billy paul(2016)prince(2016)muhammad ali(2016)maurice white(2016)robin gibb(2014)david bowie(2016)james brown(2006)natalie cole(2015)lisa lopes(2012)aaliyah(2001)heavy d.(2011)johnny kemp(2015) luther vandross(2005)wilson pickett(2006)teena marie(2010)rick james(2004)ray cgarles(2004)michael jackson(2009)bernie mac(2008)issac hayes(2008)

willie said:

billy paul(2016)prince(2016)muhammad ali(2016)maurice white(2016)robin gibb(2014)david bowie(2016)james brown(2006)natalie cole(2015)lisa lopes(2012)aaliyah(2001)heavy d.(2011)johnny kemp(2015) luther vandross(2005)wilson pickett(2006)teena marie(2010)rick james(2004)ray cgarles(2004)michael jackson(2009)bernie mac(2008)issac hayes(2008)

This is really not helping my mindset/worldview right now... Let the bleakness set in!!!

This is almost 20 years. I can see if youre speaking of one decade but it's two. Most of us are going to be going in this century.

…yeah, the 2000s were the first decade of this century

we're now in the 2010s decade - "the twenty-tens" or "the two thousand and tens"

…and yup, this decade has lost many good souls.
[Edited 6/6/16 10:30am]

And there's more... JJ Cale, BB King, Solomon Burke... It happens as the stars from yesteryear grow older...