From Etta James to Ravi Shankar: Notable arts deaths of 2012

Monday 31 December 2012 13:17 EST

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The art world has been rocked by a series of high profile deaths this year. From Whitney and Etta to Maeve, Gore and Ravi, the shocks kept coming.

Here we round up the obituaries of some of the most-celebrated and greatly-missed artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers who died in 2012.

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From Etta James to Ravi Shankar: Notable arts deaths of 2012