Celebrities We Lost in October of 2012

This is the 3rd of my month by month lists of celebrities that we lost in 2012. This article will list the celebrities that we lost in October of this year and some important details about their lives and deaths.  Including thier claim to fame, age, date of death and cause of death. 

Mitch Luker - Lead singer of the metal band Suicide Silence died at the very young age of 28 in a motorcycle accident on October 31st.  He died the following morning after the accident on November 1st. According to his wife he had been drinking before driving off on his Harley. 

Natina Reed - She was a singer, actress, and beat box artist.  She was a member of the 90's R & B group Blaque.  She was also engaged to rapper Karupt.  She also had small parts in movies such as Bring it On where she played one of the Clovers Cheerleaders.   She was also in Honey and V.I.P.  She was hit by a car and died from the injuries just 2 days shy of her 33rd birthday on October 26th.

Russel Means - Russel Means was in the Last of the Mohicans   He was also a Native American Indian activist. He died on Oct. 22 at the age of 72.

Gary Collins - Best known for being the host the talk show The Hour magazine for 8 years in the 80’s.  He then co-hosted The Home show in the late 80’s and early 90’s.  he was also known for hosting the Miss America pageant from 1982 to up until 1990. He also had several small television roles.  He was nominated six times for an Emmy award for outstanding talk show, and took home the award in 1983. He died of natural causes at the age of 74 on October 13th.

Sammi Kane Kraft - Played Amanda Whurlitzer in the 2005 remake of The Bad News Bears.  She was in a car accident where she was a passenger that took her life at the young age of 20.  She passed away on October 9th.

Alex Karras - He was a defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions.  Later on he became an actor on the hit sitcom Webster.  Karras passed away on October 9th at the age of 77.

Antione Ashley - Was a cross dresser that was a contestant on Ru Paul's Drag Race. He also appeared in several movies about Madonna and on One Life to Live a daytime soap.  He also released his first single this year that made it to the top 35 of the billboard charts for dance hits.  He died at the young age of 27 on October 1st.  The cause is currently unknown.