2012: Celebs who said goodbye

Published Monday, December 31, 2012

Whitney Houston: February 11, age 48

Michael Clarke Duncan: September 3,

Dara Singh: Age 84

Rajesh Khanna: Age 69

Yash Chopra: Age 80

Pandit Ravi Shankar: Age 92, December 11

Donna Summer, December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012

Robin Gibb, 22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012

Ernest Borgnine, January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012

Tony Scott, 21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012

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