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R.I.P. 2012

Lincoln Alexander lieutenant governor of Ontario, 1985-91

Neil Armstrong astronaut

Maeve Binchy author

Ernest Borgnine actor

Ray Bradbury sci-fi author

Sarah Burke freestyle skier

Leonard Braithwaite first black Ontario MPP

Dave Brubeck jazz piano giant

Billy Bryans musician/DJ

Dick Clark TV icon

Patrick Conner stage actor/director

Don Cornelius TV host/producer

Judith Crist film critic

Hal David lyricist

Lloyd Dennis co-author, Hall-Dennis Report

Phyllis Diller comedian

Michael Clark Duncan actor

Nora Ephron humorist/filmmaker

Shulamith Firestone feminist theorist

David Freeman playwright

Ben Gazzara actor

Robin Gibb Bee Gees member

Sybil Goldstein visual artist

Andy Griffith TV legend

Larry Hagman TV star

Greg Ham lead singer, Men at Work Marvin Hamlisch songwriter

Levon Helm drummer, the Band

Sherman Hemsley Groundbreaking African-American TV actor

Tom Hendry Canadian theatre luminary

Neil Hope former Degrassi star

Whitney Houston singer

Etta James soul singer

Davy Jones musician, the Monkees

Pierre Juneau CanCon advocate

Wiebo Ludwig anti-big-oil activist

Arnaud Maggs visual artist

George McGovern U.S. senator

Andrew MacNaughtan photographer

Arlene Mantle musician

Motor X drummer, Viletones

Del Newbigging sculptor

David Rakoff essayist

Raylene Rankin musician, Rankin Family

Maureen Reilly Anti-sludge activist

Adrienne Rich feminist writer

Charles Roach lawyer and activist

Jared Sable gallerist

Andrew Sarris film critic

Kyle Scanlon trans activist

Tony Scott filmmaker

Earl Scruggs banjo legend

Maurice Sendak author

Ravi Shankar musician

Sam Sniderman record purveyor

Raymond Souster poet

Larry Solway broadcaster

Randy Starkman sportswriter

Donna Summer singer

Josef Skvorecky author

Denyse Thomasos visual artist

Mike Wallace TV newsman

David S. Ware saxophonist

Kitty Wells musician

Gore Vidal author

Adam Yauch musician, Beastie Boys

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