Notable deaths of 2012

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Harry Carey Jr.Jean HarrisNorman SchwarzkopfCharles DurningJack KlugmanRobert BorkSen. Daniel InouyeDr. William HouseRavi ShankarJenni RiveraDave BrubeckOscar NiemeyerMarvin MillerDr. Joseph MurrayDeborah RaffinWarren RudmanLarry HagmanHector CamachoDarrell RoyalArthur K. SnyderElliott CarterFrances HashimotoMilt CampbellGae AulentiLebbeus WoodsArthur JensenLetitia BaldrigeEmanuel StewardJacques BarzunRussell MeansGeorge McGovernNorodom SihanoukArlen SpecterAlex KarrasMervyn DymallyJohn RovickBarry CommonerArthur Ochs SulzbergerAndy WilliamsSteve SabolMichael Clarke DuncanHal DavidSun Myung MoonNeil ArmstrongPhyllis DillerTony ScottHelen Gurley BrownGregory PowellJudith CristMarvin HamlischRobert HughesGore VidalTony MartinKarl BenjaminSherman HemsleySally RideFrank PiersonCeleste HolmKitty WellsStephen R. CoveyRichard ZanuckMarion CunninghamSergio PininfarinaErnest BorgnineAndy GriffithYitzhak ShamirNora EphronDon GradyLeRoy NeimanAndrew SarrisRodney KingSusan TyrrellWilliam S. KnowlesLesley BrownNayef bin Abdul-AzizFrances Williams PrestonElinor OstromAnn RutherfordHenry HillLillian GalloHerb ReedSir Andrew HuxleyNolan MillerPhillip TobiasBob WelchRay BradburyH.H. BrookinsDoc WatsonMarion SandlerKathryn JoostenRichard DawsonRobin GibbDonna SummerCarlos FuentesCarroll ShelbyVidal SassoonMaurice SendakGeorge LindseyAdam 'MCA' YauchJunior SeauAmarillo SlimGeorge B. RathmannJonathan FridCharles ColsonLevon HelmMike WallaceThomas KinkadeJim MarshallFerdinand Alexander PorschePeter M. DouglasElizabeth CatlettEarl ScruggsAdrienne RichLarry StevensonMarje EverettJohn DemjanjukF. Sherwood RowlandJean GiraudPeter BergmanRobert ShermanRalph McQuarrieEleanor CallahanJames Q. WilsonWilliam HamiltonAndrew BreitbartBruce SurteesDavy JonesLynn D. 'Buck' ComptonJan BerenstainErland JosephsonKenneth PriceMarie ColvinBilly StrangeBarney RossetJohn FairfaxRenato DulbeccoAnthony ShadidGary CarterDory PrevinLillian BassmanWhitney HoustonJill Kinmont BootheRobert Hecht Jr.Roger BoisjolyBen GazzaraDon CorneliusAngelo DundeeDorothea TanningMike KelleyWislawa SzymborskaJohn RichJoe PaternoJohn LevyPhilip VannatterEtta JamesSarah BurkeJohnny OtisTony BlankleyDon CarterEve ArnoldRobert L. CarterGene Bartow

Dorothea Tanning

( Peter Ross, Dorothea Tanning collection and archive )

Over more than a century, American artist and poet Dorothea Tanning collided and consorted with artistic titans of the 20th century who included Pablo Picasso, John Cage and Joseph Cornell. She designed sets for George Balanchine ballets, played romantic matchmaker for poet Andre Breton and appeared in Hans Richter's avant-garde films, but she remained best known as the wife of Surrealist Max Ernst, to whom she was married for nearly 30 years. Above, a detail from her 1943 painting "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik." She was 101. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2011

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