October 21, 2012

2012Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)^[†]

Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of several awards, including 6 National Film Awards and 8 Filmfare Awards. He is considered among the best Hindi filmmakers, particularly known and admired for his romantic films with strong female leads. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001, and the Padma Bhushan in 2005. In 2006, British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented him with a lifetime membership, making him the first Indian to receive the honour.

2012Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)^[†]

Antoni Dobrowolski was a Polish educator, teacher and Holocaust survivor. At the time of his death in 2012, Dobrowolski was the oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

2012Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)^[†]

Jaroslav Kozlík was a Czech educator and theorist of education, a senior member of the Sokol movement, and a volleyball player. He was a pioneer of volleyball and a former volleyball champion of Czechoslovakia. He was the author of 30 books and over 300 articles, mostly devoted to the theory of education and sports organizations. Kozlík developed the concept of physical education for primary schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Until his death, Kozlík was active in the Sokol organization, criticizing its current administration for a lack of edificatory impingement on society and youth.

2012Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)^[†]

Alfred Khumalo, better known as Alf Kumalo, was a South African documentary photographer and photojournalist.

2012George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)^[†]

George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 U.S. presidential election.