What the effing hell is going on in 2016 with deaths, now Prince

[MsJamieFraser]

Just heard the news about Princes death is true and not a hoax as originally thought.

Is there a hex on people, even in my world, people are dying around us left, right and centre

Really shocking, it's horrible

Nothing is going on. People die every day, nothing new

Awful 😥

Apparently it is true. So sad it's too young to die.

Out of all the celebs so far this year to die, this one has shocked me.

Does seem a tad relentless this year Organon.

There does seem to be an exceptionally high number this year but it's just coincidence.

It was in today's Metro that there have been something like 4times the usual amount of celebrity deaths than is statistically expected so the op has a point organon.

Yep, another shocker

Just had a message about this and was floored. Has it been officially confirmed?

Still getting over Victoria Wood

Totally shocked by this sad news. What an artist he was. Amazing man.

Of course people die every year on average around the world 150,000 people die every day.

This year however high profile people have died every other day, I am mid 30's and I have never known high profile people to die at this rate.

We are only in mid April and there have been so many...

the stars who have died in 2016

I had Farage in the who's next sweepstake

They were talking about this on R4 earlier, said it'll get worse as baby boomers make up a large percentage of the population. Celebrity culture and "pop' music really took off in the 60's.

What the effing hell is going on in 2016 with deaths

500 people died this week in an over-crowded boat, trying to get to safety.

Bloody hell. I saw him play a few weeks ago. He was wonderful; just him, a piano and his IPad.

At the time DH justified the ticket price by saying that the way things were these days, what with Bowie, there'd be no knowing if he'd get back to Melbourne.

Someone should tell the Grim Reaper he's using the wrong fecking list.

Have a listen to More or Less on Radio 4 catch-up. It's do with how long it is since celebrity became a 'thing' ie there are more old celebrities than there used to be.

Jesus! I thought this was a hoax. It seems a bit relentless (both with celebrities, and as mentioned above tragedies like the people who died trying to get to safety )

It's a gathering.

Someone should tell the Grim Reaper he's using the wrong fecking list.

Exactly. How can it be right to take Victoria Wood and Alan Rickman but leave Daily Mail journos unscathed?

What did he die of...anyone know ?

I'm gobsmacked.

But not all of them have been 'old' Helen
57 isn't old at all

Celebrity deaths are relentless this year, one after the other - so many well known faces from my childhood/teens

RIP Prince. So young.