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#AnnusHorribilis: Why Is This Looking Like THE Worst Year Ever For Celebrity Deaths?

By Trey Speegle on April 24, 2016 6:41 am

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Queen Elizabeth just turned 90 and in 1992, she had what she referred to as her “annus horribilis”, which is not a terrible butt affliction but rather latin for “horrible year.” That horrible year saw the Prince of Wales separate from Lady Diana, and her sensational portrayal in Andrew Morton‘s biography. And then the Princess Royal divorced. The Duke of York‘s freshly estranged wife, Sarah, graced the tabloids topless and had her toes sucked by an enthusiastic “financial adviser”. But with the exception of Diana, they all lived.

Yes, sadly people die every day, but most of them we will never hear of. We don’t know most famous people either, but we feel connected to them by their work. 2016 is stacking up to be one of the worst years for star deaths, and we’re barely a third of the way through. Book-ended by Prince this week and Bowie in January, there were MANY more than this, I’m sure. Here are some you might recognize like Doris Roberts who went at 90 and Nancy Reagan at 94. We should all be so lucky to live that long.

Prince

Prince

APRIL

April 21
Prince, 57, musician and singer

Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director

April 20
Chyna, 46, ex-WWE wrestler

April 17
Doris Roberts, 90, Everybody Loves Raymond actress

April 12
David Gest, 62, reality TV star and music producer

April 6
Merle Haggard, 79, country music icon

Patty Duke

Patty Duke


MARCH

March 31
Zaha Hadid, 65, architect

March 29
Patty Duke, 69, actress

March 26
Jim Harrison, 78, Legends of the Fall author

March 24
Garry Shandling, 66, American comedian, actor and writer

March 23
Ken Howard, 71, veteran film and TV actor

March 22
Fife Dawg, 45, Tribe Called Quest rapper

March 16
Frank Sinatra Jr, 72, American singer
Sylvia Anderson, 88, voice of Thunderbirds‘ Lady Penelope

March 10
Anita Brookner, 87, award-winning novelist
Keith Emerson, 71, musician, ELP
Ken Adam, 95, production designer

March 8
Sir George Martin, 90, Beatles producer

March 6
Nancy Reagan, 94, First Lady

March 4
Pat Controy, 70, bestselling author

Harper Lee

Harper Lee

FEBRUARY

February 28
George Kennedy, 91, Cool Hand Luke star

February 19
Harper Lee, 89, author
Umberto Eco, 84, philosopher and novelist

February 15
Denise Matthews, 57, singer known as Vanity

February 6
Dan Hicks, 74, singer-songwriter

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

JANUARY

January 28
Paul Kantner, 74, Jefferson Airplane founder
Signe Toly Anderson, 74, Jefferson Airplane singer

January 26
Abe Vigoda, 94, The Godfather actor

January 18
Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles frontman

January 17
Dale Griffin, 67, Mott the Hoople drummer

January 15
Dan Haggerty, 74, Grizzly Adams star

January 14
Alan Rickman, 69, English actor
Rene Angelil, 73, music producer
(Celine Dion‘s husband)

January 10
David Bowie, 69, English singer and musician

January 1
Villas Zsigmond, 85, The Deer Hunter cinematographer

David Bowie

David Bowie

(via Express)

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