Not counting the four wax figures of the Beatles in the foreground, just behind the drum with the album’s title, the album shows 57 people, including those of John Lennon, Paul McCarthy, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, the Beatles, themselves, as wax figures and cardboard cutouts just to the left.

McCartney asked each of his three band-mates to help select the chosen. Uninterested, Starr declined. Harrison added four Indian gurus. Peter Blake and Jann Haworth added a few. They also designed the cover and won the 1968 “Best Album Cover” Grammy Award for it.

McCartney and Lennon made most of the selections, but a few of Lennon’s were vetoed. Sir Joseph Lockwood, chairman of EMI (Electrical and Musical Industries) Group, Ltd., nixed Mohandas “Mahatma” Ghandi’s image, fearing that sales of the album in India would suffer as printing would be banned. Lennon’s Adolph Hitler and Jesus Christ suggestions also were denied, but Satanist and Occultist Aleister Crowley’s visage appears, second from the left on the top row.

A request for a $400 fee to use his likeness kept Leo Gorcey’s face off the cover. Although Timothy Carey’s image was on the photography set, George Harrison completely hid it. Also hidden are Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Shirley Temple appears twice.

The question's image is a re-working of the album cover, featuring the likenesses of celebrities who passed away in 2016. It is from the UK's Daily Mail website.

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