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WATFORD zero

WATFORD zero

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Everone is saying that 2016 has been the worst year ever for celebrity deaths, but is it simply the result of our 20th/21st century obsession with celebrity.

Certainly the numbers of musicians that were well known grew enormously through the 60s and 70s. There are probably more films, shows and actors now than there have ever been, and the numbers of famous sports stars are huge. Add to this the development of television as a significant form of entertainment together with publishing and the internet (and the celebrity culture asociated with all these).

I suspect that Andy Warhol is being proved right and the number of celebrity deaths is simply going to incease year on year
 




Blue3

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Look at the plot of men in black where all the celebrities are leaving due to the impending total distruction of planet Earth!
 


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The point about the age of the 'Celebrity' starting in the 1960s is probably valid, so why was 2016 deemed to be so much worse than 2015 for celebrity deaths? Surely one year didn't make that much difference? I think it seems worse because so many big names bit the dust this year, and my own view was that for big stars 2016 was 'bad' and that 2017 will see a regression to a mean, i.e. a return to a 2015-type level.

However that depends on how you define 'celebrity'. If you're going to include everybody who picked up a guitar or appeared even fleetingly on TV then yes, I'm sure 2017 will be as bad as 2016. For really stellar names though I don't think it will be the same. Let's bounce this next year and see who's right!
 


LlcoolJ

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Brovion said:
The point about the age of the 'Celebrity' starting in the 1960s is probably valid, so why was 2016 deemed to be so much worse than 2015 for celebrity deaths? Surely one year didn't make that much difference? I think it seems worse because so many big names bit the dust this year, and my own view was that 2016 was 'bad' and that 2017 will see a regression to a mean, i.e. a return to a 2015-type level.

However that depends on how you define 'celebrity'. If you're going to include everybody who picked up a guitar or appeared even fleetingly on TV then yes, I'm sure 2017 will be as bad as 2016. For really stellar names though I don't think it will be the same. Let's bounce this next year and see who's right!
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I think you're right.

If only one of Prince, Bowie or George Michael had died this year it would have been massive news. All three is an anomaly.

Piss off 2016.
 


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No coincidence that drugs was a big part of the lives that died recently of course...
 








driller

driller

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A list From FB:

List of celebrity deaths so far this year..

January 10 David Bowie, 69, Rock icon
January 14 Alan Rickman, 69, Actor
January 18 Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles rocker
January 23 Jimmy Bain, 68, Rainbow rock star
January 30 Frank Finlay, 89, Acting great
January 31 Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend
February 3 Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire star
February 19 Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author
February 28 Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star
February 28 George Kennedy, 91, Movie great
March 1 Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator
March 8 George Martin, 90, Beatles producer
March 11 Keith Emerson, 71, ELP rock legend
March 15 Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope
March 16 Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatra’s singer son
March 17 Paul Daniels, 77, Comedy magician
March 24 Johan Cruyff, 68, Football legend
March 29 Patty Duke, 69, Child star
March 31 Ronnie Corbett, 85, Comedy legend
March 31 Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt
April 6 Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend
April 12 David Gest, 62, TV personality
April 20 Victoria Wood, 62, Comedy genius
April 20 Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestling legend
April 21 Lonnie Mack, 74, Blues guitar great
April 21 Prince, 57, Pop icon
April 21 Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director
April 24 Billy Paul, 80, Chart star
May 17 Guy Clark, 74, Country legend
May 19 John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys star
May 19 Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed TV star
May 21 Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer
May 24 Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star
May 31 Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer
June 3 Muhammad Ali, 74, Boxing legend
June 14 Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist
June 19 Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov
June 24 Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star
June 28 Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist
July 2 Caroline Aherne, 52, Comedy actress
July 16 Alan Vega, 78, Suicide punk pioneer
August 2nd David Huddleston, 85, 'Santa claus'
August 13 Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2
August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, Villa cup hero
August 29 Gene Wilder, 83, Comic genius
September 11 Alexis Arquette, 47, Transgender actress
September 17 Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Music’s Liesl
September 25 Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfing legend
October 14 Jean Alexander, 90, Corrie’s Hilda Ogden
October 16 Anthony Foley, 42, Rugby Union
October 23 Pete Burns, 57, Dead or Alive chart star
October 24 Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol
November 7 Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer
November 11 Robert Vaughn, 83, Veteran actor
November 13 Leon Russell, 74, US rock legend
22 November Craig Gill, 44, Inspiral Carpets
November 24 Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star
November 25 Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star
November 26 Ron Glass, 71, US TV star
November 28 Chapacoense football team
December 1 Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star
December 6 Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star
December 7 Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder
December 8 John Glenn, 95, First to orbit Earth
December 8 Greg Lake, 69, ELP legend
December 10 AA Gill, 62, Writer & critic
December 10 Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman
December 12 Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey
December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress
December 24 Rick Parfitt, 68, status quo
December 25 George Michael, 53, Singer
December 26 Liz Smith, 95, Actress
December 26 Ricky Harris, 54, Comedian/actor
December 27 Richard Adams, 96, Author
December 27 Carrie Fisher, 60, Actress

It's also worth pointing out the loss of lives to our brave soldiers, non - celebrities who are missed equally by there loved ones and obviously ones close to us
 




mejonaNO12 aka riskit

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Dec 4, 2003
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Glenn Frey, George Martin(personally), Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Ali are all massive

Within there you have one of the top musicians and sportsman of all time. That's huge.


A quick google of 2015 and the "top" ones seem to be Cilla Black, Terry Pratchett and BB King. Obviously I don't mean to be harsh to the deceased.....but it's not quite the same as this year is it?
 




Eeyore

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mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:
Glenn Frey, George Martin(personally), Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Ali are all massive

Within there you have one of the top musicians and sportsman of all time. That's huge.


A quick google of 2015 and the "top" ones seem to be Cilla Black, Terry Pratchett and BB King. Obviously I don't mean to be harsh to the deceased.....but it's not quite the same as this year is it?
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It's subjective though. If you are not huge on popular music much of it would pass you by.
 




Audax

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Aug 3, 2015
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driller said:
A list From FB:

List of celebrity deaths so far this year..

January 10 David Bowie, 69, Rock icon
January 14 Alan Rickman, 69, Actor
*January 18 Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles rocker*
January 23 Jimmy Bain, 68, Rainbow rock star
January 30 Frank Finlay, 89, Acting great
January 31 Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend
February 3 Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire star
*February 19 Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author*
February 28 Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star
February 28 George Kennedy, 91, Movie great
March 1 Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator
March 8 George Martin, 90, Beatles producer
March 11 Keith Emerson, 71, ELP rock legend
March 15 Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope
March 16 Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatra’s singer son
March 17 Paul Daniels, 77, Comedy magician
March 24 Johan Cruyff, 68, Football legend
March 29 Patty Duke, 69, Child star
March 31 Ronnie Corbett, 85, Comedy legend
March 31 Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt
April 6 Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend
April 12 David Gest, 62, TV personality
April 20 Victoria Wood, 62, Comedy genius
April 20 Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestling legend
April 21 Lonnie Mack, 74, Blues guitar great
April 21 Prince, 57, Pop icon
April 21 Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director
April 24 Billy Paul, 80, Chart star
May 17 Guy Clark, 74, Country legend
May 19 John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys star
May 19 Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed TV star
May 21 Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer
May 24 Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star
May 31 Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer
June 3 Muhammad Ali, 74, Boxing legend
June 14 Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist
*June 19 Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov*
June 24 Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star
June 28 Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist
July 2 Caroline Aherne, 52, Comedy actress
July 16 Alan Vega, 78, Suicide punk pioneer
August 2nd David Huddleston, 85, 'Santa claus'
August 13 Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2
August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, Villa cup hero
August 29 Gene Wilder, 83, Comic genius
September 11 Alexis Arquette, 47, Transgender actress
September 17 Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Music’s Liesl
September 25 Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfing legend
October 14 Jean Alexander, 90, Corrie’s Hilda Ogden
October 16 Anthony Foley, 42, Rugby Union
October 23 Pete Burns, 57, Dead or Alive chart star
October 24 Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol
November 7 Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer
November 11 Robert Vaughn, 83, Veteran actor
November 13 Leon Russell, 74, US rock legend
22 November Craig Gill, 44, Inspiral Carpets
November 24 Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star
November 25 Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star
November 26 Ron Glass, 71, US TV star
November 28 Chapacoense football team
December 1 Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star
*December 6 Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star*
December 7 Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder
December 8 John Glenn, 95, First to orbit Earth
December 8 Greg Lake, 69, ELP legend
December 10 AA Gill, 62, Writer & critic
December 10 Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman
December 12 Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey
*December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress*
December 24 Rick Parfitt, 68, status quo
December 25 George Michael, 53, Singer
December 26 Liz Smith, 95, Actress
December 26 Ricky Harris, 54, Comedian/actor
December 27 Richard Adams, 96, Author
December 27 Carrie Fisher, 60, Actress

It's also worth pointing out the loss of lives to our brave soldiers, non - celebrities who are missed equally by there loved ones and obviously ones close to us
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And today we add to the list:

December 28 Debbie Reynolds, 84, Actress

As for the OP - I think it's not the overall volume that 2016 is going to be known for. It's the proportion of genuinely 'big' names that have died unexpectedly early. And, in particular, that in a few cases the news has broken in close waves. I've highlighted a few above that I think 2016 is going to be known for: in bold for those that really kicked us globally, underlined for those that particularly hit the UK, and in italics (edit: darn it, quote is all in italics ... in between *'s instead now) for those that hit the news harder than they otherwise might for reasons (eg Harper Lee being in the news for finally publishing a second book).

At the top, you have a triple-whammy. Frey probably would have been a footnote if it wasn't for how close on the losses of Bowie and Rickman the news broke. That basically sets the tone for the year. And now we close out the year in a similar manner: a spate of globally big names have passed. This last week or so has been horrible listening to the radio. Every time the news comes on and I hear a famous name mentioned my first thought is "not another one!" In between, the big names have been just frequent enough to keep this year in people's minds as being a "bad" year for big name celebrity deaths.

Was listening to Uckfield FM the other day. They were playing a Status Quo song when the news came in to them about Parfitt - and then obviously rapidly followed in the days following with George Michael (my earliest musical memory is Wham's "Wake me up before you go go" on TV), Liz Smith, Carrie Fisher, and this morning's news that Debbie Reynolds has followed her daughter.
 


Theatre of Trees

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driller said:
A list From FB:

List of celebrity deaths so far this year..

January 10 David Bowie, 69, Rock icon
January 14 Alan Rickman, 69, Actor
January 18 Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles rocker
January 23 Jimmy Bain, 68, Rainbow rock star
January 30 Frank Finlay, 89, Acting great
January 31 Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend
February 3 Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire star
February 19 Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author
February 28 Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star
February 28 George Kennedy, 91, Movie great
March 1 Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator
March 8 George Martin, 90, Beatles producer
March 11 Keith Emerson, 71, ELP rock legend
March 15 Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope
March 16 Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatra’s singer son
March 17 Paul Daniels, 77, Comedy magician
March 24 Johan Cruyff, 68, Football legend
March 29 Patty Duke, 69, Child star
March 31 Ronnie Corbett, 85, Comedy legend
March 31 Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt
April 6 Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend
April 12 David Gest, 62, TV personality
April 20 Victoria Wood, 62, Comedy genius
April 20 Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestling legend
April 21 Lonnie Mack, 74, Blues guitar great
April 21 Prince, 57, Pop icon
April 21 Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director
April 24 Billy Paul, 80, Chart star
May 17 Guy Clark, 74, Country legend
May 19 John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys star
May 19 Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed TV star
May 21 Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer
May 24 Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star
May 31 Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer
June 3 Muhammad Ali, 74, Boxing legend
June 14 Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist
June 19 Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov
June 24 Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star
June 28 Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist
July 2 Caroline Aherne, 52, Comedy actress
July 16 Alan Vega, 78, Suicide punk pioneer
August 2nd David Huddleston, 85, 'Santa claus'
August 13 Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2
August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, Villa cup hero
August 29 Gene Wilder, 83, Comic genius
September 11 Alexis Arquette, 47, Transgender actress
September 17 Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Music’s Liesl
September 25 Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfing legend
October 14 Jean Alexander, 90, Corrie’s Hilda Ogden
October 16 Anthony Foley, 42, Rugby Union
October 23 Pete Burns, 57, Dead or Alive chart star
October 24 Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol
November 7 Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer
November 11 Robert Vaughn, 83, Veteran actor
November 13 Leon Russell, 74, US rock legend
22 November Craig Gill, 44, Inspiral Carpets
November 24 Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star
November 25 Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star
November 26 Ron Glass, 71, US TV star
November 28 Chapacoense football team
December 1 Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star
December 6 Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star
December 7 Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder
December 8 John Glenn, 95, First to orbit Earth
December 8 Greg Lake, 69, ELP legend
December 10 AA Gill, 62, Writer & critic
December 10 Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman
December 12 Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey
December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress
December 24 Rick Parfitt, 68, status quo
December 25 George Michael, 53, Singer
December 26 Liz Smith, 95, Actress
December 26 Ricky Harris, 54, Comedian/actor
December 27 Richard Adams, 96, Author
December 27 Carrie Fisher, 60, Actress
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There is a case about age because only 15 of that list (Excluding the Brazilian football team) are 60 and under.
 








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Jun 16, 2011
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driller said:
A list From FB:

List of celebrity deaths so far this year..

January 10 David Bowie, 69, Rock icon
January 14 Alan Rickman, 69, Actor
January 18 Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles rocker
January 23 Jimmy Bain, 68, Rainbow rock star
January 30 Frank Finlay, 89, Acting great
January 31 Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend
February 3 Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire star
February 19 Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author
February 28 Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star
February 28 George Kennedy, 91, Movie great
March 1 Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator
March 8 George Martin, 90, Beatles producer
March 11 Keith Emerson, 71, ELP rock legend
March 15 Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope
March 16 Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatra’s singer son
March 17 Paul Daniels, 77, Comedy magician
March 24 Johan Cruyff, 68, Football legend
March 29 Patty Duke, 69, Child star
March 31 Ronnie Corbett, 85, Comedy legend
March 31 Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt
April 6 Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend
April 12 David Gest, 62, TV personality
April 20 Victoria Wood, 62, Comedy genius
April 20 Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestling legend
April 21 Lonnie Mack, 74, Blues guitar great
April 21 Prince, 57, Pop icon
April 21 Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director
April 24 Billy Paul, 80, Chart star
May 17 Guy Clark, 74, Country legend
May 19 John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys star
May 19 Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed TV star
May 21 Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer
May 24 Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star
May 31 Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer
June 3 Muhammad Ali, 74, Boxing legend
June 14 Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist
June 19 Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov
June 24 Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star
June 28 Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist
July 2 Caroline Aherne, 52, Comedy actress
July 16 Alan Vega, 78, Suicide punk pioneer
August 2nd David Huddleston, 85, 'Santa claus'
August 13 Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2
August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, Villa cup hero
August 29 Gene Wilder, 83, Comic genius
September 11 Alexis Arquette, 47, Transgender actress
September 17 Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Music’s Liesl
September 25 Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfing legend
October 14 Jean Alexander, 90, Corrie’s Hilda Ogden
October 16 Anthony Foley, 42, Rugby Union
October 23 Pete Burns, 57, Dead or Alive chart star
October 24 Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol
November 7 Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer
November 11 Robert Vaughn, 83, Veteran actor
November 13 Leon Russell, 74, US rock legend
22 November Craig Gill, 44, Inspiral Carpets
November 24 Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star
November 25 Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star
November 26 Ron Glass, 71, US TV star
November 28 Chapacoense football team
December 1 Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star
December 6 Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star
December 7 Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder
December 8 John Glenn, 95, First to orbit Earth
December 8 Greg Lake, 69, ELP legend
December 10 AA Gill, 62, Writer & critic
December 10 Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman
December 12 Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey
December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress
December 24 Rick Parfitt, 68, status quo
December 25 George Michael, 53, Singer
December 26 Liz Smith, 95, Actress
December 26 Ricky Harris, 54, Comedian/actor
December 27 Richard Adams, 96, Author
December 27 Carrie Fisher, 60, Actress

It's also worth pointing out the loss of lives to our brave soldiers, non - celebrities who are missed equally by there loved ones and obviously ones close to us
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Wot no Phife Dawg?
 






Titanic

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Not 'celebrities' but Paul Daniels, Cliff Michelmore, Ed Stewart, Gerald Williams, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Anita Brookner, Rabbi Lionel Blue, The Right Revd David Jenkins, Cecil Parkinson, Jim Prior, The Duke of Westminster, Jack Bannister, Tony Cozier, Arnold Palmer... :nono:
 


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