2016 was definitely a shocking, crazy, and unpredictable year. It doesn't help with the fact that we lost so many notable men and women during the year. As we draw the curtain to end 2016 and set the stage for 2017, let's take a look back and honor those men and women.
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) - Composer, Conductor
David Bowie (1947-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Alan Rickman (1946-2016) - Actor
Glenn Frey (1948-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Founding Member of Eagles
Abe Vigoda (1921-2016) - Actor
Paul Kantner (1941-2016) - Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Founding Member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship
Maurice White (1941-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Founding Member of Earth, Wind & Fire
Harper Lee (1926-2016) - Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Douglas Slocombe (1913-2016) - Cinematographer
George Kennedy (1925-2016) - Actor
Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) - Wife of Ronald Reagan, Former First Lady of the United States
George Martin (1926-2016) - Record Producer for The Beatles and America, Composer
Keith Emerson (1944-2016) - Musician, Composer, Founding Member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Patty Duke (1946-2016) - Actress
Merle Haggard (1937-2016) - Singer, Songwriter
Doris Roberts (1925-2016) - Actress
Guy Hamilton (1922-2016) - Filmmaker, Director of Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, and The Man with the Golden Gun
Prince (1958-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Actor
William Schallert (1922-2016) - Actor
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) - Professional Boxer, Activist
Kimbo Slice (1974-2016) - Professional Mixed Martial Artist, UFC Fighter
Gordie Howe (1928-2016) - Professional Ice Hockey Player
Anton Yelchin (1989-2016) - Actor
Pat Summitt (1952-2016) - Former Women's Head Basketball Coach at the University of Tennessee
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) - Author, Activist, Holocaust Survivor
Nate Thurmond (1941-2016) - Professional Basketball Player
Garry Marshall (1934-2016) - Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Kenny Baker (1934-2016) - Actor, R2-D2 in Star Wars
Arthur Hiller (1923-2016) - Director
Toots Thielemans (1922-2016) - Musician
Gene Wilder (1933-2016) - Actor, Writer, Director
Arnold Palmer (1929-2016) - Professional Golfer
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Poet
Janet Reno (1938-2016) - Former Attorney General of the United States
Leon Russell (1942-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Florence Henderson (1934-2016) - Actress
Fidel Castro (1926-2016) - Former Prime Minister and President of Cuba
Greg Lake (1947-2016) - Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Founding Member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
John Glenn (1921-2016) - Astronaut, Former Senator of Ohio
Alan Thicke (1947-2016) - Actor
Craig Sager (1951-2016) - Sportscaster
Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016) - Actress