| CELEBRITY | AGE | DATE OF DEATH | DESCRIPTION |
| NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF JR | 78 | 12/27/2012 | American general who was Commander-in-Chief of the US Central Command during the attack on Kuwait in the early 90's. |
| FONTELLA BASS | 72 | 12/26/2012 | American soul singer ('Rescue Me'). |
| JACK KLUGMAN | 90 | 12/24/2012 | American actor ('The Odd Couple', 'Quincy ME', '12 Angry Men'). |
| CHARLES DURNING | 89 | 12/24/2012 | American actor ('Evening Shade', 'Rescue Me', 'The Sting'). |
| MIKE SCACCIA | 47 | 12/22/2012 | American rock musician with the groups Ministry and the Revolting Cocks. |
| RYAN FREEL | 36 | 12/22/2012 | American major league baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds. |
| LEE DORMAN | 70 | 12/21/2012 | American bass guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond). |
| JIMMY McCRACKLIN | 91 | 12/20/2012 | American blues musician. |
| ROBERT BORK | 85 | 12/19/2012 | American legal scholar, jurist and 1985 Supreme Court nominee. |
| DANIEL INOUYE | 88 | 12/17/2012 | American politician who was a senator from Hawaii, and represented Mawaii since it's statehood. |
| WILLIE ACKERMAN | 73 | 12/13/2012 | American drummer with Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn and Louis Armstrong. |
| RAVI SHANKAR | 92 | 12/11/2012 | Indian musician who gained popularity in the 60's thru his work with George Harrison of The Bestles. |
| PAUL RAUCH | 78 | 12/10/2012 | American television producer ('Another World', 'One Life to Live', 'Santa Barbara'). |
| DAVE BRUBECK | 91 | 12/5/2012 | American jazz pianist ('Take Five') and composer ('Blue Rondo à la Turk'). |
| RICK MAJERUS | 64 | 12/1/2012 | American college basketball coach (Utah, St. Louis). |
| JOVAN BELCHER | 25 | 12/1/2012 | American football player with the Kansas City Chiefs. |
| MICKEY BAKER | 87 | 11/27/2012 | American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) and songwriter ('Love is Strange'). |
| EARL CARROLL | 75 | 11/25/2012 | American sibger with the 50's groups The Cadillacs and The Coasters. |
| LARRY HAGMAN | 81 | 11/23/2012 | American television actor ('Dallas', 'I Dream of Jeannie'). |
| WARREN RUDMAN | 82 | 11/19/2012 | American politician who was a senator from New Hampshire. |
| MARTIN FAY | 76 | 11/14/2012 | Irish musician (The Chieftains). |
| MAJOR HARRIS | 65 | 11/9/2012 | American R & B singer ('Love Won't Let Me Wait') and member of the Delfonics. |
| LEE MacPHAIL | 95 | 11/8/2012 | American baseball Hall of Fame general manager and former President of the American League. |
| RICHARD ROBBINS | 71 | 11/7/2012 | American musician and scorewriter ('Howard's End', 'Room with a View', 'Remains of the Day'). |
| BOB BRUNNER | 78 | 10/28/2012 | American television writer and producer ('Diff'rent Strokes', 'Happy Days', 'The Odd Couple'). |
| NATINA REED | 32 | 10/26/2012 | American singer (Blaque) and actress ('Bring It On'). |
| ALAN KIRSCHENBAUM | 51 | 10/26/2012 | American television writer and producer ('Yes Dear', 'My Name is Earl', 'Raising Hope'). |
| BILL DEES | 73 | 10/24/2012 | American songwriter ('Oh Pretty Woman', 'It's Over'). |
| GEORGE McGOVERN | 90 | 10/21/2012 | American politician who was the 1972 Democratic Party nominee for President. |
| TED KAZANOFF | 90 | 10/21/2012 | American actor ('Law and Order'). |
| SYLVIA KRISTEL | 60 | 10/17/2012 | Dutch actress ('Emmanuelle', 'Private Lessons'), model and singer. |
| NORODOM SIHANOUK | 89 | 10/15/2012 | Cambodian royal who was King and a nine-term Prime Minister. |
| ARLEN SPECTER | 82 | 10/14/2012 | American politican who was a US senator from Pennsylvania for 30 years. |
| GARY COLLINS | 74 | 10/13/2012 | American actor ('The Sixth Sense', 'The Wackiest Ship in the Army') and television host ('Miss America Pageant'). |
| BEANO COOK | 81 | 10/10/2012 | American football historian and ESPN commentator. |
| ALEX KARRAS | 77 | 10/10/2012 | American football player (Detroit Lions) and actor ('Blazing Saddles', 'Webster'). |
| RAYLENE RANKIN | 52 | 9/30/2012 | Canadian singer who was a member of The Rankin Family. |
| R.B. GREAVES | 68 | 9/27/2012 | American singer ('Take a Letter Maria'). |
| JOHNNY LEWIS | 28 | 9/26/2012 | American actor ('Sons of Anarchy', 'The OC', 'Drake & Josh'). |
| ANDY WILLIAMS | 84 | 9/25/2012 | American singer ('Moon River', 'Where Do I Begin (Love Story)') and entertainer. |
| SAM SNIDERMAN | 92 | 9/23/2012 | Canadian entrepreneur who was founder of the record store chain Sam the Record Man. |
| STEVE SABOL | 69 | 9/18/2012 | American filmmaker who was the co-founder of NFL films. |
| JOHN INGLE | 84 | 9/16/2012 | American soap opera actor ('General Hospital', 'Days of Our Lives'). |
| LANCE LeGAULT | 75 | 9/10/2012 | American actor ('The A-Team', 'Magnum PI'). |
| DOROTHY McGUIRE | 84 | 9/7/2012 | American singer in the 50's group The McGuire Sisters. |
| ART MODELL | 87 | 9/6/2012 | American businessman and owner of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. |
| JOE SOUTH | 72 | 9/5/2012 | American singer and songwriter ('Games People Play', 'Hush', 'Down in the Boondocks'). |
| HAL DAVID | 91 | 9/1/2012 | American lyricist who co-wrote many hit records with Burt Bacharach. |
| NEIL ARMSTRONG | 82 | 8/25/2012 | American astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon. |
| PHYLLIS DILLER | 95 | 8/20/2012 | American comedienne and actress ('The Pruitts of Southampton'). |
| TONY SCOTT | 68 | 8/19/2012 | British film director ('Top Gun', 'Unstoppable') and producer ('Numb3rs'). |
| SCOTT McKENZIE | 73 | 8/18/2012 | American singer ('San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)') and songwriter ('Kokomo'). |
| WILLIAM WINDOM | 88 | 8/16/2012 | American actor ('Murder She Wrote','Star Trek'). |
| BILL TILLMAN | 65 | 8/15/2012 | American saxophonist (Blood Sweat and Tears). |
| RON PALILLO | 63 | 8/14/2012 | American actor best known for his portrayal of Arnold Horshack on the television series Welcome Back Kotter. |
| JOHNNY PESKY | 91 | 8/13/2012 | American major league baseball player, manager and coach (Boston Red Sox). |
| BILL RAFFERTY | 81 | 8/11/2012 | American game show host ('Blockbusters', 'Card Sharks', 'Real People'). |
| MEL STUART | 83 | 8/8/2012 | American film director ('If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium', 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory') . |
| AL FREEMAN JR | 78 | 8/8/2012 | American film and television actor ('Malcolm X', 'My Sweet Charlie', 'One Life to Life'). |
| CARL DAVIS | 77 | 8/8/2012 | American record producer ('Duke of Earl', '(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher'). |
| MIKE KELLY | 68 | 8/7/2012 | American doo-wop singer (The Duprees). |
| MARK O'DONNELL | 58 | 8/6/2012 | American playwright ('Hairspray', 'Cry-Baby'). |
| MARVIN HAMLISCH | 68 | 8/6/2012 | American composer ('The Way We Were', 'A Chorus Line') and arranger ('The Sting'). |
| STUART SWANLUND | 54 | 8/4/2012 | American guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band). |
| JIMMY JONES | 82 | 8/2/2012 | American pop singer ('Handy Man','Good Timin'). |
| GORE VIDAL | 86 | 7/31/2012 | American playwright, novelist and political commentator. |
| TONY MARTIN | 98 | 7/27/2012 | American actor and singer who was the widower of Syd Charisse. |
| RUSS MAYBERRY | 86 | 7/27/2012 | Scottish-born American television director ('In the Heat of the Night', 'Magnum PI', 'The Brady Bunch'). |
| GEOFFREY HUGHES | 68 | 7/27/2012 | British television and film actor ('Coronation Street', 'Yellow Submarine', ' Keeping Up Appearances'). |
| LUPE ONTIVEROS | 69 | 7/26/2012 | American actress ('Desperate Housewives', 'Selena', 'The Goonies'). |
| CHAD EVERETT | 75 | 7/24/2012 | American television actor ('Medical Center'). |
| SHERMAN HEMSLEY | 74 | 7/24/2012 | American television actor ('The Jeffersons', 'Amen', 'Dinosaurs'). |
| LARRY HOPPEN | 61 | 7/24/2012 | American singer and musician who was a co-founder of the group Orleans ('Dance with Me', 'Still the One'). |
| SALLY RIDE | 61 | 7/23/2012 | American astronaut who was the first American woman in space. |
| SYLVIA WOODS | 86 | 7/19/2012 | American restaurateur who was the founder of Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem. |
| KITTY WELLS | 92 | 7/16/2012 | American country music singer ('It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels'). |
| JON LORD | 71 | 7/16/2012 | English composer and musician (Deep Purple). |
| BOB BABBITT | 74 | 7/16/2012 | American musician who was a bass guitarist with The Funk Brothers. |
| WILLIAM ASHER | 90 | 7/16/2012 | American television writer and director ('I Love Lucy', 'Alice', 'Bewitched'). |
| CELESTE HOLM | 95 | 7/15/2012 | American actress ('Gentlemen's Agreement', 'All About Eve', 'Tom Sawyer'). |
| DON BRINKLEY | 91 | 7/14/2012 | American television writer ('The Fugitive', 'Medical Center', 'Trapper John MD'). |
| RICHARD D ZANUCK | 77 | 7/13/2012 | American film producer ('Jaws', 'Driving Miss Daisy', 'Road to Perdition'). |
| SAGE STALLONE | 36 | 7/13/2012 | American actor ('Rocky V') and son of actor Sylvester Stallone. |
| ERNEST BORGNINE | 95 | 7/8/2012 | American Academy-Award winning actor ('Marty', 'The Poseidon Adventure', 'McHale's Navy') |
| ANDY GRIFFITH | 86 | 7/3/2012 | American actor ('The Andy Griffith Show', 'Matlock') |
| DON GRADY | 68 | 6/27/2012 | American actor ('My Three Sons', 'The Mickey Mouse Club'). |
| NORA EPHRON | 71 | 6/26/2012 | American screenwriter and film director ('When Harry Met Sally', 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Julie and Julia'). |
| DORIS SINGLETON | 92 | 6/26/2012 | American actress ('I Love Lucy', 'My Three Sons'). |
| RICHARD ADLER | 90 | 6/21/2012 | American Tony-Award winning producer and composer ('Damn Yankees', 'The Pajama Game'). |
| RICHARD LYNCH | 76 | 6/19/2012 | American actor ('Battlestar Galactica', 'Star Trek: Next Generation'). |
| VICTOR SPINETTI | 82 | 6/18/2012 | Welsh comic actor ('A Hard Days Night', 'Help!', Magical Mystery Tour'). |
| RODNEY KING | 47 | 6/17/2012 | American victim of videotaped police beating that sparked 1992 Los Angeles riots. |
| ANN RUTHERFORD | 94 | 6/11/2012 | Canadian-born American actress ('Gone with the Wind', 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'). |
| FRANK CADY | 96 | 6/8/2012 | American television actor ('Green Acres', 'Petticoat Junction')/td> |
| BOB WELCH | 66 | 6/7/2012 | American musician with Fleetwood Mac and songwriter ('Sentimental Lady', 'Ebony Eyes'). |
| COTTON OWENS | 88 | 6/6/2012 | American Hall of Fame NASCAR driver and owner. |
| RAY BRADBURY | 91 | 6/5/2012 | American science fiction and fantasy author ('Fahrenheit 451', 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'). |
| PEDRO BORBON | 66 | 6/4/2012 | Dominican Republic-born American baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds. |
| HERB REED | 83 | 6/4/2012 | American singer with the 1950's pop group The Platters. |
| RICHARD DAWSON | 79 | 6/2/2012 | American game show host ('Family Feud') and panelist ('Match Game'). |
| KATHRYN JOOSTEN | 72 | 6/2/2012 | American television actress ('Desperate Housewives', 'The West Wing'). |
| DOC WATSON | 89 | 5/20/2012 | American folk and bluegrass musician. |
| LEE RICH | 93 | 5/24/2012 | American television producer ('The Waltons', 'Dallas'). |
| JANET CARROLL | 71 | 5/22/2012 | American singer and actress ('Risky Business', 'Married with Children', 'Murphy Brown'). |
| EUGENE POLLEY | 96 | 5/20/2012 | American engineer who was the inventor of the wireless TV remote control. |
| ABDELBASET AL-MEGRAHI | 60 | 5/20/2012 | Libyan terrorist convicted of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 downed over Lockerbie Scotland. |
| ROBIN GIBB | 62 | 5/20/2012 | British singer and songwriter who was a founding member of The Bee Gees ('Stayin' Alive', 'How Deep is Your Love', 'To Love Somebody'). |
| PETER JONES | 45 | 5/18/2012 | British-born Australian drummer for the band Crowded House. |
| DONNA SUMMER | 62 | 5/17/2012 | American singer known as The Queen of Disco ('Hot Stuff','I Feel Love', 'Last Dance', 'She Works Hard for the Money'). |
| CHUCK BROWN | 75 | 5/16/2012 | American singer and musician known as The Godfather of Go-Go ('Bustin' Loose'). |
| MARY RICHARDSON KENNEDY | 52 | 5/15/2012 | American architect who was the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy. |
| DONALD 'DUCK' DUNN | 70 | 5/12/2012 | American bass guitarist for The Blues Brothers and The MG's. Played on many hit soul records in the 1960's. |
| CARL BEANE | 59 | 5/9/2012 | American broadcaster and public address announcer for Fenway Park. |
| VIDAL SASSOON | 84 | 5/9/2012 | British hairstylist with a worldwide chain of hairstyling salons and many commercial hair products. |
| MAURICE SENDAK | 83 | 5/8/2012 | American author and illustrator ('Where the Wild Things Are', 'Little Bear'). |
| GEORGE LINDSEY | 83 | 5/6/2012 | American television character actor ('The Andy Griffith Show', 'Mayberry RFD', 'Hee-Haw'). |
| BOB STEWART | 91 | 5/4/2012 | American television game show producer ('Password', 'To Tell the Truth', 'The Price is Right'). |
| ADAM YAUCH | 47 | 5/4/2012 | American rapper (Beastie Boys). Known by the nickname MCA. |
| JUNIOR SEAU | 43 | 5/2/2012 | American football player with the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. |
| LINDA GEORGIAN | 66 | 5/1/2012 | American author and psychic who was the co-host of the Psychic Friends Network. |
| GEORGE MURDOCK | 81 | 4/30/2012 | American television actor ('Barney Miller', 'Battlestar Galactica', 'The X-Files'). |
| JIM McCRARY | 71 | 4/29/2012 | American photographer best known for 70's album covers including Carole King's Tapestry and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen. |
| AMARILLO SLIM | 83 | 4/29/2012 | American professional gambler who was the winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1972. |
| TOMMY MARTH | 33 | 4/23/2012 | American saxophone player with the group The Killers. |
| GREG HAM | 58 | 4/19/2012 | Australian songwriter and musician with the group Men at Work. |
| LEVON HELM | 71 | 4/19/2012 | American drummer and frequent lead singer with The Band and actor ('Coal Miner's Daughter'). |
| DICK CLARK | 82 | 4/18/2012 | American television host ('American Bandstand', 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'). |
| PAUL BOGART | 92 | 4/15/2012 | American Emmy Award-winning television director ('All in the Family') |
| RICHIE TEETER | 61 | 4/10/2012 | American drummer (Twisted Sister, The Dictators) |
| MIKE WALLACE | 93 | 4/7/2012 | American news correspondent ('60 Minutes'). |
| THOMAS KINKADE | 54 | 4/6/2012 | American painter whose moniker was 'The Painter of Light'. |
| BINGU WA MUTHARIKA | 78 | 4/5/2012 | Malawian politician who had been President of Malaysia since 2004. |
| LUKE ASKEW | 80 | 3/29/2012 | American actor ('Cool Hand Luke', 'Easy Rider', 'The Green Berets'). |
| EARL SCRUGGS | 88 | 3/28/2012 | American country and bluegrass musician who was a partner of Lester Flatt. |
| WARREN STEVENS | 92 | 3/27/2012 | American actor ('Forbidden Planet', 'The Barefoot Contessa'). |
| ERIC LOWEN | 60 | 3/23/2012 | American musician (Lowen and Navarro) and songwriter ('We Belong'). |
| JIM DUFFY | 75 | 3/23/2012 | American animator of The Smurfs and the Rugrats. |
| MURRAY LENDER | 81 | 3/21/2012 | American entrepreneur who was the founder of Lender's Bagels. |
| RON ERHARDT | 81 | 3/21/2012 | American NFL coach with the New England Patriots, New York Jets and Giants. |
| MEL PARNELL | 89 | 3/20/2012 | American major league baseball player with the Boston Red Sox. |
| JOSIE DeCARLO | 82 | 3/14/2012 | French model who was the inspiration for Josie and the Pussycats. |
| EDDIE KING | 73 | 3/14/2012 | American blues musician from Chicago. |
| MICHAEL HOSSACK | 65 | 3/12/2012 | American drummer with the Doobie Brothers band. |
| JIMMY ELLIS | 74 | 3/8/2012 | American R & B lead singer of The Trammps ('Disco Inferno'). |
| JOAN TAYLOR | 82 | 3/4/2012 | American actress of movies and television ('Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers', 'The Rifleman'). |
| RONNIE MONTROSE | 64 | 3/3/2012 | American rocker who was the leader of the band Montrose ('Rock Candy'). |
| DAVY JONES | 66 | 2/29/2012 | British singer and actor who was the lead singer of the 60's pop group The Monkees and starred on their TV show. |
| JAN BERENSTAIN | 88 | 2/24/2012 | American writer and illistrator ('The Berenstain Bears'). |
| TERRY MATTHEWS | 47 | 2/24/2012 | American Major League Baseball player with the Rangers, Marlins and Orioles. |
| BILLY STRANGE | 81 | 2/22/2012 | American songwriter ("Limbo Rock'). |
| RIC WAITE | 78 | 2/18/2012 | American screenwriter ('Footloose', 'Red Dawn'). |
| GARY CARTER | 57 | 2/16/2012 | American Major League Baseball Hall fo Fame catcher with the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets. |
| DORY PREVIN | 86 | 2/14/2012 | American singer-songwriter and lyricist ('Valley of the Dolls', 'Last Tango in Paris'). |
| DAVID KELLY | 82 | 2/12/2012 | Irish actor ('Faulty Towers', 'Waking Ned Divine', 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'). |
| WHITNEY HOUSTON | 48 | 2/11/2012 | American singer ('I Will Always Love You') and actress ('The Bodyguard'). |
| DAVE MAYNARD | 82 | 2/9/2012 | American broadcaster for Boston WBZ television and radio stations. |
| PHIL BRUNS | 80 | 2/8/2012 | American television actor ('Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', 'Barney Miller'). |
| PETER BRECK | 82 | 2/6/2012 | American actor ('The Big Valley'). |
| SAM COPPOLA | 79 | 2/5/2012 | American actor ('Saturday Night Fever', 'Fatal Attraction'). |
| BEN GAZZARA | 81 | 2/3/2012 | American movie actor ('Run for Your Life', 'Road House'). |
| ANGELO DUNDEE | 90 | 2/1/2012 | American boxing trainer for Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Sugar Ray Leonard. |
| DON CORNELIUS | 75 | 2/1/2012 | American television show host ('Soul Train') and film actor. |
| DOROTHEA TANNING | 101 | 1/31/2012 | American surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor. |
| BRUCE HOWARD | 86 | 1/30/2012 | American television screenwriter ('Gilligan's Island', 'Good Times', 'The Red Skelton Show'). |
| KEVIN WHITE | 82 | 1/27/2012 | American politician who was the Mayor of Boston from 1968-1984. |
| IAN ABERCROMBIE | 77 | 1/26/2012 | English television character actor ('Seinfeld', 'Wizards of Waverly Place', 'Desperate Housewives'). |
| JOHN RICH | 86 | 1/26/2012 | American television director ('All in the Family', 'Benson', 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'). |
| DIMITRA ARLISS | 79 | 1/26/2012 | American actress ('The Sting', 'General Hospital', 'Xanadu'). |
| ROBERT HEGYES | 60 | 1/26/2012 | American television actor ('Welcome Back Kotter', 'Cagney and Lacey'). |
| JAMES FARENTINO | 73 | 1/24/2012 | American television actor ('Dynasty', 'ER', 'Melrose Place'). |
| JOE PATERNO | 85 | 1/22/2012 | American college football coach at Penn State College for 46 years. |
| ETTA JAMES | 73 | 1/20/2012 | American rhythm and blues singer ('At Last', 'Tell Mama'). |
| SARAH BURKE | 29 | 1/19/2012 | Canadian world champion freestyle skier. |
| JOHNNY OTIS | 90 | 1/17/2012 | American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter with the Johnny Otis Show ('Willie and the Hand Jive'). |
| MARTY SPRINGSTEAD | 74 | 1/17/2012 | American Major League Baseball umpire for 20 years. |
| JIMMY CASTOR | 71 | 1/16/2012 | American rhythm and blues musician with the Jimmy Castor Bunch ('Troglodyte (Cave Man)', 'The Bertha Butt Boogie'). |
| DAN EVINS | 76 | 1/14/2012 | American entrepreneur who was the founder of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurants. |
| DAVE ALEXANDER | 73 | 1/8/2012 | American blues singer and pianist. |
| LARRY REINHARDT | 64 | 1/2/2012 | American rock guitarist with the band Iron Butterfly ('Ina Gadda Da Vida'). |
| FRED MILANO | 72 | 1/1/2012 | American doo wop singer with Dion and the Belmonts. |