(Australian Associated Press)

 

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)