Tag Archives: RIP 2016

RIP Debbie Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – Dec. 28, 2016)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s unfathomable. 2016 sucks.

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RIP Carrie Fisher (Oct. 21, 1956 – Dec. 27, 2016)

Posted on December 27, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

No, dammit. This has to stop.

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RIP George Michael (June 25, 1963 – Dec. 25, 2016)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

A life led as fully, and as momentously, as the one led by the onetime, recently departed Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, deserves a final appraisal, a last celebration, and a send-off. That’s the least this world-famous pop icon should have expected, had … Continue reading →

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RIP Leonard Cohen (Sept. 21, 1934 – Nov. 10, 2016)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

From our lips he drew the Hallelujah.

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RIP Gene Wilder (June 11, 1933 – Aug 29, 2016)

Posted on August 29, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Occasionally an actor passes, and it’s only after they’re gone that you realize how much they truly meant. We lost Gene Wilder today, and can now reflect upon his enormous and invaluable impact. From his genre-defining collaborations with Mel Brooks … Continue reading →

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RIP Muhammad Ali (Jan. 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

He was the greatest. He told us so, but he really didn’t need to. His greatness was easily seen, perfectly understood. When he was 12 years old, in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his bicycle was stolen. Young Cassius Clay, … Continue reading →

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RIP Prince (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

. Here’s an early passing that we didn’t foresee, and couldn’t have been ready for. Music legend Prince died at home today in Minnesota. Cause of death has not yet been announced, but it’s been reported that he’d suffered from … Continue reading →

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RIP Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016)

Posted on April 6, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Merle Haggard turned 79 today. He also passed away. He wasn’t just an Okie from Muskogee—he was a legend, and a giant, and there’ll never be another like him

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RIP David Bowie (Jan 8th, 1947 – Jan. 10th 2015)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Actor, musician, singer-songwriter, and latest cancer-stricken hero to leave us—are we in the midst of a rock-and-roll rapture? David Robert Jones, b.k.a. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, and The Thin White Duke, died Sunday just two days after his 69th birthday, … Continue reading →

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