* Salvatore Iro, artist, author of Manifesto Art is ... Shit, a collection of works conceived to decrypt the language of modern and contemporary art, in 2012 creates the artwork Ceci est une pomme, marked by the subheading: " non aristotelian obviousness ".

* 1935 – Melvin Charney, Canadian artist and architect ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist ( b. 1925 )

Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012 ) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist.

* 1918 – John Celardo, American comic strip artist ( d. 2012 )

David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012 ) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name.

* 2012 – Sheldon Moldoff, Golden Age and Silver Age comic book artist ( b. 1920 )

* 2012 – Dorothea Tanning, American visual artist ( b. 1910 )

* 2012 – Leo Dillon, American artist ( b. 1933 )

* 2012 – Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debuted at # 1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts, with his album Trespassing

* April 15 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-born artist ( d. 2012 )

** Dorothea Tanning, American artist ( d. 2012 )

** Anita Steckel, American feminist artist ( d. 2012 )

On June 15, 2012, high wire artist Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the falls in 116 years, after receiving special permission from both governments.

* Kerwin Du Bois, a Trinidadian soca artist, released his song " Bacchanalist " in 2012, the song was a commercial success in Trinidad and Tobago and referred to the " bacchanalia " of Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival Season.

" In 2012, parody artist Bad Lip Reading released a song, " YETI ," about a doomed romance between Chris Martin and the titular cryptid.

Schultz continued as the writer when Thomas Yeates began as the strip's artist on April 1, 2012.

In July 2012, Carol Danvers, the longtime super-heroine known as Ms. Marvel, assumed the mantle of Captain Marvel in a new ongoing series by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Dexter Soy.

Recent prominent musicians from Terre Haute include Dave Frey, lead singer of the Dove Award-winning band Sidewalk Prophets, and the band Yearbook Committee, a 2011 and 2012 showcasing artist at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

Local artist Betty Burdue created a " Poor Pitiful Morris " Limited Edition poster to " help save Morris ", T-shirts are to be made, and an art exhibition will be held at The Tryon Fine Arts Center on July 28-August 4, 2012, exhibiting " All Morris, All The Time " fine art and sculpture, jewelry and a big surprise.

In 2012, Los Angeles based artist AM covered " Steppin ' Out " on his second album with Shawn Lee.

Bernard Cribbins, OBE ( born 29 December 1928 ) is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over half a century who came to prominence in films in the 1960s, has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid 1950s, and as of 2012 is still an active performer.

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012 ) was a French comics artist, working in the French tradition of bandes dessinées.

* Transcendental Reunion, a song by country artist Mary Chapin Carpenter, from her 2012 album " Ashes and Roses "

On January 25, 2012, it was announced that Ne-Yo would join the Motown label both as an artist as well as the new Senior Vice President of A & R.

In March 2012 the PBS network broadcast a feature length documentary about the life and music of Don McLean called " American Troubadour " produced by 4-time Emmy Award winning film maker Jim Brown.

In August 2012, the band released a single called Don ’ t Roof Rack Me, Bro ( Seamus Unleashed ), dedicated to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's former pet dog Seamus.

* 2012 – Don Woods, American meteorologist and cartoonist ( b. 1927 )

* 2012 – Don Brinkley, American screenwriter, director, and producer ( b. 1921 )

* 1927 – Don Bagley, American bassist and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Don Mincher, American baseball player ( b. 1938 )

* 1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer, created Soul Train ( d. 2012 )

In July 2012, Gilliam disclosed that his next film, while denying that it would be Don Quixote, would be shot in Bucharest, Romania, but refused to give any details.

* September 27 – Don Cornelius, American television personality ( d. 2012 )

The current league presidency is vacant due to the March 2012 death of former major league first baseman Don Mincher, who had held the position from 2000 to 2011 ( the first year as an interim ).

** Don Number One, an upcoming Bengali 2012 film remake of the 2007 film

As of January 2012, the mayor of Peachtree City is Don Haddix.

In 2008 – 2009 Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort was valued for taxation purposes at $ 53, 000, 000, and has been reduced to a taxable valuation as little as $ 12, 000, 000 for the years 2012 – 2013 according to the Clark County Assessors Office.

, the members of the Galloway Township Council are Mayor Don Purdy ( R, 2013 ), Deputy Mayor Anthony Coppola, Jr. ( R, 2015 ), Tom Bassford ( R, 2013 ), Jim Gorman ( D, 2015 ), John Mooney ( R, 2012 ), Brian Tyrrell ( R, 2015 ), and Whitney Ullman ( R, 2013 ).

Image: First Baptist Church in Spartanburg ( lower view ) IMG_4827. JPG | First Baptist Church ( pastor Don Wilton, 2012 ) is located in Spartanburg at 250 East Main Street.

* On 12 April 2011, Copperheart announced signing David Hayter as screenwriter and Don Murphy as executive producer for a film version of Dragonflight, with production expected to begin in 2012.

Don Woods ( c. 1927 – June 12, 2012 ) was an American meteorologist and cartoonist.

On June 12, 2012 Don Woods lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 84.

* Antigone, by Sophocles, in a version by Don Taylor ( 2012 )

In March 2012 CBC aired a sequel, The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II.

* Don Cornelius ( 1936 – 2012 ), the creator and first host of Soul Train

* 2012: Peter Holmes was found to be the reincarnated Don Juan for his exploits in love and skills with the ladies.

In February 2012 Chrome became Creative Director of A & R / Director of Special Projects for Plowboy Records, an alternative / legacy label being launched by Shannon Pollard, grandson of Country legend Eddy Arnold, and music historian / author Don Cusic.

On March 16, 2012 the government of Thailand ordered all low-cost, chartered and non-connecting flights to relocate to Don Mueang International Airport, ending the single-airport policy.

Don Mueang International Airport reopened on 6 March 2012.