Music: Final Exits of 2012

Dave 'Omar' Alexander
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/dave-omar-alexander.html

Bulgarian-Born Pianist Alexis Weissenberg Dies at 82
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/bulgarian-born-pianist-alexis.html

Bridie Gallagher
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/bridie-gallagher.html

US Blues Legend Etta James Dies of Leukemia
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-blues-legend-etta-james-dies-of.html

Remembering Blues Legend Etta James
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/remembering-blues-legend-etta-james.html

John Levy
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/john-levy.html

Camilla Williams
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/01/camilla-williams.html

Legendary Soul Train Host Found Dead
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/legendary-soul-train-host-found-dead.html

Tributes Pour in for Late Soul Train Creator
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/tributes-pour-in-for-late-soul-train.html

Singer Whitney Houston Dead at 48
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/singer-whitney-houston-dead-at-48.html

Singer Whitney Houston Memorialized at Pre-Grammy Awards Gala
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/singer-whitney-houston-memorialized-at.html

Davy Jones
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/02/davy-jones.html

Remembering Davy Jones
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/03/remembering-davy-jones.html

Bluegrass Legend Earl Scruggs Dead at 88
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/03/bluegrass-legend-earl-scruggs-dead-at.html

Remembering Earl Scruggs
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/03/remembering-earl-scruggs.html

Entertainment Pioneer Dick Clark Dies at 82
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/04/entertainment-pioneer-dick-clark-dies.html

Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys Dies at 47
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/adam-yauch-of-beastie-boys-dies-at-47.html

Chuck Brown, 'The Godfather of Go-Go,' Dies at 75
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/chuck-brown-godfather-of-go-go-dies-at.html

Queen of Disco Loses Battle with Cancer
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/queen-of-disco-loses-battle-with-cancer.html

Godfather of Go-Go Music Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/godfather-of-go-go-music-dies.html

Last Dance for Queen of Disco; Donna Summer Succumbs to Cancer
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/last-dance-for-queen-of-disco-donna.html

Disco Era Icon Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer at 62
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/disco-era-icon-robin-gibb-dies-of.html

American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-folk-legend-doc-watson-dies.html

Robin Gibb to Be Buried June 8
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/06/robin-gibb-to-be-buried-june-8.html

Country Music Pioneer Kitty Wells Dies at 92
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/07/country-music-pioneer-kitty-wells-dies.html

Award-Winning Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/08/award-winning-composer-marvin-hamlisch.html

Hamlisch Remembered for Iconic Broadway Tunes
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/08/hamlisch-remembered-for-iconic-broadway.html

Legendary US Songwriter Hal David Dies at 91
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/09/legendary-us-songwriter-hal-david-dies.html

Singer Andy Williams, Star of Records and TV, Dies at 84
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/09/singer-andy-williams-star-of-records.html

Pioneering Jazz Musician Dave Brubeck Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/12/pioneering-jazz-musician-dave-brubeck.html

Indian Sitarist Ravi Shankar Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/12/indian-sitarist-ravi-shankar-dies.html

Russian Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya Dies At 86
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2012/12/russian-soprano-galina-vishnevskaya_13.html

Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys Dies at 47

Adam Yauch, a founding member of the pioneering Beastie Boys hip hop group, died Friday at the age of 47 of cancer.

Yauch, who also was known as MCA, helped start the group in 1979 when it was a hardcore punk bank. But as its music evolved, the Beastie Boys produced some of hip-hop's celebrated albums, including Licensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication. Yauch was a vocalist and bass player.

The group has not performed live since 2009, but was inducted last month into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Beastie Boys said Yauch died from a cancerous tumor in his saliva gland that was first discovered in 2009.

Photo: Adam Yauch a.k.a. MCA, Beastie Boys at Brixton Academy, 5 September 2007. Photo by Fabio Venni from London, UK.