Whitney Houston, Tony Scott & More Celebrities Who Died in 2012 (PHOTOS)

IN MEMORIAM

Whitney Houston, Tony Scott, and more: The Daily Beast remembers some of the celebrities we lost this year.

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Whitney Houston (1963–2012)

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Tony Scott (1944–2012)

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Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012)

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Jenni Rivera (1969–2012)

Reed Saxon / AP

Adam Yauch (1964–2012)

Marcus Brandt / AP

Phyllis Diller (1917–2012)

Chris Pizzello / AP

Donna Summer (1948–2012)

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Johnny Lewis (1983–2012)

Carlo Allegri / AP

Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)

Chip Somodevilla / Getty

Sally Ride (1951–2012)

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Andy Griffith (1926–2012)

Doug Pizac / AP

Sherman Hemsley (1938–2012)

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Junior Seau (1969–2012)

Denis Poroy / AP

Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)

Alex Brandon / AP

Ravi Shankar (1920–2012)

Aijaz Rahi / AP

Larry Hagman (1931–2012)

Tony Gutierrez / AP

Kathryn Joosten (1939–2012)

David Livingston / Getty

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)

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Joe Paterno (1926–2012)

Jim Prisching / AP

Nora Ephron (1941–2012)

Charles Sykes / AP

Gore Vidal (1925–2012)

Charley Gallay / Getty

Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012)

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Jack Klugman (1922-2012)

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