Notable deaths on August 12

American actor and stunt performer (1929–2024)

British actress, television personality, and dancer (1937–2021)

American football player and coach (1927–2020)

Ivorian musician, singer and record producer (1986–2019)

Canadian professional ice hockey executive and coach

Spanish handball player (1958-2016)

Finnish and American philosopher and logician (1929–2015)

English organist and choirmaster (1956–2015)

Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty

English actor and writer (1926–2015)

Japanese sumo wrestler

Japanese sumo wrestler (1948–2014)

American actress (1924–2014)

Scottish Conservative politician (1952–2013)

German World War II fighter pilot (1917–2013)

American historian (1938–2013)

Portuguese artist (1915–2013)

Russian journalist (1930–2013)

British Labour Co-operative politician and disability rights campaigner

Mexican mayor

American racing driver

American football player and coach (1933–2012)

Polish-American comic book artist (1926–2012)

English radio and television presenter (1927–2011)