re: You thought '16 was bad...2017 could be the worst year ever for celebrity deaths

I was trying to explain this to a friend after Prince and Bowie died last year.

There are so many more old celebrities now than at any time in history. People think 2016 was bad but that's probably the new norm.

Your list didn't even include musicians:

Chuck Berry (90)
Mick Jagger (73)
Keith Richards (73)
Jimmy Page (73)
John Paul Jones (71)
Jeff Beck (72)
Eric Clapton (71)
George Clinton (75)
Bob Dylan (75)
Aretha Franklin (74)
Herbie Hancock (76)
Carole King (74)
Little Richard (84)
Willie Nelson (83)
Dolly Parton (71)
Smokey Robinson (76)
Tina Turner (77)
Neil Young (71)
Ringo Starr (76)
Paul McCartney (74)
Diana Ross (72)
Art Garfunkel (75)
Paul Simon (75)
Neil Diamond (75)
John Fogerty (71)
Roger Waters (73)
David Gilmour (70)
Al Green (70)
Pete Townsend (71)
Roger Daltrey (72)
David Crosby (75)
Van Morrison (71)
Robby Krieger (71)

There are a ton more and there are a lot of big names that barely miss the 70 year cutoff.