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The year of dying celebrities. 2016 lost so many prominent actors, actresses, singers and other prominent figures. Probably the most high profile celebrity death year since 2009.
Famous people who passed away in 2016 (many tended to be 80s icons):
David Bowie
Alan Rickman (Snape from Harry Potter)
Prince
Muhammad Ali
Maurice White
Leonard Cohen (singer of 'Hallelujah')
Gene Wilder
Doris Roberts (grandmother from Everybody Loves Raymond)
Rick Partfitt (Status Quo frontman)
First Lady Nancy Reagan
Alan Thicke (from Growing Pains)
Liz Smith (Grandma Georgina from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory)
Kenny Baker (R2/D2)
Ronnie Corbett
Anton Yelchin (Star Trek)
Fidel Castro
Zsa Zsa Gabor
George Michael
Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia from Star Wars)
Debbie Reynolds (Golden era legend, mother of Carrie Fisher - passes away one day after her)
2016 is the year where everything is basically hell. Too many stars died, including Prince. Donald Trump won the election, people. Everybody and their dog who were born in the early 2000s are starting to come of age, so that's great. To sum it all up, 2016 was and will ALWAYS be the year where everything was fucked up.
Man, 2017 needs to be better. 2016 sucked.