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Fontella Bass
Arts & Music
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Fontella Bass

Fontella Bass
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1940 โ€“ 2012 (72 years old)

Powerhouse American soul and R&B singer and pianist best known for her immortal 1965 Million-selling anthem 'Rescue Me', as well as avant-garde collaborations with the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

St. Louis, United States
Charles Durning
Arts & Music
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Charles Durning

Charles Edward Durning
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1923 โ€“ 2012 (89 years old)

Celebrated American character actor and decorated World War II hero who earned three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star before earning two Oscar nominations in 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' and 'To Be or Not to Be'.

Arlington, United States
Jack Klugman
Arts & Music
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Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1922 โ€“ 2012 (90 years old)

Prolific American stage, film, and television actor renowned for his role as Juror #5 in '12 Angry Men', sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison in 'The Odd Couple', and the tenacious medical examiner in 'Quincy, M.E.'.

Los Angeles, United States
Galina Vishnevskaya
Arts & Music
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Galina Vishnevskaya

ะ“ะฐะปะธะฝะฐ ะŸะฐะฒะปะพะฒะฝะฐ ะ’ะธัˆะฝะตะฒัะบะฐั
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1926 โ€“ 2012 (86 years old)

Legendary Russian soprano, prima donna of the Bolshoi Theatre, and fierce champion of human rights who with her husband Mstislav Rostropovich sheltered Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and defied the Soviet regime.

Moscow, Russia
Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury
Arts & Music
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Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury

เฆฐเฆฌเฆฟ เฆถเฆ™เงเฆ•เฆฐ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
7 April 1920 โ€“ 11 December 2012 (92 years old)

Foremost sitar virtuoso of the 20th century who introduced Hindustani classical music to the Western world, collaborating with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison, and performing at Monterey and Woodstock.

San Diego (California), United States
Dave Brubeck
Arts & Music
6
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Dave Brubeck

David Warren Brubeck
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1920 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Iconic American jazz pianist and composer whose classic 1959 album Time Out broke rhythmic conventions with Blue Rondo ร  la Turk and Take Five, and who fiercely refused to play integrated concerts to segregated audiences.

Redding, United States
Oscar Niemeyer
Arts & Music
26
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Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
1907 โ€“ 2012 (104 years old)

Visionary Brazilian architect who pioneered sensual reinforced concrete curves, serving as chief architect of Brasilia's civic monuments and co-designer of the UN Headquarters in New York.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Larry Hagman
Arts & Music
7
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Larry Hagman

Larry Martin Hagman
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1931 โ€“ 2012 (81 years old)

Iconic American actor who became one of the most recognizable figures in television history as astronaut Tony Nelson in 'I Dream of Jeannie' and the delightfully ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in the worldwide sensation 'Dallas'.

Dallas, United States
Lucille Bliss
Arts & Music
6
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Lucille Bliss

Lucille Paullette Bliss
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1916 โ€“ 2012 (96 years old)

Pioneering American voice actress dubbed the 'Girl with a Thousand Voices' who lent her voice to Crusader Rabbit in TV's first animated series, stepsister Anastasia in Disney's 'Cinderella', and Smurfette in 'The Smurfs'.

Los Angeles, United States
Clive Dunn
Arts & Music
7
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Clive Dunn

Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1920 โ€“ 2012 (92 years old)

Beloved British comedic actor and entertainer immortalized as the excitable, doddering butcher Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the iconic BBC sitcom 'Dad's Army', famous for catchphrases 'Don't panic!' and 'They don't like it up 'em!'.

Faro, Portugal
Terry Callier
Arts & Music
11
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Terry Callier

Terrence Orlando Callier
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1945 โ€“ 2012 (67 years old)

Celebrated American singer-songwriter and guitarist whose distinctive synthesis of folk, jazz, soul, and gospel produced critically acclaimed 1970s albums and a remarkable British acid jazz rediscovery in the 1990s.

Chicago, United States
Sylvia Kristel
Arts & Music
8
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Sylvia Kristel

Sylvia Kristel
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
1952 โ€“ 2012 (60 years old)

Dutch actress and model who achieved global cultural superstardom playing the titular protagonist in the groundbreaking 1974 erotic romance film 'Emmanuelle', becoming one of European cinema's most famous faces.

Utrecht, Netherlands
Arts & Music
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Abderrahmane Kirouche (Paco)

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู† ู‚ูŠุฑูˆุด ุจุงูƒูˆ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1948 โ€“ 2012 (64 years old)

Legendary Gnawa maรขlem from Essaouira who joined iconic band Nass El Ghiwane in 1974, infusing their revolutionary folk-rock protest sound with deep acoustic guembri trance and unforgettable lead vocals.

Essaouira, Morocco
Ahmed Ramzy
Arts & Music
7
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Ahmed Ramzy

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุฑู…ุฒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1930 โ€“ 2012 (82 years old)

Handsome and charismatic Egyptian film star of Egyptian cinema's 1950s and 1960s Golden Age, celebrated for portraying carefree, charming playboys alongside close friends Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama, and Soad Hosny.

El Alamein, Egypt
Herbert Lom
Arts & Music
7
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Herbert Lom

Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchaฤeviฤ ze Schluderpacheru
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic
1917 โ€“ 2012 (95 years old)

Distinguished Czech-born British actor whose versatile screen career spanned seven decades, immortalized as the twitching, long-suffering Police Commissioner Charles Dreyfus in the 'Pink Panther' comedy films.

London, United Kingdom
Hassiba Rochdi
Arts & Music
5
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Hassiba Rochdi

ุญุณูŠุจุฉ ุฑุดุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1918 โ€“ 2012 (94 years old)

First Tunisian artist to gain international movie stardom in Cairo cinema in the 1940s, recording over 100 classical songs and starring opposite Egyptian icons like Mahmoud el-Meliguy.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Joe South
Arts & Music
7
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Joe South

Joseph Alfred Souter
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1940 โ€“ 2012 (72 years old)

Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter and brilliant session guitarist who wrote the timeless hits 'Games People Play' and '(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden' and played guitar on Dylan's 'Blonde on Blonde' and Aretha's 'Chain of Fools'.

Flowery Branch, United States
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