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Doc Watson
Arts & Music
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Doc Watson

Arthel Lane Watson
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1923 โ€“ 2012 (89 years old)

Blind American folk, bluegrass, and country guitarist whose astonishing flatpicking speed, warm baritone singing, and deep Appalachian heritage won eight Grammy Awards and the National Medal of Arts.

Deep Gap, United States
Robin Gibb
Arts & Music
5
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Robin Gibb

Robin Hugh Gibb
๐ŸŒ Isle of Man
1949 โ€“ 2012 (62 years old)

Legendary British-Australian singer-songwriter whose unmistakable vibrato tenor was a core pillar of the Bee Gees, co-writing immortal classics on the 40-million-selling Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

Thame, United Kingdom
Donna Summer
Arts & Music
5
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Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1948 โ€“ 2012 (63 years old)

Crowned the undisputed 'Queen of Disco', whose powerhouse vocals and collaborations with Giorgio Moroder on I Feel Love, Hot Stuff, and Last Dance revolutionized electronic dance and pop music.

Nashville, United States
Warda Al-Jazairia
Arts & Music
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Warda Al-Jazairia

ูˆุฑุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฌุฒุงุฆุฑูŠุฉ (ูˆุฑุฏุฉ ูุชูˆูƒูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1939 โ€“ 2012 (72 years old)

Legendary Algerian diva who sold over 100 million records across the Arab world, celebrated for her patriotic hymns to Algerian independence and immortal romantic classics composed by Baligh Hamdi.

Algiers, Algeria
Donald Dunn
Arts & Music
5
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Donald Dunn

Donald Carl Dunn
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1941 โ€“ 2012 (70 years old)

Legendary American bass guitarist and cornerstone of Stax Records whose groovy, syncopated basslines with Booker T. & the M.G.'s anchored timeless soul masterpieces by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and the Blues Brothers.

Memphis, United States
Levon Helm
Arts & Music
5
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Levon Helm

Mark Lavon Helm
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1940 โ€“ 2012 (71 years old)

Soulful American drummer and lead vocalist for The Band, whose authentic Delta roots gave life to The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and Up on Cripple Creek.

Woodstock, United States
Dick Clark
Arts & Music
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Dick Clark

Richard Wagstaff Clark
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1929 โ€“ 2012 (82 years old)

Legendary American radio and television personality known as 'America's Oldest Teenager', who introduced rock and roll into mainstream culture as host of 'American Bandstand' and rang in four decades of New Year celebrations with 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'.

Pacific Ocean, United States
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Arts & Music
6
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Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ ะจะฐะปะฒะพะฒะธั‡ ะŸะพั€ะพั…ะพะฒั‰ะธะบะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1939 โ€“ 2012 (73 years old)

Distinguished Russian stage and screen actor and director, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, renowned for his aristocratic bearing, deep voice, and roles in classics including Nikita Mikhalkov's 'At Home Among Strangers'.

Dmitrovsky District, Russia
Claude Miller
Arts & Music
5
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Claude Miller

Claude Miller
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1942 โ€“ 2012 (69 years old)

Acclaimed French film director and screenwriter who emerged from the French New Wave as Franรงois Truffaut's production manager before directing psychological masterpieces including 'Garde ร  vue' and 'The Best Way to Walk'.

Paris, France
Earl Scruggs
Arts & Music
6
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Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1924 โ€“ 2012 (88 years old)

Legendary American banjo virtuoso whose syncopated, lightning-fast three-finger picking style ('Scruggs style') transformed the 5-string banjo and established the sound of bluegrass music.

Nashville, United States
Khelifi Ahmed
Arts & Music
10
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Khelifi Ahmed

ุฎู„ูŠููŠ ุฃุญู…ุฏ (ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ู…ุนู…ุฑ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1921 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Legendary Algerian singer who brought the ancient Saharan Bedouin vocal art of 'Aiyai' from the desert tents of the Zibans to national glory, celebrated for his immortal epic 'Hiziya'.

Algiers, Algeria
Robert B. Sherman
Arts & Music
6
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Robert B. Sherman

Robert Bernard Sherman
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1925 โ€“ 2012 (86 years old)

Prolific American songwriter who with his brother Richard M. Sherman formed the Sherman Brothers, creating beloved musical scores for Walt Disney classics including 'Mary Poppins', 'The Jungle Book', and 'It's a Small World'.

Glendale, United States
Bruce Surtees
Arts & Music
6
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Bruce Surtees

Bruce Mohr Powell Surtees
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1937 โ€“ 2012 (74 years old)

Master American cinematographer known as 'The Prince of Darkness' for his pioneering use of natural lighting and deep shadows, defining the visual style of Clint Eastwood's classics including 'Dirty Harry' and 'Pale Rider'.

Ojai, United States
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Arts & Music
6
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Lyudmila Kasatkina

ะ›ัŽะดะผะธะปะฐ ะ˜ะฒะฐะฝะพะฒะฝะฐ ะšะฐัะฐั‚ะบะธะฝะฐ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1925 โ€“ 2012 (86 years old)

Celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actress, People's Artist of the USSR, and star of the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army, immortalized in the comedy classic 'Tiger Girl' and war drama 'Remember Your Name'.

Moscow, Russia
Mohammed Wardi
Arts & Music
12
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Mohammed Wardi

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ูˆุฑุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan
July 19, 1932 โ€“ February 18, 2012 (79 years old)

Legendary Sudanese Nubian singer, composer, and patriotic icon acclaimed as 'The Last Pharaoh', whose majestic baritone voice, revolutionary anthems, and mastery of five-tone pentatonic scales made him Sudan's most beloved cultural figure.

Khartoum, Sudan
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