2012 deaths
From Hoopedia
| September | ||||
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| September 22 |  Marv Kessler
| 82 | American Head/Asstistant coach / NBA Scout | |
| September 18 | Ralph Abraham
| 63 | American former College basketball player | |
| August | ||||
| August 27 | Art Heyman
| 71 | American retired professional player | |
| August 17 |  Pal Bogar
| 84 | Hungarian former International player (Hungarian National Team) | |
| August 6 | Dan Roundfield
| 59 | retired American professional basketball Power forward | drowning |
| August 4 | Arnie Risen
| 87 | retired American Hall of Fame professional basketball Center | |
| August 2 |  Ruy de Freitas
| 95 | former Brazilian Olympic player (1948 Olympics bronze medalist) | |
| July | ||||
| July 26 | Neil Reed
| 36 | former college basketball player (1994-1999), Bob Knight incident victim | heart attack |
| July 13 | Warren_Jabali
| 65 | former professional player (ABA) (1968-1975) | heart failure |
| July 9 | Kenny Heitz
| 65 | former men's college basketball player (UCLA, 1967-1969) | cancer |
| June | ||||
| June 26 | Pat Cummings
| 55 | former professional player, NBA & CBA (USA) (1978-1993) | |
| June 24 |  Heino Kruus
| 85 | former Olympic basketball player | |
| Ted Luckenbill
| 72 | former professional player (1961-1964) | cancer | |
| June 8 | Peter Brennan
| 75 | former professional player (1958-1959) | prostate cancer |
| June 2 | LeRoy Ellis
| 72 | former professional player (1962-1976) | cancer |
| May 31 | Orlando Woolridge
| 52 | former professional player and former coach | heart disease |
| May 30 | Jack Twyman
| 78 | former Hall of Fame professional player (1955-1966) | |
| May 19 | Bob Boozer
| 75 | retired American Olympic/Professional player (1959-1971) | brain aneurysm |
| May 6 | Pat Frink
| 67 | former American professional player (1968-69) | automobile accident |
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! colspan="5" style="text-align: center; font-size: 105%; color:#000000; background-color:#dcdcdc"|April 2012
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|Date
|Nat./Player
|Age
|Career
|Cause
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | April 15
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Dwayne Schintzius
|43
|American professional player (1990-2003)
| respiratory failure
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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 105%; color:#000000; background-color:#dcdcdc"|March 2012
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | March 23
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Lonnie Wright (age 68) former American professional player (1967-1972), heart failure
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | March 11
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Dick Harter, (age 81), American college/professional coach (1966-2000's).
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | March 8
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Charlie Hoag, (age 81), former American Olympic player (1952 Olympics Gold medalist).
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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 105%; color:#000000; background-color:#dcdcdc"| February 2012
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | February 16
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Gene Vance, (age 88), former American professional player (1947-1952)
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | February 7
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Jim Dinwiddie, (age 63), former American player, suicide by gunshot
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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 105%; color:#000000; background-color:#dcdcdc"| January 2012
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | January 28
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Joseph Curran, (age 89), former American College coach (1953-1959).
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | January 10
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Jack Heron, (85), former American College coach. (1968-1978, 1979-1984).
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | January 5
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 
Alexander Sizonenko, (age 52), former Russian player (c. 1970's-1980's)
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | January 3
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Gene Bartow (age 81) retired American college basketball coach, stomach cancer
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| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | January 2
| colspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Jim Huber, (age 67), American sports commentator
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