Famous people who died, and you cared

monkeyfudge · 06-09-2006 09:39AM

Cap`tn Codpiece wrote:

Dr. Marvin Monroe

He's not dead! He was just very sick.

me and the biz · 06-09-2006 09:42AM

Jam Master Jay too, Run DMC always seemed safe to me... shocking when he was murdered.

MonkeyWrench · 06-09-2006 09:52AM

Forgot to add this one...

Bosco - kidnapped and presumed dead....This from wiki..... During 2000, the Bosco puppet was stolen in a burglary of the Lambert Puppet Theatre's museum, and photos of it in various places around the world were sent to the media.

AdrianR · 06-09-2006 09:53AM

Sean Leydon - Local footballer who played for Leitrim and Connaught, he was a legend he was so good, died tragically at the age of 21 in the late 70s, not world famous but well known down this way, had a huge effect on me as I was only about 9 at the time.

Others:
John Lennon
Luke Kelly
Phil Linnott
Kurt Cobain
Dermot Morgan
Veronica Guerin
John Magahern

GeorgeBailey · 06-09-2006 09:54AM

David Rocastle, Jon-Erik Hexum and when Daphne died in neighbours.

koneko · 06-09-2006 09:59AM

Kurt Cobain, River Phoenix, Jeff Buckley, Elliot Smith, Stanley Kubrick.

Same as Tar though, I wasn't upset, just would have preferred they... you know... hadn't died.

Oh and when Jonathan Brandis killed himself, because I had a crush on him when I was younger.

Beetlebum · 06-09-2006 10:12AM

Danny Sugarman - He was the author of my favourite book, 'Wonderland Avenue'. He was a f*cking wild card so it's surprising it didn't happen sooner. Shine on you crazy diamond!

River Phoneix - He was so young and could have gone on to do some incredible things. He had real talent, much like his brother.

Freddie Mercury - I was brought up listening to Queen and it makes me sad even to this day when I think of it.

Bill Hicks - Most intelligent and funniest comedian ever imo. I would love to hear his views on the state of the world today.

Dyr · 06-09-2006 10:41AM

spoofilyj wrote:

Glen Hansard.

wtf?

Interesting how few people mentioned CJ...

Tha Gopher · 06-09-2006 10:52AM

billy the squid wrote:

The name John Ritter doesn't ring any bells but the other three should not have been a surprise to anyone. Irwin faffing about infront of letal animals, Best drank himself to death, and Tupac socialised with nasty pieces of work.

Only person whose death really surprised me was Kirsty MacColl.

Maybe i meant saddened as much as shocked tbh. Admittedtly thats onething that suprised me on the Irwin thread, it was as muchy shock as sadness. I first heard of Irwins death at 8am the other morning, when i turned on the radio and heard the second half of the sentence "The renowned environmentalist and entertainer, who was well known for his risky antics with snakes and crocodiles, was killed on the Great Barrier Reef filming a documentary"

From that I assumed it was Irwin, i was slightly shocked but tbh not too suprised, if you play with fire yil get burned. If id known of Tupac back in the day i wouldnt have been suprised given his previous shooting, much the same as you wouldnt be hugely suprised if 50 Cent was shot again.

MonkeyWrench · 06-09-2006 11:00AM

Does anyone reckon that the video of Irwin dying is going to get out onto the net like Tupacs autopsay? Personally I wouldn't watch it and I hope that some sick minded individual doesn't get hold of it in the meantime..:eek:

Oriel · 06-09-2006 11:13AM

Freddie Mercury,
Dermot Morgan,
John Peel.

Any dead rapper can't be a bad thing.

Froot · 06-09-2006 11:20AM

MonkeyWrench wrote:

Does anyone reckon that the video of Irwin dying is going to get out onto the net like Tupacs autopsay? Personally I wouldn't watch it and I hope that some sick minded individual doesn't get hold of it in the meantime..:eek:

I never knew tupacs autopsy was public... He was an idiot either way. The only video I ever saw of him was him spitting at a load of media people. What kind of person spits at other people??

The Steve Irwin video is in the hands of Discovery, rather than some camera guy so I doubt it will be released any time soon.

fade2black · 06-09-2006 11:30AM

i didn't know this girl but I was quite surprised when she died.

here she is in four weddings -

http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/charlotte/fourweddings3.jpg

Terry · 06-09-2006 11:59AM

shannon hoon and layne stayley.
both very talented before losing it all to drugs.

Kersh · 06-09-2006 12:08PM

aaahhh.. i knew i forgot someone.. Layne Stayley, utterly predictable but still got to me. Cant believe someone else remembered Shannon Hoon ...

scojones · 06-09-2006 12:23PM

Bill Hicks.
Richard Pryor

Binomate · 06-09-2006 12:26PM

Ray Charles
Steve Irwin

MrJoeSoap · 06-09-2006 12:33PM

Marc Vivien Foe
Dermot Morgan

I'm sure there are more.

Miguel_Sanchez · 06-09-2006 12:35PM

Elliott Smith
Dermot Morgan
Douglas Adams
Kurt Cobain

MrJoeSoap · 06-09-2006 12:35PM

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

Aryton Senna - watching my hero on tv dying in that racecar was one of the saddest things I've seen

Thats another one for me yeah, so much worse when it happens "live" in front of you.

Angels · 06-09-2006 12:37PM

The creator of 'Fraiser' died in one of the planes that crashed into the Twin towers 2001.

I too was very upset when Diana died. I respected her as a person.

Will never forget the pictures of River Pheonix printed all over the papers when he died.

Tricity Bendix · 06-09-2006 12:47PM

Veronica Guerin - because my mam was friendly with her

Dermot Morgan - because he was my neighbour and I know his kid

Washout · 06-09-2006 01:05PM

the big one for me was Ayrton Senna.... I grew up just fascinated by this guy...to watch the crash live and to hear he was dead later was the most eerie feeling ive ever felt.

another one for me was Ronnie Barker....i loved everything he was in