Many well-known men and women moved on during 2016, leaving legacies locally, nationally and even globally. Here’s a list of some of the notable deaths of the past year:
Colonel Abrams, 67, musician
Muhammad Ali, 74,
professional boxer and activist
David Bowie, 69, singer/songwriter
Fidel Castro, 90,
17th president of Cuba
Leonard Cohen, 82,
singer/songwriter
Natalie Cole, 65,
singer/songwriter and actress
George Curry, 69, civil rights journalist, former NNPA president
Edward Dahm, 86, Fort Wayne native, co-founder of Mike’s Carwash
Carrie Fisher, 60, actress
Thomas Mikal Ford, 52, actor
John Glenn, 95, astronaut and U.S. senator
Dawn Hampton, 88, jazz performer member of the Hampton Sisters
Youree “Ms. Cleo” Harris, 53, Psychic and television personality
Florence Henderson, 82, actress
Bill Hudnut, 84, former mayor of Indianapolis
Gwen Ifill, 61, journalist
Michael K. Jones, 52, Indianapolis pastor and radio personality
Harper Lee, 89, author
Joe Ligon, 80, gospel singer
George Michael, 53, musician
Prince Rogers Nelson, 57,
singer/songwriter
Bill Nunn, 62, actor
Billy Paul, 81, soul singer
Yvonne Perkins, 66, Indianapolis community leader
Nancy Reagan, 94, actress and wife of President Ronald Reagan
Janet Reno, 78, former attorney general of the U.S.
Alan Rickman, 69, actor and director
Antonin Scalia, 79, associate justice of the Supreme Court
Pat Summitt, 64, basketball coach
Malik “Phife Dawg” Izaak Taylor, 45, A Tribe Called Quest
Alan Thicke, 69, actor
Maurice White, 74, Earth, Wind & Fire founder
Elie Wiesel, 87, writer, activist and Holocaust survivor
Gene Wilder, 83, actor
Ricky Williams, 54, actor and comedian
