Armstrong, Houston among notable deaths of 2012

The first man on the moon and the first U.S. woman in space. Neil Armstrong, 82, died in August; Sally Ride, 61, in July. Here are some other of the year's notable deaths. January • Etta James, 73. A sassy rhythm and blues singer whose raw vocal style and eroticism influenced Janis Joplin and other vocalists during a six-decade career. Died Jan. 20 in Riverside, Calif., where she lived, from complications of leukemia. February • Don Cornelius, 75. The host of "Soul Train," the first television show that brought soul and rhythm-and-blues music to a mass audience. Died Feb. 1 in his Los Angeles home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Whitney Houston, 48. The pop singer of hits...