Notable Deaths 2016
Remembering Muhammad Ali, Prince, Patty Duke, Edward Albee, Pat Summitt, Gene Wilder, Phyllis Schlafly, David Bowie, Elie Wiesel, Shimon Peres, Nancy Reagan, Arnold Palmer, Harper Lee and others who died this year.

nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:Its been a weird year but memorable especially the presidential campaign which will be remembered for years to come

This year we lost so many talented and influential people who had an impact on society and IMO the Trump presidency is the rotten cherry on top for me.

knicks1248 wrote:

holfresh wrote:Ricky Harris just died..He was 53...I'm more alarmed at the age of these people...

yeah the age is definitely alarming and you can add George Michael from WHAM to the list.

The crazy part is that a recent study shows people are living much longer than in the 60's and 70's, not sure what happen this yr

Also, Tommy from the Martin show died at age 52 in October...

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Keep your body weight down as low as possible---do atleast basic exercises almost daily even if its stretching and walking eat smart dont smoke and try to be happy. Thats the best you can do the rest is Russian Roulette.

I changed my entire diet and I exercise vigorously 5 days out of the week. Dropped most of the Carbs I was eating and almost no sugary drinks. I've lost a good deal of weight in just a few months. Muscle tone is back and I feel a lot better. I stay stress free as opposed to the high stress life I was leading. It's about all you can do. Being 51 it's tough seeing people around my age dying like this.

Greg Lake and Keith Emerson. This was one of the most important bands for me growing up and was super fortunate to have seen them 3 times.
Progressive Rock is not for everyone but this band was prolific for about 6 years in an era when bands worked non stop having released 7 albums in 7 years, and touring mostly non stop.
They sold about 50 million albums.

From 1970 self titled album: "Emerson, Lake and Palmer"
Lucky Man, BTW, amazing ending!!!

Hoe down, This song blew my mind as a kid!

David Bowie hit me hard too. His album "Blackstar" released seemingly days before his death was a great last present. Bowie had an amazing career. Not everything he did worked, but when it did it was amazing!

Long list of those departed. Is it that there was so many, or we just in an era where we read about most of them?

arkrud wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Basically everyone died and Trump got elected- horrific

Are you serious...
I mean how election of a clown can be even in the same sentence with so may outstanding people passing...

It's a big deal!!! You may not feel it but a LOT of people are bummed out and fearful about Trump. So on top of the losses of so many Iconic people it doesn't help that Trump is Leader of the Free World!!! Let that sink in for a minute... Trump is not representative of the BEST this country has to offer. He's in complete opposition to the inspirational people we lost and thus his being mentioned as an additional negative aspect of this year!

holfresh wrote:Gwen Ifill's death blew me away...I'm still blown away.. I have been watching PBSNewshour for years now and never really paid too much attention to her..I really like Judy Woodruff and her professional presentations, I thought CNN messed up by letting her go because of age..Then one day they announced Judy's sidekick died..It was a real unexpected blow..Out of nowhere...Just like that..I was watching them one day, Gwen was out a few days and then the announcement that one of the team is gone...I took it for granted that I'm tuning in for news and now Gwen is gone...Who ever thought I would care..But I do...