Why so many celebrities have died in 2016

[Kalis]

While Wood isn't too much known outside the UK, Rickman is an international movie star.. Orlong just being his usual self lol

I find his faux ignorance kind of tiresome, the joke has worn thin long ago.

[Wildtree]

Ive seen several of those movies but dont recognize the name. Was he an extra in the background maybe?

now you're just trying to sound edgy... You don't have the intelligence to pull that off successfully lol

[Icoblablubb]

Maybe I should clarify that nobody outside the UK heard of Alan Rickman or Victoria Wood. They just werent good enough to be in big Hollywood Blockbusters. My guess is they are UK Reality TV stars or something

just because U dont know him... Alan Rickman is well known outside of the UK for Snape in Harry Potter , Gruber (Villian) in Die Hard 1 , even Robin Hood prince of thieves .. and ya im not from UK

[Wildtree]

I find his faux ignorance kind of tiresome, the joke has worn thin long ago.

I know right...

[Belize]

I love how the article talks about significant celebrity deaths and then mentions people that nobody heard of like Victoria Wood and Alan Rickman, and then leave off people like Balls Mahoney, Rob Ford, Iron Mike Sharpe, Angus Scrimm, and Dan Haggerty that are well known

>Alan Rickman
>Nobody knows

Have you been living under a rock? Is magic heresy to you? Does Snape not ring a bell?

[Deleted]

Maybe I should clarify that nobody outside the UK heard of Alan Rickman or Victoria Wood. They just werent good enough to be in big Hollywood Blockbusters. My guess is they are UK Reality TV stars or something

Wow....seriously, wow. That's all.

[Deleted]

At least we still have celebs like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

*news reporter voice*

"...and more tragic news from the music industry; Kanye West was found alive and well in his home today..."

[Wildtree]

*news reporter voice*

"...and more tragic news from the music industry; Kanye West was found alive and well in his home today..."

thanks for the laugh.
that was good.

[Calfredd]

Maybe I should clarify that nobody outside the UK heard of Alan Rickman or Victoria Wood. They just werent good enough to be in big Hollywood Blockbusters. My guess is they are UK Reality TV stars or something

Guess you never watched Harry Potter since it's one of the biggest movies Rickman has ever been in in American media.

Ive seen several of those movies but dont recognize the name. Was he an extra in the background maybe?

Severus Snape unless you don't know who that is either.

[Ivanstone]

Ive seen several of those movies but dont recognize the name. Was he an extra in the background maybe?

Yeah he was only the principal antagonist on Die Hard. When people talk about Die Hard one of the things they talk about how Alan Rickman set the bar for action movie villains. Clearly an extra.

[unbound]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36108133

Just a matter of mass media. TV started exploding in the late 70s and early 80s (I only had access to 4 TV channels until 1980 where I lived...ABC, NBC, CBS and PBS) due to cable. A dramatic uptick in movies being released each year started in the early 80s. The concept of a summer blockbuster only started in 1975 and was solidly reinforced in 1977.

Basically, there were a lot more people put into the spotlight starting about 40 years ago, a lot more avenues were opened up for people to get exposed to those celebrities, and those people are simply getting old enough to start dying. And, now when a celebrity dies, it goes viral across many social media platforms...which translates to the traditional media outlets (since they are lazy anyways). This is going to continue by virtue of that knowledge being so readily available and the lack of real journalism in the US.

[Al Gorefiend]

I agree with Orlong. Never heard of Rickman. Buuut I've also never gave a shit about Harry Potter so.... Was he in all 8 movies?

[Wildtree]

I agree with Orlong. Never heard of Rickman. Buuut I've also never gave a shit about Harry Potter so.... Was he in all 8 movies?

Rickman was in all Potter movies, yes.
And some other big ones.
http://fortune.com/2016/01/14/these-...x-office-hits/

[Pwellzor]

I love how the article talks about significant celebrity deaths and then mentions people that nobody heard of like Victoria Wood and Alan Rickman, and then leave off people like Balls Mahoney, Rob Ford, Iron Mike Sharpe, Angus Scrimm, and Dan Haggerty that are well known

You've never heard of alan rickman?

Huh

[Grand Phoenix]

People die all the time. Some time precedence over others, like big names and famous celebrities. You only hear about this more often now because of social media.

I'm more annoyed about people saying things like "2016 is FIRED" (whatever that means) or "that's enough", "give it a break already" or even post those memes where the office guy says it'd be great if George R.R. Martin stopped killing off people in 2016. That's just life. You can mourn and reflect and what-not, but death's just going to keep happening regardless of what year it is. 2016 is no different from, say, 2015 and 2014; any other year, really.

[endlesswaltz]

it may not exactly be in 2016, i mean december 28 is still pretty close give or take but how has nobody mentioned lemmy the most influential person to the rock genre that has died in recent times

[Deleted]

I love how the article talks about significant celebrity deaths and then mentions people that nobody heard of like Victoria Wood and Alan Rickman, and then leave off people like Balls Mahoney, Rob Ford, Iron Mike Sharpe, Angus Scrimm, and Dan Haggerty that are well known

It's almost like it's a British article and you listed names nobody outside America would know

[Deleted]

It's almost like it's a British article and you listed names nobody outside America would know

To be fair..most Americans wouldn't know 60% of what he listed either.

[Kaeth]

I love how the article talks about significant celebrity deaths and then mentions people that nobody heard of like Victoria Wood and Alan Rickman, and then leave off people like Balls Mahoney, Rob Ford, Iron Mike Sharpe, Angus Scrimm, and Dan Haggerty that are well known

While I have heard of most of the people you listed, I think Alan Rickman is more famous than all of them. Victoria Wood may not be very famous outside of Great Britain, but Rickman is an iconic Hollywood actor.

[Edit: Okay, I think I got fooled by a troll. *facepalm*]

[Deleted]

Maybe I should clarify that nobody outside the UK heard of Alan Rickman or Victoria Wood. They just werent good enough to be in big Hollywood Blockbusters. My guess is they are UK Reality TV stars or something

Google Alan Rickman then look embarrassed

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I find his faux ignorance kind of tiresome, the joke has worn thin long ago.

I don't know why I even bite