2016 Obituaries

Scalia was a justice of the US supreme court (SCOTUS = Supreme Court of the United States). The justices are quite well known in US, as they have a lifetime term, and their appointments are a big political issue, besides of course their decisions, which are discussed in detail including how the justices voted.

Abroad we usually hear only about the SCOTUS decisions, but not about who the members are.

And LOTS of other things!

Not to correct you, but it's spelled just C-A-R-R-I-E F-I-S-H-E-R

Same with Debbie Reynolds

No, she's spelt D-E-B-B-I-E-R-E-Y-N-O-L-D-S.

Exactly. The Spanish Flu in 1918 apparently wasn't so bad or the Soviet famine around 1933 and 1934 were nothing compared to celebrities dying according to many people on social media. 2016 has been a great year in science (Alzheimer advances and a exoplanet discoveries), for tigers and pandas and much more. I find sad that many people cry more over the death of say David Bowie than the death of their grandmother.

@Triviamaster2 I respectfully disagree. David Bowie's family is mourning for him, and he had millions of fans who felt a connection to him and therefore were also mourning his loss. Same goes for every celebrity who dies: they're all real people, and their lives have value. It's sad how often we forget that. No one WHO DIDN'T KNOW David Bowie would mourn more for him than for a close relative--that's just silly. Just FYI, a TON of people, both famous and ordinary, died in 2016. I did mourn more for people in my own small community, such as my aunt's best friend; her (my aunt's) mother-in-law (within two days of each other); the mother of a coworker; a 45-year-old husband and father down the street who VERY suddenly and unexpectedly died of an aneurysm; a sweet lady in my church; and a 15-year-old boy in my church's youth group who was accidentally shot to death by his best friend on a hunting trip. 2016 really was a "death year" of sorts, and that shouldn't be ignored.

Nobody anywhere truly believes that 2016 was the worst year in recorded history, just that it wasn't a good year.

Because she's famous and she died. Lots of people wouldn't know a former Toronto mayor either, but he's on the list.

Besides, she was also a former Playboy centerfold and (sadly) an adult film star as well, so there will be people other than wrestling fans who would recognize her.

Also, there are lots of WWE-specific quizzes on JetPunk, including some that are actually worth points. So I do think there are plenty of wrestling fans on Jetpunk.

The Toronto mayor only got guessed by 30% of users. And many people won't know her by her real name, and she's not even in the featured WWE quizzes.

I resent that generalization. Just because we have troves of trivia stored in our noggin doesn't mean we don't appreciate a good frogsplash off the top rope once in a while.

Completely agree. Amazing how the internet can mourn the loss of a gorilla, oblivious to real life problems such as wars, corruption, etc.

You do realize that grief isn't mutually exclusive? It's quite possible to both mourn Harambe and the senselessness of his death, and also be concerned with larger world-wide problems.

I get the feeling that reading the other comments before commenting is not an incredibly common occurrence on JetPunk...

I think the Cubs winning the world series is what CAUSED these deaths. Thanks a lot Cubs fans...

You really believe that in a world where information travels through the internet and we're only a few inches away from information that there'd be people that dont know that Fisher has died. Also, all of her scenes have been finished recording for Ep. 8 and they may use the same technology used to make Tarkin in Rogue One for Ep. 9, if they don't kill her someway.

Maybe wait until January 1st, just in case somebody dies on New Year's Eve.

it's bound to happen

kinjapan isn't arguing that they be added, just forlornly observing the sheer number of celebrities who died last year (THREE people in the Star Wars world alone!)