For Seven Days’ year-end cover, illustrator Jeff Drew assembled a memorial to 34 notable celebrities who passed away this year. Careful readers will notice that this version of the cover features two late-comers, er, late-goers? Actor Carrie Fisher (#33) and singer George Michael (#34) passed just this week after the issue had already gone to press. Jeff Drew wanted to make sure these luminaries were included in the online version of the memorial.
Don’t recognize someone? Here’s a handy legend to jog your memory.
- Glenn Frey
- Anton Yelchin
- Phife Dawg
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Garry Marshall
- Merle Haggard
- Arnold Palmer
- Sharon Jones
- Florence Henderson
- Garry Shandling
- Fidel Castro
- Prince
- Vanity
- Abe Vigoda
- Patty Duke
- Muhammad Ali
- John Glenn
- Gwen Ifill
Lemmy Kilmister(12/28/15)- Chyna
- Leon Russell
- Leonard Cohen
- Natalie Cole
- Janet Reno
- Alan Rickman
- Nancy Reagan
- Doris Roberts
- Alan Thicke
- Morley Safer
- David Bowie
- Gene Wilder
- Harper Lee
- George Michael
- Carrie Fisher
This article appears in Dec 28, 2016 – Jan 3, 2017.
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Lemmy Died in 2015, but close enough. He deserves the tribute.
You forgot Scotty Moore, and Lemmy died in 2015.
Thanks for the correction @ghoop and @Dan Barnes. Lemmy Kilmister did indeed die on December 28, 2015. Perhaps he didn’t get his due last year? We regret the error.
Debbie Reynolds as well, but i’m sure you went to press before that.