List of Famous people who died in 2012

George Bowers was an American film director, editor and producer. He had nearly thirty credits as a feature-film editor in a career spanning nearly forty years.

Makoto Satō 18 March 1934 – 6 December 2012 was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2008.

Benedetto Ghiglia was an Italian composer, conductor and pianist.

Madhav S Shinde, credited as M. S. Shinde, was a Bollywood film editor who edited over 100 films, notably the cult hit Sholay (1975). Other notables films he worked on include Seeta Aur Geeta, Brahmachari, Shaan and Chamatkar. He received the Filmfare Best Editor award for Sholay in 1975.

Winston Houghton Rekert was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider.

Abdesslam Yassine was the leader of the Moroccan Islamist organisation Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane.

Christa Williams was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Tarak Mekki was a Tunisian businessman and political figure. He declared himself as an opponent to the president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and a candidate to his succession. Mekki was one of the few political opponents calling for an immediate end to the Ben Ali regime, and his prosecution for corruption and torture.