Events
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- September 8: worldwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek franchise.[1][2]
Deaths
- January 10 – David Bowie – English actor (The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Prestige) and rock singer who composed multiple science fiction-themed songs, including Space Oddity and the whole Ziggy Stardust album (born 1947)[3]
- January 14 – Alan Rickman – British actor (Galaxy Quest, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (born 1946)[4]
- June 19 – Anton Yelchin – Russian-American actor, played Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot film series (born 1989)[5]
- July 26 – Jerry Doyle – American actor, known for his work as Michael Garibaldi in show Babylon 5 (born 1956)
- August 13 – Kenny Baker – English actor, known for playing R2-D2 in Star Wars (born 1934)
- September 25 – Robert Weinberg – Science fiction writer (born 1946)
- November 25 – Ron Glass – American actor (Firefly) (born 1945)
- December 24 – Richard Adams, British writer (born 1920)[6]
- December 27 – Carrie Fisher – American actress, known for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars (born 1956)
