Lee Roth / Star Max via AP Images Maurice White Joe Alaskey, 63, a prolific voice actor best known for portraying Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other beloved "Looney Tunes" characters, died on Feb. Steve Snowden / Getty Images Contributor, file Joe Alaskey Paul Kantner, 74, the founding member of Jefferson Airplane who stayed with the seminal band through its transformation from 1960s hippies to 1970s hit makers as the eventual leader of successor group Jefferson Starship, died on Jan. Evan Agostini / Getty Images file Paul Kantner
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Gus Stewart / Redferns Abe VigodaĪbe Vigoda, 94, the character actor whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series "Barney Miller" and the doomed Mafia soldier in "The Godfather," died on Jan. Glenn Frey, 67, the rock 'n' roll rebel who co-founded the Eagles and helped write such hits as "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane," died on Jan. ANDREW COWIE / EPA Dan Haggertyĭan Haggerty, 74, the rugged, bearded actor who starred in the film and TV series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams," died on Jan. Ethan Miller / Getty Images, file Alan RickmanĪlan Rickman, 69, the classically-trained British stage star and sensual screen villain in the "Harry Potter" saga, "Die Hard" and other films, died on Jan. Rene Angelil, 73, Celine Dion's husband and manager, who molded her from a French-speaking Canadian ingénue into one of the world's most successful singers, died on Jan. Terry O'Neill / Getty Images Contributor René Angélil Courtesy Everett Collection David Bowieĭavid Bowie, 69, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship that spanned six decades, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died on Jan. Pat Harrington Jr., 86, the actor and comedian who in the 1950s got attention as a member of Steve Allen's fabled TV comic troupe and decades later as Dwayne Schneider, the cocky handyman on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," died on Jan. Here's a look at some of the many famous figures who died this year. Upon her death, the actress left a 75% stake of her estate – including rights to her image and intellectual property – to her acting coach Lee Strasberg.The world lost superstar musicians, stars of stage and screen, some of the greatest athletes of all time and larger-than-life political figures in 2016. In fact, it was owned by people she had never met. Of course there might be an element of personal sentiment in allowing a loved one to be brought back in living colour, but Marilyn’s estate wasn’t owned by any family member or friend at the time. Marilyn herself was also brought back to life in an equally creepy 2013 advert for Dior perfume. In Hepburn’s case, it was her two sons who allowed their mother to be brought to life again on screen – and I assume they were paid handsomely in return. They used models as body doubles for the deceased icon, then pored over the actress’ back catalogue of film roles to generate a CGI version of her face that could be digitally puppeteered for the commercial.ĭecisions to release or sell the image rights of a person are left to those in charge of their estate. In 2013, Galaxy chocolate released an advert that centred on a computer-generated recreation of Audrey Hepburn.
What right do we have to view or even own private aspects of the lives of celebrities? We can only hope that the hair was either taken with Monroe’s permission or picked up from a salon floor. The commodification of personal belongings and body parts of the dead is normalised in the name of preserving history, but that doesn’t always mean it’s ethical. Museums are filled with immoral exhibits stolen items from a colonial past, mummified skulls of people who didn’t expect their final resting place to be in a glass cabinet for all to see. Ĭherishing a lock of hair from a loved-one is understandable, but when it’s a person you’ve never even met, a person who died almost 60 years ago, I can’t help but think that you’re treating that person like a product rather than a human being. I’m not here to Kim-bash – there are plenty of column inches on the internet already dedicated to that – but this story had me questioning where exactly the line is between healthy admiration for a late public figure and creepy obsession with the dead.
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