And so, another year. Ladies and gents, I give you 2016…
Wayne Rogers, Trapper John 82.
Natalie Cole is unforgettable at 65.
Armed militia take over Oregon wildlife refuge.
“Making a Murderer” challenges a ruling.
Cosby gets real, faces the music.
North Korea tests a big bomb.
Flint water crisis reaches national attention. Thanks, Cher and Moore.
Thin White Duke Ziggy Stardust moves back to Mars. David Bowie gone at 69.
Powerball reaches $1.5 billion. Yes, billion with a B! Yaay! We won! Wait. No, we didn’t.
Snape is a horcrux now. Alan Rickman falls off the Nakatomi at 69.
Ben is all alone. Grizzly Adams Dan Haggerty has gone back to the mountain at 74.
10 naval sailors captured and released after straying into Iranian water.
Planets align. Literally.
Glen Frey leaves the Hotel California at 67.
Winter storm hits east coast.
One word. Zika.
Detective Fish closes his case. Abe Vigoda at 94.
Maurice White, 74 dances in the Boogie Wonderland forever.
Peyton Manning and Denver over Carolina 24-10 in Superbowl 50. A game slightly more entertaining than the halftime show.
Antonin Scalia makes his last judgment at 79.
Vanity at 57 and George Gaynes at 98.
Kalamazoo Uber driver goes on shooting rampage.
Scout goes home at last, Harper Lee, 89.
MW takes a week in FLA while we get hit with 10″.
Hamlin in a Toyota over Truex in one of the closest D500 endings.
Apollo cornerman Duke hears the final bell. Flint native Tony Burton gone at 78.
George Kennedy gone at 91.
Gil Hill at 84.
2016 Oscars are all over the board. Rick, Spotlight, Inarritu, Larson… meh. Although DiCaprio finally gets his.
Nancy Reagan at 94.
Megatron calls it quits, takes up dancing.
Frank Sinatra, Jr. kidnapped from life at 72.
Obama visits Cuba. First sitting President in 90 years to do so.
Crack smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford gone at 71.
Over 3 dozen killed in Brussels airport bombing.
TV’s White Shadow sinks his final basket. Actor Ken Howard gone at 71.
Garry Shandling gets the last laugh at 66.
No more miracles for Patty Duke, 69.
Benson’s governor James Noble gone at 94.
Grandma Flo is hoofin’ it in heaven at 96.
Morning weather will never be the same. John McMurry retires after 40 years.
Good ole boy Merle Haggard 79.
Villanova over North Carolina in a last second buzzer beater men’s basketball.
UConn over Syracuse in historic 4th consecutive NCAA Championship win.
Ernie Els epic 7 putt goes in to Masters history.
Jimmy Van Zant flies away forever.
Final American Idol episode. Fairly uneventful.
Kobe goes out as 3rd highest scorer of all time. Oldest player to score 60 points in one game.
Golden State surpasses Chicago in wins.
Japan earthquakes.
Mrs. Barone won’t be dropping by unexpectedly anymore, Doris Roberts 90.
“Chynna” the wrestler taps out. Joannie Laurer at 46.
Doves are crying everywhere, his purple majesty leaves the earth.
Tigers make an unimpressive start to their season.
Red Wings make playoffs, but promptly take the summer off.
And then there was one. Trump the only presumptive Republican nominee left.
Civil War erupts. Why are Cap and Tony fighting?!
Canadian fires engulf 90% of the country’s population. Okay, maybe not, but close!
Kentunky Derby! Race time!
Our friend “Hutch” will live on through inspirational random acts of kindness.
Odor and Bautista go from the MLB to the MMA.
Dick McAuliffe, 1968 champion Detroit Tigers second baseman, strikes out for the last time at 76.
Grand Blanc’s Gary Lipe is gone at 76.
1st penis transplant. How did this slip under the wire?
Songwriter Guy Clark pens his final ballad at 74.
Morley Safers 60 Minutes runs out at 84.
Chewbacca mom shows us all the joy of Star Wars again.
Obama first sitting president to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Inaugural 2016 Volvik LPGA Championship Tournament at Travis Point a relative success.
Rookie Alexander Rossi wins the 100th Indy 500.
Silverback Harambe pays the price for a child’s curiosity.
Devastating Texas flooding.
Muhammad Ali faces his final round knockout at 74.
R.I.P. #9.
50 killed in nightclub shooting in Orlando.
Disney horror story as gator kills toddler at Orlando resort.
Cleveland takes home its first NBA title in 50 years in an unbelievable series.
Brexit! Britain votes to leave the EU!
West Virginia storms kill 24.
VA coach Pat Summitt, leaves the game at 64.
Michael Cimino, enters Heaven’s Gate at 77.
Lois Lane gets the final scoop without Superman. Noel Neill at 95.
Juno orbits Jupiter.
Grandkids visit for a week. Whirlwinds!
Truck drives into Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France, killing 8 dozen.
Spate of cop shootings and shooters.
Apparently, the Ghostbusters biggest foe is intolerance and indifference.
RNC suffers from “plagiarism” and, ironically, low energy.
DNC. WTH. Mothers of the Movement.
Jim Furyk goes low for a record 58.
The summer Olympics. Records are shattered! Ginny. Rhode. Phelps. Manuel. Ledecki. Bolt. D’Agostino and Hamblin. Shields. Hijabs. The Final Five. Scowls. Finger waving. Green pools. Hair ties. Lochte’s bad decision.
Water’s still risin’. Louisiana suffers more horrible flooding.
R2D2 makes a sad beep. Actor Kenny Baker shorts out 81!
BttB 12th annual is cut a little short due to weather.
First Pokemon Go stampede.
Kaepernick decides to sit out the anthem.
Wonka leaves the Chocolate Factory. Gene Wilder gone at 83.
It official. Scojo predicts 9 and 7. Go Lions.
North Korea tests a bigger bomb.
I’m a #50denier
New York bomb blasts.
Carolina riots.
Arnold Palmer finishes his final round at 87.
Tigers don’t quite make the playoffs.
Ryder Cup charge for the U.S.
Presidential debates. Aaargh
Kim K. robbed at gunpoint in Paris. Really?
Matthew hits hard.
Shimon Peres, the warrior for peace finds his own at 93.
Cubs and Indians make World Series history.
Janet Reno at 78.
World’s longest election is finally over. Although Trump is voted President-elect, Kellyanne Conway is the real winner. let the recounts begin.
Last of the Magnificent Seven Robert Vaughn rides into the sunset at 83.
Leonard Cohen sings a final hallelujah at 82.
Standing Rock protest escalates.
End of the story of a lovely lady. One less in the bunch, Florence Henderson at 82.
First official U.S. Service casualty in Syria.
Fidel Castro leaves his Bay of Pigs at 90.
Horribly tragic soccer team plane crash.
Detective Harris leaves the precinct. Ron Glass at 71.
Operation Lucky Charm’s 90# bucket o’gold.
Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge up in flames.
John Glenn ends his orbit at 95.
Col. Potter leaves the 4077, Harry Morgan at 96.
No more family ties, Alan Thicke, 69.
Rogue One proves to be the Star Wars film we’re looking for!
The life chokes out of Henry Heimlich at 96.
Wham! George Michael’s last Christmas is a careless whisper at 53.
The princess is now one with the force. Carrie Fisher at 60.
No more singing in the rain for Debbie Reynolds, 84. Sadly, only one day after her daughter.
Wolverines fall to the Seminoles by 1 in a dramatic Orange Bowl.
Ronda Rousey falls in 48 seconds to Amanda Nunes.