Subdeacon Joe Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/specials/world/obit-2016 Celebrities, actors and directors Carrie Fisher, 'Star Wars' Princess LeiaActor and comedian Ricky HarrisZsa Zsa Gabor'Growing Pains' dad Alan Thicke'Days of Our Lives' star Joseph Mascolo'Howard Stern Show' personality Joey BootsFlorence Henderson, TV's Carol Brady'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' actor Robert VaughnAgnes Nixon, creator of 'All My Children''NCIS' showrunner Gary GlasbergCurtis Hanson, '8 Mile' and 'LA Confidential' directorCharmian Carr, Liesl in 'The Sound of Music' Alexis Arquette, actress and transgender activistLady Chablis of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil''Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp' star Hugh O'BrianActor Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka' Actor Kenny Baker, 'Star Wars' R2-D2Actor David Huddleston, 'The Big Lebowski''Dances with Wolves' actor Chief David Bald Eagle, Jr.'Miss Cleo,' TV psychic network pitchwomanGarry Marshall, TV and movie legendNoel Neill, Lois Lane on 'Superman' TV show'Star Trek' actor Anton YelchinTV actress Ann Morgan GuilbertRon Lester, 'Varsity Blues' actor'ALF' actor Michu MeszarosActress Beth Howland, waitress on 'Alice'Alan Young, Wilbur on 'Mister Ed''Casablanca' actress Madeleine LeBeauWilliam Schallert, dad on 'The Patty Duke Show'Wrestler, entertainer ChynaDoris Roberts, mom on 'Everybody Loves Raymond'Daisy Lewellyn, reality TV starVoice of 'Star Wars' Adm. Ackbar, Erik BauersfeldActress Patty DukeJames Noble, Actor known as 'Benson' governorGarry Shandling, inventive TV comedianActor Joe Santos of 'The Rockford Files''L.A. Law' actor Larry DrakeActor George Kennedy'Big Ang' Raiola, 'Mob Wives' starGeorge Gaynes, 'Punky Brewster' actorBob Elliott, half of comedy legends Bob and RayJoe Alaskey, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy DuckAbe Vigoda, 'Godfather' and 'Barney Miller' actorDan Haggerty, 'Grizzly Adams' starRené Angélil, husband of Céline DionActor Alan Rickman, Harry Potter's Professor SnapeDavid Margulies, 'Ghostbusters' actorPat Harrington, Schneider on 'One Day at a Time'Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Musicians and Industry Executives 80s pop star George Michael Rick Parfitt, Status Quo guitaristSoul singer Sharon JonesRock 'n' roll star Leon RussellSinger-songwriter Leonard CohenMusic legend Buckwheat ZydecoRapper Shawty LoFormer N.W.A. manager Jerry HellerFred Hellerman of the WeaversJuan Gabriel, Mexican music icon Jazz great Pete FountainRalph Stanley, bluegrass music legendSinger Attrell Cordes of P.M. Dawn'Voice' singer Christina GrimmieSinger-songwriter Guy ClarkJane Little, Guinness World Record holding bassistSinger PrinceMerle Haggard, country music's outsider heroFrank Sinatra Jr.Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & PalmerSir George Martin, Beatles producerJoey Martin Feek of country duo Joey + RoryCountry music legend Sonny JamesDenise Matthews, Prince protege VanityMaurice White, leader and founder of Earth, Wind & FirePaul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane guitaristThe Eagles' Glenn FreyDavid Bowie, master of reinventionRobert Stigwood, force behind 'Saturday Night Fever'Leaders, politicians and military figures Former senator, astronaut John GlennFormer Secretary of Defense Melvin LairdThai King Bhumibol AdulyadejIsraeli leader and Nobel laureate Shimon PeresWWII Navajo code talker Joe Hosteen KellwoodPhyllis Schlafly, towering social conservative figureSuzanne Wright, autism advocateRep. Mark Takai of HawaiiMother Mary Angelica, nun who built Catholic media networkFormer Toronto Mayor Rob FordFormer first lady Nancy ReaganAntonin Scalia, Supreme Court justiceEdgar Mitchell, Astronaut who walked on moonDale Bumpers, fmr. U.S. senator, Arkansas governorFormer Rep. Mike OxleyJournalists, authors, innovators, media and academic figures 'Watership Down' author Richard AdamsVera Rubin, dark matter pioneerPBS newscaster Gwen Ifill'Tuck Everlasting' author Natalie BabbittActor, playwright and Nobel laureate Dario FoAuthor Gloria NaylorLegendary playwright Edward AlbeeW.P. Kinsella, whose book inspired 'Field of Dreams'Children's author Anna DewdneyGeorge Curry, champion of black pressPBS' John McLaughlinESPN's John SaundersElie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureateCNN's Will King Morely Safer, '60 Minutes' legendJim Harrison, author of 'Legends of the Fall'Ray Tomlinson, creator of emailPat Conroy, author of 'Prince of Tides' and 'Great Santini'Umberto Eco, famed author of 'The Name of the Rose'Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' authorMarvin Minsky, Pioneer of artificial intelligenceChefs, sport, design, art and business figures Craig Sager, colorful Turner Sports reporterPaul Elvstrom, sailing greatFormer Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan SalaamDylan Rieder, pro skateboarder and modelGolfing great Arnold PalmerMiami Marlins pitcher Jose FernandezFormer FIFA President João HavelangeFormer NFL head coach Dennis GreenPat Summitt, legendary women's basketball coachFashion photographer Bill CunninghamHockey legend Gordie HoweMMA fighter Kimbo SliceBoxing legend Muhammad AliComic book artist Darwyn CookeArchitect Zaha HadidNFL Ravens' Tray WalkerRobert Redbird, iconic Native American artist'American Gladiator' Lee Reherman, 'The Hawk'BMX legend Dave MirraWorld's 'top chef' Benoit ViolierBill Johnson, Former Olympic gold medal skier'Iron' Mike Sharpe, WWE SuperstarMonte Irvin, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Lawrence Phillips, imprisoned ex-NFL rusher Andrew Smith, former Butler basketball player *Info from CNN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 It comes to us all, Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 RIP. 2017 is just around the corner :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Unless I missed it, You can add 'Debbie Reynolds' to your list, who passed away Dec 28th. Remember 'Tammy'? She is the Mother of Carrie Fisher (who passed away the day before) ..........Widder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 In perspective: In 1918 the flu pandemic killed an estimated 100 million people, 5 % of the world's population at the time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) We also lost Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer. These were the guys who pioneered synthesized music. They brought the Moog Synthesizer to music in the late sixties, setting the stage for some of the best, AND worst, musical efforts of our time. ELP's work was always tasteful and their live shows were singularly entertaining!! Edited December 29, 2016 by Blackwater 53393 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Let's not forget: So many LEO deaths that we nearly became numbed to it; A political climate so toxic and corrupt that two candidates who had higher negative than positive numbers emerged for the presidency; A level of divisiveness among groups in our nation so bad and so prevalent it actually makes me begin to wonder about conspiracy theories. I could go on, but then I start veering strongly toward the political.I hope 2017 is better. Any worse and we had better start watching for asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 And 138 LEO'S were LOD deaths this year but then again they were only LEO'S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Death is part of "Life". Imagine if nobody died. If life, as we know it, became immortal.....................okay. Done imagining... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Pilot extraordinare Bob Hoover, BGEN Jimmy Doolittle called Hoover, "The best stick and rudder pilot I ever saw!" Astronaut/Senator John Glenn. First American to orbit the Earth; oldest person to orbit the Earth at age 77; U.S. Senator from Ohio for 25 years; a true gentleman. | | | | R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Before we paint the year with a black brush, let us recall that some good things happened in 2016. Each year brings both good and bad with it. That is just the way it is, folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Let's not forget: So many LEO deaths that we nearly became numbed to it; A political climate so toxic and corrupt that two candidates who had higher negative than positive numbers emerged for the presidency; A level of divisiveness among groups in our nation so bad and so prevalent it actually makes me begin to wonder about conspiracy theories. I could go on, but then I start veering strongly toward the political. I hope 2017 is better. Any worse and we had better start watching for asteroids. And 138 LEO'S were LOD deaths this year but then again they were only LEO'S+1 My brother a Vietnam veteran (Aug 18 1950 Nov 4 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 In perspective: In 1918 the flu pandemic killed an estimated 100 million people, 5 % of the world's population at the time! My paternal grandfather died of the Spanish flu in 1918 in the Stony Mountain Penitentiary in Manitoba and, he wasn't a correction officer, if you know what I mean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Trail Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Not to mention our brothers and sisters in uniform, military, police, fire that have left us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I also just noticed that Ron Glass was missing from the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Plenty of good people died. Including friends of mine. But they weren't "celebrities". I suspect next year will be the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Plenty of good people died. Including friends of mine. But they weren't "celebrities". I suspect next year will be the same. As we mature, it happens...As we mature, we just notice it more... TL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Plenty of good people died. Including friends of mine. But they weren't "celebrities". I suspect next year will be the same. You are absolutely right, Bob. It just seems this particular year has been bad on so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 You are absolutely right, Bob. It just seems this particular year has been bad on so many levels.I try to keep a half full glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I try to keep a half full glass. You do quite a good job of that, and keeping a level head. It is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 You do quite a good job of that, and keeping a level head. It is much appreciated.When I'm heading to the last roundup I hope they put a half full glass next to the bed. Can't decide if it should be Tequila or Bourbon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 When I'm heading to the last roundup I hope they put a half full glass next to the bed. Can't decide if it should be Tequila or Bourbon though. Let's hope you have many years of both before that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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