I'm just going to say it now: 2016 Sucked
You know what's fun about leaving a year behind and looking forward to brand new, 365 day calendar? Remembering everything that went wrong. And in 2016, everything went wrong. From celebrity deaths to blown 3-1 leads, I can't help but feel that this was a year for the ages. The cream of the crop of crappiness. The utter end all for everything sucky about life.
However, I'm going to leave 2016 on a little bit of a happy, sarcastic note. Because I'm cynical like that and want to remind people of things which made them cry. For today, my focus is celebrity deaths.
As we leave behind the tragedy which will forever be known as the CF of 2016, I can't help but feel relief. The year, up and down, was arguably one of the worst years ever. No, it doesn't compare to, say, the years of either World War. But as we welcome the year 2017 and the hope of 12 months which won't push us over and kick us in the process, I can't help but try and make an argument for why 2016 down right sucked. We had more celebrity deaths than I care to count, and many of them were absolutely heart wrenching.
Unless you live like Patrick Star and avoid all contact with the outside world, then it's hard to imagine you missed even one celebrity death this year. And I'll be honest, it kind of feels like something big is coming up, and God is trying to get his favorite people off the Earth before it hits. For me, these are the most notable deaths that come to mind when I think back on this awful, awful year:
Professor Snape (Alan Rickman) [1946-2016]
Crazy Old Bird Lady (Harper Lee ) 1926-2016]
Sorta Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra Jr.) [1944-2016]
Purple Rain ( Prince ) [1958-2016]
Sting like a butterfly, float like a bee. (Muhammad Ali) [1942-2016]
Mr Chekov (Anton Yelchin) [1989-2016]
Ms Basketball (Pat Summitt) [1952-2016]
The Kid (José Fernández) [1992-2016]
Mr 6-3-8 ( Fidel Castro ) [1926-2016] (actually not such a bad death and I may have celebrated the fact he finally died. Only time I said 'thank you' to 2016...)
Space, the Final Frontier ( John Glenn ) [1921-2016]
