The people we lost in 2012
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JANUARY: Blues singer Etta James, 73 (1938 – 2012). (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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JANUARY: American college football coach Joe Paterno, 85 (1926 – 2012). (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
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JANUARY: Czech-born writer Josef Skvorecky, 87 (1924 – 2012). (Photo by Tomas Krist/isifa/Getty Images)
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FEBRUARY: Television host and producer, Don Cornelius, 75 (1936 – 2012). (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)
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FEBRUARY: Actor Ben Gazzara, 81, (1930 – 2012). (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)
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FEBRUARY: Singer Whitney Houston, 48 (1963 – 2012). (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
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FEBRUARY: Davy Jones of The Monkees, 66 (1945 – 2012). (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage)
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MARCH: Goalkeeper coach of Napoli, Francesco Mancini, 43 (1968–2012). Photo: Claudio Villa /Allsport
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MARCH: Actor Garry Walberg, 90 (1921 – 2012) (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
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APRIL: Radio and television personality, Dick Clark, 82 (1929 – 2012). (Photo by Andrew Walker/ DCNYRE2011/Getty Images for DCP)
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APRIL: Artist Thomas Kinkade, 54 (1958 – 2012). (Photo by Joey Foley/Getty Images)
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APRIL: Journalist and gameshow host, Mike Wallace, 93 (1918 – 2012). (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
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MAY: Singer Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, 62 (1949 – 2012). (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Getty Images)
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MAY: Mary Richardson Kennedy, the wife of Robert Kennedy, 52. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro/FilmMagic)
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MAY: 'Where the Wild Things Are,' author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, 83 (1928 – 2012). (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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MAY: American singer Donna Summer, 63 (1948 – 2012). (Photo by William Volcov/News Free/LatinContent/Getty Images).
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MAY:Recording Artist Doc Watson, 89 (1923 – 2012). (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
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MAY: Original member of the group the Beastie Boys and filmmaker Adam Yauch, 47 (1964 -2012). (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
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JUNE: Author Ray Bradbury, 91, (1920 - 2012). (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)
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JUNE: Director Nora Ephron, 71 (1941 – 2012). (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
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JUNE: Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, 96 (1915 – 2012). (Photo Yaakov Sa'ar/GPO via Getty Images)
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JUNE: Actor Yvette Wilson, 48, (1964 – 2012). (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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JULY: Ernest Borgnine (McHale), 95 (1917 – 2012). (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)
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JULY: Actor, Andy Griffith, 86 (1926 – 2012). (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)
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JULY: Actor Sherman Hemsley, 74 (1938 – 2012) (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)
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JULY: Rajesh Khanna , Bollywood actor, film producer and politician, 69 (1942 – 2012). Photo Getty Images
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JULY: Actress Lupe Ontiveros, 69 (1942 – 2012). (Photo by Brian To/FilmMagic)
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JULY: Former NASA Astronaut Sally Ride, 61 (1951 – 2012). (Photo by Amy Graves/WireImage)
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JULY: The actor son of big screen star Sylvester Stallone - Sage Stallone, 36 (1976 – 2012). (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)
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JULY: The former head of the Egyptian intelligence services, General Omar Suleiman, 76 (1936 – 2012). (Photo by Hussein Hussein/PPO via Getty Images)
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JULY: Country music singer Kitty Wells, 92 (1919 – 2012). (Photo by R. Diamond/WireImage)
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AUGUST: The first man on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, 82 (1930 – 2012) (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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AUGUST: Comedienne Phyllis Diller, 95 (1917 – 2012). (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
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AUGUST: Author Helen Gurley Brown, 90 (1922 – 2012). (Photo by Bennett Raglin/WireImage)
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AUGUST: Composer Marvin Hamlisch, 68 (1944 – 2012). (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
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AUGUST: Rodney King, 47, (1965 – 2012) whose beating at the hands of police after a high speed chase set off the L A riots of 1991.. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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AUGUST: MTV's 'Real World XX star Joey Kovar, 29 (1983 - 2012). (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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AUGUST: Director Tony Scott, 67 (1944 – 2012). (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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SEPTEMBER: Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, (1957 – 2012). (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
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SEPTEMBER: General Hospital actor John Ingle, 84 (1928 – 2012) (Photo by Carol Kaelson/ABC via Getty Images)
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SEPTEMBER: Egyptian legendary actor Ahmed Ramzi, 82 (1930 - 2012)
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SEPTEMBER: Pop singer Andy Williams, 84 (1927 – 2012) - Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank
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OCTOBER: Indian TV star, Jaspal Bhatti, 57 (1955 -2012)
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OCTOBER: Bollywood film director Yash Chopra, 80 (1932 – 2012) (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
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OCTOBER: Actor Gary Collins, 74 (1938 – 2012) (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
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OCTOBER: Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people, Russell Means, 72 (1939 – 2012). (Photo by John Sciulli/WireImage)
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OCTOBER: American actress and rapper Natina Reed, 32 (1979 – 2012). (Photo by Online USA)
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NOVEMBER: Actor Larry Hagman, 81 (1931-2012). (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)