http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36108133
Why so many celebrities have died in 2016
We are only four months in, but it's already been a dark, dark 2016.
It now seems rare for a week to pass without a significant celebrity death being reported - from David Bowie in the second week of January, to actor Alan Rickman a week later, to comedian Victoria Wood and Prince this week.
"Enough, 2016" and a more vulgar alternative are phrases people are uttering more and more regularly. So is this wave of celebrity deaths the new normal?
The answer is yes, according BBC's obituary editor Nick Serpell, who ought to know about such things.
He says the number of significant deaths this year has been "phenomenal".
Looking at the basic statistics, there's a very clear upward trend. Nick prepares obituaries for BBC television, radio and online, that run once a notable person's death is confirmed.
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Super-clap doing the rounds, antibiotic resistant.
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It's the result of the baby boom.
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The excesses of 70s rockers.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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A whim of our secret Lizard Overlords...
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...who, it has to be said, are doing a fab job. Keep it up guys - we're all jolly impressed down here and no mistake.
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Prince Philip will be the next big name. He's had it coming for a while.
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Perhaps he''ll have a heart attack while thrashing a naked palace servant...
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Nah, he's more the auto-erotic asphyxiation type I reckon.
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Keith Richards can't keep going forever, no matter how many virgins he sacrifices to Mongdor.
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Personally, I'm over the moon that all these celebrities are dying before me
I wouldn't want it any other way.
I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Brian Peacock wrote:Keith Richards can't keep going forever, no matter how many virgins he sacrifices to Mongdor.
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I wonder if he moisturises?
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