Armstrong, Neil
The first human to walk on the moon
Famous Celebrities Who Died in 2012
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Beastie Boys
Funky, sarcastic white-boy rappers who did "Sabotage" -
Borgnine, Ernest
The Oscar winning star of the 1955 movie Marty -
Bradbury, Ray
Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles -
Breitbart, Andrew
The right-wing activist who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner -
Brubeck, David
The jazz pianist who did the song "Take Five" -
Clark, Dick
The host of American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve -
Colson, Charles "Chuck"
The jailed Watergate conspirator who became an evangelical Christian leader -
Cornelius, Don
The creator and host of the musical TV show Soul Train -
Dawson, Richard
The host of the game show Family Feud -
Ephron, Nora
The writer and director of Sleepless In Seattle -
Everett, Chad
Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center -
Gazzara, Ben
The stage and screen actor who starred in the 1970 film Husbands -
Gibb, Robin
One-third of the pop group The Bee Gees -
Griffith, Andy
Star of TV's The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock -
Houston, Whitney
The troubled pop singer of "Saving All My Love For You" -
James, Etta
R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry" -
Jones, Davy
The good-looking front man for The Monkees -
King, Rodney
The motorist whose 1991 beating set off the 1992 L.A. riots -
Kinkade, Thomas
The "Painter of Light" who became a multimillionaire businessman -
Klugman, Jack
Oscar Madison in TV's The Odd Couple -
Monkees, The
The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer" -
Paterno, Joe
The head football coach at Penn State University, 1966-2011 -
Ride, Sally
The first American woman in space -
Rivera, Jenni
The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda" -
Sendak, Maurice
The illustrator who created Where the Wild Things Are -
Shamir, Yitzhak
Prime Minister of Israel, 1983-1984 and 1986-1992 -
Shankar, Ravi
The sitar virtuoso who influenced The Beatles -
Specter, Arlen
The Democrat-Republican-Democrat senator from Pennsylvania -
Summer, Donna
The Queen of Disco who did "I Feel Love" and "Last Dance" -
Wallace, Mike
The tough TV interviewer who was an original on 60 Minutes -
Watson, Doc
The blind folk guitarist with the distinctive flat-picking style -
Yauch, Adam
MCA from the rap group Beastie Boys