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List, probably inconclusive, of celebs who have passed away this year so far....

 

January 10 David Bowie, 69, Rock icon

January 14 Alan Rickman, 69, Actor

January 18 Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles rocker

January 23 Jimmy Bain, 68, Rainbow rock star

January 30 Frank Finlay, 89, Acting great

January 31 Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend

February 3 Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire star

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

February 28 Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star

February 28 George Kennedy, 91, Movie great

March 1 Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator

March 8 George Martin, 90, Beatles producer

March 11 Keith Emerson, 71, ELP rock legend

March 15 Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope

March 16 Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatras singer son

March 17 Paul Daniels, 77, Comedy magician

March 24 Johan Cruyff, 68, Football legend

March 29 Patty Duke, 69, Child star

March 31 Ronnie Corbett, 85, Comedy legend

March 31 Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt

April 6 Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend

April 12 David Gest, 62, TV personality

April 20 Victoria Wood, 62, Comedy genius

April 20 Joanie Chyna Laurer, 46, WWE wrestling legend

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, Chart star

May 17 Guy Clark, 74, Country legend

May 19 John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys star

May 19 Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed TV star

May 21 Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer

May 24 Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star

May 31 Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer

June 3 Muhammad Ali, 74, Boxing legend

June 14 Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist

June 19 Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Treks Chekov

June 24 Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star

June 28 Scotty Moore, 84, Elviss guitarist

July 2 Caroline Aherne, 52, Comedy actress

July 16 Alan Vega, 78, Suicide punk pioneer

August 2nd David Huddleston, 85, 'Santa claus'

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

August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, Villa cup hero

August 29 Gene Wilder, 83, Comic genius

September 11 Alexis Arquette, 47, Transgender actress

September 17 Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Musics Liesl

September 25 Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfing legend

October 14 Jean Alexander, 90, Corries Hilda Ogden

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

October 24 Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol

November 7 Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer

November 11 Robert Vaughn, 83, Veteran actor

November 13 Leon Russell, 74, US rock legend

22nd November 2016 - Craig Gill Inspiral Carpets drummer RIP

November 24 Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star

November 25 Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star

November 26 Ron Glass, 71, US TV star

December 1 Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star

December 6 Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star

December 7 Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder

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

December 8 Greg Lake, 69, ELP legend

December 10 AA Gill, 62, Writer & critic

December 10 Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman

December 12 Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey

December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress

December 24 Rick Parfitt, 68, status quo

December 25 George Michael, 53, Singer

December 26 Liz Smith, 95, Actress

December 26 Ricky Harris, 54, Comedian/actor

December 27 Richard Adams, 96, Author

December 27 Carrie Fisher, 60, Actress

December 28 Debbie Reynolds Actress

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27 June: Bud Spencer

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July 2nd: Michael Cimino

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19 February:Umberto Eco

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13 October: Bhumibol Adulyadej

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March 6th: Nancy Reagan

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25 November: Fidel Castro

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16 September: Carlo Azeglio Ciam... no, that's insignificant even by my standars.

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13 March: Hilary Putnam.

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24 January: Marvin Minsky

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6 January: Pat Harrington, Jr.

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13th April Gareth Thomas

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June 10th: Gordie Howe

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July 19th: Garry Marshall

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28th January: Paul Kantner

 

14th March: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

 

13th June: Michu Meszaros

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The year in what I consider to be name celebs

 

January:

Pierre Boulez, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey, Cecil Parkinson, Abe Vigoda, Frank Finlay, Terry Wogan

 

February:

Harry Harpham (sitting MP), Scalia, George Gaynes, Harper Lee, Umberto Eco, Eric Winkle Brown, Douglas Slocombe, Frank Kelly, George Kennedy

 

March:

Tony Warren, Hayabusa, Martin Crowe, Nancy Reagan, George Martin, Ken Adam, Emerson, Anita Brookner, Adrienne Corri, Peter Maxwell-Davies, Slyvia Anderson, Asa Briggs, Cliff Michelmore, Paul Daniels, Cruyff, Patty Duke, Ronnie Corbett, Douglas Wilmer

 

April:

Cesare Maldini, Merle Haggard, David Gest, Gareth Thomas, Chyna, Victoria Wood, Prince, Guy Hamilton

 

May:

Burt Kwouk

 

June:

Dave Swarbrick, Ali, Kimbo Slice, Gordie Howe, Jo Cox (sitting MP)

 

July:

Caroline Aherne, Michael Cimino

 

August:

Kenny Baker, Joao Havelange, Arthur Hiller, Anthony Jay, Mr Fuji, Gene Wilder

 

September:

Arnold Palmer, Shimon Peres

 

October:

Thai King, Jean Alexander, Jimmy Perry, Pete Burns, Carlos Alberto

 

November:

Jimmy Young, Leonard Cohen, Robert Vaughan, Leon Russell, Andrew Sachs, Castro

 

December:

Peter Vaughan, Greg Lake, John Glenn, Jim Prior, Walter Swinburn, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lionel Blue, Piers Sellers, Rick Parfitt, Richard Adams, George Michael, Vera Rubin, Liz Smith, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, whoever gets announced later tonight

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Don't forget Elie Wiesel and Marco Pannella. As much as I disliked him he is still a significant death.

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31 July: Fazil Isklander

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