Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Some of the world's greatest entertainers have died in 2016, with Star Wars actress and writer Carrie Fisher the latest.

JANUARY

Jan 10 - David Bowie (69, UK rock music great)

Jan 14 - Alan Rickman (69, English actor)

Jan 18 - Glenn Frey (67, Eagles founder)

FEBRUARY

Feb 19 - Harper Lee (89, US author To Kill a Mockingbird)

MARCH

March 9 - Jon English (66, Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor)

March 24 - Garry Shandling, (66, US comedian/actor/writer)

March 31 - Ronnie Corbett (85, British comedian and actor (The Two Ronnies)

APRIL

April 6 - Merle Haggard (79, US country singer-songwriter)

April 21 - Prince (57, US rock musician)

JUNE

June 3 - Muhammad Ali (74, US boxer, Olympic gold medalist)

JULY

July 19 - Garry Marshall (81, US writer/director Pretty Woman, Happy Days)

AUGUST

Aug 29 - Gene Wilder (83, US actor - The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)

SEPTEMBER

Sept 25 - Arnold Palmer (87, US golf great)

Sept 28 - Max Walker (68, Australian Test cricketer/commentator)

OCTOBER

Oct 7 - Ross Higgins (85, Australian TV actor, comedian and voice actor. Best known for his role as Ted Bullpitt in Kingwood Country and Louie The Fly ad)

NOVEMBER

Nov 7 - Leonard Cohen (82, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist)

Nov 11 - Robert Vaughn (83, US actor best known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E)

Nov 24 - Florence Henderson (82, US actor who played Carol Brady in the Brady Bunch)

DECEMBER

Dec 2 - Andrew Sachs (86, British actor who became a household name as Manuel in the 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers)

Dec 18 - Zsa Zsa Gabor (99, Hungarian-American actress and socialite)

Dec 24 - Rick Parfitt (68, Status Quo singer/guitarist)

Dec 25 - George Michael (53, British pop superstar)

Dec 27 - Carrie Fisher (60, actress/writer)


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