If we told you on Jan. 1 how many awful things were going to happen in 2016, you would have stayed in bed. We know 2001 was the worst year America had in a long time, but here are 16 ways that 2016 has been the worst year since.
On Jan. 10, David Bowie died two days after his 69th birthday. He lived a good life and left us amazing songs. We were very sad, but also pretty confident that the year couldn’t get any worse. Wrong.
The Eagles founder Glenn Frey died eight days later at 67, killing our dreams of someday watching the Eagles play “Hotel California” in some pleasant Southwestern amphitheater, a warm wind blowing through our hair.