Some who have passed on during 2012 whose life or works have influenced me:

• Graeme Bell (1914-2012), Australian jazz band leader
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012), British-American musician (heard perform in Canberra in 1976)
• Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), American musician (heard perform in Liverpool in ca. 2003)
• Arthur Chaskalson CJ (1931-2012), South African lawyer and judge
• Heidi Holland (1947-2012), Zimbabwean-South African writer
• Robert Hughes (1938-2012), Australian artist and art critic
• Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), Brazilian architect
• Bill Thurston (1946-2012), American mathematician
• Ruth Wajnryb (1948-2012), Australian linguist.