April 21, 20169 yr This year has been rubbish for celebrity deaths. I was never a big fan but realise he did contribute to the music industry. No more purple rain. RIP Prince.
April 21, 20169 yr This year has been rubbish for celebrity deaths.There was a snippet in the paper today that said there have been twice as many celebrity obits in 2016 than there was for the same time-frame in 2015.
April 21, 20169 yr What a horrid year. I was sat at work and it broke over the radio - he thought he had the flu and had been at home resting according to the news and then bang... 57 years old, that's no age at all really. I mean Victoria Wood yesterday, Bowie, Corbett, Rickman, Shandling, Chyna... is there going to be anyone left soon? RIP Prince. I hope you get to party like its 1999 up there.
April 22, 20169 yr Here's the up-to-date list for 2016 so far (and some are obviously more well known than others). Natalie Cole (actually died on 31/12/15, but wasn't announced until 01/01/16) Craig Strickland Pat Harrington Jr. Otis Clay Angus Scrimm Michael Galeota David Bowie David Margulies Brian Bedford Rene Angelil Alan Rickman Dan Haggerty Dale "Buffin" Griffin Clarence Reid Mic Gillette Glenn Frey Jimmy Bain Abe Vigoda Paul Kantner Signe Anderson Frank Finlay Sir Terry Wogan Jon Bunch Bob Elliott Joe Alaskey Maurice White Dave Mirra Dan Hicks Daniel Gerson Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) George Gaynes Angela Raiola Harper Lee Douglas Slocombe Sonny James Lennie Baker Tony Burton George Kennedy Gil Hill Lee Reherman Tony Warren Joey Feek Pat Conroy George Martin Richard Davalos Gogi Grant Keith Emerson Sylvia Anderson Frank Sinatra Jr. Lee Andrews Daryl Coley Paul Daniels Steve Young Joe Santos Phife Dawg Joe Garagiola Ken Howard Garry Shandling Earl Hamner Jr. Jim Harrison David Baker James Noble Patty Duke Ronnie Corbett Gato Barbieri Amber Rayne Erik Bauersfeld Leon Haywood Merle Haggard Blackjack Mulligan Tony Conrad David Gest Doris Roberts Pearl Washington Victoria Wood Joanie "Chyna" Laurer Guy Hamilton Prince Lonnie Mack
April 23, 20169 yr We can, however, add Michelle McNamara (writer and wife of Patton Oswalt) to the list; dead at 46.
April 23, 20169 yr That was last year. Yep, I saw just after I posted it that Twitter had apparently killed him off twice. That'll teach me to fact check. :lol:
