Luis Aponte Martínez (August 4, 1922 – April 10, 2012) was a Puerto Rican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of San Juan from 1965 to 1999. He is the only Puerto Rican to have been named a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He participated as an elector in the two conclaves of 1978, which elected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II.
Roald Edgar Aas (25 March 1928 – 18 February 2012) was a speed skater and cyclist from Norway. He was born in Oslo. Aas was the number two speed skater in Norway through the entire 1950s—initially after Hjalmar Andersen, later after Knut Johannesen. He became Norwegian champion once, in 1956, but finished second seven times.
Aas participated in all international championships between 1951 and 1960, almost always finishing in the top ten. He won bronze at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 1958, and at two European Speed Skating Championships, in 1957 and 1960. At the Oslo Winter Olympics, he won bronze on the 1500 m, while at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics in 1960, he finally won gold, shared with Yevgeny Grishin, also in 1500 m.
Aas also was a successful cyclist, winning the 1956 Norwegian Championships in both road cycling and track cycling. For his achievements as both a speed skater and a cyclist, Aas was awarded the prestigious Egebergs Ærespris in 1956.
Until 1956, Aas represented Oslo Idrettslag (Oslo Sports Club) – from 1957 on, he represented Oslo Skøiteklub (Oslo Skating Club). When he ended his skating career, he became a coach at Oslo Skøiteklub.
After his retirement, he worked as a stock manager for Jordan Dental.
Febo Conti (25 December 1926 – 16 December 2012) was an Italian TV and radio presenter and actor.
Born in Bresso, Conti started his career as radio-host in Radio Italia Nord, and then in RTSI. He was best known as host of the RAI TV quiz show Chissà chi lo sa? (trad. "Who knows, who knows?") that put in front two teams of students from different schools with an encyclopedia as the prize. The show was a huge success and it was broadcast for thirteen years. Conti was also co-founder and, between 1975 and 1980, manager of the theme park Gardaland.He joined the Grand Orient of Italy in 1966 and became Grand Master in 1973.
Alida Chelli (23 October 1943 – 14 December 2012) was an Italian singer, and actress. She was mainly known for her appearances in stage musicals.
Vidar Leif Theisen (5 May 1933 – 30 August 2012) was a Norwegian meteorologist, known for his nasal speech and lack of tonal variation during his presentations of the weather forecast. This uncommon speech pattern made him a cult star in Norway, even after his retirement.
Federico A. Cordero (August 18, 1928 – October 9, 2012) was a classical guitarist, lawyer, and politician.
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen (Ragnhild Alexandra; 9 June 1930 – 16 September 2012), was the eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. She was the older sister of King Harald V and Princess Astrid. She was the first Norwegian royal to have been born in Norway since the Middle Ages. In 1953 she married the industrialist Erling Lorentzen, a member of the Lorentzen family of shipping magnates. In the same year they moved to Brazil, where her husband was an industrialist and a main owner of Aracruz Celulose. She lived in Brazil until her death 59 years later.
Although she was the King's eldest child, she was never in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne, owing to Norway's law of agnatic succession. She was in the line of succession to the British throne, and occupied the 16th and 17th place in that succession line during her childhood and youth.
Hervé Marie Le Cléac'h SS. CC. (11 March 1915 – 13 August 2012) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Hervé Marie Le Cléac'h was born in Dinéault, France, and was ordained a priest on 18 December 1943 from the Roman Catholic religious institute, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Hervé-Marie Le Cléac'h was appointed Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenatal on 1 March 1973 and received his episcopal consecration on 24 June 1973. He resigned governance of the see on 31 May 1986. Le Cléac'h died on 13 August 2012.In January 1997 he was made an officer of the Order of Tahiti Nui.
Jacques André Marie Jullien (7 May 1929 – 10 December 2012) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, France.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, Jullien was named bishop in 1978 and resigned in 1998.
Maurice Paul Delorme (November 20, 1919 – December 27, 2012) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Delorme was born in Lyon, and ordained to the priesthood on October 11, 1942, in Lyon. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lyon as well as titular bishop of Ottocium on October 2, 1975, and ordained a bishop on November 16, 1975. Delorme remained auxiliary bishop of Lyon until his retirement on December 3, 1994, and continued to serve as titular bishop of Ottocium until his death in Lyon, aged 93.