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list of Celebrity deaths so far this year

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Natalie Cole*, R&B singer and daughter of music legend Nat "King" Cole, died New Year's Eve at age 65 from heart failure caused by lung disease.

Craig Strickland, rising country singer and frontman for Backroad Anthem, was found dead at 29 years old on Jan. 4 after going missing during a duck hunting trip in extreme weather.

Pat Harrington Jr., the "One Day at a Time" actor who famously played building superintendent Schneider on the 1970s sitcom, died Jan. 6 at 86.

Otis Clay,, soul singer and Blues Music Hall of Famer best known for 1967's "That's How It Is (When You're In Love)," died Jan. 8 at 73.

Angus Scrimm, best known for playing the Tall Man villain in "Phantasm" and its horror sequels, died Jan. 9 at 89.

Michael Galeota, former child actor who appeared in Disney's "Clubhouse Detectives," "The Jersey" and "Bushwhacked," died at 31 of natural causes related to several health problems on Jan. 10.

David Bowie died Jan. 10, two days after his 69th birthday, after an 18-month secret battle with cancer. The music legend was well-known for his fashion, movie roles, Ziggy Stardust and hit songs like "Space Oddity," "Fame" and "Let's Dance."

David Margulies, character actor who played "Ghostbusters" mayor and "Ace Ventura" doctor, died Jan. 11 at 78.

Monte Irvin, who nearly broke baseball's color lines before Jackie Robinson, died Jan.
11 at 96. He played seven seasons with the New York Giants, served as MLB's first black executive, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Brian Bedford, best known for voicing the title character in Disney's 1973 animated film "Robin Hood" as a fox, died Jan. 13 at 80. The British stage actor also had a role in 1995's "Nixon" and appeared on TV shows like "Murder, She Wrote," "Cheers" and "Frasier."

Rene Angelil, husband and manager of Celine Dion, died Jan. 14 of cancer at age 73. The "My Heart Will Go On" singer's brother Daniel Dion died two days later.

Alan Rickman, "Harry Potter" actor and "Die Hard" villain, died of cancer at 69 on Jan. 14.

Dan Haggerty, "Grizzly Adams" actor and '70s star best-known for his beard and rugged looks, died of cancer at 74 on Jan. 15.

Dale "Buffin" Griffin, drummer and co-founder for Mott the Hoople, died at 67 on Jan. 17 after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Clarence Reid, better known as funk/R&B singer Blowfly, died Jan. 17 at 76. He wrote and produced tracks for artists like Sam & Dave and KC & the Sunshine Band, and his often R-rated solo songs were sampled by rappers like Snoop Dogg and Jurassic 5.

Mic Gillette, Tower of Power founder and trumpet player, died of a heart attack over the weekend of Jan. 16-17 at 64.

Glenn Frey, The Eagles guitarist and co-founder, died at 67 on Jan. 18. Frey co-wrote hits like "Hotel California" with Don Henley.

Jimmy Bain, former Dio and Rainbow bassist, died at 68 over the weekend of Jan. 22-
24.

Abe Vigoda, character actor in "The Godfather" and "Barney Miller," died at 94 on Jan. 26.

Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane co-founder and guitarist, died at 74 on Jan. 28.

Signe Anderson, the original Jefferson Airplane singer who was replaced by Grace Slick, died at 74 on Jan. 28, the same day as Kantner.

Frank Finlay, Oscar-nominated actor who played Iago in Laurence Olivier's "Othello," died Jan. 30 at 89.

Jon Bunch, former Sense Field and Further Seems Forever singer, died Feb. 2 at 46.

Bob Elliott, one half of legendary TV-radio comedy duo Bob and Ray with Ray Goulding, died Feb. 2 at 92.

Joe Alaskey, a voice actor originally from Troy, N.Y., died from cancer at age 63 on Feb. 4. He was the principal voice of multiple Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird, after Mel Blanc's death in 1989 and voiced Yosemite Sam in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

Maurice White, a founding member of disco-funk group Earth, Wind & Fire, died Feb. 3 at 74.

Dave Mirra, a Central New York native who rose to fame as a BMX biker at the X-Games, had his own video games and hosted an MTV reality show, died Feb. 4 of an apparent suicide at 41.

Dan Hicks, who led '60s band Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, died Feb. 6 at 74.

Daniel Gerson, co-writer of "Monsters, Inc." and "Big Hero 6," died Feb. 6 of brain cancer at 49.

Vanity, an '80s singer-actress and Prince protege also known as Denise Katrina Matthews, died Feb. 15 at 57.

George Gaynes, who starred on "Punky Brewster" and played Commandant Lassard in all seven "Police Academy" movies, died Feb. 15 at 98.

Angela "Big Ang" Raiola of "Mob Wives" died at 55 on Feb. 18 after a battle with throat, brain and lung cancer.

Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Feb. 19 at age 89.

Douglas Slocombe, Oscar-nominated cinematographer for three "Indiana Jones" movies, died Feb. 22 at age 103.

Sonny James, country singer behind hits like "Young Love," died Feb. 22 at age 87.

Lennie Baker, the voice of Sha Na Na's doo-wop hit "Blue Moon," died Feb. 24 at age 69.

Tony Burton, who played Apollo Creed's trainer Duke in six "Rocky" movies, died Feb. 25 at 78.

George Kennedy, tough-guy character actor best known for "Cool Hand Luke" and the "Naked Gun" movies, died Feb. 28 at 91.

Gil Hill, who played Detroit police inspector Todd in the "Beverly Hills Cop" films, died Feb. 29 at 84.

Lee Reherman, former Cornell football star best known for playing Hawk on "American Gladiators," died March 1 at 49.

Tony Warren, creator of long-running British soap opera "Coronation Street," died March 1 at age 79.

Joey Feek, who performed with her husband as country duo Joey + Rory, died March 4 of cancer at age 40.

Pat Conroy, author of "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini," died March 4 at age 70.

George Martin, the "Fifth Beatle" best known as a producer for The Beatles, died March 8 at 90.

Richard Davalos, "East of Eden" and "Cool Hand Luke" actor, died March 8 at 85.

Singer Gogi Grant, whose song "The Wayward Wind" topped the charts for 6 weeks in 1956, died March 10 at 91.

Keith Emerson, founder and keyboardist of the progressive-rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died March 11 at 71.

Sylvia Anderson, "Thunderbirds" co-creator and voice of the Lady Penelope puppet character, died the week of March 15 at age 88.

Frank Sinatra Jr., singer and son of Ol' Blue Eyes, died March 16 of cardiac arrest at 72.

Lee Andrews, '50s doo-wop singer and father of The Roots drummer Questlove, died March 16 at age 79.

Daryl Coley, Grammy-nominated gospel singer, died the week of March 16 at age 60.

Steve Young, outlaw country singer best known for "Seven Bridges Road," died March 17 at 73.

Joe Santos, "The Rockford Files" and "The Sopranos" actor, died March 18 at 84.

Phife Dawg, Grammy-nominated A Tribe Called Quest rapper, died March 22 of diabetes at 45.

Joe Garagiola, former baseball broadcaster and "Today" show host, died March 23 at 90.

Ken Howard, "White Shadow" actor and SAG-AFTRA president, died March 23 at 71.

Garry Shandling, comedian and 'The Larry Sanders Show' star, died March 24 at 66.

Earl Hamner Jr., "The Waltons" creator and "Twilight Zone" writer, died March 24 at 92.

Jim Harrison, "Legends of the Fall" author, died March 26 at age 78.

David Baker, Grammy-nominated jazz composer and Pulitzer Prize nominee, died March 26 at 84.

James Noble, "Benson," "10" actor and Broadway veteran, died March 28 at 94.

Patty Duke, Oscar and Emmy-winning actress, former child star and mother of "Lord of the Rings" actor Sean Astin, died March 29 of sepsis from a ruptured intestine at 69.

Ronnie Corbett, British comedian and star of "The Two Ronnies," died March 31 at age 85.

Gato Barbieri, Grammy-winning Latin jazz musician and "Last Tango in Paris" composer, died April 2 at 83.

Porn star Amber Rayne, whose real name was Meghan Wren, died April 2 at age 31 after appearing in more than 200 adult films.

Erik Bauersfeld, the voice of Admiral Ackbar ("It's a trap!") in "Star Wars" films, died April 3 at age 93.

Merle Haggard, country music legend who had more than 30 No. 1 hits, died April 6 on his 79th birthday.
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taken from here http://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/01/celebrity_deaths_in_2016_famous_photos.html

pretty dam shocking ):

ill mention lemmy too just because it was so close to 2016
 
Tabasco

Tabasco

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I don't know a single person on that list.

Edit: Ignorant lie on my part. Clearly just skimmed through it only looking at names. My bad.
 
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Queen of Hunting

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Transistor said:
The spacing is off. The line above says it was his mother.


On that note, I had no idea Patty Duke was Sean Astin's mother.
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corrected everyone, the site didnt space them out like i did so my error
 
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Queen of Hunting said:
taken from here http://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/01/celebrity_deaths_in_2016_famous_photos.html

pretty dam shocking ):

ill mention lemmy too just because it was so close to 2016
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When you look at how media has expanded over the years, you are going to get more famous people known to the general population. 50 years ago, famous deaths of those who died old would just be silent movie stars, now it's movie, tv, musician, radio, etc. In another 50 years, you'll be seeing news stories on the eventual deaths of podcast stars and famous twitter personalities also.
 
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PsychBat!

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Tabasco said:
I don't know a single person on that list.
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Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
if you assume 50,000-100,000 people are celebrity enough to theoretically make this list, then you would expect several celebrity deaths per day every day of every year. the number of celebrities is increasing, not decreasing, due to communications technology and media... so you would expect this to go up. moreover, the most famous people are those with the longest careers, and thus the oldest, and the more famous someone is the more coverage there is so the more likely you are to hear about it. i know bowie dying is sad but i think the perception that 2016 is unusually filled with celebrity deaths strikes me as a baader-meinhof phenomenon, not anything real.
 
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brandonh83

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Stumpokapow said:
if you assume 50,000-100,000 people are celebrity enough to theoretically make this list, then you would expect several celebrity deaths per day every day of every year. the number of celebrities is increasing, not decreasing, due to communications technology and media... so you would expect this to go up. moreover, the most famous people are those with the longest careers, and thus the oldest, and the more famous someone is the more coverage there is so the more likely you are to hear about it. i know bowie dying is sad but i think the perception that 2016 is unusually filled with celebrity deaths strikes me as a baader-meinhof phenomenon, not anything real.
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I completely agree, it's obviously terrible but so many people die every day and a lot of celebrities die every year. It's not as though 2016 is out to get famous people. They're just people that'll pass no matter what.
 
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gutshot

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Stumpokapow said:
if you assume 50,000-100,000 people are celebrity enough to theoretically make this list, then you would expect several celebrity deaths per day every day of every year. the number of celebrities is increasing, not decreasing, due to communications technology and media... so you would expect this to go up. moreover, the most famous people are those with the longest careers, and thus the oldest, and the more famous someone is the more coverage there is so the more likely you are to hear about it. i know bowie dying is sad but i think the perception that 2016 is unusually filled with celebrity deaths strikes me as a baader-meinhof phenomenon, not anything real.
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Not to mention the list in the OP takes the definition of "celebrity" very loosely.
 
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Queen of Hunting

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Stumpokapow said:
if you assume 50,000-100,000 people are celebrity enough to theoretically make this list, then you would expect several celebrity deaths per day every day of every year. the number of celebrities is increasing, not decreasing, due to communications technology and media... so you would expect this to go up. moreover, the most famous people are those with the longest careers, and thus the oldest, and the more famous someone is the more coverage there is so the more likely you are to hear about it. i know bowie dying is sad but i think the perception that 2016 is unusually filled with celebrity deaths strikes me as a baader-meinhof phenomenon, not anything real.
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oh yea i understand, probs more so now because alot of the celebrites dying are people we grew up watching, seeing, etc etc. not knocking ones past years ofcourse but people like david bowie, lemmy, alan rickman, and a few others this year are all people i either listened or watched during my child hood so i can actually relate so to speak.
 
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Dai101

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Amber Rayne: Adult film actor who accused porn star James Deen of rape dies aged 31

The 31-year-old is said to have died in her sleep though post-mortem tests have yet to be carried out

This is extremely weird.
 
Strangelove77

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Only thing I can take away from this is that being a "celebrity" isn't the hardest thing in the world. Not anymore.
And honestly, we crank out "celebrities" faster than ever now, so we'll have even more "celebrity" deaths next year and the year after that and so on.

And I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm just saying that this isn't out of the ordinary. Nothing different is happening.
 
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TimeInc

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It's probably about the same amount as it always is roughly, but it definitely does some like there's been loads.... Maybe with a few them being very well known figures it feels like a greater number, I don't know.
 
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Lothar

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Do you have a list of celebrity deaths from 2015 to compare?

Roddy Piper and Dusty Rhodes dying last year upset me more than any celebrity deaths this year as a wrestling fan. Roddy was only 61.
 
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Queen of Hunting

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Lothar said:
Do you have a list of celebrity deaths from 2015 to compare?

Roddy Piper and Dusty Rhodes dying last year upset me more than any celebrity deaths this year as a wrestling fan. Roddy was only 61.
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Dusty passing was insane, i remmeber watching the live ppv and they did a tribute video and Renne young started crying after

heres a 2015 list from same time frame
JANUARY
Donna Douglas Dead – ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Actress Dies at 81
Little Jimmy Dickens Dead – Grand Ole Opry Star Dies at 94
ESPN Anchor Stuart Scott Dies at 49 After Battling Cancer
U.S. Skiiers Bryce Astle & Ronnie Berlack Die in Avalanche
‘Inglourious Basterds’ Actor Rod Taylor Dead at 84
Taylor Negron Dead – Comedian Loses Cancer Battle at 57
Bravo Star Greg Plitt Struck & Killed by Train at Age 37
Darren Shahlavi Dead – ‘Mortal Kombat’ Actor Dies at 42
Vince Camuto Dead – Shoe Designer Passes Away at 78 From Cancer

FEBRUARY
Ann Mara Dead – New York Giants Matriarch Dies at 85
Bob Simon Dead – ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Killed in Car Crash at 73
David Carr Dead – ‘New York Times’ Columnist Dies at 58
Lesley Gore Dead – ‘It’s My Party’ Singer Dies at 68
Lorena Rojas Dead – Mexican Soap Star Dies at 44 From Cancer
Harris Wittels Dead – ‘Parks and Recreation’ Executive Producer Dies at 30 From Possible Drug Overdose
Ahmad Givens Dead – ‘Real Chance of Love’ Star Dies at 33
Draven Rodriguez Dead – Laser Cat Yearbook Meme Star Dies at 17
Ben Woolf Dead – ‘American Horror Story’ Actor Dies at 34
America’s Next Top Model’s Mirjana Puhar Killed in Triple Homicide at 19
Leonard Nimoy Dead – Star Trek’s Spock Actor Dies at 83

MARCH
Charmayne Maxwell Dead – Brownstone’s Singer Dies at 46 After Accidental Fall on Glass
Daniel von Bargen Dead – ‘Seinfeld’ Actor Dies at 64 From Undisclosed Illness
Albert Maysles Dead – ‘Grey Gardens’ Filmmaker Dies at 88
Sam Simon Dead – ‘Simpsons’ Co-Creator Dies at 59
10 Dead in French Reality Show Helicopter Crash
Richard Glatzer Dead – ‘Still Alice’ Co-Director Dies at 62 From ALS Complications
Terry Pratchett Dead – ‘Discworld’ Author Passes Away After Battling Alzheimer’s Disease
Cristie Schoen Codd Dead – Food Network Star Murdered at 38
A.J. Pero Dead – Twisted Sister Drummer Dies at 55
News Reporter Lisa Colagrossi Dies From Brain Hemorrhage at 49
Alberta Watson Dead – ‘Nikita’ & ’24′ Actress Dies at 60
Famed ‘Odd Couple’ Director Gene Saks Dies at 93

APRIL
John Lennon’s First Wife Cynthia Dies at 75 From Cancer
Linsey ‘Jade’ Berardi Dead – ‘Bad Girls Club’ Star Dies at 22
Dr. Fredric Brandt Dead – Celeb Dermatologist Dies at 65
James Best Dead – ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Actor Passes Away at 88
Geoffrey Lewis Dead – Actor & Juliette Lewis’ Dad Dies at 79
Richard Dysart Dead – L.A. Law Star Dies at 86 From Cancer
Percy Sledge Dead – ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ Singer Passes Away at 73 From Cancer
Homaro Cantu Dead – Celebrity Chef Dies at 38 From Apparent Suicide
‘Good Times’ Actor Ben Powers Dies at Age 64
‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Twin Sawyer Sweeten Dies at 19
Sophia Bush’s Ex-Boyfriend Dan Fredinburg Dies at Age 33
Jayne Meadows Dead – ‘High Society’ Actress Dies at 95
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dallow_bg

nods at old men
Merle Haggard, country music legend who had more than 30 No. 1 hits, died April 6 on his 79th birthday.
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Today? :(

‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Twin Sawyer Sweeten Dies at 19
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What the?
Edit: just read the details on this one. Man, that is sad.
 
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Orbis Tabula

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Man, it sure would be a bummer if you died and they decided you weren't cool enough to make the "Cool Dead People" list. Just imagine.
 
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Rich!

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List of celebrity deaths and no Sir Terry Wogan.

For goddamn shame, OP. One of the greatest entertainment legends ever to grace our screens and radios.
 
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