It's the end of the year already. So let's look back.

We lost some good people in 2016. Let's say goodbye with a quiz.

Guess who we're talking about.

1. He was the original Space Cowboy, going into orbit again at 77. He was also the only US Senator in space, unfortunately. (We'd like to send more of Congress there.)
2. Speaking of space, his Space Oddity inspired astronauts. But this musician left a permanent mark on millions of listeners here on Earth, too.
3. Another musician who will be missed, this Canadian poet had nothing on his tongue but 'Hallelujah'.
4. This entertainer worked for everybody's favourite uncle in the 1960s. He played a suave master spy with a sense of humour.
5. He was named Saoi (a bardic title) by the Irish Aosdana. But this world-class short story writer, novelist, and playwright lived in Devon, UK.
6. His cigars were legendary, and the CIA tried to poison them.
7. This transgender performer became world famous after she was featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
8. This former Israeli Prime Minister was born in Poland.
9. Vietnam's answer to Axis Sally, this broadcaster got most of her 'inside information' from Stars and Stripes.
10. This queen who married a king in exile was born in Paris and died in Switzerland. In between, she served in the French army, worked as a salesgirl in Macy's department store in New York, and had an argument with a pope.

What a lot of history goes into an obituary page. How many did you recognise? Click the picture for answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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