In January.
After the deaths of David Bowie and Alan Rickman, a parody of the Prince of Darkness, George RR Martin decided to claim responsibility.
2016 was directed by me.
— George RR Martin (@GRRM) January 14, 2016
Little did they know how right they would be. God dammit, George. And RIP Carrie Fisher.
Update: The original article indicated that the tweet was from George R R Martin, when it was from a parody account. The headline and the article has been corrected.