This has truly been an annus horribilis, It's little wonder that so many people have chosen 2016 as their year to depart this mortal coil. Here are the people whom I considered to be significant. Very obviously, your list will differ.
Heroes
- Stephanie Rader
- Edgar Mitchell
- Mitchell Higginbotham
- Fred Cherry
- Samuel Willenberg
- Delmer Berg
- Joe Medicine Crow
- Elizabeth Strohfus
- Gilbert Horn Sr.
- Erich Rudorffer
- Kaname Harada
- Jane Fawcett
- Elie Wiesel
- Dave Bald Eagle
- Shelby Westbrook
- Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe
- John Glenn
- Larry Colburn
Musicians
- David Bowie
- Paul Bley
- Glenn Frey
- Keith Emerson
- Greg Lake
- Paul Kanter
- Frank Sinatra, Jr.
- Merle Haggard
- Jimmie Van Zant
- Prince
- Maurice White
- Scotty Moore
- Ralph Stanley
- Rob Wasserman
- Pete Fountain
- Stanley "Buckwheat Zydeco" Dural
- Sharon Jones
- Leonard Cohen
- Leon Russell
Sportsmen & Sportswomen
- Joe Garagiola
- Muhammad Ali
- Gordie Howe
- Pat Summitt
- Buddy Ryan
- Carl Haas
- Shugoro Nakazato
- Arnold Palmer
- Dave Mirra
Authors
- Umberto Eco
- Harper Lee
- Alvin Toffler
- Edward Albee
- Richard Adams
Actors
- Alan Rickman
- Dan Haggerty
- Abe Vigoda
- George Kennedy
- Frank Kelly
- Garry Shandling
- Burt Kwouk
- Bud Spencer
- Jerry Doyle
- Alan Young
- David Huddleston
- Kenny Baker
- Jack Riley
- Paul Comi
- Patty Duke
- Gene Wilder
- Robert Vaughn
- Andrew Sachs
- Florence Henderson
- Ron Glass
- Bernard Fox
- Alan Thicke
- Carrie Fisher
- Debbie Reynolds
- William Christopher
Statesmen, Stateswomen, & Politicians
- Dale Bumpers
- Antonin Scalia
- Jo Cox
- James R. Bennett
- Walter Scheel
- Phyllis Schafly
- Shimon Peres
- Janet Reno
- Fidel Castro
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Scientists & Engineers
- Ed Yourdan
- Marvin Minsky
- Wesley A. Clark
- Ray Tomlinson
- Katharine Blodgett Gebbie
- James Cronin
- Joe Sutter
- Andrew Grove
- Eileen Younghusband
- Edward Lofgren
- Deborah S. Jin
- Charles H. Henry
- Erwin Hahn
- Jack Garman
- Denton Cooley
- Henry Heimlich
- Vera Rubin
Journalists
- Craig Windham
- Tom Mintier
- John McLaughlin
- Gwen Ifill
- Craig Sager
- Morley Safer
- Joe Garagiola
- Bud Collins
Others
- Bob Elliot — Comedian
- Jack Elrod — Cartoonist
- Henry Worsley — Adventurer
- Tom Hayden — Peace & Civil Rights Activist
- George Martin — Record Producer & Composer
- Daniel Barrigan — Priest & Social Advocate
- Raymond Selby — Friend & Character since 7th Grade
- Michael Cimino — Screenwriter & Director
- Garry Marshall — Television & Movie Producer
- Darren Seals — Social Activist
- Nancy Reagan — First Lady & Actress
- Greta Zimmer Friedman — A moment, frozen in time.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor — Celebrity
- Joseph Harmatz — Partisan Fighter & Revenge Plotter
- George Barris — Photographer
- Tyrus Wong — Artist
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