that alone makes it devastating but then you have:

-Natalie Cole died on NYE
-Muhammad Ali
-Phife
-Pat Summitt
-Buddy Ryan
-Gordie Howe
-Billy Paul
-Alan Rickman (Harry Potter)
-Frank Sinatra Jr
-Chyna
-Garry Shandling
-Vanity
-Lee Andrews (?uestlove's dad!)
-Maurice White
-Patty Duke
-Blackjack Mulligan
-John Berry (Beastie Boys)
-Scroog McDuck
-R2D2
-Kimbo Slice
-Prince Be (PM Dawn)
-Miss Cleo
-Gene Wilder
-Jerry Heller (NWA Manager)
-Shawty Lo (Dey Know!)
-Radio Raheem
-Arnold Palmer
-Tommy (You ain't GOT NOT JOB TOMMY)
-John Saunders (ESPN)
-Janet Reno
-Florence Henderson
-Big Syke (Pac's homeboy)
-Abe Vigoda
-David Bowie
-Alan Thicke
-Craig Sager

Pretty significant pop culture list. Not to mention the Orlando shootings, The countless unarmed or justly armed black folx killed by cops, the dallas cop killings...

Yeah, it kinda sucked. And I lost 2 family members this year.