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Tip a 40 for the Celebrities who died in 2016
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Extra Sauce
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Shandling's cut me deep.
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We still got Shatner
hobblygobbly
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Worth mentioning Lemmy as well, he died 28 December 2015.
Gnome Scat
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Bowie passing still hurts.
Alex Anderson
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At least I wasn't the only one.
Alan Thicke probably made the saddest. At least Gene Wilder, George Kennedy, and Abe Vigoda lived long lives. Didn't know about Wilder's state until afterwards :\
David Bowie was very surprising, but I think I wasn't feeling well enough at the time for it to really soak in.
Garry Shandling I barely knew. I certainly knew his face, voice, and demeanor but had never really seen anything with him til I watched through the Larry Sanders Show this summer.
Oh yeah, Jose Fernandez. It's sad a 24 year old man is gone. When details of what caused it came out I felt less sorry for him. The men on that boat were putting others at risk... I guess? Who's out on the water in the middle of the night? Whatever, it's a little insensitive going on about it...
A lot of people with illnesses you knew were going to take them eventually such as Summitt, Ali, Sager. Doesn't make it any less sad, the sadness was just drawn out and didn't hit you all at once.
ThatStupidLion
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I still remember being young as shit and loving this song, but not knowing the lyrics to it. Tried to sing it to my brother and cousin one day, but they were looking at me like I was stupid cuz I was just humming out most of it. Damn good song.I didn't know Prince Be died. Set Adrift and I'd Die Without You really take me back.
CreeperBlocks
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I can't believe Mr Hockey, Bowie, Prince, Ali, and Fidel Castro all gone the same year.
Man 2016 was cruel for celebrity/ public figure deaths.
Man 2016 was cruel for celebrity/ public figure deaths.
The celebrities all of us are probably most familiar with died young in their 60s or earlier. Bowie, Rickman, Prince, Shandling, Thicke, Sager, Chyna.
I still think 2013 and 2014 was harder. Robin Williams, Harold Ramis, Roddy Piper, Dusty Rhodes, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Lee, Wes Craven, Sam Simon, Phillip Seymour Hoffman from those 2 horrible years.
astroturfing
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mark my words, he'll live to 120.
andythinkpad
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And Gorbachev, he will live to see capitalism fall.
johancruijff
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it hurts
PepsimanVsJoe
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It's been a miserable year.
PsychoSoldier
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I feel like some of these would have been a bigger deal in a different year.
I mean, as iconic as someone like Florence Henderson is, it's hard to remember that in a year where Muhammad Ali, David Bowie and Fidel Castro died.
I mean, as iconic as someone like Florence Henderson is, it's hard to remember that in a year where Muhammad Ali, David Bowie and Fidel Castro died.
Randolph Freelander
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Did not know about PM Dawn's Prince Be.
Ray Wonder
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Really, they're missing some big names. This list is letting me down.
The Chosen One
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I didn't know Prince Be died. Set Adrift and I'd Die Without You really take me back.
Yep he died in June after a long battle with diabetes.
His death didn't get much publicity outside of a few music magazines/sites. But he was a musical/lyrical genius. I have a feeling in 20-30 years, there will be classes studying his lyrics. I was a huge PM Dawn fan and even kept up with their unreleased material in recent years, so his death along with Prince's hit me the hardest. Fortunately Prince for the most part has received his due credit and admiration, but I think Prince Be of PM Dawn just kind of got lost or dismissed as a vestige of '90s R&B/Rap. With each album their music got more critically acclaimed but they lost traction with the mainstream once it became difficult to easily categorize their music.
The Chosen One
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Looks like I have to update the OP.
P.M. Dawn actually sampled both Prince and George Michael. Now all three are gone.
P.M. Dawn actually sampled both Prince and George Michael. Now all three are gone.
ultratruman
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Really could've done with a condensed list
GoutPatrol
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Think of it this way...Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland are still alive!
Jimmy Bain best known for his work with Dio and Last In Line passed away in January. In Addition Dale Griffon whom was the Drummer and a founding member of Mott The Hoople also sadly passed away in January. 2016 was a really bad year and sad to say it's not over yet
ryutaro's mama
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Tony Burton...the motherfucking Duke.
Subpar Scrub
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Yep, next year will be "fuck 2017" in droves once again when people forget about the deaths this year and focus on the new ones.
If mods allow "fuck 2017" posts next year...
*rolls eyes*
FeenixRising
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How you gonna forget my boy Tommy!!! He up in heaven still lying about having a job
(October 12, 2016 - Thomas Mikal Ford - Tommy Strawn from 'Martin' - age 52)
(October 12, 2016 - Thomas Mikal Ford - Tommy Strawn from 'Martin' - age 52)
David Bowie was devastating after releasing amazing record and being my all-time favorite recording artist on top of that. There is countless music I would have never been exposed to if not for him.
Then Prince happened.
I know it's hard to crack at those that say "fuck 2016", but a lot of personal bad shit happened too: I got jumped and hospitalized, I was pretty much forced to leave a job that I worked for 8 years due to workplace bullying and bad HR, lost one of my cousins and, just today, while abroad, found out a near and dear friend of mine died on Christmas night.
It's hard to not look at these deaths as signifiers as something bad for me personally.
*tips 40*
Then Prince happened.
I know it's hard to crack at those that say "fuck 2016", but a lot of personal bad shit happened too: I got jumped and hospitalized, I was pretty much forced to leave a job that I worked for 8 years due to workplace bullying and bad HR, lost one of my cousins and, just today, while abroad, found out a near and dear friend of mine died on Christmas night.
It's hard to not look at these deaths as signifiers as something bad for me personally.
*tips 40*
Spiral Insanity
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My condolences. I dunno what it is about this year but it does deserve to be in a dumpster fire for your year alone. Hope things turn around in 2017.
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Juan Gabriel should be on the list.
He may not have been known much in the US, but he was a big deal when it came to Spanish music.
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve me playing NES games with my brother in the living room while my mom had JG playing in the kitchen while she cooked dinner.
He may not have been known much in the US, but he was a big deal when it came to Spanish music.
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve me playing NES games with my brother in the living room while my mom had JG playing in the kitchen while she cooked dinner.
Thanks man.
At least a Trump presidency can inspire really good music like in the Reagan-era, right? That's something to look forward to.
Boozeroony
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Cripplegate
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That one hit me. His work was a huge part of my childhood.
Also, Abbas Kiarostami. World cinema lost a giant.
Atom Heart Mother
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The ones that affected me the most was Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, and Bowie. As a massive progressive rock fan, losing the first two really got me. Enjoyed their music so much. Chris Squire dying last year was already hard enough, losing more icons in the prog. world really sucks!
Eye for an Eye
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Well those between 70 and 90+ fall into the emerging age of television during the 40's and 50's. They would've started in their prime 20's and had a lifetime to build fame. No one can live forever and many of them died from just getting old. There's some that probably died too soon from personal health issues or accidents, but it's not unreasonable to expect something like that to happen.
Robin Williams was probably the last celebrity to actually impact me. Even as great as Muhammad Ali was to boxing and the world, he had a terrible disease to live with. It was more heartbreaking to see him deal with it than knowing he finally got released from it all.
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