While noting the disturbing numbers of wars and copious amount of deadly violence laying wast all over the globe, it is with somber thought people acknowledged that 2016 marks the passing of so many famous and noteworthy people, whose name, works or impact they feel touched them.
January
Michael J. Feeney
Sept. 29, 1983-Jan. 31, 2016 (32)
February
Maurice White
Dec. 19, 1941-Feb. 4, 2016 (75)
Antonin Scalia
March 11, 1936-Feb. 13, 2016 (80)
Barbara M. Clark
June 12, 1939-Feb. 22, 2016 (77)
March
Nancy Reagan
July 6, 1921-March 6, 2016 (94)
Inge Hardison
Feb. 3, 1914-March 23, 2016 (102)
Malik Izaak Taylor (Phife Dawg)
Nov. 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016 (45)
April
Abdullah Majid
April 3, 2016 (91)
Prince
June 7, 1958-April 21, 2016 (57)
Will Smith
July 4, 1981-April 9, 2016 (34)
Doug Banks
June 9, 1958-April 11, 2016 (57)
Billy Paul
Dec. 1, 1934-April 24, 2016 (82)
Joe J. Jackson (81)
Bill Henderson
March 19, 1926-April 3, 2016 (90)
Lizette Parker
Aug. 31, 1971-April 24, 2016 (44)
May
Afeni Shakur
Jan. 10, 1947-May 2, 2016 (69)
Dayshen McKenzie
Aug. 1999-May 27, 2016 (15)
June
Muhammad Ali
Jan. 17, 1942-June 3, 2016 (74)
July
Roscoe C. Brown
March 9, 1922-July 2, 2016 (94)
Vaughn Harper
March 1, 1946-July 9, 2016 (70)
Eugene Giscombe
May 1940-July 10, 2016 (76)
Delrawn Small
1979-July 4, 2016 (37)
Alton Sterling
June 14, 1979-July 5 2016 (37)
Philando Castile
July 16, 1983-July 6, 2016 (32)
August
George Curry
Feb. 23, 1947-Aug. 20, 2016 (69)
Odessa Simms
1955-Aug. 20, 2016 (61)
Bobby Hutcherson
Jan. 27, 1941-Aug. 15, 2016 (75)
Gideon Manasseh
April 29, 1939-Aug. 18, 2016 (77)
Shelby Westbrook
Jan. 15, 1922-Aug. 17, 2016 (94)
September
Dabney Montgomery
April 18, 1923-Sept. 3, 2016 (93)
Bill Nunn
Oct. 20, 1953-Sept. 24, 2016 (62)
Terence Crutcher
Aug. 16, 1976-Sept. 16, 2016 (40)
Keith Lamont Scott
Feb. 3, 1973-Sept. 20, 2016 (43)
October
Kenneth P. Thompson
March 14, 1966-Oct. 9, 2016 (50)
Aaron Pryor
Oct. 20, 1955-Oct. 9, 2016 (60)
Tommy Ford
Sept. 5, 1964-Oct. 12, 2016 (52)
Venida Browder
Oct. 14, 2016 (63)
Deborah Danner
Oct. 18, 2016 (66)
November
Bob Cranshaw
Dec. 3, 1932-Nov. 2, 2016 (84)
Ariel Galarza
1967-Nov. 2, 2016 (49)
Eric “Uggie” Bowens
Nov. 8, 1971-Nov. 7, 2016 (44)
Houston Conwill
April 2, 1947-Nov. 14, 2016 (69)
Gwen Ifill
Sept. 29, 1955-Nov. 14, 2016 (61)
Sharon Jones
May 4, 1956-Nov. 18, 2016 (61)
Kajuan Raye
1997-Nov. 23, 2016 (19)
Fidel Castro
August 13, 1926 – Nov. 25, 2016 (90)
Ron Glass
July 10, 1945-Nov. 25, 2016 (71)
December
Joe McKnight
April 16, 1988-Dec. 1, 2016 (28)
Howard Bingham
May 29, 1939-Dec. 15, 2016 (77)
Ricky Harris
1962-Dec. 26, 2016 (54)