Curtain calls 2012

Whitney Houston performs during the World Music Awards at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada as a tribute to music mogul Clive Davis, who received the Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry Award, in this September 15, 2004 file photo. Houston died of accidental drowning due to the effects of cocaine use and heart disease, a Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman said on March 22, 2012.

Actor Larry Hagman poses in front of the Southfork Ranch mansion made famous in the television show, \"Dallas\", in Parker, Texas, Thursday Oct. 9, 2008. Hagman was initially reluctant to be on a new TV show called \"Dallas\" when he first read the script in the late 1970s but is now preparing to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

FILE - CIRCA 1968: Television host Dick Clark poses for a portrait in circa 1968. Clark has died of a heart attack at 82 years old.

(FILE PHOTO) It has been reported that British actor and musician Davy Jones of The Monkees has died of a heartattack at the age of 66 on February 29, 2012. LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 1967: Davy Jones on the set of the television show The Monkees in December 1967 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

FILE - JULY 03, 2012: Actor Andy Griffith, best known for his starring roles in the television series \"The Andy Griffith Show\" and \"Matlock\", has died at the age of 86.

The Moon River singer has died at home in Missouri after battling bladder cancer and is survived by his wife Debbie and his three children, Robert, Noelle and Christian. circa 1960: American pop singer Andy Williams performs, as dancers circle him, wearing polka-dot raincoats and holding polka-dot umbrellas, in his television variety series, 'The Andy Williams Show.' They perform, 'The Sun Shines on Andy.' (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

This undated image provided by Warner Bros. shows Tom Hanks, left, Michael Clarke Duncan, center, and David Morse in \"The Green Mile.\" Duncan has died at the age of 54 on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a July 13, 2012 heart attack, his fiancee, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, said. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Ralph Nelson)

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Donna Summer. According to reports Donna Summer has died, May 17, 2012 aged 63 after a battle with cancer. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

1970: (FILE PHOTO) Robin Gibb, 62, has died on May 20, 2012 after battling liver cancer. Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery of Robin Gibb http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=130585460&EditorialProduct=Archival For Video Please See: http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Account/MediaBin/LightboxDetail.aspx?Id=20858147&MediaBinUserId=1545411 Robin Gibb, British pop singer and member of the Bee Gees. (Photo by Sydney O'Meara/Express/Getty Images)

(FILE) American Writer And Illustrator Maurice Sendak Dies At 83 399514 01: Standing with a character from his book \"Where the Wild Things Are,\" author and illustrator Maurice Sendak speaks with the media January 11, 2002 before the opening of an exhibition entitled, \"Maurice Sendak In His Own Words and Pictures,\" at the Childrens Museum of Manhattan in New York City. The multimedia exhibition, which opens January 12, will feature photographs, text, illustrations, music and audiovisual components. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

1964: (FILE PHOTO) Clothes designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960's, having her hair cut by another fashion icon, hairdresser Vidal Sassoon. Sassoon, 84, has died in California. (Photo by Ronald Dumont/Getty Images)

FILE - AUGUST 20: Actress-comedian Phyllis Diller has died at her home in Los Angeles. She was 95.

WELCOME BACK, KOTTER, Ron Palillo, 1975-79.

FILE - In this 1978 file photo, Robert Hegyes portrays Juan Epstein from the comedy series \"Welcome Back Kotter.\" The actor best known for playing the Jewish Puerto Rican student on the 1970s TV show has died. He was 60. (AP Photo, file)

Dark Shadows - 1966 - is a Gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The series became hugely popular when, a year into its run, vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frid, appeared. In addition to vampires, Dark Shadows featured werewolves, ghosts, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, both into the past and into the future, and a parallel universe.

BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM - 1993: Blues singer Etta James, 73, died at a hopsital on January 20, 2012 in Riverside, California. Please refer to the following profiles on Getty Images Archival for further imagery http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=136021620&EditorialProduct=Archival R&B singer Etta James perfoms onstage at the Brighton Center in 1993 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Charles Paul Harris/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

This Monday, March 6, 2006 file photo shows Don Cornelius at his office in Los Angeles. Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show \"Soul Train,\" shot himself to death Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2012 at his home in Los Angeles, police said. He was 75.

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 25: Artist LeRoy Neiman stands on the sidelines during Super Bowl XXI between the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos at the Rose Bowl on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, California. The artist Leroy Neiman best known for painting the biggest sporting events died at the age of 91.

Ray Bradbury with his hands out, circa 1980.

FILE - This June 1978 file photo shows Richard Dawson, host of \"Family Feud\" in character. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom \"Hogan's Heroes\" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show \"Family Feud\" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79.

FILE - JULY 08: Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine has died at age 95. American actor Ernest Borgnine stars as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale in the television series and spin-off film 'McHale's Navy', circa 1964.

LOS ANGELES - MAY 5: MY THREE SONS cast member Don Grady as Robbie Douglas. Image dated May 5, 1970. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Don Grady

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 1: Sherman Hemsley (as George Jefferson), from the CBS situation comedy, THE JEFFERSONS. Image dated 1976.

American actor George Lindsey as he appears in the television programme 'The Orange Blossom Special', 1973. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

THE SHAKEDOWN, from left, Barbara Kent, Jack Hanlon, James Murray, 1929

FILE - DECEMBER 11: Sitar player Ravi Shankar has died at 92. Photo of Indian musician Ravi Shankar as he poses with a sitar, Los Angeles, California, late twentieth century. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera performs during the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards in Coral Gables, Florida in this April 26, 2012 file photo. Rivera is missing after the plane she was travel ling in disappeared shortly after leaving the northern Mexican city of Monterrey early on December 9, 2012. Rivera was heading for the city of Toluca in central Mexico after a concert in Monterrey on the night of December 8, 2012. The singer, two pilots and four other passengers are all missing, the ministry said. A search is continuing for the aircraft. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT DISASTER)

Dave Brubeck poses for photos on the red carpet before the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors at Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dave Brubeck

Actress Deborah Raffin arrives at \"We've Come A Long Way... Maybe\" The Pill At 50 And Birth Control Today Entertainment Industry Briefing on January 25, 2011 in Hollywood, California.

In an Oct. 14, 2010, file photo Art Ginsburg, known as Mr. Food, is shown during TV rehearsal in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Ginsburg, has died at his home in Weston, Fla., Wednesday Nov. 21, 2012.

Actor Gary Collins attends the 46th Annual Thalians Ball October 13, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. The gala benefits the Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

CIRCA 1970: Photo of Greaves R.B Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Johnny Lewis, who played Kip \"Half Sack\" Epps on the cable TV show \"Sons of Anarchy,\" fell to his death on Sept. 26 after police say he killed his elderly landlady. He was 28.

1976: Levon Helm performs in 1976. 'The Band' drummer Levon Helm, 71, according to reports from his daughter singer Amy Helm and wife Sandy, is losing his battle with throat cancer.

THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, 1976

LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 09: (FILE) (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been shot in black and white. Color version not available.) (L-R) Christine McGuire, Phyllis McGuire and Dorothy McGuire of The McGuire Sisters attend the opening of the World of Coca-Cola on July 7, 1997 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo Las Vegas News Bureau Archives via Getty Images)

Joe South, (undated)

This 1980 photo provided by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers shows Hal David. David, who along with partner Burt Bacharach penned dozens of top 40 hits for a variety of recording artists in the 1960s and beyond, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ASCAP)

In this undated publicity photo released by \"Sesame Street,\" puppeteer Jerry Nelson performs as Count von Count for PBS' \"Sesame Street\" in New York. Sesame Workshop announced that Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, died at age 78 on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in his Massachusetts home on Cape Cod.

British director Tony Scott poses on July 20, 2009 in Paris, during a photocall to present his movie \"The taking of Pelham 123\", a remake of the 1974 version.

AUGUST 17: According to reports August 17, 2012 Joey Kovar from \"The Real World\" and \"Celebrity Rehab\" was found dead at a friend's home near Chicago. He was 29. CHICAGO - APRIL 11: MTV's \"Real World XX: Hollywood\" cast(Joey Kovar) held a premiere party at Excalibur Nightclub in Chicago, Illinois on April 11, 2008.

Mel Stuart,(C) director of the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" poses with the Oompa Loompas characters in the Chocolate room on the set of the film in this undated publicity photograph. Stuart has died at age 83 on August 9, 2012, according to family members.

Guitarist Swanlund,54, died August 4, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - JUNE 10: Stuart Swanlund of The Marshall Tucker Band performs as part of the of Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam 2007 at Shoreline Amphitheatre on June 10, 2007 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

A handout picture provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau on 11 August 2012 shows US composer Marvin Hamlisch at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 07 November 1975.

FILE: JULY 31: Author Gore Vidal has died from complications of pneumonia at age 86. ROME - JULY 01: (FILE PHOTO) American author Gore Vidal poses at home in Rome,Italy on the ist of July 1993. (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)

epa03328856 An undated handout image provided by Christine Green Authors' Agent in London, Britain, on 31 July 2012 shows Irish novelist and playwright Maeve Binchy who passed away after a short illness at the age of 72 on 30 July 2012.

Singer/actor Tony Martin, best known for his roles in'Ziegfeld Girl' and 'Casbah' has died, July 30, 2012 aged 98.

FILE - JULY 16: Country singer Kitty Wells, born Ellen Muriel Deason, died after complications from a stroke July 16, 2012 at her home in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 92. UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Kitty Wells Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

FILE - 15 JULY 2012: Oscar winning actress Celeste Holm, 95, died on July 15, 2012 in New York City. CELESTE HOLM -- Pictured: Actress Celeste Holm c. May 1953 -- Photo by: Elmer Holloway/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

Sage Stallone, (L) appears at the premier for \"Daylight\" with Amy Brenneman and his father Sylvester Stallone (R) in Los Angeles in this December 5, 1996 file photo. Sage Stallone was found dead July 13, 2012 at his home in Hollywood, authorities and his attorney said. Police said there was no sign of forced entry or foul play. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files. (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY PROFILE)

June 26, 2012 - New York, New York, U.S. - Writer and film director Nora Ephron, known for work on movies such as \"When Harry Met Sally,\" and \"Sleepless in Seattle\" died at 71 after battling leukemia.

Musician Doc Watson poses backstage at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California, in this 1986 publicity photo released to Reuters on May 25, 2012. Grammy-winning folk musician Watson died May 29, 2012 at the age of 89 after undergoing colon surgery last week at a North Carolina hospital, according to his management team. REUTERS/Peter D. Figen/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Donald \"Duck\" Dunn, Bass player with Eric Clapton, 23-4-1983, Ahoy, Rotterdam, Foto Rob Verhorst

///Adam Yauch, aka \"MCA\" of the rap group Beastie Boys and his daugther Lossel at Amnesty International Spot Light awards for Human rights.

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1983 file photo, members of \"Men at Work,\" from left, Greg Ham, Ron Strykert, Colin Hay, Jerry Speiser and John Rees, pose with their Grammy for best new artist at the awards show in Los Angeles. Ham, a musician with the iconic Australian band Men at Work, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday, April 19, 2012, Australian reports said. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - 29 NOVEMBER 2012: As 2012 begins to come to a close, we look at the famous personalities that have died in 2012. Please refer to the following parent profile on Getty Images for further imagery and additional Obituaries from 2012. www.gettyimages.com/EditorialFootage/Recentevents?parentEventId=156251416&isource=GBR_edarc_Farewell_in_2012&esource=maplinARC_uki_12nov For Video Please refer to the following parent profile on Getty Images: www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=155766378&EditorialProduct=Recentevents&AssetType=film#&esource=maplinARC_uki_12nov Circa 1965, American writer and magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown in her office at Cosmopolitan magazine, 1960s. (Photo by Santi Visalli/Getty Images)

(FILES)Actor Charles Durning is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony in Hollywood, California in this July 31, 2008 file photo. Charles Durning, the two-time Oscar nominee who was dubbed the king of the character actors for his skill in playing everything from a Nazi colonel to the pope, died on December 24, 2012 in New York City. He was 89. AFP PHOTO / Robyn BeckROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

FILE - DECEMBER 25, 2012: Jack Klugman, \"The Odd Couple\" star loved by TV, movie and theater audiences worldwide, died at 90 years old in Los Angeles on December 24, 2012. HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 7: Actor Jack Klugman attends the 2nd Annual TV Land Awards held on March 7, 2004 at The Hollywood Palladium, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Lee Dorman, the bassist for Iron Butterfly, died on December 21, 2012 at 70 years old in Laguna Niguel, California. According to reports he was found dead in his car from natural causes.

Ray Collins, founding member of the Mothers of Invention, died Dec. 24. His family said he was in his 70s.

Thunderbirds Creator Gerry Anderson, 83, died on December 26, 2012. Anderson died suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Co-founders of a TV puppet adventure series 'Stingray', Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with some of the 'cast'.

Fontella Bass performing at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's 12th annual Pioneer Awards at the legendary Apollo Theatre in New York City on November 8, 2001. photo by Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect