Dead Celebrities 2012
This list can change daily!
Some deaths
don't make the major news feeds the day they happen.
I add them as soon as I see them. Some have taken as long as a week to
appear.
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| JANUARY | |
| 2011 | Born January 1, 2011. Died December 31, 2011 2012: The Year of the Myans |
| Bob Anderson | Age 89. Died January 01, 2012 Actor - Darth Vader's Sword Fighting Double in "Star Wars" |
| Fred Milano | Age 72. Died January 01, 2012 Singer - Dion and the Belmonts "A Teenager in Love" |
| Jimmy Castor | Age 71. Died January 16, 2012 Singer - "It's Just Begun", "Troglodyte" |
| Johnny Otis | Age 90. Died January 17, 2012 Singer - "Willie and the Hand Jive" |
| Etta James | Age 73. Died January 20, 2012 Singer - "At Last" |
| Dick Tufeld | Age 85. Died January 22, 2012 Voice Actor/Announcer - "Lost in Space(Robot)", "The Time Tunnel", "Space Patrol" |
| James Farentino | Age 73. Died January 24, 2012 Actor - "ER", "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" |
| Robert Hegyes | Age 60. Died January 26, 2012 Actor - "Welcome Back Kotter" |
| Dimitra Arliss | Age 79. Died January 26, 2012 Actress - "The Sting", "Firefox" |
| Ian Abercrombie | Age 77. Died January 26, 2012 Actor - "Seinfeld", "The Molly McGuires", "Northern Exposure" |
| John Rich | Age 86. Died January 29, 2012 Director - "All in the Family", "The Dick VanDyke Show", "Gilligan's Island", "Bonanza" |
| Leslie Carter | Age 25. Died January 31, 2012 Singer - "Shrek Soundtrack" |
| February | |
| Don Cornelius | Age 75. Died February 01, 2012 Creator - "Soul Train" |
| Ben Gazzara | Age 81. Died February 03, 2012 Actor - "Road House" |
| Nello Ferrara | Age 93. Died February 03, 2012 Inventor - "Atomic Fireballs and Lemonheads Candy" |
| Bill Hinzman | Age 75. Died February 05, 2012 Actor/Zombie - "Night of the Living Dead" |
| Sam Coppola | Age 79. Died February 05, 2012 Actor - "Saturday Night Fever", "The Sopranos", "Serpico" |
| Peter Breck | Age 82. Died February 06, 2012 Actor - "The Big Valley", "Branded" |
| Whitney Houston | Age 48. Died February 11, 2012 Singer - "Saving All My Love For You" |
| Zina Bethune | Age 66. Died February 12, 2012 Actress - "Emergency", "Party of Five" |
| Elyse Knox | Age 94. Died February 16, 2012 Actress - "The Mummy's Tomb" |
| Michael Davis | Age 68. Died February 17, 2012 Bass Player - "MC5" |
| Sullivan Walker | Age 68. Died February 20, 2012 Actor - "The Cosby Show" |
| Jan Berenstain | Age 88. Died February 25, 2012 Author - "The Berenstain Bears" Editor's Note: Her Husband Stan died in 2005. |
| Davy Jones | Age 66. Died February 29, 2012 Singer/Actor - "The Monkees", "The Brady Bunch" |
| March | |
| Jerome Courtland | Age 85. Died March 01, 2012 Actor/Producer/Director - "The Flying Nun", "Dynasty" |
| Steve Bridges | Age 48. Died March 03, 2012 Comic/Impersonator - George W. Bush |
| Leonardo Cimino | Age 94. Died March 03, 2012 Actor - "The Freshman", "Dune", "Moonstruck" |
| Joan Taylor | Age 82. Died March 04, 2012 Actress/Producer - "The Rifleman", original "Hawaii Five-O" |
| Robert B. Sherman | Age 86. Died March 05, 2012 Song Writer - "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "Chim Chim Cheree" ...Mary Poppins Score Editor's Note: He and his brother Richard wrote "It's a Small World", songs for "The Jungle Book", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "The Aristocrats", "The Tigger Movie" and over 150 other songs for Disney. If you've sung along with a Disney Movie, they probably wrote what you sang. "Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest height! Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring...." You're singing, aren't you? These guys made us all sing! |
| Warren Stevens | Age 92. Died March 27, 2012 Actor - "Forbidden Planet" |
| Earl Scruggs | Age 88. Died March 28, 2012 Bluegrass Banjo Player - "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Editor's Note: Aw Gee......I love a great Banjo Player and Earl Scruggs was the best. R.I.P. |
| Luke Askew | Age 80. Died March 29, 2012 Actor - "Easy Rider", "Big Love" |
| April | |
| Mike Wallace | Age 93. Died April 07, 2012 Interviewer - "60 Minutes" |
| Carol Adams | Age 94. Died April 09, 2012 Actress - "Mickey McGuire Series", "Ridin' on a Rainbow" |
| Jonathan Frid | Age 87. Died April 13, 2012 Actor - "Dark Shadows" |
| William Finley | Age 69. Died April 14, 2012 Actor - "The Phantom of Paradise" |
| Paul Bogart | Age 92. Died April 15, 2012 Director - "All in the Family" |
| Teddy Charles | Age 84. Died April 16, 2012 Vibrophonist/Composer - Various Jazz Groups |
| Dick Clark | Age 82. Died April 18, 2012 Host - "American Bandstand", "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" |
| Greg Ham | Age 58. Died April 19, 2012 Band Member - "Men at Work" |
| Levon Helm | Age 71. Died April 19, 2012 Singer/Drummer - "The Band" |
| Patricia Medina | Age 92. Died April 28, 2012 Actress - "Mr. Arkadin", "Francis" |
| May | |
| Adam Yauch (MCA) | Age 47. Died May 04, 2012 Rapper - Beastie Boys |
| "Sweet Joe" Russel | Age 72. Died May 05, 2012 Singer - Persuasions |
| George Lindsey | Age 83. Died May 06, 2012 Actor - "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| Joyce Redman | Age 96. Died May 10, 2012 Actress - "Tom Jones", "Othello" |
| Donald "Duck" Dunn | Age 70. Died May 13, 2012 Bassist - Booker T and the Mg's, Blues Brothers Band |
| Mitchell Guist | Age 47. Died May 14, 2012 Co-Star - Swamp People |
| Doug Dillard | Age 75. Died May 16, 2012 Banjo Player - "The Darlings on Andy Griffith" |
| Chuck Brown | Age 75. Died May 16, 2012 Godfather of GoGo - "Bustin' Loose" |
| Donna Summer | Age 63. Died May 17, 2012 Singer - "Last Dance" |
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