# 2016... the year they ALL died... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898 "2016-12-30T14:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/1 "2016-12-30T14:18:04Z")
Shit. Can’t find one of the existing threads to tack this on, but I just found out Guy Clark was eaten by 2016 as well, back in May. I guess he finally [bought that land](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa7EkXpy8jE). Feel free to post your more obscure losses of this shitty year. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/2 "2016-12-30T14:27:20Z")
[George Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy), an Oscar-winning character actor. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/3 "2016-12-30T15:07:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [George Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy), an Oscar-winning character actor. In today’s SF Chron [they had a list of 2016 loses](http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Unsettling-issues-of-2016-made-celebrity-losses-10825616.php), and no **Little Nemo** , George Kennedy was not on their list. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/4 "2016-12-30T15:12:48Z")
[M. D. Harmon](http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/29/portland-press-herald-columnist-m-d-harmon-killed-in-gun-accident-police-say/), newspaper columnist and gun rights activist died this week. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/5 "2016-12-30T16:31:07Z")
[Michu Meszaros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michu_Meszaros), actor who played ALF. Stood 2’9" and was once part of Ringling Bros Circus as the “World’s Smallest Man.” Is also the dwarf on the cover of **The Doors** ’ _Strange Days_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/6 "2016-12-30T16:35:55Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > In today’s SF Chron [they had a list of 2016 loses](http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Unsettling-issues-of-2016-made-celebrity-losses-10825616.php), and no **Little Nemo** , George Kennedy was not on their list. :dubious: [Wanna bet?](http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/crime/article/Final-goodbye-Roll-call-of-some-of-those-who-10819198.php) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/7 "2016-12-30T16:41:46Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > In today’s SF Chron [they had a list of 2016 loses](http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Unsettling-issues-of-2016-made-celebrity-losses-10825616.php), and no **Little Nemo** , George Kennedy was not on their list. :dubious: I’m not sure what your point is. Are you disputing that he died in 2016? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/8 "2016-12-30T21:45:53Z")
[Here’s](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-year-in-review/look-back-all-famous-figures-who-died-2016-n698791) NBC News’ list of 2016 famous deaths. Really impressive. (This one _does_ include George Kennedy.) I didn’t know Stefano DiMera died recently. I mean, _really_ died. It’s the Vigoda Effect: A lot of people just got so down after he died that they said “Forget it, what’s the point?” and checked out. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/9 "2016-12-30T22:14:02Z")
Both the SF Chronicle and NBC lists include Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner, but omit Signe Anderson, also an original Airplane member, who by bitter coincidence died the same day. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/10 "2016-12-31T08:18:06Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Both the SF Chronicle and NBC lists include Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner, but omit Signe Anderson, also an original Airplane member, who by bitter coincidence died the same day. She is on the Chron list. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/11 "2016-12-31T09:55:27Z")
[Ray Columbus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Columbus), famous in New Zealand for [a hit 60s song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8spRyPGSpds) but a perennial entertainer since, and [Marcus Turner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Turner), popular children’s TV host from the late 70s, folk singer, and a family friend. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/12 "2016-12-31T17:12:55Z")
[Tyrus Wong](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/tyrus-wong-bambi-production-designer-dies-106-147125.html). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/13 "2016-12-31T17:59:12Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > She is on the Chron list. I see; I had only looked at the linked article and didn’t notice the roster linked from there. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/14 "2016-12-31T18:02:15Z")
I chanced on a video list and had to turn it off after a few dozen. So many legends and icons, any handful of whose exit makes the world a dimmer place. Not to mention the pleasure the many lesser-known brought some of us as well. Don’t let the screen door hit ya on the ass, '16. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/15 "2016-12-31T18:05:14Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > [Tyrus Wong](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/tyrus-wong-bambi-production-designer-dies-106-147125.html). Fascinating story about how he got into the US during the worst of the anti-Asian eras. I know SF/California history fairly well, of course, but it had never crossed my radar that the burning of SF in 1906 opened the door to thousands of claims of “lost records” for the Chinese, and then the industry in bringing over ‘relatives.’ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/16 "2017-01-01T21:29:12Z")
Mad magazine’s usual gang of idiots lost Lenny Brenner, Jack Davis, Don “Duck” Edwing, Paul Peter Porges, and John Caldwell. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-the-year-they-all-died/775898/17 "2017-01-01T21:43:45Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Mad magazine’s usual gang of idiots lost Lenny Brenner, Jack Davis, Don “Duck” Edwing, Paul Peter Porges, and John Caldwell. :eek: No.