Deaths in 2012

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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2012.

January

 
Kiro Gligorov 1917-2012
 
Rauf Denktaş 1924-2012
 
Etta James 1938-2012

February

 
Davy Jones 1945-2012

March

 
Jean Giraud 1938-2012
 
George Tupou V 1948-2012

April

 
Mike Wallace 1918-2012
 
Dick Clark 1929-2012
 
Matilde Camus 1919-2012

May

June

 
Ray Bradbury 1920-2012
 
Ann Rutherford 1917-2012
 
Yitzhak Shamir 1915-2012

July

 
Andy Griffith 1926-2012
 
Dara Singh 1928-2012
 
Sally Ride 1951-2012
 
Tony Martin 1913-2012
 
Gore Vidal 1925-2012

August

 
Bernard Lovell 1913-2012
 
Meles Zenawi 1955-2012
 
Neil Armstrong 1930-2012

September

 
Hebe Camargo 1929-2012

October

 
Russell Means 1939-2012

November

 
Larry Hagman 1931-2012
 
Zig Ziglar 1926-2012
 
I. K. Gujral 1919-2012

December

 
Oscar Niemeyer 1907-2012
 
Jenni Rivera 1969-2012
 
Iajuddin Ahmed 1931-2012
 
Ravi Shankar 1920-2013
 
Daniel Inouye 1924-2012
 
Jack Klugman 1922-2012

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