So in my opinion, 2016 sucked.
In between Brexit, ISIS, Aleppo, the Syrian refugee crisis and many other things, it wasn't a great year. However, this is in no small part due to the RIDICULOUS amount of celebrity deaths we've had in 2016.
I don't do this often, but I feel like doing a little remembrance thread for those we've lost this year. These are in no particular order, and no importance is implied based on positions:
David Bowie, musician, 69, liver cancer
Matt Roberts, guitarist of 3 Doors Down, 38, accidental prescription overdose
Ron Glass, actor (he was Shepherd in Firefly), 71, respiratory failure
Leonard Cohen, musician and songwriter, 82, fell and died during his sleep
Gene Wilder, actor, 83, Alzheimer's
Kenny Baker, R2D2's actor, 81, chronic illness
Youree Dell Harris aka Miss Cleo, television psychic, 53, cancer
Garry Marshall, television producer and creator (he created Happy Days and Pretty Woman among many others), 81, pneumonia
Arnold Palmer, golf legend, 87, died while waiting for heart surgery
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of Night, 87, natural causes
Anton Yelchin, actor (Chekov in the recent Star Trek movies), 27, car accident
Christina Grimmie, singer, 22, murdered while signing autographs
Gordie Howe, NHL legend, 88, stroke
Kevin Ferguson aka Kimbo Slice, mixed martial artist, 42, heart failure
Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali, boxing legend, 74, septic shock
Nick Menza, drummer for Megadeth, 51, heart failure during a concert
Prince Rogers Nelson aka Prince, musician, 57, accidental opioid overdose
Joan Laurer aka Chyna, WWE wrestler, 45, drug overdose
Doris Roberts, actress (Raymond's mom on Everybody Loves Raymond), 90, stroke
Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg, member of rap group A Tribe Called Quest, 45, diabetes
Frank Sinatra Jr., singer, 72, cardiac arrest
Keith Emerson, keyboardist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 71, suicide
Sir George Martin, producer for The Beatles, 90, died in his sleep
Nancy Reagan, former First Lady, 94, heart failure
Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird among others, 89, died in her sleep
Dave Mirra, BMX legend, 41, suicide
Maurice White, Earth Wind & Fire creator and vocalist, 74, Parkinson's disease
Joe Alaskey, voice actor for Bugs Bunny and many other Looney Tunes characters, 63, cancer
Paul Kantner, guitarist for Jefferson Airplane and Starship, 74, organ failure
Abe Vigoda, legendary actor in The Godfather and others, 94, natural causes
Alan Rickman, actor (Snape in the Harry Potter movies and Hans Gruber in Die Hard), 69, cancer
Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and leader, 90, natural causes.
These are just the ones I know of, if there are any I missed feel free to add them in the comments below.
Rest In Peace everybody. Here's hoping 2017 is a year with less heartbreak.
