2012 in American television
Date Name Age Notability
Nov 5 Joel Connable 39 TV anchor and reporter ( WLTX / Columbia , South Carolina , KCBS - KCAL /Los Angeles , WTVJ / Miami , NBC News as a fill-in anchor for Early Today and at MSNBC ; had joined KOMO-TV / Seattle as a weekend anchor shortly before his death )
Nov 7 Frank Peppiatt 85 Canadian TV producer , writer and creator ( co-creator of Hee Haw )
Nov 8 Lucille Bliss 96 Voice actress ( Crusader Rabbit , The Smurfs , The Jetsons , Invader Zim )
Nov 16 Jefferson Kaye 75 Announcer ( Action News at WPVI / Philadelphia and various NFL Films telecasts )
Nov 21 Deborah Raffin 59 Actress ( 7th Heaven , the miniseries Noble House )
Nov 21 Emily Squires 71 Director and screenwriter ( Sesame Street , As the World Turns , Guiding Light , Search for Tomorrow , The Secret Storm , Between the Lions )
Nov 21 Art Ginsburg 81 TV chef and author ( most notable for his Mr. Food segments seen throughout the United States during newscasts on local television stations )
Nov 23 Larry Hagman 81 Actor , producer and director ( J.R. Ewing on Dallas and its revival series , Anthony Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie )
Nov 24 Héctor Camacho 50 Puerto Rican boxer and reality television personality ( appeared as a contestant on Univision 's Mira Quien Baila in 2010 )
Deaths -- November
The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2012. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.