Even before the untimely death of Minnesota music icon Prince a few days ago, 2016 was shaping up to be a particularly bad year for celebrity deaths. Yahoo lists something like 30 celebrities ― major and minor ― who have left us so far this year alone. David Bowie, Glen Frey, Patty Duke, Merle Haggard, George Kennedy and Abe Vigoda among them.

On Facebook, we asked the question, “If you could have one dead celebrity entertainer “back,” who would it be? Comments were very interesting.

Some choices were obvious: Buddy Holly, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. But also Kirby Puckett, John Wayne and Mozart.

Lots of country stars like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams and Roy Orbison.

Some celebs with just one name. Elvis, of course, but also Otis, Marilyn and Zappa.

And funny people like Robin Williams, John Candy, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, George Carlin, Phil Hartman, Lucille Ball, Chris Farley, even Mark Twain.

Ginny Dullum posted this: “Can I get a package deal for The Three Stooges?” Full disclosure: I’ve been sleeping with Ginny Dullum for decades, and I can tell you she is a very unusual woman. She is a woman who actually LIKES The Three Stooges. She thinks dinner with them followed by a food fight would be the ultimate evening.

Not too many women made the list, but voters suggested Audrey and/or Kathrine Hepburn, Whitney Houston and Janis Joplin.

The question seemed to confuse one Facebook friend, an entertainer himself. What follows is our actual FB conversation with Tim Kasper, a member of my favorite boy band, The Blenders.