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Notable deaths of 2012

Published: Jan 25 2012 10:45:32 AM EST Updated On: Dec 25 2012 06:02:09 PM EST

From legendary singers to legendary actors, take a look back at the notable deaths of 2012.

Charles Durning — 1 / 73

Mario Anzuoni / Reuters

You may not know his name, but anyone who watches movies and television knows the squat, tough-faced character actor Charles Durning, who died on Christmas Eve, according to his family.

Charles Durning

Jack Klugman 2008 file photo

Johnny Otis

Sarah Burke

Etta James

Joe Paterno

Don Cornelius

Singer Whitney Houston

Gary Carter

Davy Jones

Andrew Breitbart

Michael Hossack

Earl Scruggs

Thomas Kinkade

Mike Wallace CBS News 2

Notable Deaths - Dick Clark

Junior Seau

MCA

Andy Griffith actor George Lindsey

Maurice Sendak

Donald Duck Dunn

Mitchell Guist

Mary Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy Jr

Chuck Brown

Donna Summer

Robin Gibb

Doc Watson

Kathryn Joosten

Family Feud host Richard Dawson

Mr. Trololo

Ray Bradbury

Henry Hill

Notable deaths - Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz

Notable deaths - Rodney King

Nora Ephron

Notable deaths - Yitzhak Shamir

Andy Griffith

Ernest Borgnine

Maria Cole

Celeste Holm

Stephen Covey CNN grab

Jon Lord and ABBA member

Kitty Wells

Sally Ride

Sherman Hemsley

Gore Vidal

Marvin Hamlisch

Helen Gurly Brown

Johnny Pesky Boston Red Sox

Welcome Back Mr Kotter

Tony Scott obit

Phyllis Diller

Notable deaths - Neil Armstrong

Hal David

Rev Sun Myung Moon left and wife in 2000

Michael Clarke Duncan from The Finder

Art Model of Ravens

J Christopher Stevens, US ambassador to Libya

Andy Williams

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

Alex Karras

Gary Collins

Senator Arlen Specter

Emanuel Steward, Wladimir Klitschko

Larry Hagman

Hector Macho Camacho

Lyndon B Johnson swearing-in

Dave Brubeck

Jenni Rivera

Ravi Shankar

Daniel Inouye

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