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Harry Carey Jr.
Arts & Music
7
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Harry Carey Jr.

Harry George Carey Jr.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1921 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Prolific American character actor and core member of John Ford's famed stock company who appeared in enduring Western cinema classics including 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' and 'The Searchers'.

Los Angeles, United States
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
8
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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
7
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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
37
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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
Patrick Moore
Sciences & Discovery
13
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Patrick Moore

Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1923 โ€“ 2012 (89 years old)

Eccentric British amateur astronomer, author, and television personality who presented the BBC's The Sky at Night for 55 consecutive years, inspiring generations of stargazers with his trademark monocle and rapid-fire speech.

Selsey, United Kingdom
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
Ahmed Taรฏeb El Alj
Humanities
3
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Ahmed Taรฏeb El Alj

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุทูŠุจ ุงู„ุนู„ุฌ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1928 โ€“ 2012 (84 years old)

Patriarch of modern Moroccan theater, playwright, and poet who authored over forty plays and adapted Moliรจre and Shakespeare into Moroccan Darija, penning the lyrics of classic national songs.

Rabat, Morocco
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