June 12, 2012

2012Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930)^[†]

Hector Bianciotti was an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie Française.

2012Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917)^[†]

Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen or the "Grande Dame of German Psychoanalysis" as she was often referred to as, was a German psychoanalyst who focused mainly on the themes of feminism, female sexuality, and the national psychology of post-war Germany.

2012Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (born 1946)^[†]

Medin Zhega was an Albanian professional football manager and player, who played as a forward.

2012Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)^[†]

Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons", which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson; she was the first woman to win the prize.

2012Pahiño, Spanish footballer (born 1923)^[†]

Manuel Fernández Fernández, known as Pahiño, was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

2012Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (born 1942)^[†]

Francis John Walker, QC was an Australian politician and judge. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Georges River between 1970 and 1988 and subsequently a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Robertson between 1990 and 1996, both for the Australian Labor Party. During his parliamentary careers, Walker held a range of ministerial responsibilities. He was the first New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and was responsible for some of the first legislation that recognised the obligation to financially compensate indigenous Australians for the loss of their land. He has been given credit for achieving one of the first big breakthroughs in the protection of Australia's natural environment, the saving of the Terania Creek rainforest.