People that were taken before their time

ToniTuddle · 31-12-2009 07:03PM

Bernie Mac
Bruce Lee
Brandon Lee...

God...this thread is gonna go on a good while there is soo many.

RMD · 31-12-2009 07:07PM

Am I a bad person if I'm happy to see the majority of the names so far out of the spotlight?

Beasty · 31-12-2009 07:08PM

A few rock'n'rollers:

Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
the Big Bopper
(all three in the same plan crash)
Eddie Cochrane
Elvis

TheZohanS · 31-12-2009 07:08PM

RMD wrote: »

Am I a bad person if I'm happy to see the majority of the names so far out of the spotlight?

Yes.

efb · 31-12-2009 07:17PM

Gatti
Sutherland

FlutterinBantam · 31-12-2009 07:17PM

Solid gold legend horse!!!

ToniTuddle · 31-12-2009 07:19PM

John Candy

Chris Farley

Gavin "shels" · 31-12-2009 07:25PM

Gearóid Walsh aka eirebhoy.

Rented Mule · 31-12-2009 07:40PM

<Ollie> wrote: »

one has to remember it was made in 1955, and it's probably a honest depiction of youth life back then.

It was Hollywood's depiction of youth life back then.

We'll just agree to disagree on this one. I have been having this conversation for years with family and friends (some of which were of this age when the film was made) and it usually more comical than factual.

6th · 31-12-2009 07:43PM

John & Edward Grimes (18) ..... fingers crossed.

thebossanova · 31-12-2009 07:44PM

J.T. Walsh. great movie bad guy!

Mitch Hedberg, very funny man.

Freddy Mercury

we'llallhavetea_old · 31-12-2009 07:51PM

fred. my dog. legend.

ciano1 · 31-12-2009 07:54PM

Saddam Hussain

brummytom · 31-12-2009 07:59PM

Luke Kelly Died just 44, brain tumour I think it was

Terrible to see him weaken from this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtEKUWRpUWg

to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMGvQ2v-ZRM

in just a few years. An absolute legend

El Siglo · 31-12-2009 07:59PM

Rosalind Franklin,
John Ritter,
Ayrton Senna,
Che Guevara and
John Bonham.

KnifeWRENCH · 31-12-2009 08:01PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dimebag Darrel
Layne Staley
Sinatra
Chuck Schuldiner
Randy Rhodes

Frank Sinatra was 82 when he died; how much longer did you expect him to live for?

Ian Curtis
Nico
Edie Sedgwick
Lisa Lopes
Aaliyah
Marvin Gaye

glaston · 31-12-2009 08:05PM

A few sportsmen who have died....

Cormac McAnallen
Richard Burns
Colin MacRae
Paul Hunter

El Siglo · 31-12-2009 08:05PM

Marvin Gaye, he was only 44.

ToniTuddle · 31-12-2009 08:07PM

Rob Knox
Chris Penn
Katy French
Richey James Edwards (Manic Street Preachers.. presumed dead at this stage)
Sharon Tate

And I'm going to say these two as it was bloody tragic. Both way too young.

Anna Nicole Smith
Daniel Wayne Smith

ToniTuddle · 31-12-2009 08:08PM

glaston wrote: »

A few sportsmen who have died....

Colin MacRae

So sad

El Siglo · 31-12-2009 08:12PM

ToniTuddle wrote: »

Rob Knox
Chris Penn
Katy French
Richey James Edwards (Manic Street Preachers.. presumed dead at this stage)
Sharon Tate

And I'm going to say these two as it was bloody tragic. Both way too young.

Anna Nicole Smith
Daniel Wayne Smith

Out of that list, Rob Knox's and Sharon Tate's deaths seem to me to be the saddest.

KnifeWRENCH · 31-12-2009 08:15PM

Oh, and with all the Monty Python discussion we've had in C&H over the past few days, it's only appropriate I mention Graham Chapman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqq3e03EBQ

brummytom · 31-12-2009 08:16PM

Loads of singers have gone too young actually.. Kirsty Maccoll, Rory Gallagher, Phil Lynott, Stephen Gately (wasn't a fan of his, but still far too young)

ToniTuddle · 31-12-2009 08:18PM

El Siglo wrote: »

Out of that list, Rob Knox's and Sharon Tate's deaths seem to me to be the saddest.

Yeah poor Rob...his whole life ahead of him.

Then Sharon was pregnant which makes it just...all the more tragic.:(

KnifeWRENCH · 31-12-2009 08:30PM

brummytom wrote: »

Loads of singers have gone too young actually...

Something myself and my sister were discussing the other night; a really disproportionate number of singers and musicians have been killed in plane crashes.
Buddy Holly (22), Richie Valens (17) and the Big Bopper (28) were all in killed one crash; three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (all in their late 20's) were killed in another crash.

Then you have John Denver (53), Patsy Cline (30), Jim Reeves (40), Otis Redding (26) and Aaliyah (22). There's probably a lot more that I haven't mentioned.
Considering the odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in 9 million or something like that, it's quite shocking.