In a year as tough as 2016, no one can blame us for wanting to escape the reality for a bit and blast a tune like Irene Cara’s Fame main theme. At the end of the day no other song captures the reality of true stardom better: you may be gone, but your fame lives forever and people will remember your name. And while it breaks our heart that we couldn’t even name every celebrity who transitioned to the other side this year (as there were too many), we give coping advice for the ones that impacted the world the hardest.

Carrie Fisher

How to Cope: Obligatory Star Wars marathon followed by some quality frights of Sorority Row.

Every sci-fi fan’s first crush and the owner of the most iconic hairstyle in a galaxy far, far away left us this week. Carrie Fisher wasn’t just a badass on screen, but a riot behind the scenes as well. Whether she was making fun of her own career in that famous Scream 3 cameo, writing witty memoirs or casually revealing that she did in fact have a fling with Harrison Ford, she was always the people’s princess and will always be regarded as such. And as a true cinematic royalty, she’s got a deserving successor in the face of her daughter Bille Lourd. If Lourd’s stint on Scream Queens is anything to go by (and she does effortlessly steal the show), Fisher’s legacy is safe.