Celebrity Deaths for 2012

[Kris_Roth]

Gary Carter, 57, Major League Baseball Catcher.

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Monkees singer Davy Jones has passed away, according to TMZ. Their top hit (I'm a) Believer was used at the end of Disney's Shrek 1.

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The guy who created Red Bull died, He was a Chinese billionaire.

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Edward 'Edd' Gould, creator of 'Eddsworld', died of cancer today, March 27.

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WWE Hall Of Famer Chief Jay Strongbow passed away. Born Ray Scarpa, the Italian-American portrayed a Native American gimmick from 1947 to his retirement in 1983. The Oklahoma native was known for his Tomahawk Chop and the Sleeper Hold. He later mentored Lex Luger and Chris Chavis aka Takana.

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Mike Wallace, CBS News reporter for 60 Minutes, 93.

Thomas Kincade, famous artist.

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Dick Clark passed away.

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The guy from the Popular Austrailia band "Men At Work" who had the flute solo in "Down Under" has passed away. Men at Work was recently sued by the family of the person who created the popular children's camp song "The Kookoburo in the Old Gum Tree" for stealing their riffs.

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William Joseph "Moose" Skowron Jr., one of the major players on the Casey Stengel-era New York Yankees teams (and later a Community Relations representative for the Chicago White Sox) has died at the age of 81.

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In the world of the NFL, Junior Seau, former San Diego Chargers linebacker who played in Super Bowl XXIV in 1994 against the San Francisco 49ers, has commited suicide at the age of 42. The San Diego Chargerd have lost 8 players from their only Super Bowl appearance, ranging from an automobile accident to drug abuse, an enlarged heart problem, and a plane crash.

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Adam Yauch, from the Beastie Boys, has passed away.

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George Lyndsey, who portrayed Goober Pyle, Gomer Pyle's cousin on the Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD, has passed away at the age of 83. He took over when Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle, left the Andy Griffith Show to join the Marines, in the hit show, Gomer Pyle, USMC. Goober always greeted Andy and the other characters with a friendly wave and a "Hello."

[AshK]

George Lyndsey, who portrayed Goober Pyle, Gomer Pyle's brother on the Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry, has passed away at the age of 83.

Goober was Gomer's Cousin not brother. Just thought I would let you know.

[Kris_Roth]

Maurice Sendak, author of the famous childrens book "Where the Wild Things Are", has passed away at the age of 83. Man, 2012 is almost half way through, and we lost some decent celebrities. Also, The actor who played the original Barnaby Jones from the tv show Dark Shadows died. They are having a remake of Dark Shadows (the movie) with Johnny Depp as Barnaby the vampire.

[Cece]

Racing legend and car designer, Carroll Shelby, dead May 11,2012. Most noted for putting American v-8 motors in the AC Bristol British convertable, Shelby's little Colbra set a standard for many years. He went onto build several other factory fast cars from the mustang, both in the late 60's, early 70's, and the newest model from 2005 up. But also had serious development in Oldsmobiles race program, and both the dodge Omni GLHS and the Viper V-10 prototyping. (The little known fact that GLHS was the acronym for goes like he double hockey sticks ) and as a side note to his making of hot cars, being a Texan, he also created a famous hot chili as well...