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.

Bear in mind the following is entirely opinion based. If you disagree you are completely welcome too. I am not attacking you or the things you like.

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Hey all,

With 2016 fast approaching, I just want to thank each and every one of you for sticking around with me and the stories I've written. You can't begin to imagine how much of a boost it gives to simply see a counter for views/likes/followers go up.

I'm here to provide you all with my share of imagination, and I intend to keep it that way!

Have a wonderful 2016.

-Eruedraieth

Grace. That is my watchword for tomorrow. I will be among students and peers. There will be some that will be uncertain, or angry, or afraid. Demonstrate grace. Start small. Let them see and understand and, hopefully, learn. Small steps. Make my community stronger by affecting the lowest denominator, those that are rejected from the norm to learn on the fringe.

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America's Mom, Florence Henderson, born on Valentine's Day, died on Thanksgiving.

Appropriate, as she was a sweetheart, and generations of Americans are thankful for her career and contribution to our popular culture.

She was 82.

These are the notable American, British, Canadian, etc. deaths of celebrities, pop culture icons, etc. for the past week. As usual, for a full list of notable deaths in 2016 to date, see Wikipedia.

Joe Santos, 84, American actor (The Rockford Files), heart attack.
Tray Walker, 23, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), dirt bike accident.
Larry Drake, 66, American actor (L.A. Law, Johnny Bravo, Darkman), Emmy Award winner (1988, 1989).

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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.

June 27:
- Mack Rice, 82, American songwriter ("Mustang Sally", "Respect Yourself") and singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.

June 28:
- Buddy Ryan, 82, American football head coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals) and defensive coordinator (Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers).

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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.

July 24:
- Marni Nixon, 86, American singer (The King and I, West Side Story, My Fair Lady) and actress (The Sound of Music), breast cancer.

July 25:
- Tim LaHaye, 90, American Christian author (Left Behind series), stroke.

July 26:

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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.

- Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, The Rock).
- Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger).
- Angela Paton, 86, American actress (Groundhog Day, American Wedding, Lolita), heart attack.

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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.

Special mention this week, of course, goes to the horrible mass shooting in Orlando in which fifty people were killed and fifty-three others were wounded, as well as to the two-year-old who died tragically at a Disney resort after being dragged underwater by an alligator.

June 11:

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In short, I had a great time.

Went to a lot of informative and exciting panels: some about writing, Hooves Line, and Riffing is Magic.

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Guess who's in San Fran right now

this guy

if any of you nerds are at the Hyatt already hit me up we can chill

if you can't make it tonight it's all g, we can hang out sometime during the weekend

we got all con to do this, baby

Here are some of the more notable deaths of the past week. Keep in mind that this blog primarily covers American, Canadian, and British celebrity deaths. As always, see Wikipedia for a complete list of 2016 deaths.

- Earl Hamner, Jr., 92, American television writer and producer (Falcon Crest, The Waltons, The Twilight Zone), cancer.

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Here are the most notable (subjectively, of course) deaths of the past week from America, Canada, parts of Europe, and Japan. As usual, check Wikipedia for the full list of notable deaths in 2016 to date.

Frank Levingston, 110, American supercentenarian, nation's oldest World War II veteran.

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Okay, so I might have fallen off of the face of the pony fandom in the last couple months, but I'll be at Everfree Northwest all three days this weekend! Hope to see you guys there!

Happy New Year everyone! Let's hope that 2016 ends up being a good year.

(Sorry I would've posted this on the 1st but I didn't have wifi)

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

I didn't catch that one.

Worst. Year. EVER.