Celebrity Death Thread 2016 Edition in Which Literally, Everyone, Died

[Yuri-G]

death: carrie fisher is dead!
death: psych! it was really George Michaels lulz
super-death: DOUBLE PSYCH.
death and everyone else:

[Salodin]

Yeah I think I'll restate my earlier statement of I think it's less 2016 being a bitch and more I'm finally old enough to give a shit about the famous people that die all the time T_T.

[Tyrath]

Yeah I think I'll restate my earlier statement of I think it's less 2016 being a bitch and more I'm finally old enough to give a shit about the famous people that die all the time T_T.

Except everyone universally seems to be noticing it and it isnt just a specific age group.

Its been a particularly shitty year for famous name, politics and other shit.

[Obev]

Except everyone universally seems to be noticing it and it isnt just a specific age group.

Its been a particularly shitty year for famous name, politics and other shit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38329740

This was written 11 days ago, so the total for this year is at least 50% higher than last year so far.

[kuronosan]

I think it's more prevalent because the celebrities dying are mostly baby boomers.

[Anoat]

Little did we know back in Janaury that Alan Rickman was merely the first victim of 2016's killing curse.

[Alistaire]

I think it's more prevalent because the celebrities dying are mostly baby boomers.

I don't think there's any real common age of death though. A lot were between 60's and 90's, though even that's too large a gap to call em all baby boomers, but several in their 50's and Chyna in her 40's, Anton Yelchin @ 27.

Found a good link without a lot of garbage to wade thru: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news...bowie-12337726

[Obev]

Little did we know back in Janaury that Alan Rickman was merely the first victim of 2016's killing curse.

I think you mean David Bowie. Goblin kings are pretty good at curses.

[Draylo]

Oh shit, that ducks. What will happen to star wars, a new death star killing her off screen

[kuronosan]

Or they end with a funeral where she died from grief.

[Akiyama]

I'm so sad.

[Ragnus]

Death with the Quad Kill

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/27/europe...hip-down-obit/

Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, dead at 96

[Anoat]

Poor Chewbacca. Lost Han, lost Leia, Luke missing for decades, Kylo Ren turned evil. Truly one of the curses of being a long lived species.

[Dimmauk]

Oh shit, that ducks. What will happen to star wars, a new death star killing her off screen

A couple of human characters were also animated in Rogue one, so there is that.

[Ezek]

Just saw that Fisher passed, 2016 officially one of the worst years of all time.

[Xno Kappa]

[Ragnus]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/...gie-deli-folds

Celebrity as far as restaurants go.

Carnegie Deli, dead after 80+ years open.

[kuronosan]

That's a shame.

[tyven]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/...gie-deli-folds

Celebrity as far as restaurants go.

Carnegie Deli, dead after 80+ years open.

Bowser from Sha-Na-Na And Arthur Fonzarelli are gonna have to start going to Katz's or Sarge's I guess.

[Outlaw]

I feel like this was the last big middle finger from Death for this year.

Damn it this sucks!! I was spending time with family for the hoilday so I couldn't comment when she had the heart attack but I was hoping against hope she would make it through. I thought maybe they were exaggerating her condition cause the media tends to make a big fuss whenever a celebrity gets hurt or has to go into the hospital. Then just yesterday I saw on the news her mother said she was in "stable condition" and I was like, "Whew, she's probably going to be ok." So when I heard the news today it came as a big shock. I always felt a little sorry for Carrie Fisher because of her difficult personal life and her stuggles with adiction. She always seemed really strong to me though and would crack jokes in interviews. That's something I really liked about her.

I didn't see anyone post reaction from Mark Hamil or her other co-stars so here's a couple:

Mark Hamill ‏@HamillHimself 6h6 hours ago

no words #Devastated

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/st...16434073579521

I thought I had got what I wanted under the tree. I didn't. In spite of so many thoughts and prayers from so many. I am very, very sad.

— Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) December 27, 2016

https://twitter.com/ADaniels3PO/stat...16557776179200

Some more:

http://mashable.com/2016/12/27/carri...ath-reactions/