2012 Celebrity Deaths

Dick%20Clark%2C%2082%2C%20television%20host%20and%20personality%20%28heart%20attack%29

Davy%20Jones%2C%2066%2C%20lead%20singer%20of%20the%20Monkees%20%28heart%20attack%29

Donna%20Summer%2C%2063%2C%20singer%20best%20known%20for%20her%20disco%20anthems%20including%20%22Last%20Dance%22%20and%20%22She%20Works%20Hard%20for%20the%20Money%22%20%28lung%20cancer%29

Etta%20James%2C%2073%2C%20singer%20and%20songwriter%20best%20known%20for%20%22At%20Last%22%20and%20%22Dance%20With%20Me%22%20%28leukemia%29

George%20McGovern%2C%2090%2C%20former%20U.S.%20Representative%2C%20Senator%20and%20the%201972%20Democratic%20presidential%20nominee%20%28natural%20causes%29

Gore%20Vidal%2C%2086%2C%20novelist%2C%20essayist%2C%20playwright%2C%20screenwriter%2C%20social%20critic%20and%20political%20activist%20%28pneumonia%29

Jerry%20Nelson%2C%2078%2C%20voice%20actor%20and%20puppeteer%20best%20known%20for%20voicing%20the%20Count%20on%20Sesame%20Street%20%28unspecified%20causes%29

Joe%20Paterno%2C%2085%2C%20longtime%20college%20football%20coach%20%28lung%20cancer%29

Johnny%20Lewis%2C%2028%2C%20actor%20best%20known%20for%20his%20role%20on%20the%20television%20show%20%22Sons%20of%20Anarchy%22%20%28apparent%20suicide%29

Larry%20Hagman%2C%2081%2C%20actor%20best%20known%20for%20his%20roles%20on%20%E2%80%9CI%20Dream%20Of%20Jeannie%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9CDallas%E2%80%9D%20%28throat%20cancer%29

Maurice%20Sendak%2C%2083%2C%20children%27s%20author%20and%20illustrator%20best%20known%20for%20%22Where%20The%20Wild%20Things%20Are%22

Michael%20Clarke%20Duncan%2C%2054%2C%20actor%20best%20known%20for%20his%20movie%20roles%20in%20%22The%20Green%20Mile%2C%22%20%22Daredevil%22%20and%20%22Armageddon%22%20%28heart%20attack%29

Mike%20Wallace%2C%2093%2C%20longtime%20news%20correspondent%20%28natural%20causes%29

Neil%20Armstrong%2C%2082%2C%20astronaut%20and%20the%20first%20person%20to%20walk%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28blocked%20coronary%20arteries%29

Nora%20Ephron%2C%2071%2C%20writer%2C%20producer%20and%20director%20best%20known%20for%20%22Sleepless%20in%20Seattle%22%20and%20%22When%20Harry%20Met%20Sally%22%20%28leukemia%29

Phyllis%20Diller%2C%2095%2C%20iconic%20comedian%20%28natural%20causes%29

Ray%20Bradbury%2C%2091%2C%20science%20fiction%20author%20best%20know%20for%20writing%20%22Fahrenheit%20451%22%20and%20%22The%20Martian%20Chronicles%22%20%28natural%20causes%29

Rodney%20King%2C%2047%2C%20victim%20of%20the%20infamous%20police%20brutality%20case%20against%20four%20LAPD%20officers%20in%201991%20%28accidental%20drowning%29

Sage%20Stallone%2C%2036%2C%20actor%2C%20producer%20and%20son%20of%20Sylvester%20Stallone%20%28heart%20attack%29

Sally%20Ride%2C%2061%2C%20astronaut%20and%20first%20woman%20in%20space%20%28pancreatic%20cancer%29

Sherman%20Hemsley%2C%2074%2C%20actor%20best%20known%20for%20his%20roles%20on%20%22All%20in%20the%20Family%22%20and%20%22The%20Jeffersons%22%20%28natural%20causes%29

Tony%20Scott%2C%2068%2C%20producer%20and%20director%20best%20known%20for%20%22Top%20Gun%2C%22%20%22True%20Romance%22%20and%20%22Crimson%20Tide%22%20%28suicide%29

Vidal%20Sassoon%2C%2084%2C%20Hollywood%20hairdresser%20and%20businessman%20%28leukemia%29

Whitney%20Houston%2C%2048%2C%20gospel-trained%20pop%20diva%20%28accidental%20drowning%29