Here's hoping this year sucks less than last year.
January[HIDE]January 5: Jonas Neubauer (championship gamer), age 39
January 7: Brad Venable (voice actor), age 43
January 7: Dave Creek (artist), age 42
January 8: Ed Bruce (musician), age 81
January 13: Siegfried Fischbacher (illusionist), age 81
January 14: Joanne Rogers (entertainer), age 92
January 20: Mira Furlan (actress), age 65
January 22: Hank Aaron (athlete), age 86
January 23: Larry King (TV host), age 87
January 27: Cloris Leachman (actress), age 94
January 28: Cicely Tyson (actress), age 96[/HIDE]
February[HIDE]February 1: Dustin Diamond (actor), age 44
February 5: Christopher Plummer (actor), age 91
February 8: Mary Wilson (musician), age 76
February 9: Chick Corea (musician), age 79
February 17: Rush Limbaugh (radio host), age 70[/HIDE]
March[HIDE]March 1: Jahmil French (actor), age 29
March 2: Neville Livingston, a.k.a. Bunny Wailer (musician), age 73
March 4: Jim Crockett Jr. (athlete), age 76
March 9: Cliff Simon (actor), age 58
March 11: Gordon Hall (developer), age 51
March 15: Yaphet Kotto (actor), age 81
March 15: Yasuo Otsuka (animator), age 89
March 23: George Segal (actor), age 87
March 24: Kunie Tanaka (actor), age 88
March 24: Jessica Walter (actress), age 80
March 25: Beverly Cleary (writer), age 104
March 25: Larry McMurtry (writer), age 84[/HIDE]
April[HIDE]April 3: John Paragon (actor), age 66
April 9: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (royalty), age 99
April 9: Earl Simmons, a.k.a. DMX (musician), age 50
April 16: Helen McCrory (actress), age 52
April 16: Felix Silla (actor), age 84
April 19: Jim Steinman (musician), age 73
April 22: Gregory Jacobs, a.k.a. Shock G (musician), age 57
April 24: Shunsuke Kikuchi (musician), age 89
April 28: Michael Collins (astronaut), age 90[/HIDE]
May[HIDE]May 6: Kentaro Miura (mangaka), age 54
May 12: Jesse Hamm (comic artist), age 45
May 14: Jerome Young, a.k.a New Jack (athlete), age 58
May 16: Olivier Jean-Marie (animator), age 61
May 18: Charles Grodin (actor), age 86
May 19: Paul Gladney, a.k.a. Paul Mooney (entertainer), age 79
May 23: Eric Carle (author), age 91
May 24: Samuel E. Wright (actor), age 74
May 24: John Davis (musician), age 66
May 25: Lois Ehlert (author), age 86
May 26: Kevin Clark (actor), age 32
May 26: Paul Soles (actor), age 90
May 29: Billy Joe "BJ" Thomas (musician), age 78 [/HIDE]
June[HIDE]June 13: Ned Beatty (actor), age 83
[/HIDE] July[HIDE]July 1: Debra Philece Sampler (actress), age 67
July 5: Richard Donner (director), age 91
July 5: William Smith (actor), age 88
July 6: Suzzanne Douglas (actress), age 64
July 7: Robert Downey Sr. (actor), age 85
July 7: Jovenel Moïse (politician), age 53
July 7: Chick Vennera (actor), age 74 July 11: Charlie Robinson (actor), age 75
July 16: Marcel Hall, a.k.a. Biz Markie (musician), age 57
July 24: Jackie Mason (actor), age 93
July 26: Joey Jordison (musician), age 46
July 28: Dusty Hill (musician), age 72
July 30: Thea White (actress), age 81 [/HIDE]
August[HIDE]August 1: Masami Suda (animator), age 77
August 7: Markie Post (actress), age 70
August 10: Maki Kaji (businessman), age 69
August 13: Robert E. "Bob" Stanton (artist), age 60
August 19: Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba (actor), age 82
August 20: Tom T. Hall (musician), age 85
August 21: Don Everly (musician), age 84
August 24: Charlie Watts (musician), age 80
August 29: Ed Asner (actor), age 91[/HIDE]
September[HIDE]September 1: Shannon Spruill, a.k.a. "Daffney" (athlete), age 46
September 5: Sarah Harding (musician), age 39
September 6: Michael K. Williams (actor), age 54
September 6: Anthony Johnson (actor), age 55
September 14: Norm Macdonald (comedian), age 61
September 21: Willie Garson (actor), age 57
September 23: David H. DePatie (producer), age 91
September 24: Takao Saito (mangaka), age 84[/HIDE]
October[HIDE]October 12: Brian Goldner (businessman), age 58
October 12: Paddy Moloney (musician), age 83
October 18: Colin Powell (politician), age 84
October 18: Christopher Ayres (voice actor), age 56
October 19: Jack Angel (voice actor), age 90
October 22: Peter Scolari (actor), age 66
October 24: James Michael Tyler (actor), age 59[/HIDE]