In memoriam: the stars we lost in 2016
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David Bowie
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Alan Rickman
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Terry Wogan
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Harper Lee
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Eric Brown
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Frank Kelly
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Louise Rennison Rex
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George Martin
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Paul Daniels
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- 10/40
Johan Cruyff
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Ronnie Corbett
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Zaha Hadid
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Denise Robertson
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Howard Marks
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David Gest
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Victoria Wood
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Prince
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Sally Brampton
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Burt Kwouk
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Muhammad Ali
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Kimbo Slice
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Jo Cox
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Anton Yelchin
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Caroline Ahern
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Gerald Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster
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New Actor Officially Cast as R2-D2 in 'Star Wars'
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Sonia Rykiel
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Gene Wilder
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Alexis Arquette
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Arnold Palmer
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Shimon Peres
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Jean Alexander
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Richard Nicholl
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Pete Burns
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Leonard Cohen
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Robert Vaughn
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Andrew Sachs
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Coral Atkins
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AA Gill
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
Matilda Long
·Data and Politics News Editor, Yahoo News UK
A number of treasured stars tragically lost their lives in 2016.
Here we remember the famous faces we said farewell to in the last 12 months.