Famous deaths:
neil armstrong(1930-2012) astronaut, explorer, pilot
ernest borgnine(1917-2012) film actor, theater actor, television actor
ray bradbury(1920-2012) author, poet
chuck brown(1936-2012)guitarist, singer
dick clark(1929-2012) television personality host
don cornelius(1936-2012) television personality, television producer
richard dawson(1932-2012) film actor, television actor, comedian, game show host
phyllis diller(1917-2012) film actress, comedian, pianist
michael clarke duncan(1957-2012) film actor
charles durning(1923-2012) film actor, theater actor
robin gibb(1949-2012) songwriter, singer
andy griffith(1926-2012) actor, talk show host
larry hagman(1931-2012) theater actor, television actor, television producer
marvin hamlisch(1944-2012) songwriter
sherman hemsley(1938-2012) television actor
whitney houston(1963-2012) film actress, singer
etta james(1938-2012) singer
davy jones(1945-2012) television actor, singer
rodney king(1965-2012) sports commentator and victim of LA police brutality
jack klugman(1922-2012) film actor, theater actor, television actor
sally ride(1951-2012) educator, astronaut, physicist
vidal sassoon(1928-2012) entrepreneur
donna summer(1948-2012) songwriter, singer
gore vidal(1925-2012) critic, author, playwright
mike wallace(1918-2012) radio personality, news anchor, journalist
andy williams(1927-2012) singer, television personality