August 27, 2012

2012Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (born 1936)^[†]

Neville Edward Alexander OLS was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow prisoner of Nelson Mandela.

2012Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (born 1931)^[†]

Malcolm Wilde Browne was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.

2012Art Heyman, American basketball player (born 1941)^[†]

Arthur Bruce Heyman was an American professional basketball player. Playing for Duke University in college, in 1963 he was USBWA Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year, Helms Foundation College Player of the Year, a consensus first-team All-American, ACC Player of the Year, and ACC Athlete of the Year. That year he was the first overall pick in the first round of the 1963 NBA draft. He went on to have a 310-game professional career in the NBA and ABA.

2012Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1926)^[†]

Ivan "Ivica" Horvat was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and manager.

2012Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (born 1916)^[†]

Sir Richard Kingsland, was an Australian RAAF pilot known for being the youngest Australian group captain at age 29. He later became a senior public servant, heading the Departments of the Interior, Repatriation, and Veterans' Affairs.

2012Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (born 1925)^[†]

Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov was a Soviet and Russian painter.