[QUOTE=firejuggler;450006]can we say f*** you 2016?[/QUOTE]

I'll second that. Besides the bloated, vile Cheeto being elected president, the sheer number and quality of people we lost this year is depressing.

I have a sinking feeling that 2017 is going to be worse.

[QUOTE=firejuggler;450006]can we say f*** you 2016?[/QUOTE]
The Summer of 2009 was pretty rotten. [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12169"]el "Verano de la Muerte" continúa [/URL]

[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38453905"]Hans Tietmeyer[/URL]

[URL="https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/debbie-reynolds-dies-84-just-014354818.html"]Debbie Reynold[/URL] apparently Carrie Fisher's mother and a hollywood screen icon.

[QUOTE=tServo;450009]the sheer number and quality of people we lost this year is depressing.
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We still have this fellow, who's the last person born in the 1800s: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Morano[/url]

There has not been someone who's reached that age (117 years, 28+ days) since 1999.

[QUOTE=sdbardwick;450003][URL="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-dies-60-after-suffering-heart-n699641"]Carrie Fisher[/URL][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=science_man_88;450076][URL="https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/debbie-reynolds-dies-84-just-014354818.html"]Debbie Reynold[/URL] apparently Carrie Fisher's mother and a hollywood screen icon.[/QUOTE]
Just found out that Carrie Fisher has the same birth date (Oct. 21) as me. Her birth year (1956) is the same as my mom's. Fortunately, both of us are still alive as of this post (hope I didn't jinx anything!)

[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;449926]Ex-Wham singer George Michael dies

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862[/url]

:no:[/QUOTE]
Here's George singing one of my favorite songs: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-AVCTn8JA[/url]
RIP :sad:

[QUOTE=xilman;449974][URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38440291"]Vera Rubin[/URL][/QUOTE]
Another one for the space minded people: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Sellers"]Piers Sellers[/URL]

[url="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38446309"]watership down[/url]

Likely final entry for 2016:

[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Christopher"]Father Mulcahy aka William Christopher[/URL]

[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berger[/URL]

Dietz-Werner Streck died, called the "german Columbo".
There is only an german wikipedia entry: [URL]https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietz-Werner_Steck[/URL]

He was a well known movie actor, e.g."Tatort"