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Not a good year for entertainers...

Boomers indeed! I'm 53 and it seems many entertainers, singers, personalities, etc, that I grew up with on TV, radio, etc. most of them are in their 70s and 80s now, the ones that are still around that is.

Terry Wogan passed away on 31st January, remember that well, because that was the date I travelled to the UK, and was reading about it on BBC news with my phone in Moscow, during a stopover.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35453541
 
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Victoria Wood also died (a known comic entertainer in the UK).
 
OK, so it's now confirmed and not a hoax.

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Apparently he was 58.
 
I vividly remember sneaking out of school and into the r-rated opening day of Purple Rain. I was 13 or 14. He was a genius and so vastly ahead of his time. He will be missed. :(
 
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Why so many celebrities have died in 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36108133

"We are only four months in, but it's already been a dark, dark 2016.

It now seems rare for a week to pass without a significant celebrity death being reported - from David Bowie in the second week of January, to actor Alan Rickman a week later, to comedian Victoria Wood and Prince this week.

"Enough, 2016" and a more vulgar alternative are phrases people are uttering more and more regularly. So is this wave of celebrity deaths the new normal?

The answer is yes, according BBC's obituary editor Nick Serpell, who ought to know about such things."
 
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