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Farewells: A tribute to the ones we lost in 2016

From music to literature to politics, this year saw the deaths of an unusually long list of monumental figures

Death claimed renowned political figures in 2016, including Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and Israeli ex-president Shimon Peres, but also took away legendary musicians and Hollywood stars, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael and actress Carrie Fisher. TASS remembers people we lost in 2016.