In a year as tough as 2016, no one can blame us for wanting to escape the reality for a bit and blast a tune like Irene Cara’s Fame main theme. At the end of the day no other song captures the reality of true stardom better: you may be gone, but your fame lives forever and people will remember your name. And while it breaks our heart that we couldn’t even name every celebrity who transitioned to the other side this year (as there were too many), we give coping advice for the ones that impacted the world the hardest.
Carrie Fisher
How to Cope: Obligatory Star Wars marathon followed by some quality frights of Sorority Row.
Every sci-fi fan’s first crush and the owner of the most iconic hairstyle in a galaxy far, far away left us this week. Carrie Fisher wasn’t just a badass on screen, but a riot behind the scenes as well. Whether she was making fun of her own career in that famous Scream 3 cameo, writing witty memoirs or casually revealing that she did in fact have a fling with Harrison Ford, she was always the people’s princess and will always be regarded as such. And as a true cinematic royalty, she’s got a deserving successor in the face of her daughter Bille Lourd. If Lourd’s stint on Scream Queens is anything to go by (and she does effortlessly steal the show), Fisher’s legacy is safe.
George Michael
How to Cope: Hit the nearest karaoke for the ultimate George Michael sing-off.
Life works in truly mysterious and wicked ways, and the voice behind one of the most iconic Christmas songs did pass away exactly on Christmas, leaving a huge gap in show business. George Michael wasn’t just pushing the boundaries with his voice, looks and overall superstar superpowers, he also paved the way for a plethora of artists. In the era of over-controlled, charisma-deficient performers, we just gotta have faith that there will one day be someone as daring as the man who sang an ode to “Freedom” throughout his whole life.
Anton Yelchin
How to Cope: See Yelchin’s character outsmarting the bad guys in the nerve-wrecking thriller Green Room and then get comfortable during the feel-good coming of age drama Charlie Barlett. Other options are listed here.
Gone way too soon in the result of a “freak accident” that occurred this summer, Anton Yelchin still managed to shower us with countless examples of his artistic competency. Whether he was fighting vampires, navigating starships or simply winning a girl’s heart, the Russian/American heartthrob was always the coolest guy in the room and an ultimate leading man, who charmed us with his quick wit and unmatched charms. Hollywood surely lost one of its brightest young stars in 2016.
Christina Grimmie
How to Cope: Blast Christina’s tune “Feelin’ Good” because she really poured all of her positivity into this one. Or play any of these ones.
Christina Grimmie’s senseless murder goes to show the state of the world we’re living in: a 22-year-old singer, who was famous for her huge friendly smile and positive songs, was shot at her own meet-and-greet with fans. Both of the Orlando tragedies caused a riot in the media, and Billboard even published “An Open Letter to Congress: Stop Gun Violence Now” signed by tons of other concerned celebrities, but we’re yet to see any positive outcome.
David Bowie
How to Cope: Get lost inside Labyrinth or simply draw a lightning bolt on your cheek.
David Bowie didn’t just influence pop culture; it’s easy to say that he was pop culture and turned his whole career into an illustrated guide of how a performer should sound, look, act and behave. And then broke his own rules too many times to count, successfully balancing between being an icon and a total mystery. We mean, c’mon, just months prior to his death he released an album which served as a love letter to his fans, his own career and life itself. Happy travels, Ziggy Stardust.
Prince
How to Cope: Invite your sexiest friends, dress up in a jabot shirts and dance your booties off.
This year we lost both the Princess and Prince of pop culture, and it will take many purple rains to wash away our sorrow. Another chameleon of an artist, Prince made the world care about him by not caring about anything apart from staying true to his own passion for performing. Sex, genres, genders and even his stage name were almost irrelevant to Prince, since he truly let his art speak for itself. And when we say “speak,” we really mean scream with this unmistakable Prince mix of class and sex.
Leonard Cohen
How to Cope: Report every existing video of “Hallelujah” covers for the authenticity violation.
Whether your parents raised you on his soulful records or you discovered his better known hit via the vocal exercise of some unnamed talent show’s hopeful, you can’t deny the impact this wise man had on music. It wasn’t just what Leonard Cohen sang, even the pauses in his songs exuded wisdom, which most artists can't reach in their lifetime. Hallelujah, we still have his records to teach us how to be good men.
Gene Wilder
How to Cope: As if you need advice here, go ahead and devour all the memes.
Sad news for Johnny Depp, Gene Wilder will forever be the only Willy Wonka that mattered and everyone who ever re-blogged that glorious meme image of the smiley Wilder is on our side. The actor may have retired back in 2003, but by then he had more than enough stellar performances under his belt to keep him in our hearts forever.
See more tributes to late, great stars by visiting our In Memoriam page.
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