There are many like sports figures, politicians, philosophers, artists, religious leaders, etc that aren't listed here. I made this list of folks that we'd probably know in some fashion. There are 72 people listed here.

I hope we don't have to add anyone else dying today or tomorrow to the list. (Did someone bubble wrap Betty White?)

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Abe Vigoda

Alan Rickman

Alan Thicke

Alice Drummond (Ghostbusters, To Wong Foo, Awakenings)

Anthony Addobbo (Guiding Light, Bold & The Beautiful)

Anton Yeltsin

Arnold Palmer

Barbara Tarbuck (General Hospital)

Bernard Fox (actor Bewitched, Titanic, Mummy)

Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic)

Big Skye (rapper)

Bill Nunn (Do The Right Things, Spider-man, Sister Act)

Bob Cranshaw (jazz bassist)

Bobby Vee

Carole Smith (songwriter)

Carrie Fisher

Cecelia Hart

Charlie Tuna (radio personality)

Craig Windham (NPR)

Dan Haggerty Grizzly Adams)

Darrell ward (Ice Road Truckers)

Daryl Coley (gospel singer)

David Bowie

Debbie Reynolds

Elie Wiesel

Florence Henderson

Frank Sinatra Jr

Fritz Weaver

Gary Dubin (Jaws 2, The Partridge Family)

Gene Wilder

George Kennedy

George Michael

George Odom (Law & Order)

Guy Clark

Gwen Ifill

Harambe

Harper Lee

Jack Riley (Bob Newhart, Spaceballs)

James Douglas (As The World Turns)

Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf)

Jimmie Van Zant

Joseph Mascolo (Days of Our Lives, Bold & The Beautiful)

Ken Howard

Kenny Baker (R2D2)

Larry Drake (LA Law, Darkman)

Leonard Cohen

Lou Pearlman

Max Alexander (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Trainwreck)

Merle Haggard

Mick Zane (Malice)

Mohammad Ali

Mr. Fuji (wrestler)

Nancy Reagan

Neill Armstrong

Pat Harrington (Schneider on One Day at a Time)

Patty Duke

Pete Burns

Peter Vaughn (Game of Thrones)

Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest)

Prince

Ray Singleton (Motown producer & songwriter)

Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)

Ricky Harris

Riley Martin (Howard Stern wack pack who believe in alien abduction)

Robert Vaughn

Sharon Jones

Shawty Lo

Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)

Todd Kimsey (Seinfeld, Planet of the Apes)

Tricia McCauley (StepUp - murdered?)

Trisco Pearson (Force MDs)

Vanity (Denise Matthews)

Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Feel free to add to the list, just don't quote this whole post. Just offer your addition. The thread would be insane otherwise.

[Edited 12/30/16 13:55pm]

This being a Prince fan site, I guess I'll be the first to acknowledge the glaring omission:



Denise Matthews/ Vanity

Or wait, even better, this thread already exists ---> http://prince.org/msg/100/436553

thekidsgirl said:

Or wait, even better, this thread already exists ---> http://prince.org/msg/100/436553

It's like the world's obituary. LOL It looks like someone copy & pasted straight from wikipedia.

thekidsgirl said:

Or wait, even better, this thread already exists ---> http://prince.org/msg/100/436553

yep

and i've seen the op chastise people for not searching before starting a thread

I actually left off Prince when I compiled the list. I think I was thinking "Oh, I'll remember him of course..." then I realized I'd totally forgotten it. Same happened with Vanity.

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