After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on
Earth." The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told
The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.

The company broke the news to circus employees Saturday night after
shows in Orlando and Miami.

Armando "Buddy" Greco (August 14, 1926 – January 10, 2017)

Buddy Greco was a jazz – pop singer and pianist. His recordings, in several
genres, have sold over one million records. He spent four years with Benny
Goodman’s orchestra, singing, playing piano, and arranging.

Carrie Frances Fisher
(October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016)

Carrie Fisher portraying Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.

George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou)
(25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016)

Singer George Michael, who sold more than 100 million albums over a pop
music career spanning almost four decades, has died. His publicist said 
Michael died at his property in Goring, Oxfordshire, England. He passed
away peacefully from “unexplained, non-suspicious circumstances”. 

DEVELOPING: "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher is in critical condition Friday
after suffering a "cardiac episode" on a flight from London to Los Angeles,
emergency officials told the Los Angeles Times.

Fisher, 60, was rushed to the hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department
paramedics shortly after noon.

Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher, from the original Star Wars.