Celebrity Deaths in 2012

Charles Durning

The veteran character actor died of natural causes in his Manhattan home on Dec. 24 at the age of 89. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated roles as the Governor in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and as an idiotic officer in To Be Or Not to Be, along with his portrayals of Dustin Hoffman's would-be suitor in Tootsie and Warren Beatty's boss in Dick Tracy. On the small screen, he recurred on such shows as Evening Shade and Rescue Me, both of which earned him Emmy nominations.