March 21, 2012

2012Albrecht Dietz, German economist and businessman (born 1926)^[†]

Albrecht Dietz was a German entrepreneur and scientist who founded the first leasing company in Germany. He was considered to be one of the pioneers and founding fathers of the German leasing industry. His publications on economic subjects ranged from leasing and corporate management to institutions and evolutionary economics.

2012Ron Erhardt, American football player and coach (born 1931)^[†]

Ronald Peter Erhardt was an American football coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. From 1979 to 1981 he served as head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s New England Patriots.

2012Robert Fuest, English director, screenwriter, and production designer (born 1927)^[†]

Robert Fuest was an English film and television director, screenwriter, production designer, and painter, who worked mostly in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres.

2012Tonino Guerra, Italian poet and screenwriter (born 1920)^[†]

Antonio "Tonino" Guerra was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Federico Fellini.

2012Irving Louis Horowitz, American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1929)^[†]

Irving Louis Horowitz was an American sociologist, author, and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field. He proposed a quantitative index for measuring a country's quality of life, and helped to popularize "Third World" as a term for the poorer nations of the Non-Aligned Movement. He was considered by many to be a neoconservative, although he maintained that he had no political adherence.

2012Yuri Razuvaev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1945)^[†]

Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev Russian: Ю́рий Серге́евич Разува́ев was a Russian chess player and trainer.