Which celebrity death(s) impacted you the most?
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Good looking people aren’t supposed to die young
Kobe Paul walker Luke perry. |
Anonymous
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I was pretty upset about George Michael, and Carrie and Debbie died around the same time - 2016 was such a horrible bitch
I hadn't really watched Chadwick Boseman (although I knew of him, of course), but I am a colon cancer survivor myself and the same age as him, so that one hit hard. So much talent, so young. Just so unfair. |
Anonymous
Huh. I had no idea he died such a long time ago (relatively speaking), how young he was and manner of death. RIP, Leroy. Mine are: Princess Diana JFK Jr and Carolyn David Bowie Kobe |
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I find this thread touching. It's comforting to know that other people have had personal reactions to the deaths of performers and others whom they didn't know personally.
I wasn't particularly a fan of John Lennon (didn't dislike him! He just didn't light me up) but at the time he was murdered, my two closest friends were both VERY intense Lennon fans, fans of both his Beatles days and all his solo work after that. So heard about Lennon all the time and saw Lennon posters etc. all over their rooms and so on. I appreciated how much they appreciated him. I heard the news on the radio as I drove to high school that morning and had to pull over, I was so shaken. I rushed to school to try to find one friend, but didn't see him until our one class together about an hour later -- he walked in and put his head on his desk and didn't raise it the entire period. Amazingly the teacher, who was kind of an oblivious, jokey type, actually must have heard the news and known about my friend's obsession with Lennon, because (God bless that teacher) she completely let him be. I spent the whole class period staring at his head and waiting to hug him. The other friend was in college locally and my first fear was that she would try to rush to New York to be where Lennon died, and wouldn't be driving safely because she'd be so upset. It took all day to reach her (pre-cell-phone, folks!). She said she had started out on 95 heading to NYC and realized that there was nothing she could actually do by being there and that she felt that "John would have told me to go to class instead" -- she was an art student and one thing she had loved about Lennon was his visual sense and his drawings. It was a horrible time and it didn't end that day or that week. Both of them cried a lot and the one artist friend truly was affected for years afterward. I think the nature of Lennon's death, murdered by a fan when Lennon was still so young, so fully creative, and had so recently issued a new album which both friends were delving deeply into it all the time -- I think that really made it harder on them than if he'd been ill or died suddenly but of natural causes. Wow, this is bringing it al back with such clarity. What a time. |
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Very impacted by Princess Diana cried a lot of tears from that
Sad about Michael Jackson too. What a great a waste of a great talent. If he had lived longer could have repented and tried to made amends to those he hurt. Dry young from drugs and your legacy stays all messed up Recently impacted most by Alex Trebek. By all accounts a classy gentleman |
Anonymous
| I think it’s always shocking and sad when people die young (anything south of 70)—particularly if they die tragically in an accident, overdose or by suicide. It’s less shocking but still sad when they die after battling a long illness or from old age. I think this list reflects that. |
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Definitely Anthony Bourdain. I had just started watching his show when he died, so the loss hit me later, and repeatedly. He put himself so out there in his shows, so as I watched them for the first time already knowing of his suicide, it felt like a fresh blow with every episode. The one he did of Massachusetts, especially, because part of it was about addiction.
We could have used his humanity in the last few years, for sure. |
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Robin Williams.
Cory Montieth from Glee. Not a huge star, but was so talented and died so young. RBG—not shocked, but so sad because of the political impact going forward, but also so grateful for her contribution to our country. |
Anonymous
| Also Bourdain. And I was not particularly into Kate Spade stuff, but the disconnect between her shiny happy brand and the two deaths by suicide so close together made me incredibly sad. |
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| DC area born and raised and was saddened by the death of Marion Berry. Despite his failings, he genuinely cared for the city and its people. The 6th year anniversary of his death is today as a matter of fact. |
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| Phil Hartman. |
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| Alex Trebeck |
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Yes. That was terrible! |
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| Prince and Tom Petty |
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| Hugh Hefner |