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'We all know years don't actually kill people, right?'

caption: For some on social media, the end of 2016 couldn't come fast enough.
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For some on social media, the end of 2016 couldn't come fast enough.
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Bill Radke speaks with The Stranger columnist David Schmader about the idea that we should blame 2016 as a year for the deaths of many musicians and celebrities such as Prince, David Bowie, George Michael and Carrie Fisher. Schmader says we shouldn't let the trend become the focus of our mourning, we should focus on the individual.

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