Jan 10: David Bowie (69, UK rock music great) . Photo by Reuters. : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Jan 14: Alan Rickman (69, English actor). Photo: Twitter : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Jan 18: Glenn Frey (67, Eagles founder) : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Feb 19: Harper Lee (89, US author To Kill a Mockingbird) . Photo: Reuters : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

April 21: Prince (57, US rock musician) . Photo: Reuters : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

June 3: Muhammad Ali (74, US boxer, Olympic gold medallist) : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Aug 29: Gene Wilder (83, US actor: The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Nov 7: Leonard Cohen (82, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist) : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Nov 25: Fidel Castro (90, Cuban revolutionary and leader) . Photo: Getty Images : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Dec 25: George Michael (53, British pop superstar). Photo: Reuters : Some of the greats who have died in 2016

Dec 27: Carrie Fisher (60, actress/writer) (right), Dec 28: Debbie Reynolds (84, actress, mother of Carrie Fisher). Photo: Reuters : Some of the greats who have died in 2016