Photos: Notable deaths 2016

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Photos: Notable deaths 2016

A look at some of the people in the public eye whom we lost in 2016.

Actress Debbie Reynolds died at 84 years old Dec. 28, a day after the death of her daughter, actress, Carrie Fisher, following a reported stroke. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in "Star Wars," died Dec. 27 after suffering a heart attack. She was 60 years old. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Wizard World)

Actor and comedian Ricky Harris, perhaps best known for his skits on Snoop Dogg albums, died Dec. 26. He was 54. (Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

George Michael "passed away peacefully" Sunday, Dec. 25, his publicist said. He was 53. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Canadian comedian Gordie Tapp, best known as “Cousin Clem,” died Dec. 18, 2016, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He was 94. Here, he performs with Robin Yancey.

Hungarian-born Beverly Hills socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor died on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. She was 99 years old. Gabor created a new kind of celebrity based partly on her beauty and multiple marriages: famous for being famous. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

Dr. Henry Heimlich, the surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims has died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. He was 96. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Sports reporter Craig Sager died Dec. 15 after a long battle with leukemia. He was 65. Sager was known for his colorful attire and positive attitude while providing sideline reporting for NBA games. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Bernard Fox, Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick Sargent on "Bewitched," 1970. Fox, a character actor most famous for his role as Dr. Bombay on "Bewitched," died Dec. 14 at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California, according to publicist Harlan Boll. He was 89.

WHISTLER, BC - DECEMBER 02: Canadian actor Alan Thicke attends Day 3 of the 16th Annual Whistler Film Festival at Whistler Village on December 2, 2016 in Whistler, Canada. (Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 07: Actor Joseph Mascolo attends the Days Of Our Lives' 50th Anniversary Celebration at Hollywood Palladium on November 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Mascolo died December 8, 2016. He was battling Alzheimer's disease. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Days Of Our lives)

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 23: Sharon Jones performs onstage during The Music Of David Byrne & Talking Heads at Carnegie Hall on March 23, 2015 in New York City. The sould singer, of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, died at age 60 in November 2016 of pancreatic cancer. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18: Singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen performs at Madison Square Garden on December 18, 2012 in New York City. Cohen, whose career spanned five decades, died at age 82 on November 10, 2016, according to a statement on his official Facebook page. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, file photo, former New York Jets player Dennis Byrd speaks during a halftime ceremony to retire his number during the second half of an NFL football game between the Jets and the Miami Dolphins in East Rutherford, N.J. Byrd, the former NFL defensive lineman whose career was ended by neck injury, was killed Oct. 15, 2016, in a car accident. He was 50. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Byrd, a former college player at Tulsa, was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Oklahoma 88, north of Claremore.

In an Aug. 8, 2005, file photo, actor and children's book author Tommy Ford and his son T.J. look through a window inscribed with the names of civil rights leaders during a tour of the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Ala. Ford, the actor who played Martin Lawrence's best friend Tommy Strawn on the hit '90s sitcom "Martin," has died in Atlanta. He was 52. Family spokeswoman Joy Pervis says Ford died Oct. 12, 2016.

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