List of Famous people who died in 2012
Monica Lochner-Fischer
Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín was a Peruvian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Peru from January 31, 1973 to February 1, 1975. He was born in Barranco.
Rosemary Sonia Gottschalk
Leo Erb
Luis Aponte Martínez
Luis Aponte Martínez was Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan in Puerto Rico. To date he is the only Puerto Rican to have been elevated to a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of San Juan for 34 years. He was a Cardinal Elector in the two conclaves of 1978 responsible for the elections of Popes John Paul I and John Paul II.
Joseph Murray
Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.
Sophie Mary Trafford
Wolf Gerlach
Tom Tellefsen
Tom Tellefsen was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Asker. He was married to actress Rut Tellefsen from 1955 to 1962. He made his film debut in 1949, in Arne Skouen's Gategutter, and also played in Circus Fandango from 1954 and Blodveien from 1955. His stage debut was at Det Norske Teatret in 1959, and he worked at this theatre until his retirement in 2001. Among his later films are Smuglere from 1968, Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland from 1970, Bør Børson Jr. and Kimen from 1974 and Hard asfalt from 1986. He also contributed to television and radio.
Viktor Kosichkin
Viktor Ivanovich Kosichkin was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.