Photos: Famous personalities that have died in 2012
November 29, 2012
Standing with a character from his book "Where the Wild Things Are," author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Singer Whitney Houston. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Actress Phyllis Diller. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Twentieth Century Fox Television)
Adam Yauch of American hip-hop group Beastie Boys. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Vidal Sassoon. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
Singer Donna Summer. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Director Tony Scott. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Mary Kennedy (seen with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.). (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Nora Ephron. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
Former presidential nominee and Sen. George McGovern. (Photo by Cliff Owen-Pool/Getty Images)
Anna Piagg. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
Rodney King, best known as the victim of a brutal police beating that took place in Los Angeles that sparked infamous L.A. Riots. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Apollo 11 Astronaut and the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Junior Seau #55 of the New England Patriots. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Head coach Joe Paterno of the Penn State Nittany Lions. Ken White/Allsport
German composer and conductor Hans Werner Henze. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Former astronaut Sally Ride. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Franchise owner Art Modell of the Cleveland Browns. Allsport USA/ALLSPORT
Clothes designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960's, having her hair cut by another fashion icon, hairdresser Vidal Sassoon. (Photo by Ronald Dumont/Getty Images)
Actor Andy Griffith. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Actor Sherman Hemsley. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Actor Larry Hagman, who found worldwide fame in his role as J.R. in the American soap opera 'Dallas'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Marvin Hamlisch (1944 - ) the American composer who created the music for 'A Chorus Line'. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Actress Celeste Holm. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. (Photo by Herman Chanania/GPO via Getty Images)
Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. (seen with Allison Cowles) (Photo by Bowers/Getty Images)
Producer Richard Zanuck. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Helen Gurley Brown. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for the Israeli Film Festival)
FILE - 29 NOVEMBER 2012: As 2012 begins to come to a close, we look at the famous personalities that have died in 2012. Please refer to the following parent profile on Getty Images for further imagery and additional Obituaries from 2012. www.gettyimages.com/EditorialFootage/Recentevents?parentEventId=156251416&isource=GBR_edarc_Farewell_in_2012&esource=maplinARC_uki_12nov For Video Please refer to the following parent profile on Getty Images: www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=155766378&EditorialProduct=Recentevents&AssetType=film#&esource=maplinARC_uki_12nov NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Cast of "A Chorus Line" poses for photos Bottom row (L-R) Mara Davi, Michael Berresse, Alisan Porter, Jason Tam, Yuka Takara, Second row (L-R) Jeffery Schecter, Charlotte d' Amboise, Director Bob Avian, Composer Marvin Hamlisch, Tyler Hanes, James T. Lane, Alison Porter, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Paul McGill, Top row (L-R) Michael Peternostro, Deidre Goodwin, Brad Anderson, Ken Alan, Natalie Cortez, and Tony Yazbeck on April 26, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Clarence Elie-Rivera/Getty Images)
Actor Sage Stallone (seen with Frank Stallone). (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Television journalist Mike Wallace. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Writer Ray Bradbury. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images)
Actor Ernest Borgnine. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Actor Ben Gazzara. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)
Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Horst Faas. (Photo by Melissa Golden/Getty Images)
Angelo Dundee. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for The Miami Project)
Singer Etta James. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Boxer Oscar de la Hoya's trainer Angelo Dundee. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Emanuel Steward, coach of fighter Wladimir Klitschko. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Musician Earl Scruggs. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Doc Watson. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Singer/Songwriter Andy Williams. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame)
Recording artist Davy Jones. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Singer/Songwriter Levon Helm (Levon Helm Band). (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
Bee Gees member Robin Gibb. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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