The Otago Daily Times looks at some of the greats the world lost in 2016.
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 medallist)
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)
Nov 25: Fidel Castro (90, Cuban revolutionary and leader)
DECEMBER
Dec 2: Andrew Sachs (86, British actor who became a household name as Manuel in the 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers)
Dec 13: Alan Thicke (69, Canadian actor)
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)
Dec 28: Debbie Reynolds (84, actress, mother of Carrie Fisher)
