A Year In Review
Last Updated: December 26
Our 2012 Scoring Roster
Headliners
Big deaths rendered meaningless because nobody scored.
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| Davy
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Mike Wallace | Marvin Hamlische | Tony Scott | Neil Armstrong |
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| Michael
Clark Duncan |
The B-List
Folks who, while not quite rising to the level of Headliner, were still of note.
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One Life To Live
(1/13, 43) - Long-running ABC soap opera Robert Hegyes (1/26, 60) - Welcome Back, Kotter's Juan Epstein Ben Gazzara (2/3, 81) - veteran character actor Don Cornelius (2/1, 75) - host and producer of Soul Train |
   
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David Kelly
(2/13, 82) - Waking Ned Devine,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Jan Berenstain (2/24, 88) - creator of the Berenstain Bears Encyclopedia Britannica (3/14, 244) - print edition discontinued George "Goober" Lindsey (5/6, 83) - Andy Griffith and Hee Haw actor |
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Maurice
Sendak (5/8, 83) - beloved children's author Henry Hill (6/12, 69) - inspiration for Goodfellas Rodney King (6/17, 47) - you know who he is Nora Ephron (6/26, 71) - screenwriter and director |
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Tom Davis
(7/19, 59) - SNL writer, often performed with Al
Franken Sally Ride (7/23, 61) - first America woman in space Ron Palillo (8/14, 63) - Kotter's Arnold Horshack Jerry Nelson (8/23, 78) - Muppeteer. Count, Floyd, Gobo Fraggle |
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Gary Collins (10/13, 74) - actor, tv host, Miss America emcee |
The C-List
Minor celebrities, various other entertainment names.
Charles Bailey (1/3, 82) author, Seven Days In May Bob Anderson (1/1, 89) did Vader's sword-work Dick Tufeld (1/22, 85) voice of Lost In Space's Robot Zalman King (2/3, 69) director of 9 1/2 Weeks, Red Shoe Diaries Jeffrey Zaslow (2/10, 53) co-author of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture book Ralph McQuarrie (3/3, 82) artist who designed the Star Wars conceptual art Peter Bergman (3/9, 72) founding member, Firesign Theater comedy troupe Harry Crews (3/28, 76) cult author Thomas Kinkade (4/6, 54) pop artist Mike McGrady (5/13, 78) reporter behind Naked Came The Stranger, one of the biggest literary hoaxes ever Frank Cady (6/8, 96) Sam Drucker on Green Acres and Petticoat Junction Judy Freudberg (6/10, 62) spent 35 years writing for Sesame Street Yvette Wilson (6/14, 48) actress on Moesha and The Parkers LeRoy Neiman (6/20, 91) expressionist painter Don Grady (6/27, 68) Robbie Douglas, oldest of My Three Sons Donald Sobol (7/11, 87) author of the Encyclopedia Brown series Celeste Holm (7/15, 95) stage and film legend Frank Pierson (7/23, 87) wrote both Dog Day Afternoon and Cool Hand Luke Sylvia Kristel (10/17, 60) - star of the Emmanuelle movies Lucille Bliss (11/8, 96) voice of Smurfette Frank Peppiatt (11/7, 85) cocreator of Hee Haw Wendell Garrett (11/14, 83) appraiser on Antiques Roadshow Reinhold Weege (12/1, 62) creator of Night Court
Sports
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Junior
Seau (5/2, 43) - All-world NFL linebacker Johnny Pesky (8/13, 92) - legendary Red Sox player Alex Karras (10/9, 77) - NFL star turned actor (Blazing Saddles, Webster) |
Sarah Burke (1/19, 29) - Canadian Olympic skiier Angelo Dundee (2/1, 90) - legendary boxing trainer Harry Wendelstedt (3/9, 73) - longtime NL umpire and umpire teacher Joe Scarpa (4/3, 83) - wrestled as "Chief Jay Strongbow" Moose Skowron (4/27, 81) - Yankees first baseman Johnny Tapia (5/27, 45) - boxing champion Orlando Woolridge (5/31, 52) - NBA All-Star Pedro Borbon (6/4, 65) - longtime Cincinnati Reds pitcher Steve Sabol (9/18, 69) - President of NFL Films Chris Economaki (9/28, 91) - 40+ year career as a motorsports journalist Beano Cook (10/11, 81) - ESPN college football analyst Pascual Perez (11/1, 55) - Former MLB pitcher Lee MacPhail (11/8, 95) - longtime MLB exec, former AL president Darrell Royal (11/7, 88) - 20-year U of Texas football coach Hector "Macho" Camacho (11/24, 50) - former boxing champ Rick Majerus (12/1, 64) - longtime NCAA basketball coach Jovan Belcher (12/1, 25) - Chiefs linebacker Ryan Freel (12/22, 36) - Hardnosed former Reds player
Music
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Robert Sherman
(3/5, 86) - With brother Richard, Disney
songwriters for two generations of movies, television, and theme park
attractions. Go rent The Boys. Adam "MCA" Yauch (5/4, 47) - founding member of the Beastie Boys Donald "Duck" Dunn (5/13, 70) - bassist, Blues Brothers and Booker T & the MGs Donna Summer (5/17, 63) - disco queen |
Bob Weston (1/3, 64) - former guitarist, Fleetwood Mac Fred Milano (1/1, 72) - Dion and the Belmonts Michael Hossack (3/12, 65) - drummer, Doobie Brothers Jimmy Ellis (3/8, 74) - singer, The Trampps Jim Marshall (3/29, 88) - sound engineer, developed the Marshall amplifier Greg Ham (4/19, 58) - Men At Work Levon Helm (4/19, 71) - drummer and singer, The Band Chris Ethridge (4/23, 65) - bassist, Flying Burrito Brothers Herb Reed (6/4, 83) - last original Platter Kitty Wells (7/16, 92) - Queen of Country Music Jon Lord (7/16, 71) - keyboardist, Deep Purple and Whitesnake Scott McKenzie (8/18, 73) - singer, "San Francisco (Flowers In Your Hair)" Dorothy McGuire (9/7, 87) one of the McGuire Sisters Cleve Duncan (11/7, 78) lead singer of the Penguins, sang lead on Earth Angel Dave Brubeck (12/5, 91) - jazz legend Lee Dorman (12/21, 70) bassist, Iron Butterfly
Business / Politics / History
| Malam Bacai Sanha (1/9, 64)
- President of Guinea-Bissau Edna Milton Chadwell (2/25, 84) - last madam of the Chicken Ranch, made famous in Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Samuel Glazer (3/12, 89) - founder, Mr. Coffee Al Ross (3/22, 100) - New Yorker cartoonist Bingu wa Mutharika (4/5, 78) - president of Malawi Vidal Sassoon (5/8, 84) - hair guru Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz (6/16, 78) - Saudi crown prince Stephen R. Covey (7/16, 79) - author of 7 Habits Robert Newton (9/26, 85) - founder, Hoosier Racing Tire Company Zig Ziglar (11/28, 86) - motivational speaker Daniel Inouye (12/17, 88) - Hawaiia Senator, WWII Medal of Honor recipient |
Danny Evins (1/14, 76)
- Founder of Cracker Barrel Lynn "Buck" Compton (2/25, 90) - Member of Band of Brothers' Easy Company, also lead prosecutor against Sirhan Sirhan Chaleo Yoovidhya (3/17, 88) - co-founder, Red Bull George Tupou V (3/18, 63) - king of Tonga Chuck Colson (4/21, 80) - Watergate mastermind Carroll Shelby (5/10, 89) - legendary car designer Elinor Ostrom (6/12, 78) - only woman to win Nobel Prize for Economics John Atta Mills (7/24, 68) - president of Ghana George McGovern (10/21, 90) - Senator and Presidential candidate Dr. William House (12/7, 89) - developed cochlear implant Robert Bork (12/19, 85) - failed SCOTUS nominee |
Phillip Vanatter (1/20, 70)
- lead detective in the OJ Simpson case Andrew Breitbart (3/1, 43) - conservative columnist and blogger Murray Lender (3/21, 81) - bagel guy James Herr (4/6, 87) - founder, Herr's snack foods company Irving Millman (4/17, 88) - developed Hep B vaccine Kathi Goldmark (5/24, 63) - founder of the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band made up of ridiculously famous authors, including King, Albom, Groenig, Barry, Tan, and Turow Yitzhak Shamir (6/30, 96) - former Israeli Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (8/20, 57) - prime minister of Ethiopia Arnold Greenberg (10/26, 80) - cofounder of Snapple N. Joseph Woodland (12/9, 91) - inventor of the bar code |
It's All Relative
| Leslie
Carter
(1/31, 25) - singing sister of Aaron and Nick Angela Castro (2/28, 88) - eldest sister of Fidel Mary Richardson Kennedy (5/16, 52) - estranged wife of RFK, Jr. Maria Hawkins Cole (7/10, 89) - widow of Nat "King" Lucimarian Roberts (8/30, 88) - mother of tv's Robin Arminta Jones (10/23, 90) - mother of Cowboys owner Jerry Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (12/5, 103) - mom of Rupert |
Patricia A. Disney (2/3, 77)
- ex-wife of Roy E. Ben-Zion Netanyahu (4/30, 102) - father of Israeli PM Benjamin Norma Jean Steele (6/6, 86) - sister of Bob Dole Sage Stallone (7/13, 36) - son of Sylvester Jerry Girardi (10/6, 81) - dad of Yankees' Joe Teri Shields (10/31, 79) - mother of Brooke |
Elyse Knox (2/16,
94) - mother of Mark Harmon Lillian Musial (5/3, 91) - widow of Stan Judy Agnew (6/20, 91) - widow of Spiro Grace Keillor (7/27, 97) - mother of Garrison Jackie Guthrie (10/14, 68) - wife of Arlo Leo Blair (11/16, 89) - father of UK PM Tony |