As we prepare to say hello to 2017, we remember those to whom we said goodbye in 2016. After what seemed like an unprecedented year of loss, these greats will never be forgotten.
David Bowie, 69, musical icon
Jimmy Bain, 68, rock star
Frank Finlay, 89, actor
Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend
Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire
Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author
Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star
George Kennedy, 91, actor
Tony Warren, 79, Coronation Street creator
George Martin, 90, Beatles producer
Keith Emerson, 71, rock star
Alan Rickman, 69, actor
Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds
Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Frank Sinatra’s singer son
Paul Daniels, 77, comedy magician
Patty Duke, 69, actress
Ronnie Corbett, 85, comedy legend
Denise Robertson, 83, agony aunt from This Morning
Merle Haggard, 79, country legend
David Gest, 62, TV personality
Victoria Wood, 62, comedy genius
Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestler/personality
Lonnie Mack, 74, blues guitar great
Glenn Frey, 67, The Eagles rocker
Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director
Billy Paul, 80, Chart star
Guy Clark, 74, country legend
John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys founding member
Prince, 57, Pop icon
Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed star
Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer
Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star
Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer
Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov
Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star
Muhammad Ali, 74, boxing legend
Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist
Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist
Vanity, 57, singer/actress
Caroline Aherne, 52, comedy actress
Alan Vega, 78, suicide punk pioneer
Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2
Dalian Atkinson, 48, English football star
Gene Wilder, 83, actor
Alexis Arquette, 47, transgender activist and actress
73, The Sound of Music’s Liesl
Arnold Palmer, 87, golfing legend
Jean Alexander, 90, Coronation Street actress
Pete Burns, 57, “You Spin Me Round” singer
Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol
Natalie Cole, 65, singer
Leonard Cohen, 82, iconic singer/songwriter
Robert Vaughn, 83, actor
Leon Russell, 74, singer/songwriter
Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star
Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star
Ron Glass, 71, actor
Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star
Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star
Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder
John Glenn, 95, first astronaut to orbit Earth
Greg Lake, 69, ELP rocker
AA Gill, 62, writer/critic
Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman
Walter Swinburn, 55, Kentucky Derby winning jockey
Alan Thicke, 69, actor/composer/television host
Rick Parfitt, 68, Quo rocker
Liz Smith, 95, actress
George Michael, 53, singer
Ricky Harris, 54, comedian/actor
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, actress
George Irving, 94, actor
Richard Adams, 96, author
Carrie Fisher, 60, author/actress/activist
Debbie Reynolds, 84, actress
