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It seems that all we do is write about the musicians and singers that passed away in 2016. What made the death of Debbie Reynolds so tragic, is that her daughter, Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia from Star Wars), died just days before Reynolds’ passing.
Reynolds’ first leading role was as Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain, holding her own against Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor.
Musically, Reynold’s song ‘Tammy’ reached #1 on the music charts, and by 1959, she released her first album called Debbie.
Reynolds eventually became a cabaret performer... and although retired from the stage, she still operates her Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood and own a hotel in Las Vegas.
Below are more deaths for the month of December - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
December (114)
[28 Dec 2016] Debbie Reynolds (American actress, singer, entertainer), 84
[28 Dec 2016] Knut Kiesewetter (German jazz musician, singer-songwriter and producer), 75
[25 Dec 2016] Alphonse Mouzon (American jazz drummer and record label owner), 68, neuroendocrine carcinoma
[25 Dec 2016] Ben Xi (本兮) (Chinese singer), 22, suicide?
[25 Dec 2016] George Michael (Wham!), 53, heart failure
[25 Dec 2016] Red Army Choir (64 members, including Valery Khalilov, L. Kulikov, V. Ermolin, A. Kormilitsyn, VI Shtefutsa, EM Labkovsky, SV Ivanov, PD Bogachev, VP Maystruk, AA Gvozdetsky, BM Mizyuk, YA Lysenko, Y. Shtrunov, IM Pirogov, IS Sobolev, И.Ф. Volkov, OV Filimonov, AN Savitsky, VA Nagorny, VP Kokarev, AA Hristachev, JN Deynekin, VM Bolonenko, VN Antonov, AN Stritenko, AA Toschev VS Buzlov, SP Lapik, VF Orthodox, GU Razgasimov, V. Chekin, MD Mochalina, AA Mogulkin, Y. Savkin, MG Chervov, PD Shchennikov, NI Diakov, AI Egorov, VM Predelin, MI Glinka, PI Tchaikovsky, Professor KP Lisovsky, V. Brodsky, GD Pavlyuchenko, IV Konygina, P.U. Khmelnitski), various ages, plane crash
[24 Dec 2016] Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), 68, shoulder injury
[24 Dec 2016] Jiří Smetana (Czech musician and producer), 71
[23 Dec 2016] Heinrich Schiff (Austrian cellist), 65
[23 Dec 2016] Mick Zane (Malice), cancer
[22 Dec 2016] Ruud Merx (Dutch musical composer and trombonist for Johann Strauss Orchestra), 47
[22 Dec 2016] Frank Murray (British band manager for Thin Lizzy and The Pogues), 66, suspected heart attack
[21 Dec 2016] Weston Noble (American music educator and conductor), 94, complications from a fall
[21 Dec 2016] Sam Leach (British concert promoter and talent agent, worked with The Beatles), 81
[21 Dec 2016] Abdul Gafur Hali (Bangladeshi singer, composer and lyricist), 87
[21 Dec 2016] Betty Loo Taylor (American jazz pianist), 87
[19 Dec 2016] Andrew Dorff (American songwriter), 40
[18 Dec 2016] Gustavo Quintero (Colombian singer-songwriter), 76
[18 Dec 2016] Léo Marjane (French singer), 104
[18 Dec 2016] Gordie Tapp (Canadian country singer and entertainer on Hee Haw), 94
[17 Dec 2016] Bob Coburn (Rockline), 68
[15 Dec 2016] Bohdan Smoleń (Polish singer), 69
[15 Dec 2016] Ajit Varman (Indian composer), 69
[14 Dec 2016] Karel Husa (Czech-born American composer), 95
[14 Dec 2016] Arnie Norse (Norwegian singer), 91
[14 Dec 2016] Päivi Paunu (Finnish singer), 70
[14 Dec 2016] Bunny Walters (New Zealand singer), 63
[13 Dec 2016] Betsy Pecanins (American-born Mexican singer), 62,stroke
[13 Dec 2016] Ahuva Ozeri (Israeli singer), 68, cancer
[12 Dec 2016] Lucila Campos (Peruvian singer), 78
[12 Dec 2016] Jim Lowe (American singer-songwriter), 93
[12 Dec 2016] Barrelhouse Chuck (American blues musician), 58, prostate cancer
[11 Dec 2016] Bob Krasnow (Elektra Records), 81
[11 Dec 2016] Joe Ligon (Mighty Clouds of Joy), 80
[11 Dec 2016] Esma Redžepova (Eurovision), 73
[10 Dec 2016] Damião Experiença (Brazilian singer and musician), 81
[08 Dec 2016] Palani Vaughan (Hawaiian singer), 72, unknown
[07 Dec 2016] Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 69, cancer
[07 Dec 2016] Elliott Schwartz (composer), 80
[07 Dec 2016] Mohamed Tahar Fergani (Algerian singer), 88
[07 Dec 2016] Junaid Jamshed (musician, television personality and preacher), 52, plane crash
[05 Dec 2016] Big Syke, 48, rapper
[05 Dec 2016] Mona Maraachli, 58, singer, heart attack
[05 Dec 2016] Adam Sagan (Circle II Circle), 35, lymphoma
[04 Dec 2016] Wayne Duncan (Daddy Cool), 72, stroke
[04 Dec 2016] Radim Hladík (Blue Effect), 69, pulmonary fibrosis
[02 Dec 2016] Allan Zavod (Frank Zappa), 71, brain cancer
[02 Dec 2016] Mark Gray, 64, country singer
[02 Dec 2016] Gisela May, 92, German actress and singer
[01 Dec 2016] Micky Fitz (The Business), 60?, cancer
Reynolds’ first leading role was as Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain, holding her own against Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor.
Musically, Reynold’s song ‘Tammy’ reached #1 on the music charts, and by 1959, she released her first album called Debbie.
Reynolds eventually became a cabaret performer... and although retired from the stage, she still operates her Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood and own a hotel in Las Vegas.
Below are more deaths for the month of December - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
December (114)
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