Here is a full list of notable people that we've lost this year.

[Charles Bukowski]

JANUARY
10th - David Bowie, 69. Musician/actor.
14th - Alan Rickman, 69. Actor.
17th - Dale "Buffin" Griffin, 67. Drummer.
18th - Glenn Frey, 67. Musician.
26th - Abe Vigoda, 94. Actor.
28th - Paul Kantner, 74. Musician.

FEBRUARY
13th - Antonin Scalia, 79. U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
16th - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 93. U.N. Secretary-General.
19th - Harper Lee, 89. "To Kill a Mockingbird," novelist.
19th - Umberto Eco, 84. "The Name of the Rose." author.

MARCH
6th - Nancy Reagan, 94. First Lady.
8th - George Martin, 90. Music producer.
22nd - Phife Dawg, 45. Lyricist.
24th - Garry Shandling, 66. Actor and comedian .
29th - Patty Duke, 69. Actress.

APRIL
6th - Merle Haggard, 79. Country singer.
17th - Doris Roberts, 90. Actress.
20th - Chyna, 46. Pro-wrestler.
20th - Victoria Wood, 63. Actress, singer, screenwriter, director.
20th - Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, 52. NBA player.
21st - Lonnie Mack, 73. Musician.
21st - Prince, 57. Musician.

MAY
19th - Morley Safer, 84. "60 Minutes" correspondent.

JUNE
3rd - Muhammad Ali, 74. Heavyweight boxing champion.
6th - Peter Shaffer, 90. British playwright.
6th - Kimbo Slice, 42. MMA fighter.
10th - Gordie Howe, 88. Hockey player.
28th - Pat Summitt, 64. Women's college basketball coach.

JULY
2nd - Elie Wiesel, 87. Holocaust survivor & humanitarian.
2nd - Michael Cimino, 77. Movie director.
9th - Sydney H. Schanberg, 82. Newspaper correspondent
16th - Nate Thurmond, 74. NBA Player.
24th - Marni Nixon, 86. Hollywood voice double.

AUGUST
13th - Kenny Baker, 81. Actor.
16th - John McLaughlin, 89. Commentator & tv host.
28th - Gene Wilder, 83. Actor.

SEPTEMBER
5th - Phyllis Schlafly, 92. Conservative activist.
16th - Edward Albee, 88. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
16th - W.P. Kinsella, 81. "Field of Dreams." novelist.
25th - Arnold Palmer, 87. Pro Golfer.
28th - Shimon Peres, 93. Israeli President & Prime Minister.

OCTOBER
13th - Dario Fo, 90. Playwright & Nobel Prize for Literature.
13th - King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88. Thailand monarch.
15th - Dennis Byrd, 51. Former NFL defensive lineman.

NOVEMBER
7th - Janet Reno, 78. First woman U.S. Attorney General.
7th - Leonard Cohen, 82. Baritone singer-songwriter.
11th - Robert Vaughn, 83. Actor.
13th - Leon Russell, 74. Musician.
14th - Gwen Ifill, 61. PBS Co-anchor & journalist.
23rd - Ralph Branca, 90. Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher.
24th - Florence Henderson, 82. Broadway & tv actress.
25th - Fidel Castro, 90. Cuban leader.
25th - Ron Glass, 71. Actor.

DECEMBER
6th - Peter Vaughan, 93. Actor (Game of Thrones)
8th - John Glenn, 95.Astronaut & U.S. Senator.
13th - Alan Thicke, 69. Actor.
15th - Craig Sager, 65. NBA reporter.
17th - Henry Heimlich, 96. Surgeon (Heimlich maneuver).
18th - Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99. Actress.
24th - Richard Adams, 96. "Watership Down" author.
25th - George Michael, 53. Singer.
25th - Alexandrov Military Ensemble - 64 Musicians. Plane crash.
26th - Ricky Harris, 54. Actor & comedian.
27th - Carrie Fisher, 60. Actress.
27th - George S Irving, 94. Actor.
28th - Debbie Reynolds, 84. Actress.

[pintobean]

1. Why do all of these lists omit Lonnie Mack?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lonnie-mack-blues-rock-guitar-great-dead-at-74-20160423

[Initech]

31. And what about Lemmy?

[OriginalGeek]

32. the only card I need

[Beartracks]

2. OMG.

Wow.




P.S. Your entry for George S Irving needs editing.

P.P.S. I thought Leon Russell was of some national prominence: June 16 - Leon Russell, 74 - Musician, songwriter

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[Charles Bukowski]

4. I added Russell and corrected Irving. Added Lonnie Mack too.

[japple]

20. Leon Russell didn't die until November

eom

[Beartracks]

24. Whoops. Hey, I had the year right!

[japple]

30. It's okay. Leon wouldn't hold it against you!

[Renew Deal]

3. 3 days left. Is anyone safe?

[frazzled]

5. Three important film directors also

January 29 - Jacques Rivette, 87. French film director.
July 4 - Abbas Kiarostami, 76. Iranian film director.
October 9 - Andrzej Wajda, 90. Polish film director.

Also: Leon Russell, Mose Allison, Sharon Jones, Tom Hayden, Michel Butor, Alvin Toffler, Daniel Berrigan, Marisol, Zaha Hadid, Umberto Eco, and many more!
See another list at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/notable-deaths/2016

[Cha]

6. Thank you for this, CB.. some I hadn't heard about

May they all RIP~

[d_r]

7. Kenny Baker

the actor who played r2-d2 on August 13.

[d_r]

8. and Ralph Stanley

June 23

[japple]

17. Thanks for adding Dr. Stanley.

Here's a timely number for all the people on this list including Keith Whitley who sang this with Ralph Stanley

[d_r]

22. Thank you for posting this

[ZX86]

9. Two more

Keith Emerson and Greg Lake

[smirkymonkey]

10. Annus horribilis.

Let's hope 2017 will be better. Such great losses in 2016. With the exception of Scalia.

[japple]

19. and Phyllis Schlafly

[yuiyoshida]

11. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Director Kensho Yamashita Passes Away

It has recently become known that Kensho Yamashita, director of Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) and Chief Assistant Director to Ishiro Honda on Terror of MechaGodzilla (1975), passed away on August 16th, 2016.

The cause of death was heart failure. He was 72 years old.
Yamashita began working for Toho in 1969 as an Assistant Director. His first project was the situational comedy Who Am I. His first major project was director Kihachi Okamoto's The Battle of Okinawa (1971).

He was promoted to Chief Assistant Director in 1975 where he worked for Ishiro Honda on Terror of MechaGodzilla. Due to his respect for Honda, he found it difficult to make any suggestions and merely attempted to, “learn his craft.”

In 1979 Yamashita made his directorial debut with Troubleman: Laughs and Kills, followed by Ninteen (1987). After those films he was having a difficult time at the studio—Many projects of his were being pulled from the schedule and it was suggested he leave the studio to find independent work. It was a surprise when former Toho President Yoshinobu Hayashi asked him take over Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla. Of the few movies he directed, his foray into the Godzilla series was his favorite.

Thanks to Toho Kingdom's Patrick Galvan for the news on Mr. Yamashita's passing.

http://www.scified.com/news/godzilla-vs-spacegodzilla-director-kensho-yamashita-passes-away

[PunkinPi]

12. Some others are listed here...

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-year-in-review/look-back-all-famous-figures-who-died-2016-n698791?cid=sm_fb

[lostnfound]

13. Michael Ratner, .May 11th.

President of the Center for Constituional Rights.

[Rustyeye77]

14. Too many

Too sad

[uponit7771]

23. +1

[lillypaddle]

15. Wow

What a cast of characters.

[n2doc]

16. Vera Rubin

And many others
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/gone-in-2016-ten-notable-women-in-science-and-technology/

[japple]

18. Singer/Songwriter Guy Clarke, May 17th.

[frankieallen]

21. Nice copy and paste from Pitts Facebook page

[aikoaiko]

25. Dec 31: William Christopher, Father Mulcahy on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 84

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/01/01/entertainment/william-christopher-mash-obit/index.html

[LeftishBrit]

26. Too many!

Though less famous throughout the world, I would like to add the person who has perhaps inspired me most in my own work, Annette Karmiloff Smith:

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/annette-karmiloff-smith-past-aps-board-member-and-leading-expert-in-neurocognitive-development.html#.WGjgfWdvi48

[jg10003]

27. forgot Garry Marshall

[LeftishBrit]

28. And let us never forget Jo Cox, MP, a good person murdered by a RW terrorist

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/16/jo-cox-obituary

[AmericanActivist]

29. RIP all these dear departed souls

[HipChick]

33. not a full list, missing Sharon Jones of the Dap kings..