2016 Recap. I don’t know why I’m doing this but here goes…
The news stories from this awful year.
From terrorist attacks to hate crimes like the one that happened at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando Florida killing 49 and enjuring numerous others, it was the largest mass shooting in US history to date. We had brexit in which Britain decided to leave the EU, wild fires destroying homes, and and explosion on a launch pad and Donald Trump winning the presidential election just to name a few, this year was one for the history books.
This is the best I can do for this one, a link you can go to if you so desire.
http://fortune.com/2016/12/28/year-in-review-2016/
Now to the celebrity deaths which seem to me to be numerous this year. I maybe should have just posted the link for this too but I felt they needed to be shown in full. You may skip this if you like.
These come from www.legacy.com and the reason I have decided to post these is because I feel that during 2016 more celebrities have passed than in any other year I can remember. Some of them I no better than others such as Alan Rickman, Florence Henderson, Carrie Fisher, George Michael, Debbie Reynolds, David Bowie, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Keith Emerson, Glenn Frey, and Alan Thicke due to the various things they were in. Alan Rickman was one of my most favorite actors and very very talented so when I heard he died I was at work and it rocked me to my very core even though I didn’t know him personally. Christina Grimmie who I didn’t know anything about till I heard of her tragic death, Very beautiful voice and only 22 gunned down for absolutely no reason at all. All of these deaths were sad and to all of them, each and everyone on this list, I say R.I.P.
1.Robert Stigwood, 81
2.Pierre Boulez, 90
3.Kitty Kallen, 93
4.Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, 55
5.Pat Harrington Jr., 86
6.Angus Scrimm, 89
7.Keith Emerson, 71
8.Phife Dawg, 45
9.Mike Minor, 75
10.David Bowie, 69
11.Harper Lee, 89
12.Sir George Martin, 90
13.Vilmos Zsigmond, 85
14.David Huddleston, 85
15.Alan Rickman, 69
16.Kevin Meaney, 60
17.René Angélil, 73
18.Dan Haggerty, 74
19.Noreen Corcoran, 72
20.Monte Irvin, 96
21.Abe Vigoda, 94
22.Glenn Frey, 67
23.Paul Kantner,74
24.Maurice White, 74
25.Katie May, 34
26.Denise Matthews, known as Vanity, 57
27.Matt Roberts, 38
28.Cara McCollum, 24
29.Fred Hellerman, 89
30.George Kennedy, 91
31.Pat Conroy, 70
32.Joey Feek, 40
33.Garry Shandling, 66
34.Patty Duke, 69
35.Zaha Hadid, 65
36.James Noble, 94
37.Bob Elliott, 92
38.Merle Haggard, 79
39.Daisy Lewellyn, 36
40.Doris Roberts, 90
41.Chyna, real name Joan Marie Laurer, 46
42.Prince, 57
43.Billy Paul, 80
44.Pete Fountain, 86
45.Jon Polito, 65
46.Richard Libertini, 82
47.Madeleine Lebeau, 92
48.Guy Clark, 74
49.Morley Safer, 84
50.Nick Menza, 51
51.Gordie Howe, known as “Mr. Hockey,” 88
52.Muhammad Ali, 74
53.George Gaynes, 98
54.Christina Grimmie, 22
55.Lee Reherman, 49
56.Theresa Saldana, 61
57.Ann Morgan Guilbert, 87
58.Ron Lester, 45
59.Anton Yelchin, 27
60.Bernie Worrell, 72
61.Bill Cunningham, 87
62.Bill Nunn, 63
63.George Burton, 78
64.Stanley Dural Jr., known as Buckwheat Zydeco, 68
65.Curtis Hanson, 71
66.Ryan Jimmo, 34
67.Jim Harrison, 78
68.Larry Drake, 66
69.Frank Sinatra Jr., 72
70.Bud Spencer, 86
71.Buddy Ryan, 85
72.Juan Gabriel, 66
73.Attrell Cordes, 46
74.Pat Summitt, 64
75.Elie Wiesel, 87
76.Michael Cimino, 77
77.Michu Meszaros, 77
78.Michelle McNamara, 46
79.Noel Neill, 95
80.Garry Marshall, 81
81.Gloria DeHaven, 91
82.Jerry Doyle, 60
83.John Saunders, 61
84.Kenny Baker, 81
85.John McLaughlin, 89
86.Steven Hill, 94
87.Scotty Moore, 84
88.Gene Wilder, 83
89.Anna Dewdney, 50
90.Ken Howard, 71
91.Alexis Arquette, 47
92.Charmian Carr, 73
93.W.P. Kinsella, 81
94.Kimbo Slice, 42
95.Edward Albee, 88
96.The Lady Chablis, 59
97.Hugh O’Brian, 91
98.Jean Shepard, 82
99.Jose Fernandez, 24
100.Arnold Palmer, 87
101.Michael Massee, 64
102.Phil Chess, 95
103.Dylan Rieder, 28
104.Julie Gregg, 79
105.Leonard Cohen, 82
106.Robert Vaughn, 83
107.Leon Russell, 74
108.Gwen Ifill, 61
109.Ron Glass, 71
110.Florence Henderson, 82
111.Joseph Mascolo, 87
112.Fritz Weaver, 90
113.Tommy Ford, 52
114.Gloria Naylor, 66
115.Margaret Whitton, 67
116.Dr. George Nichopoulos, 88
117.Dave Mirra, 41
118.Van Williams, 82
119.William Schallert, 93
120.Andrew Sachs, 86
121.George Alaskey, 63
122.Alan Young, 96
123.Darwyn Cooke, 53
124.Will Smith, former New Orleans Saints’ player, 34
125.Billy Chapin, 72
126.Greg Lake, 69
127.Sharon Jones, 60
128.Alan Thicke, 69
129.Bernard Fox, 89
130.Craig Sager, 65
131.Ricky Harris, 54
132.Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99
133.Richard Adams, 96
134.George Michael, 53
135.Carrie Fisher, 60
136.Debbie Reynolds, 84
Other notable public figures who died in 2016 include:
1.Nancy Reagan, 94
2.Janet Reno, 78
3.Tom Hayden, 76
4.Youree Dell Harris, 53
5.Fidel Castro, 90
6.Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88
7.Rob Ford, 46
8.Uhmberto Eco, 84
9.John Glenn, 77
10.Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 93
11.Antonin Scalia, 79
12.Edgar Mitchell, 85
13.Dale Bumpers, 90
14.Mike Oxley, 71
15.Mother Mary Angelica, 92
Let’s hope that’s if for the year. We have three days left, please 2016, please be kind to the world for the last ones of the year.
Next time I’ll do a personal recap, though I have not much exciting to tell. Until next time…
XOXO
Lily