In Memoriam: Tributes to stars we lost over the past 30 years

They gave us Purple Rain and Ziggy Stardust, “Schlemiel! Schlimazel!” and “fuhgeddaboudit,”
an intergalactic princess named Leia and the questionably British Mrs. known as Doubtfire. Many we’ve had to say goodbye to much too soon — comforted, in our collective loss, by the immortal work they left behind. Here, EW looks back at just a few of the brightest lights of the past three decades through the recollections of the friends, family, and fellow artists who knew them best.