September 12, 2012

2012Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (born 1946)^[†]

Arkadii Trofimovich Dragomoshchenko was a Russian poet, writer, translator, and lecturer. He is considered the foremost representative of language poetry in contemporary Russian literature.

2012Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1938)^[†]

Jon Douglas Finlayson was an Australian stage and screen character actor, radio performer, writer, director, producer and singer

2012Derek Jameson, English journalist and broadcaster (born 1929)^[†]

Derek Jameson was an English tabloid journalist and broadcaster. He began his career in the media in 1944 as a messenger at Reuters and worked his way up to become the editor of several British tabloid newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s.

2012Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded Sims Snowboards (born 1950)^[†]

Tom Sims was an American athlete, inventor, and entrepreneur. Sims was World Snowboarding Champion (1983), World Champion Skateboarder (1975), and founder of SIMS Snowboards and SIMS Skateboards. He lived in Santa Barbara, California, from 1971 until his death.