Died February 17

Co-wrote and sang “The Jeffersons” theme song, “Movin’ on Up”

Wright’s swing is thought by some to be the best of any golfer, male or female.

Bill Jenkins was an epidemiologist who tried to bring an end to the Tuskegee syphilis experiment by exposing it as racist and unethical.

Starred on the TLC reality series in 2016

Ethel Ennis was Baltimore’s “First Lady of Jazz,” a renowned jazz singer who wowed audiences at the Newport and Monterey Jazz Festivals.

Professional wrestler Nicole Bass was also a regular on “The Howard Stern Show.”

Actor Warren Frost was known best as Dr. Will Hayward on “Twin Peaks.”

Thelonious Monk was no ordinary jazzman.

Tony Phillips, a Major League Baseball player and member of the 1989 World Champion Oakland Athletics, died Feb. 17, 2016, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. He was 56.

When Mindy McCready ended her life with a single bullet, family, friends, and even fans were not surprised…