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January 26, 2012: Robert Hegyes, 60, US actor best known for playing nerd Epstein in the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter.
Link: Wikipedia

January 24, 2012: James Farentino, 73, American stage and screen actor who appeared in the film Jesus of Nazareth and the TV series Dynasty and ER.
Link: Wikipedia

January 22, 2012: Dick Tufeld, 85, US actor and announcer best known as the voice of the Lost in Space robot, whose catchcry was "Danger, Will Robinson".
Link: LA Times

January 22, 2012: Joe Paterno, 85, American football coach who held the major-colleges all-time wins record, but whose career ended in scandal when it was revealed that he failed to act when one of his staff, Jerry Sandusky, was accused of sexual assaulting boys.
Link: WSJ

January 20, 2012: Etta James, 73, US R&B and blues singer whose hits included At Last, I'd Rather Go Blind and Tell Mama.
Link: USA Today

January 17, 2012: Johnny Otis, 90, US singer, songwriter, musician and DJ. Born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, he was known as "the godfather of rhythm and blues". He is credited with discovering Etta James.
Link: Wikipedia

January 16, 2012: Jimmy Castor, 64, US funk music legend whose hits included I Promise to Remember and Troglodyte (Cave Man).
Link: Wikipedia

January 5, 2012: Bob Holness, 83, British actor and broadcaster who helmed the quiz show Blockbusters for many years. He did not, as urban legend had it, play the saxophone part on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street.
Link: Daily Mail

January 5, 2012: Eve Arnold, 91, celebrated US photographer with the famous Magnum Agency. Her subjects included Marilyn Monroe, Malcolm X and Queen Elizabeth II.
LinkS: HuffPost; Wikipedia

January 1, 2012: Fred Milano, 72, US vocalist with Dion and the Belmonts, whose hits included Where And When and A Teenager In Love.
Links: HuffPost

December 30, 2011: Ronald Searle, 91, British cartoonist behind the St Trinian's and Molesworth series. He was also lauded as a serious artist for his sketches made while a prisoner in the Changi POW camp in Singapore.
Link: Wikipedia; BBC

December 25, 2011: Israel Baker, 92, classical violinist who played and helped create the Bernard Hermann score on Alfred Hitchcock'a Psycho.
Link: Contact Music

December 24, Johannes Heesters, 108, Dutch entertainer who became a favourite in Germany but not in his homeland because of his association with the Nazis in the 1930s. His films included Die Leuchter des Kaisers and Das Hofkonzert.
Link: Variety

December 18, 2011: Václav Havel, 75, Czech poet and playwright who became president of the Czech Republic in 1993 after the separation of Czechoslovakia.
Link: Wikipedia

December 18, 2011: Ronnie Wolfe, 89, British writer best known for creating, with Ronald Chester, the sitcoms On the Buses and The Rag Trade.
Link: Guardian

December 17, 2011: Kim Jong-il, 69, North Korean leader born Yuri Irsenovich Kim. He reportedly died on a train of a heart attack. He led the nation since the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994.
Link: BBC; Wikipedia

December 17, 2011: Cesaria Evora, 70, Grammy Award-winning singer from Cape Verde, West Africa.
Link: BBC

December 16, 2011: Nicol Williamson, 75, British stage and screen actor whose roles included Hamlet, Sherlock Holmes, Merlin and Little John.
Link: LA Times

December 15, 2011: Christopher Hitchens, 62, Anglo-American writer, intellectual and outspoken atheist, of cancer.
Link: Vanity Fair

December 14, 2011: Billie Jo Spears, 74, US country singer whose biggest hit was Blanket on the Ground.
Link: Guardian

December 14, 2011: Joe Simon, 98, US comic book artist, writer and editor who co-created Captain America with Jack Kirby.
Link: NY Times

December 11, 2011: Harold Hokpins, 67, Australian stage and screen actor, of mesothelioma. He is best remembered for his roles in the films Don's Party, The Club and Gallipoli
Link: Herald Sun

December 8, 2011: Bob Burnett, 71, US folk musician with influential 1960s group the Highwaymen.
Link: LA Times

December 8, 2011: Sir Zelman Cowen, 92, Australian lawyer and academic who became the nation's Governor General.
Link: Brisbane Times

December 7, 2011: Jerry Robinson, 89, US comic-book artist whose creations included Batman's sidekick, Robin. He is also credited with creating arch villain The Joker, although Batman creator Bob Kane disputed that.
Link: BBC

December 7, 2011: Harry Morgan, 96, US screen actor, born Harry Bratsburg, best known for his role as Colonel Potter in the hit TV series M*A*S*H. He also starred in the 1960s series Dragnet.
Link: USA Today

December 6, 2011: Dobie Gray, 70, US pop ballad singer, of cancer. His hits included Drift Away, Loving Arms and In the Crowd.
Link: Variety

December 3, 2011: Dev Anand, 84, Bollywood actor once known as "the Adonis of Indian cinema". His films over a 65-career included Guide, Paying Guest,Jewel Thief and the recently released Chargesheet.
Link: BBC

December 2, 2011: Sam Loxton, 90, Australian cricketer who was a member of the famed "Invincibles" national team captained by Don Bradman.
Link: Australian