The Observer's obituaries of 2016
People our cultural life lost in 2016, remembered at the end of the year by those who knew them best
Zaha Hadid remembered by Rana Hadid
Victoria Wood remembered by Melvyn Bragg
Jo Cox remembered by Sarah Brown
Alan Rickman remembered by Ian Rickson
Leonard Cohen remembered by Rufus Wainwright
Sonia Rykiel remembered by Agnès B
David Bowie remembered by Gail Ann Dorsey
Terry Wogan remembered by Simon Mayo
Elie Wiesel remembered by Menachem Rosensaft
Muhammad Ali remembered by Davis Miller
Gene Wilder remembered by Kelly Le Brock
Jenny Diski remembered by Ian Patterson
Prince remembered by Amma Asante
Caroline Aherne remembered by Ricky Tomlinson
Johan Cruyff remembered by Bob Wilson