Notable Deaths 2012
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
(1934-2012)Fontella Bass
(1940-2012)Charles Durning
(1923-2012)Jack Klugman
(1922-2012)Ben Williams
(1927-2012)Sen. Daniel Inouye
(1924-2012)Ravi Shankar
(1920-2012)Jenni Rivera
(1969-2012)Dave Brubeck
(1920-2012)Larry Hagman
(1931-2012)Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho
(1962-2012)Deborah Raffin
(1953-2012)Natina Reed
(1979-2012)Russell Means
(1939-2012)George McGovern
(1922-2012)Sylvia Kristel
(1952-2012)Arlen Specter
(1930-2012)Gary Collins
(1938-2012)Alex Karras
(1935-2012)Antoine Ashley a.k.a "Sahara Davenport"
(1984-2012)Johnny Lewis
(1983-2012)Andy Williams
(1927-2012)Steve Sabol, NFL Films President
(1942-2012)John Ingle
(1928-2012)Michael Clark Duncan
(1957-2012)Hal David
(1921-2012)Neil Armstrong
(1930-2012)Jerry Nelson
(1934-2012)Phyllis Diller
(1917-2012)Tony Scott
(1944-2012)Scott McKenzie
(1939-2012)Ron Palillo
(1949-2012)Helen Gurley Brown
(1922-2012)Marvin Hamlisch
(1944-2012)Tony Sly
(1970-2012)Gore Vidal
(1925-2012)Tony Martin
(1913-2012)Lupe Ontiveros
(1942-2012)Chad Everett
(1936-2012)Sherman Hemsley
(1938-2012)Sally Ride
(1951-2012)Frank Pierson
(1925-2012)Tom Davis
(1952-2012)Kitty Wells
(1919-2012)Jon Lord
(1941-2012)Celeste Holm
(1917-2012)Richard Zanuck
(1934-2012)Sage Stallone
(1976-2012)Ernest Borgnine
(1917-2012)Andy Griffith
(1926-2012)Ben Davidson
(1940-2012)Don Grady
(1944-2012)Nora Ephron
(1941-2012)R.C. Owens
(1933-2012)Rodney King
(1965-2012)Yvette Wilson
(1964-2012)Ann Rutherford
(1920-2012)Bob Welch
(1945-2012)Ray Bradbury
(1920-2012)Kathryn Joosten
(1939 – 2012)Richard Dawson
(1932-2012)Doc Watson
(1923-2012)Janet Carroll
(1940-2012)Robin Gibb
(1949-2012)Donna Summer
(1948-2012)Vidal Sassoon
(1928-2012)Maurice Sendak
(1928-2012)George Lindsey
(1928-2012)Adam "MCA" Yauch
(1964-2012)Junior Seau
(1969-2012)Jonathan Frid
(1924–2012)Dick Clark
(1929 - 2012)Levon Helm
(1940-2012)Mike Wallace
(1918-2012)Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)Warren Stevens
(1919-2012)Earl Scruggs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS/AP) - Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, died Wednesday, March 28th, 2012. He was 88.[ READ MORE: Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at 88 ]
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