January 16, 2012

Jimmy Castor  71   Cardiac Arrest
Funk artist who had the hit Troglodyte in 1972

January 17, 2012

Johnny Otis   90   
Rhythm and Blues artist who had the hit Willie & The Hand Jive in 1958

January 20, 2012

Etta James   73    Leukemia
Soul Singer who had the hits At Last & Tell Mama

January 22,  2012

Joe Paterno    85    Lung Cancer
Legendary Football Coach for Penn State

January 24, 2012

James Farentino   73   Heart Failure
Veteran actor who appeared on Dynasty, Police Story, Insight and many others

January 26, 2012

Robert Heyges    60   Cardiac Arrest
Actor who played Epstein on Welcome Back Kotter

February 1. 2012

Don Cornelius   75   Apparent Suicide
Creator & Host of popular music show Soul Train

February 3, 2012

Ben Gazara   81    Cancer
Popular Character Actor who appeared in Run For Your Life

February 11, 2012

Whitney Houston    48
Popular Singer of the 1980's

February 13, 2012

Russell Arms    92
Singer who appeared on Your Hit Parade in the 1950's

February 16, 2012

Gary Carter   57   Cancer
Hall of Fame Baseball Player

February 29, 2012

Davy Jones    66   Heart Attack
Popular Singer With The Group The Monkees

March 9, 2012

Harry Wendelstedt   73
Baseball Umpire

March 12, 2012

Dick Woehrle    81  Colon Cancer
One of the best WWF referees in the 70's & 80's

March 27, 2012

Warren Stevens   92
Popular character actor who appeared on Have Gun Will Travel and Richard Boone Show

April 3, 2012

Chief Jay Strongbow    83    Heart Ailment & Fall
One of the best Indian Wrestlers who competed in the WWWF in the 1970's & 80's

April 4, 2012

Jimmy Psilholis    84   Heart Ailments
Popular Pittsburgh guy who recorded Steelers Fight Song in the 1970's.  He also owned radio station WZUM.

April 7, 2012

Mike Wallace   93  Heart Ailments
Legendary CBS Newsman who co-hosted 60 Minutes for many years.

April 18, 2012

Dick Clark   82   Heart Attack
Longtime host of American Bandstand and a TV icon

April 20, 2012

Jonathan Frid   87  Natural Causes
Actor who played Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows

April 27, 2012

Moose Skowron   81 Lung Cancer
Former baseball player for the New York Yankees