Why so many celebrities have died in 2016

We are only four months in, but it's already been a dark, dark 2016. It now seems rare for a week to pass without a significant celebrity death being reported - from David Bowie in the second week of January, to actor Alan Rickman a week later, to comedian Victoria Wood and Prince this week. "Enough, 2016" and a more vulgar alternative are phrases people are uttering more and more regularly. So is

[yyamano]

"People who started becoming famous in the 1960s are now entering their 70s and are starting to die," he says.

[osaan]

なぜ今年は有名人よく死ぬのか。もう年末のような記事。

[kazutox]

なぜ有名人の死は増えているのか: ベビーブーム世代＆テレビの普及で有名になった人が死に出している