In Memoriam: 2016

January 6, Pat Harrington Jr, 86, actor

January 8, Otis Clay, 73, singer

January 10, David Bowie, 69, Rock icon

January 14, Alan Rickman, 69, actor

January 14, Rene Angelil, 73, husband and manager for Celine Dion

January 15, Dan Haggerty, 74, Grizzly Adams

January 17, Dale Griffin, 67, drummer for Mott the Hoople

January 18, Glenn Frey, 67, musician (Eagles)

January 23, Jimmy Bain, 68, musician (bass player)

January 25, Abe Vigoda, 94, actor

January 28, Paul Kantner, 74, musician (Jefferson Airplane)

January 28, Signe Toly Anderson, 74, musician (Jefferson Airplane)

January 29, Linus Maurer, 90, cartoonist

January 30, Frank Finlay, 89, actor

January 31, Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio DJ

February 2, Bob Elliott, 92, Radio personality

February 3, Maurice White, 74, musician (Earth Wind & Fire)

February 12, Kim Williams, 69, singer/songwriter

February 15, Vanity, 57, Vanity 6 singer

February 17, Andrzej Zulawski, 75, filmmaker

February 18, Angela "Big Ang" Raiola, 55, actor

February 19, Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author

February 19, Umberto Eco, 84, Italian author

February 22, Sonny James, 87, Country artist

February 28, Frank Kelly, 77, actor (Father Ted)

February 28, George Kennedy, 91, actor

March 1, Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator

March 4, Joey Feek, 40, half of country duo Joey + Rory

March 4, Pat Conroy, 70, author

March 8, George Martin, 90, producer: the Beatles & others

March 11, Keith Emerson, 71, musician (ELP)

March 15, Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope (Thunderbirds)

March 16, Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatra’s singer son

March 17, Paul Daniels, 77, comedy magician

March 22, Phife Dawg, 45, lyricist, member of A Tribe Called Quest

March 23, Joe Garagiola Sr, 90, baseball player

March 24, Gary Shandling, 66, actor

March 29, Patty Duke, 69, actress, child star

March 31, Ronnie Corbett, 85, comedian, actor

March 31, Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt

April 2, Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, 83, Jazz saxophonist

April 3, Erik Bauersfield, 93, Star Wars voice actor

April 6, Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend

April 10, Howard Marks, 70, author

April 12, David Gest, 62, TV personality

April 17, Doris Roberts, 90, actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)

April 20, Victoria Wood, 62, comedian, actress

April 20, Dwayne Washington, 52, basketball player

April 20, Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestler

April 21, Lonnie Mack, 74, Blues guitar great

April 21, Prince, 57, Pop icon

April 21, Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director

April 24, Billy Paul, 80, R&B singer

May 1, Tommy Kono, 85, weightlifter

May 1, Madeleine LeBeau, 92, French actress

May 8, William Schallert, 93, actor

May 10, Gene Gutowski, 90, film producer

May 17, Guy Clark, 74, Country singer

May 19, John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys early member

May 19, Alan Young, 96, TV actor (Mister Ed)

May 19, Morley Safer, 84, correspondent

May 21, Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer

May 24, Burt Kwouk, 85, actor (Pink Panther)

May 31, Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer

June 3, Muhammad Ali, 74, boxing legend

June 6, Peter Shaffer, 90, British playwright

June 6, Theresa Saldana, 61, actress

June 10, Gordie Howe, 88, hockey player

June 10, Margaret Vinci Heldt, 98, creator of beehive hairdo

June 14, Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist

June 15, Lois Duncan, 82, novelist

June 19, Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov

June 21, Wayne Jackson, 74, The Memphis Horns

June 23, Michael Herr, 76, screenplay writer

June 24, Bernie Worrell, 72, musician (Funkadelic)

June 27, Bud Spencer, 86, actor

June 28, Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist

July 2, Caroline Aherne, 52, comedian, actress

July 2, Michael Cimino, 77, director

July 16, Alan Vega, 78, musician (Suicide)

July 16, Nate Thurmond, basketball player

July 24, Marni Nixon, 86, actress (singing voice in many musicals)

July 25, Tim LaHaye, 90, Left Behind author

July 26, Youree Dell Harris, Miss Cleo

July 30, Gloria DeHaven, 91, actress

August 6, 2016 Pete Fountain, 86, Jazz clarinetist

August 13, Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2

August 14, Fyvush Finkel, 93, actor

August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, soccer player (Aston Villa)

August 15, Bobby Hutcherson, 75, vibraphonist

August 17, Arthur Hiller, 92, film & TV director

August 22, Toots Thielemans, 94, musician (harmonica)

August 28, Gene Wilder, 83, comedian, actor

August 28, Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer/songwriter

August 28, Harry Fujiwara, 82, wrestler

August 30, Vera Caslavska, 74, gymnast

September 1, Jon Polito, 65, actor

September 5, Hugh O'Brian, 91, actor

September 7, Bobby Chacon, 64, boxer

September 8, Prince Buster, 78, Ska singer

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September 8, Johan Botha, 51, singer

September 8, Lady Chablis, performer

September 11, Alexis Arquette, 47, transgender actress

September 13, Jack Hofsiss, 65, director

September 16, Edward Albee, 88, playwright

September 16, W.P. Kinsella, 81, Canadian novelist

September 17, Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Music’s Liesl

September 24, Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr, 68, zydeco musician

September 25, Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfer

September 25, Jean Shepard, 82, singer, Grand Ole Opry

September 25, Jose Fernandez, 24, baseball player
late September/early October, Rod Temperton, musician, songwriter

October 3, Joan Marie Johnson, 72, singer (The Dixie Cups)

October 9, Aaron Pryor, 60, boxer

October 11, Patricia Barry, 93, actress

October 13, Dario Fo, 90, playwright

October 14, Jean Alexander, 90, Corrie’s Hilda Ogden

October 15, Dennis Byrd, NFL defensive lineman

October 23, Pete Burns, 57, Dead or Alive chart star

October 24, Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol

October 29, Norman R. Brokaw, 89, talent agent for Elvis, Marilyn Monroe

November 4, Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French composer

November 7, Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer

November 11, Robert Vaughn, 83, actor

November 13, Leon Russell, 74, US Rock musician

November 14, Gwen Ifill, 61, news anchor

November 15, Holly Dunn, 59, Country singer

November 15, Mose Allison, 89, pianist/singer

November 16, Mentor Williams, 70, songwriter (Drift Away)

November 18, Sharon Jones, 60, singer

November 23, Ralph Branca, 90, baseball pitcher "shot heard round the world"

November 24, Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s singer/songwriter

November 25, Florence Henderson, 82, actress (Brady Bunch)

November 26, Ron Glass, 71, US TV actor

November 26, Fritz Weaver, 90, actor

November 28, Grant Tinker, 90, TV producer

December 1, Andrew Sachs, 86, actor (Fawlty Towers)

December 6, Peter Vaughan, 93, actor (Game of Thrones)

December 7, Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder (soccer)

December 8, John Glenn, 95, First to orbit Earth

December 8, Greg Lake, 69, musician (ELP)

December 10, AA Gill, 62, writer & critic

December 10, Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman

December 11, Esma Redzepova, 73, singer

December 11, Joe Ligon, 80, singer

December 12, Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey

December 13, Alan Thicke, 69, TV actor

December 15, Craig Sager, 65, reporter

December 18, Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, actress

December 24, Rick Parfitt, 68, musician (Status Quo)

December 24, John Barfield, 52, baseball player

December 25, George Michael, 53, singer/songwriter

December 26, Liz Smith, 95, actress

December 26, Alphonse Mouzon, 68, percussionist

December 26, Ricky Harris, comedian and actor

December 27, Richard Adams, 96, author

December 27, Carrie Fisher, 60, actress

December 28 Debbie Reynolds, actress