Famous People Who Died in 2016

• Ali, Muhammad

  The heavyweight boxing champ called "The Greatest"

• Berrigan, Daniel

  The anti-war priest hunted by the FBI

• Bhumibol Adulyadej, King

  King of Thailand, 1946-2016

• Bowie, David

  The innovative rock star who was Ziggy Stardust

• Castro, Fidel

  Marxist revolutionary leader of Cuba, 1959-2008

• Chick, Jack T.

  Creator of those little Christian comic books

• Chyna

  Burly former female champion of the WWF

• Cleo, Miss

  Jamaican-sounding infomercial psychic

• Cohen, Leonard

  The writer of the haunting song "Hallelujah"

• Duke, Patty

  Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker

• Eco, Umberto

  The author of The Name of the Rose

• Fisher, Carrie

  Princess Leia in Star Wars

• Ford, Rob

  The rambunctious mayor of Toronto, 2010-14

• Frey, Glenn

  The guitarist who co-founded The Eagles

• Gabor, Zsa Zsa

  The much-married celebrity sister of Eva Gabor

• Glenn, John

  The first American to orbit Earth

• Haggard, Merle

  The Okie from Muskogee

• Hanson, Curtis

  The director of L. A. Confidential

• Hayden, Tom

  The California political activist once married to Jane Fonda

• Heimlich, Henry

  The guy who developed the Heimlich Maneuver

• Henderson, Florence

  Carol Brady, the mom on TV's 'The Brady Bunch'

• Kennedy, George

  The con against Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke

• LaHaye, Tim

  Minister and co-author of Left Behind

• Lee, Harper

  The author of To Kill a Mockingbird

• Marshall, Garry

  The creator of the TV show 'Happy Days'

• Martin, George

  The music producer who helped turn the Beatles into the world's biggest band

• Michael, George

  Singer of "Careless Whisper" and "Faith"

• Palmer, Arnold

  The great golfer who led "Arnie's Army"

• Peres, Shimon

  The 8th prime minister of Israel

• Phyllis McAlpin Stewart

  The Republican woman who helped defeat the ERA in the 1970s

• Prince

  The funky star who recorded 1999 and changed his name to a symbol

• Reagan, Nancy

  First Lady of the United States, 1981-89

• Reno, Janet

  78th Attorney General of the United States

• Reynolds, Debbie

  Star of the 1952 musical "Singin' in the Rain"

• Rickman, Alan

  Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films

• Roberts, Doris

  Raymond's mom on the sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond'

• Safer, Morley

  The Canadian '60 Minutes' co-host who reported on Vietnam

• Scalia, Antonin

  U.S. Supreme Court judge, 1986-2016

• Shandling, Garry

  The creator and star of The Larry Sanders Show

• Summitt, Pat

  Head coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee, 1974-2012

• Vigoda, Abe

  Detective Fish on TV's Barney Miller

• Wiesel, Elie

  Author of the Holocaust classic Night

• Wilder, Gene

  Frizzy-haired star of Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein

• Yelchin, Anton

  Chekov in the 2009 reboot of 'Star Trek'

• Young, Alan

  Wilbur on TV's Mr. Ed

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