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Joe South
Arts & Music
12
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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
Hal David
Arts & Music
10
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Hal David

Harold Lane David
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1921 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Master American lyricist whose legendary partnership with composer Burt Bacharach produced dozens of timeless pop classics including 'What the World Needs Now Is Love', 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head', and 'I Say a Little Prayer'.

Los Angeles, United States
Jean-Luc Delarue
Arts & Music
10
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Jean-Luc Delarue

Jean-Luc Delarue
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1964 โ€“ 2012 (48 years old)

Influential French television presenter and media producer dubbed the 'golden boy of French television' who revolutionized conversational talk shows with his landmark program 'ร‡a se discute' and production company Rรฉservoir Prod.

Thiais, France
Tony Scott
Arts & Music
9
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Tony Scott

Anthony David Leighton Scott
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1944 โ€“ 2012 (68 years old)

Dynamic British film director and younger brother of Ridley Scott, whose kinetic editing, saturated colors, and high-octane energy created Top Gun, Crimson Tide, and True Romance.

Los Angeles, United States
William Windom
Arts & Music
10
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William Windom

William Windom
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1923 โ€“ 2012 (88 years old)

Distinguished American character actor and decorated World War II paratrooper who won an Emmy Award for 'My World and Welcome to It', immortalized as the tormented Commodore Decker in 'Star Trek' and Dr. Seth Hazlitt in 'Murder, She Wrote'.

Orcas Island, United States
Marvin Hamlisch
Arts & Music
9
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Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1944 โ€“ 2012 (68 years old)

Virtuoso American composer and conductor, one of only two people in history (with Richard Rodgers) to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and the Pulitzer Prize (PEGOT), famed for 'The Way We Were' and 'A Chorus Line'.

Maspeth, United States
Chavela Vargas
Arts & Music
11
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Chavela Vargas

Marรญa Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesรบs Vargas Lizano
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica
1919 โ€“ 2012 (93 years old)

Legendary Costa Rican-born Mexican singer whose raw, smoking, gravelly renditions of Mexican ranchera songs, defiance of gender conventions, and close friendship with Frida Kahlo made her an icon of Latin American culture.

Tepoztlรกn, Mexico
Chris Marker
Arts & Music
11
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Chris Marker

Christian Franรงois Bouche-Villeneuve
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1921 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Enigmatic and visionary French filmmaker, photographer, and multimedia artist who invented the modern cinematic essay and created the sci-fi photomontage classic La Jetรฉe (1962).

Paris, France
Dianne Foster
Arts & Music
9
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Dianne Foster

Olga Helen Laruska
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1928 โ€“ 2012 (83 years old)

Canadian-born Hollywood film and television actress who starred opposite major legends including Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston, and Mickey Rooney in 1950s classics like 'The Kentuckian' and 'Night Passage'.

Glendale, United States
Lupe Ontiveros
Arts & Music
10
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Lupe Ontiveros

Guadalupe Moreno
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1942 โ€“ 2012 (69 years old)

Trailblazing Hispanic-American actress who estimated she played maids over 150 times while fearlessly fighting Hollywood ethnic stereotyping, acclaimed for her chilling turn as Yolanda Saldรญvar in Selena.

Whittier, United States
Frank Pierson
Arts & Music
11
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Frank Pierson

Frank Romer Pierson
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1925 โ€“ 2012 (87 years old)

Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and director who wrote cinema masterpieces including 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Dog Day Afternoon', and served as president of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Los Angeles, United States
Celeste Holm
Arts & Music
11
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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1917 โ€“ 2012 (95 years old)

Charming American actress who originated the role of Ado Annie in Broadway's Oklahoma!, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gentleman's Agreement, and starred in All About Eve.

New York City, United States
Ernest Borgnine
Arts & Music
11
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Ernest Borgnine

Ermes Effron Borgnino
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1917 โ€“ 2012 (95 years old)

Beloved American character actor and ten-year Navy veteran who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955), starred in The Wild Bunch and The Poseidon Adventure, and voiced Mermaid Man in SpongeBob.

Los Angeles, United States
Andy Griffith
Arts & Music
11
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Andy Griffith

Andy Samuel Griffith
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1926 โ€“ 2012 (86 years old)

Legendary American actor and entertainer whose portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor in 'The Andy Griffith Show' and defense attorney Ben Matlock in 'Matlock' made him an enduring symbol of American television warmth and integrity.

Manteo, United States
Nora Ephron
Arts & Music
9
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Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1941 โ€“ 2012 (71 years old)

Sharp-witted American journalist, essayist, and three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter/director who reinvented modern romantic comedy with When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, and You've Got Mail.

New York City, United States
Bob Welch
Arts & Music
9
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Bob Welch

Robert Lawrence Welch Jr.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1945 โ€“ 2012 (66 years old)

American rock musician, singer, and songwriter who played guitar and sang in Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974 bridging their British blues and pop eras, later achieving solo platinum success with 'Sentimental Lady' and 'Ebony Eyes'.

Nashville, United States
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