Monte Irvin, who nearly broke baseball’s color lines before Jackie Robinson, died Jan.David Margulies, character actor who played “Ghostbusters” mayor and “Ace Ventura” doctor, died Jan.10, two days after his 69th birthday, after an 18-month secret battle with cancer. Michael Galeota, former child actor who appeared in Disney’s “Clubhouse Detectives,” “The Jersey” and “Bushwhacked,” died at 31 of natural causes on Jan.Angus Scrimm, best known for playing the Tall Man villain in “Phantasm” and its horror sequels, died Jan.Otis Clay, soul singer and Blues Music Hall of Famer best known for 1967’s “That’s How It Is (When You’re In Love),” died Jan.Pat Harrington Jr., “One Day at a Time” actor who played building superintendent Schneider on the 1970s sitcom, died Jan.Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor, writer and organiser of institutions who was one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world, died Jan.Craig Strickland, rising country singer and frontman for Backroad Anthem, was found dead at 29 years old on Jan.So who’s going to be the first celebrity to die in 2017? Just on media and the dawning of the Internet, though, I foresaw this in 1995 as noted in this poem. 2016 might not have been worst but it certainly felt that way due to social media… which is exactly what I was talking about. CNN says it wasn’t the worst year by some high threshold of “celebrity”, that was edged out by 2006, but you can judge for yourself. It’ll only get worse due to how many more people we can know these days compared to way back when there was no social media, Internet or even television! See full reasons here. Sad as this list is to see, you should have enjoyed 2016 for celebrity deaths while you could have. I’ll just make any additions needed when I find out, or if you tell me about it. There are a few hours left in 2016 where I live but I’m not going to wait till 2017 to post this. My list also has brief bios, death dates (in chronological order) and age at death. This list is fairly comprehensive because I had compiled it from a half a dozen fairly comprehensive lists from major sources like NBC, the BBC and so on. This is one of the most comprehensive lists found online, within reason of who counts as a celebrity. Update: 267 now with M*A*S*H* star William Christopher passing away on Dec 31 of cancer at the age of 84.
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