Carrie Fisher in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back."Lucasfilm
We lost a lot of legends in 2016, and we're not going to forget them soon.
As we settle into 2017, Business Insider has compiled a list of some of the most influential, important, and prized figures in entertainment who died last year — from towering music stars (Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Merle Haggard, George Michael) to film legends like Carrie Fisher and Alan Rickman.
It's by no means an exhaustive list, but one that hopefully helps pay tribute to the talents who have left us as we move forward.
Here are 30 stars we said goodbye to in 2016:
January 10: David Bowie (1947-2016)
English rock artist
January 14: Alan Rickman (1946-2016)
English theater and movie actor
January 26: Abe Vigoda (1921-2016)
American actor
February 19: Harper Lee (1926-2016)
Harper Lee, author of 'Go Set a Watchman' and the Pulitzer-prize winning 'To Kill a Mockingbird'Chip Somodevilla/Getty
American novelist
March 6: Nancy Reagan (1921-2016)
American actress and First Lady of the United States
March 8: George Martin (1926-2016)
English record producer, "fifth Beatle"
March 24: Garry Shandling (1949-2016)
American comedian and actor
April 6: Merle Haggard (1937-2016)
In this Oct. 8, 1977 file photo, Merle Haggard performs at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tenn.Mark Humphrey/AP Photo
American country singer-songwriter
April 20: Chyna (1969-2016)
American professional wrestler
April 21: Prince (1958-2016)
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
American musician
May 17: Guy Clark (1941-2016)
American singer-songwriter
June 3: Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
American boxer
June 19: Anton Yelchin (1989-2016)
Russian-born American actor
July 2: Michael Cimino (1939-2016)
American screenwriter and director
July 2: Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
Romanian-born American author and activist
July 4: Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)
Pascal Le Segretain/ Getty Images
Iranian film director
July 19: Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
American film director, producer, and actor
August 29: Gene Wilder (1933-2016)
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.""Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory"/Paramount Pictures
American actor and writer
September 11: Alexis Arquette (1969-2016)
American actress
September 16: Edward Albee (1928-2016)
American playwright
September 20: Curtis Hanson (1945-2016)
American film screenwriter and director
September 25: Arnold Palmer (1929-2016)
American golfer
November 7: Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Canadian singer-songwriter
November 13: Leon Russell (1942-2016)
American musician
November 24: Florence Henderson (1934-2016)
American actress
December 13: Alan Thicke (1947-2016)
Canadian actor
December 18: Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016)
Hungarian-American actress
December 25: George Michael (1963-2016)
English pop star and singer-songwriter
December 27: Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
American actress and writer
December 28: Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)
In this May 21, 2013 file photo, actress Debbie Reynolds poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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