I might as well start a weekly feature of obituaries culled from WIkipedia's recent deaths page. Since this year someone we knew and respected/admired is dying on a weekly basis.

*sigh* Let's get on with it.

This week's notable deaths (note: I'm listing people I or someone close to me would be personally aware of. I'm not listing every single death on Wikipedia.):

Harper Lee, 89, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird).

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While checking the obits on Wikipedia, I discovered that two Magic: the Gathering illustrators, Wayne England and Christopher Rush, died within a day of each other this week.

I don't collect or play M:tG, but odds are some of my followers do, so I thought I'd share this news.

Before I get into the celebrity deaths, let us pay our respects to all the victims of the recent earthquakes in Japan. Many lives have been lost. Thousands have been injured. Billions of yen in damage have been done.

Pray for them.

Now, this week's celebrity deaths. As usual, see Wikipedia for the full list of 2016 notable deaths.

- Ouhira Tohru, voiceover artist (Super Sentai Series, Japanese dub voice of Darth Vader and Homer Simpson), 86.

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He was eccentric. He was a visionary. He was a legend.

He was one of those artists those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s hold in the same reverence as Michael Jackson.

And now, he's gone.

Rest in peace, Prince. Your legend will live on forever, as will your music.

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Here are the notable deaths for this past week from North America, Japan, and select parts of Europe. As usual, please see Wikipedia for a complete list of notable 2016 deaths.

One that I missed last week, which is noteworthy for how shocking and bizarre it is: the murder of British politician Jo Cox. See Wikipedia for more details.

June 19:
- Anton Yelchin, 27, Soviet-born American actor (Star Trek, Alpha Dog, Fright Night), traffic collision. (Nooooooooooo ;_;)

June 21:

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Here are the notable deaths for this past week from North America, Japan, and select parts of Europe. As usual, please see Wikipedia for a complete list of notable 2016 deaths.

Note: This blog primarily covers actors, writers, and musicians. With few exceptions, notable sports figures are usually not covered in this blog. Political figures are also not covered unless they are exceptionally noteworthy.

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Here are the notable deaths for this past week from North America, Japan, and select parts of Europe. As usual, please see Wikipedia for a complete list of notable 2016 deaths.

Note: This blog primarily covers actors, writers, and musicians. With few exceptions, notable sports figures are usually not covered in this blog. Political figures are also not covered unless they are exceptionally noteworthy.

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Backing the death train up several months, this is one that somehow slipped under my radar:

On December 3, 2015, Scott Weiland, frontman of Stone Temple Pilots, was found dead on his tour bus. He died from a massive drug overdose after a long battle with substance addiction, cardiovascular disease, and hepatitis. He was 48.

And now, for this week's death notices. As usual, please see Wikipedia for a complete list of notable 2016 deaths.

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Here are the notable deaths for this past week from North America, Japan, and select parts of Europe. As usual, please see Wikipedia for a complete list of notable 2016 deaths.

Note: This blog primarily covers actors, writers, and musicians. With few exceptions, notable sports figures are usually not covered in this blog. Political figures are also not covered unless they are exceptionally noteworthy.

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Four days ago, Carrie Fisher survived a heart attack and the world breathed a sigh of relief that we would not end 2016 with such a drastic and devastating loss.

Today, she died.

For everyone who grew up with Star Wars, this...this is just the absolute worst possible way to end what has been the single worst year in modern history.

William Christopher, best known for his portrayal of Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H, passed away today at 84.

The final Weekly Death Blog of 2016 will follow in a few minutes. At this point, I don't care if somebody else dies in the next few hours. I've had it. I'm sick of reporting this shit.

Maurice White, one of the founding members of Earth, Wind, & Fire, died last night.

I didn't catch that one.

Worst. Year. EVER.

Here are the notable deaths for this past week from North America, Japan, and select parts of Europe. As usual, please see Wikipedia for a complete list of notable 2016 deaths.

Attention: Due to highly charged events over the past week in America, special attention will be paid in this blog to a series of senseless murders in three American towns over the course of three days.

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We've got some big ones this week, folks.

As usual, this blog only covers major, noteworthy celebrity deaths from North America, certain parts of Europe, and Japan. See Wikipedia for the full list of 2016 deaths worldwide.

Let's get the one the whole world is talking about out of the way first:

Prince

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Story announcement first: Due to some planning shuffling in the back end, the next two chapters of Persona EG will be released tomorrow and Monday, with the next chapter after that to come out around Thursday.

Now, here's the death announcements for this week. See past death blogs for the disclaimers and such, yada yada.

Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter and country music legend.
Jimmie Van Zant, 59, American rock musician.

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Time for my mid-month status update, and also the abbreviated Weekly Death Blog.

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