanist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.figweb.org/Research/Kees_Berg/index.htm|title = Kees Berg – FigWeb}}
Max Bygraves, 89, British singer, variety performer, and TV game show host (Family Fortunes), complications from Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|last=Barrett|first=David|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9514188/Max-Bygraves-veteran-entertainer-dies-at-89.html|title=Max Bygraves, veteran entertainer, dies at 89|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=1 September 2012|location=London|date=2012-09-01}}
Lucas Luis Dónnelly, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate.{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bdonnelly|Bishop Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M.|21 January 2015}}
Mark J. Dworkin, 66, Canadian writer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wyattearpexplorers.com/remembering-mark-dworkin.html|title = Remembering Mark Dworkin}}
Rajvinder Kaur Gill, 40, Canadian banker, strangulation.https://www.webcitation.org/6EGjZ0Tua?url=http://www.theprovince.com/news/admits%20killing%20Canadian/7769214/story.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Tom Keating, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), prostate cancer.{{cite news|author=Vic Tafur|url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Ex-Raiders-lineman-Tom-Keating-dies-3839971.php|title=Ex-Raiders lineman Tom Keating dies|publisher=SFGate|access-date=2012-09-06|date=2012-09-05}}
Alan M. Kriegsman, 84, American dance critic (1976 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism), heart disease.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/arts/dance/alan-m-kriegsman-dance-critic-dies-at-84.html?ref=obituaries|title=Alan M. Kriegsman, Dance Critic, Dies at 84|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 2, 2012|first=Alastair|last=Macaulay}}
Kris Kin, 12, American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of The Derby (2003), cervical fracture. (death announced on this date)[http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/stoutes-derby-hero-kris-kin-dies-after-accident-in-libya/1105420/top/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews Stoute's Derby hero Kris Kin dies after accident in Libya Horse Racing News Racing Post] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171626/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/stoutes-derby-hero-kris-kin-dies-after-accident-in-libya/1105420/top/ |date=2016-02-03 }}
Joe Lewis, 68, American martial arts master, actor, brain tumor.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/blackbelttv|title=BlackBelt TV|publisher=Facebook|date=2012-08-04|access-date=2012-09-01}}
Carlo Maria Martini, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1979–2002), Parkinson's disease.{{cite web|author=Agenzia Giornalistica Italia|url=http://www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201208311714-cro-ren1061-cardinal_carlo_maria_martini_dies_aged_85|title=Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini dies at 85|publisher=AGI.it|access-date=1 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902175200/http://www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201208311714-cro-ren1061-cardinal_carlo_maria_martini_dies_aged_85|archive-date=2 September 2012}}
Frank B. McDonald, 87, American astrophysicist.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frank-mcdonald-astrophysicist-whose-work-helped-scientists-explore-space-dies/2012/09/13/e0b0f3bc-fc2e-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html|title=Frank McDonald, U.S. astrophysicist whose work helped scientists explore space, dies|access-date=2012-11-19|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|date=September 13, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Pedro Medina Avendaño, 96, Colombian poet.{{cite web|url=http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/murio-pedro-medina-avendano-compositor-del-himno-de-bogota-18770|title=Murió Pedro Medina Avendaño, compositor del himno de Bogotá|publisher=RCN Radio|date=31 August 2012|access-date=7 December 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201023930/http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/murio-pedro-medina-avendano-compositor-del-himno-de-bogota-18770|archive-date=1 February 2013}}
Steven Smith Mijiga, 74, Malawian civil servant, Post Master General.{{cite web|url=http://www.malawidemocrat.com/latest-news/jb-attends-mijigas-burial-pays-tribute|title=JB attends Mijiga's burial, pays tribute|publisher=The Malawi Democrat|date=3 September 2012|access-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111185659/http://www.malawidemocrat.com/latest-news/jb-attends-mijigas-burial-pays-tribute/|archive-date=11 November 2012}}
Anthony Mathias Mundadan, 88, Indian priest.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927041206/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/fr-mathias-mundadan-remembered/294700-60-116.html Fr Mathias Mundadan remembered]
Kashiram Rana, 74, Indian politician, MLA for Surat East (1975–1980) and MP for Surat (1989–2009), heart attack.{{cite news|date=31 August 2012|title=Former union minister Kashiram Rana dies at 75|newspaper=Business Standard|location=India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/former-union-minister-kashiram-rana-dies-at-75-112083103008_1.html|url-status=live|access-date=31 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005085034/http://business-standard.com/india/news/former-union-minister-kashiram-rana-dies-at-75/184891/on|archive-date=5 October 2012}}
Heraldine Rock, 79, Saint Lucian educator and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.caribjournal.com/2012/09/04/st-lucia-mourns-heraldine-rock-countrys-first-female-parliamentarian|title=St Lucia Mourns Heraldine Rock, Country's First Female Parliamentarian|publisher=Caribbean Journal|date=4 September 2012|access-date=7 September 2012}}
John C. Shabaz, 81, American judge and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1964–1979).{{cite news|last1=Cullen|first1=Sandy|last2=Worland|first2=Gayle|date=31 August 2012|title=Former U.S. District Judge Shabaz dies at 81|work=Wisconsin State Journal|url=https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/former-u-s-district-judge-shabaz-dies-at/article_5f130342-f3b7-11e1-921c-0019bb2963f4.html|url-status=live|access-date=31 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902083655/http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/former-u-s-district-judge-shabaz-dies-at/article_5f130342-f3b7-11e1-921c-0019bb2963f4.html|archive-date=2 September 2012}}
Sergey Sokolov, 101, Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union (1984–1987).{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2012/08/31/n_2508829.shtml|title=Death of Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union (1984–1987)|publisher=Gazeta.ru|date=27 April 2007|access-date=1 September 2012|language=ru}}
Theatrical, 30, Irish-bred American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf (1987), euthanized.[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/72518/theatrical-champion-and-leading-sire-dies Theatrical, Champion and Leading Sire, Dies BloodHorse.com]
Edward Vincent, 78, American politician, first African-American Mayor of Inglewood, California (1983–1996), member of the California State Assembly (1996–2000).{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Valerie J.|date=5 September 2012|title=Edward Vincent dies at 78; first black mayor of Inglewood|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-edward-vincent-20120905-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015065731/https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-edward-vincent-20120905,0,1738491.story|archive-date=15 October 2012}}
Norbert Walter, 67, German economist.{{cite web|url=http://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/wirtschaft.html?&news%5Baction%5D=detail&news%5Bid%5D=5754|title=Norbert Walter; 1944–2012: Ökonom mit ethischem Blick|publisher=Pro-medienmagazin.de|access-date=31 August 2012|language=de|archive-date=28 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028055128/http://pro-medienmagazin.de/wirtschaft.html?&news%5Baction%5D=detail&news%5Bid%5D=5754|url-status=dead}}
Mahmoud El-Gohary, 74, Egyptian football player and coach, complications of a stroke.{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/51/51891/Sports/Egyptian-Football/BREAKING-Egypt-football-icon-ElGohary-dies-aged-.aspx|title=BREAKING: Egypt football icon El-Gohary dies aged 74|publisher=English.ahram.org.eg|date=September 3, 2012|access-date=2013-01-18}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2012-08-01,2012-08-31&adult=include List of August 2012 deaths] at IMDb

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