December 29, 2012

2012Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938)^[†]

Mike Auldridge was an American Dobro player and a founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. The New York Times described Auldridge as "one of the most distinctive dobro players in the history of country and bluegrass music while widening its popularity among urban audiences". He also worked as a graphic artist.

2012Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946)^[†]

Anthony William Greig was a South African-born cricketer and commentator. Greig qualified to play for the England cricket team by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. Greig was captain of England from 1975 to 1977, and captained Sussex. His younger brother, Ian, also played Test cricket, while several other members of his extended family played at first-class level.

2012Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923)^[†]

Roland Griffiths-Marsh, was an Australian soldier and author.

2012Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927)^[†]

Edward Meneeley was an American artist who created paintings, sculptures, and prints.

2012Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926)^[†]

Benjamin Frederick Overton was a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.

2012William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928)^[†]

William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and in the 1980s was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and Vice-Chairman of the BBC's Board of Governors. He was the father of the politicians Sir Jacob and Annunziata Rees-Mogg.

2012Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936)^[†]

Salvador Reyes Monteón was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Guadalajara with 122 goals and 7 championships. Reyes won his first championship in 1957, from then on the club became unstoppable, winning six more titles. He was the last member from the club to win Campeon de Goleo until Omar Bravo won it on April 28, 2007, with 11 goals. It had been 45 years since a player from Guadalajara won the Campeon de Goleo.

2012Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)^[†]

Paulo Soares da Rocha was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, O Desejado was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.

2012Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933)^[†]

Bruce Stark was an American artist noted for his caricatures of entertainment and sports figures.

2012Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918)^[†]

Ignacy Tokarczuk was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

2012A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.^[†]

The Tupolev Tu-204 is a twin-engined medium-range narrow-body jet airliner capable of carrying 210 passengers, designed by Tupolev and produced by Aviastar-SP and Kazan Aircraft Production Association. First introduced in 1995, it was intended to be broadly equivalent to the Boeing 757, with slightly lower range and payload, and had competitive performance and fuel efficiency in its class.