Obituaries for 2016

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NHL legend Gordie Howe dead at 88

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/06/10/nhl-legend-gordie-howe-reported-dead-at-88.html?intcmp=hplnws

One of the greatest hockey players of all time, Gordie Howe, passed away at the age of 88, FOX 2 has confirmed with close family friends.

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Howe was a legend in Detroit, winning four Stanley Cup Championships in his 25 years as a player for the Red Wings. He took the ice for the first in 1946 and would be named an NHL All-Star 23 times in his illustrious career.

After his career ended in Detroit, he landed in the World Hockey Association with the Houston Aeros.

A cause of death was not immediately known. Howe had been battling severe health issues for years, including a stroke in 2014.

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Gunman, 21, who murdered Voice star Christina Grimmie did NOT know her and came to her concert armed with two handguns, extra magazines and a knife to launch targeted attack

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3636362/The-Voice-star-Christina-Grimmie-confirmed-dead-gunman-opened-fire-Florida-concert-killing-despite-star-s-brother-s-brave-attempt-save-her.html

Police say the gunman who opened fire and murdered The Voice star Christina Grimmie on Friday came to her concert heavily armed for a targeted attack against the singer.

During a press conference on Saturday, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said the gunman was a 21-year-old white male who traveled to Orlando from another city in Florida to specifically kill Grimmie.

Mina said that the suspect did not know her, despite coming to the concert at the Plaza Live Theater armed with two handguns, extra magazines and a knife.

The 22-year-old singer was attacked while backstage around 10.30pm when she was signing autographs with the band Before You Exit at a merchandise table when the gunman fired at her.

The singer's brother, Mark, tackled him before the gunman killed himself as the shocking incident happened in front of about 60 children and teenagers.

She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in a critical condition; one witness said he saw her bleeding from the head and being given chest compressions.

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Babylon 5 actor Jerry Doyle dead at age 60 after he was found unresponsive in his Las Vegas home

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3713084/Babylon-5-actor-Jerry-Doyle-dead-age-60-unresponsive-Las-Vegas-home.html

Sources tell TMZ that police were called to actor and political talk show host's Las Vegas home Wednesday afternoon after he was found unresponsive.

It's still unclear how the actor died.

A post on his Twitter page stated that 'the cause of death is unknown at this time'.

However sources who spoke with TMZ said no foul play is suspected.

An autopsy is pending.   

Doyle was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent the first six months of his life in an orphanage before being adopted by a police officer and his wife. He grew up in Sparta, New Jersey and went on to receive a degree in Aeronautics.

In his early career he worked as a corporate jet pilot and then as a stockbroker before abruptly changing paths to become an actor. Babylon 5 was his first significant starring role and it became what he is most known for.

When the shown ended in 1998, Doyle changed careers yet again to become a political talk show host.

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Steven Hill, Who Starred on ?Law & Order? and ?Mission: Impossible,? Dies at 94

Steven Hill, who originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series, ?Mission: Impossible? in the 1960s and ?Law & Order? in the 1990s, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 94.

His daughter Sarah Gobioff confirmed his death. He lived in Monsey, N.Y., a hamlet in Rockland County.

Mr. Hill was 44 and a veteran stage and television actor in 1966 when he was cast as Daniel Briggs, the leader of an elite covert-operations unit, in the new series ?Mission: Impossible.? But he left after the first season, paving the way for Peter Graves?s six-season run as the show?s lead.

Even decades later, Mr. Hill declined to discuss his reasons for leaving the series, other than to say that the first season had been a bad