PHOTOS: Celebrity Deaths in 2012

D.C. legend Chuck Brown, the "Godfather of Go-Go" died at 75.

Pulitzer Prize-winning NY Times journalist Anthony Shadid died at the age of 43 on Feb. 16, from an asthma attack while covering the uprisings in the Middle East

American newspaper reporter Marie Colvin was killed while covering the ongoing uprising in Syria on Wed., Feb. 22, 2011. She had appeared on CNN's 'Anderson Cooper 360' just hours before her death.

Jan Berenstain and her husband created the beloved Berenstain Bears books.

Gene Vance played for the the NBA's Chicago Stags as well as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Milwaukee Hawks - both earlier versions of today's Atlanta Hawks - in the late 40s and early 50s. Vance died at the age of 88 on Feb. 16.

Sports writer Bert Sugar at a reception in 2010. Sugar died Sunday, March 25 at the age of 75. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Davy Jones speaks during the '60's Pop Rock: My Music' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 30, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. Jones died Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2012 from a heart attack in Florida. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Conservative columnist and blogger Andrew Breitbart died on March 1, 2012. He was 43. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Film artist Ralph McQuarrie, who designed the original look of the first 'Star Wars' movies, died from Parkinson's disease at the age of 82 on March 3, 2012. (Getty Images)

CBS News reporter Richard Threlkeld died in a traffic accident on Jan. 13.

Actor Robert Hegyes, best known for his role as Juan Epstein on Welcome Back Kotter, died from a heart attack on Jan. 26.

Former Mets catcher Gary Carter greets fans from the field after the last regular season baseball game ever played in Shea Stadium against the Florida Marlins on Sept. 28, 2008. Carter died Feb. 16, 2012 from brain cancer. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Patricia Disney was a philanthopist and ex-wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy (who was an executive with the Walt Disney Company). She died from complications relating to Alzheimer's disease on Feb. 3.

'The Senator,' a 3,500 year-old cypress tree in Seminole County, Fla., burned to a stump on Jan. 16. 'The Senator' was believed to be the fifth-oldest tree in the world.

Singer Whitney Houston died on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the age of 48. (Jakubaszek/Getty Images)

Bluegrass artist Earl Scruggs, best known as half the duo that wrote and performed "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," died of natural causes on March 28. He was 88. (Getty Images)

Zalman King was a television actor in the 60s and 70s before finding success behind the camera as a film and TV director, best known for directing 9 1/2 Weeks and his 90s Showtime series Red Shoe Diaries. King died on Feb. 3.

Singer Etta James died at at the age of 73 on Jan. 20.

Joe Paterno was dismissed from his position as Penn State's head football coach amid the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Paterno died Jan. 22 from lung cancer.

Children's author Maurice Sendak died on May 8, from complications relating to a recent stroke. (AP/USA Today)

Bob Stewart, best known as creator of 'Password', 'To Tell The Truth' and 'The Price is Right', died at the age of 91 on May 4.

Filmmaker and recording artist Adam Yauch speaks onstage at the Apple Soho store on May 2, 2008 in New York City. Rapper Adam Yauch, AKA MCA, of the Beastie Boys has died May 4, 2012 after battling cancer. He was 47. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

George 'Goober' Lindsey died Sun., May 6 after a brief illness. Lindsey was best known for his role on 'The Andy Griffith Show' and 'Gomer Pyle USMC' as Goober Pyle. (AP File)

Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon attends the 'Vidal Sassoon: The Movie' event at Barnes & Noble on September 6, 2011 in Santa Monica, California. Sassoon died on May 9 at the age of 84. (David Livingston/Getty Images)

Automotive designer and racer Carroll Shelby, creator of the Shelby Cobra for Ford in the 1960s, died May 10, at the age of 89. (Getty Images)

CBS reporter and '60 Minutes' contributor Mike Wallace died Saturday, April 7 at the age of 93.

Mitchell Guist, a castmember on the History Channel's 'Swamp People' died Monday, May 14 near Pierre Part, La. (History Channel)

Blues bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn, known for stints with Booker T. & the MG's and The Blues Brothers Band, died while on tour in Japan on May 13, 2012. This photo was from the closing credits of the 1980 movie 'The Blues Brothers'.

Legendary television producer and host Dick Clark died from a massive heart attack at the age of 82 on April 18. (AP)

Actor Jonathan Frid played Barnabas Collins in 'Dark Shadows' in the late 60s and early 70s. He died of natural causes on April 14.

American painter Thomas Kinkade died on April 6.

Olympic diver Mark Lenzi won gold in Barcelona in 1992 and bronze in Atlanta in 1996. Lenzi died April 9. (CNN)

Men at Work member Greg Ham, second from left, was found dead in his home in Melbourne, Australia, on April 19, at the age of 58

Champion Norweigan swimmer Aleander Oen died while at training camp in Flagstaff, Ariz., Apr. 30 at the age of 26 (USA Today/AP)

Authorities said NFL legend Junior Seau died on May 2, 2012. (Getty Images)

The Band drummer Levon Helm died on April 19 at the age of 71

Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling died on April 19. He was 62.

Actor Ernest Borgnine died July 8 at the age of 95.

Best-selling author Stephen Covey, who wrote "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" died on July 16 at age 79.

Actress Celeste Holm died at the age of 95.

Don Grady, from "My Three Sons," died at 68

Tom Davis of "Saturday Night Live" died at the age of 59.

Richard Dawson(Photo by AP)

Writer-Filmmaker Nora Ephron died at 71.

Gone With The Wind actress Ann Rutherford died on June 11 at the age of 94. - USA Today

Ray Bradbury, author of "Farenheit 451".

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck died at 91(Photo from AP)

Ron Palillo, Arnold Horshack of 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' died at age 63

Helen Gurley Brown died at the age of 90

Jenni Rivera died in a plane crash in Mexico at age 43.(Photo from AP)

Recording Artist Doc Watson performs at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2009 in New Orleans. Watson died May 29 after a fall at his North Carolina home. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

Sherman Hemsley of “The Jeffersons" died at 74.

Gore Vidal died at the age of 86.

Tennessee Titans receiver O.J. Murdock died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound July 30.

Robert Nix (Courtesy of Well Funeral Home)

Alabama high school student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a graduation trip to Aruba in late May, 2005. She was declared legally dead by authorities on Jan. 12, 2012. The case of her disappearance has never been solved.

Singer Robin Gibb died on May 20, 2012 after battling cancer. (AP)

Soul Train creator and long-time host Don Cornelius died from a suicide on Feb. 1. (Getty Images)

Dick Tufeld was the voice of the robot on the 60s scifi series Lost In Space and reprised the role for the 1998 motion picture version. Tufeld died Jan. 22 of congestive heart failure.

Florence Green was the last known surviving veteran from World War I when she died in eastern England on Feb. 4.

Stage, film and television actor Ben Gazzara died Feb. 3.

Pop singer Leslie Carter was best known as sister of singers Nick and Aaron Carter. She also appeared on the family's reality show House of Carters in 2006. Leslie Carter died from a drug overdose on Jan. 31 at the age of 25.

British actor Ian Abercrombie was known to American audiences for roles in Seinfeld and Birds of Prey, along with many voice-over parts including most recently the Cartoon Network series The Clone Wars. Abercrombie died from kidney failure on Jan. 26. (Getty Images)

CNN and Turner Sports commentator Jim Huber was also a sports reporter with 11Alive in the 80s, prior to joining CNN. Huber died in Atlanta on Jan. 2 from leukemia.

Musician and music producer Johnny Otis was dubbed 'Godfather of Rhythm and Blues' for his work at bringing R&B to mainstream audiences in the 40s and 50s. He died on Jan. 17.

Actor George Lindsey of 'The Andy Griffith Show' died on May 6, 2012 after an extended hospitalization. (AP)

Singer Donna Summer died May 17, 2012 after battling cancer. (AP)

Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee worked with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman and many other noted boxers over the course of his career. Dundee died at the age of 90 on Feb. 1.

Former Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork died at age 85

Carrol Walsh, World War II veteran from New York who helped liberate thousands of Holocaust victims from a Nazi train, dies at age 91

Actor James Farentino appeared in dozens of film and television roles in the 60s through the 90s, winning an Emmy for his portrayal of Saint Peter in the 70s miniseries Jesus of Nazareth. Farentino died January 24 at the age of 73.

Andy Griffith (L) died at age 86

Writer Michael Ybarra died on June 30, a result of injuries from a fall he suffered at Yosemite National Park. (Wall Street Journal)

Ryan Brunn image captured from GBI video during an interview, December 6, 2011. Brunn died Jan. 19.