2016 is just four months old, but a lot of heart-breaking celebrity deaths have already marred the year.
Here are the stars that have already passed away this year, locally and globally:
Nomoreloss
{Died: March 21, 2016}
Prince
{June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016}
Papa Wemba
{June 14, 1949 – April 24, 2016}
David Bowie
{January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016}
Johan Cruyff
{April 25, 1947 – March 24 2016}
Zaha Hadid
{October 31, 1950 – March 31, 2016}
Billy Paul
{December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016}
David Gest
{May 11, 1953 – April 11, 2016}
Tope Ogun
{November 4, 1978 – April 14, 2016}
Guy Hamilton
{September 16, 1922 – April 20, 2016}
Howard Marks
{August 13, 1945 – April 10, 2016}
Daisy Lewellyn
{Died: April 8, 2016}
Irma Bule
{Died: April 4, 2016}
Sani Aliyu Dandawo
{Died: Sunday, April 3, 2016}
Aisha Dankano
{Died: Tuesday, February 23, 2016}
Merle Haggard
{April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016}
Phife Dawg
{November 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016}
Koyo Bala
{Died: March 8, 2016}
Katie May ‘Queen of Snapchat’
{Died: Thursday February 4, 2016}
Arakangudu
{Died: February 8, 2016}
Abe Vigoda
{February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016}
Alan Rickman
{February 21, 1946 – January 14, 2016}
René Angélil
{January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016}
Olamide David
{Died: Sunday, January 17, 2016, aged 14}
Mike Odiache
{Died: Monday, February 15, 2016}
Festus Aguebor
{Died: February 2016}
Jab Adu
{Died: February 2016}
Steve Gohouri
{February 8, 1981 – January 2, 2016}
Lonnie Mack
{July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016}
Patty Duke
{December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016}
Garry Shandling
{November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016}
Ernestine Anderson
{November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016}
Jimmy Riley
{May 22, 1947 – March 23, 2016}
Gogi Grant
{September 20, 1924 – March 10, 2016}
Nana Vasconcelos
{August 2, 1944 – March 9, 2016}
Jon English
{March 26, 1949 – March 9, 2016}
Harper Lee
{April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016}