What gives, 2019?!  We’re three days into this madness, and look what you’ve done!

A number of people in the entertainment world have tragically passed away in the first few days of the new year, and it’s difficult not to be sad and also a little angry at the news.  One death is upsetting enough, but ALL of these people are no longer with us?

Click through the gallery below for a brief look at those in the entertainment world who have passed on.  Here’s hoping we’ll get a break from terrible news like this.

Erica Banas is rock/classic rock news blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.

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  Musician and co-founder of the Bridge School Pegi Young passed away on January 1 at age 66 after a battle with cancer. Young founded the Bridge School with ex-husband Neil Young in 1986, which served special needs children.

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  Actor/comedian Bob Einstein, best known for the character Super Dave Osborne and as Marty Funkhouse on 'Curb Your Entusiasm,' died on Wednesday (January 2) at age 76 due to cancer.

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  Musician Daryl Dragon, best known as the Captain from Captain and Tennille, died on January 2 at the age of 76 due to renal failure. Captain and Tennille had a number of hits in the 1970s including "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Do That To Me One More Time" and "Muskrat Love."
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  WWE Hall of Fame broadcaster "Mean" Gene Okerlund died on January 2 at the age of 76. An exact cause of death has not been announced.

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