Who's celebrity death effected you the most? t?

Basq · 01-10-2010 03:05PM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Why would a celebrities death affect you at all unless you knew them personally?
I don't get it.

Maybe you respected them greatly, maybe you have a great admiration for their body of work..

.. there's plenty of reasons.

missingtime · 01-10-2010 03:07PM

Michael Crichton. I love his books.

The only person to have the number one book, movie and tv show at the same time

01-10-2010 03:08PM

Richard Harris, the ultimate Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

bitemybanger · 01-10-2010 03:08PM

Joey Dunlop, MJ, phil lynott, Alex Higgins, Steve irwin, Colin Mcrea, Ayrton Senna, jimmy Page. All missed

silverspoon · 01-10-2010 03:08PM

Phil Hartman.

The Simpsons have been dying a slow death since.

01-10-2010 03:10PM

flyton5 wrote: »

No-one...how the fcuk would any of this affect someone?

Exactly, some sad people out there...

01-10-2010 03:12PM

basquille wrote: »

Maybe you respected them greatly, maybe you have a great admiration for their body of work..

.. there's plenty of reasons.

I respected Phil Lynott, Syd Barrett etc but their deaths didnt affect me, twas a pity but affect me I dont think so...

no1beemerfan · 01-10-2010 03:12PM

Most celebrities are so self indulgeant and think they are better than everyone else. We are all equal so, no, them dying don't bother me at all.

Osgoodisgood · 01-10-2010 03:16PM

basquille wrote: »

Maybe you respected them greatly, maybe you have a great admiration for their body of work..

.. there's plenty of reasons.

Well sure. But only Ross Henrick scored a try for Norths in the Brisbane Rugby League final in 1980.

Fittle · 01-10-2010 03:18PM

Gerry Ryan. Listened to him for years. Can't even turn on that station with that tw!t they've replaced him with....:(

gimli2112 · 01-10-2010 03:23PM

bitemybanger wrote: »

Joey Dunlop, MJ, phil lynott, Alex Higgins, Steve irwin, Colin Mcrea, Ayrton Senna, jimmy Page. All missed

Unless you just killed him this dude is still very much alive.

Cliff Burton

the_syco · 01-10-2010 03:35PM

Paris Hilton.

jimthemental · 01-10-2010 03:37PM

Patrick Swayze took method acting too seriously for Ghost 2

Handsome Bob · 01-10-2010 03:39PM

the_syco wrote: »

Paris Hilton.

Upsetting alright (NSFW):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhGy_1_GA0

bitemybanger · 01-10-2010 03:40PM

gimli2112 wrote: »

Unless you just killed him this dude is still very much alive.

Cliff Burton

Wow, what a mistake, I ment John bonham:o
Not good coming from a fan..

Wossack · 01-10-2010 04:07PM

Colin & Johnny McRae

so so tragic

BickNarry · 01-10-2010 04:20PM

A Holocaust survivor came to my school to give a talk in transition year. He said he doesn't remember his mother.He said the question his been trying to find the answer to is "Can you grieve for someone you never knew?And if so,how?"

So when I hear people bangin on bout Michael Jackson or someone equally inaccessible, it does take a lot not to be a ****.....actually,I just end up being a ****.

Having said all that, when Morrissey or Johnny Marr die, I think I'll shed my first adult tear. The Smiths, very oddly, are like a friend to me.

kelle · 01-10-2010 04:23PM

Princess Diana's. It was a very strange day, and a strange week.

I couldn't explain it, I wasn't overly interested in her life but I felt like I lost a friend.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 01-10-2010 04:48PM

For me its Gerry Ryan.

I truely miss his show in the mornings. I never met the guy, but I always thought if I met him it would be like meeting someone I'd known for years.

The Volt · 01-10-2010 04:50PM

Gerry Ryan's a close second but I was a massive Eddie Guerrero fan. Only celebrity death to actually make me visibly upset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfzpWE2n8ZY

cruiser178 · 02-10-2010 12:52AM

RobFowl wrote: »

Freddie Mercury
Seemed far too talented and full of life to die so young.

+1 i remember the morning of November 1991 my alarm clock was set for 6am for work,i woke to the news that freddie had died during the night of aids,i was gutted,iwas 17 and couldn't believe my idol had died.I remember having been at work that day and couldn't think straight,if effaced me that much.
That night i took a walk to his house in south kenistion(i lived in london at the time)there was hundreds of fans paying their respects to their idol.A very sad day.
Freddie was so passionate about his music,he made his fans feel like a family http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymJaMOEpAs&feature=fvst.Miss you Freddie.

A year or so later i went to the freddie mercury tribute concert at wembly,where axle rose and george michael stole the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z8oGD95Cd0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o_yJJp8K5A .

The greatest live performer of all time

aligator_am · 02-10-2010 01:30AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Princess Diana:o

Same here, my brother woke me up to tell me she'd been mangled, the fúcker!

KevinVonSpiel · 02-10-2010 01:43AM

Konstantin Chernenko.

grenache · 02-10-2010 02:38AM

Brian Clough's death in 2004......a sad end to the life of football's most charismatic manager.

Mankyspuds · 02-10-2010 02:44AM

Boba Fett

alwaysadub · 02-10-2010 02:54AM

Dermot Morgan,cos he died around the same time of year as my dad,albeit 2years later. Kinda just brought everything back.

Also,Steve Irwin. I was driving to Galway really early the morning the news broke,and i followed all the updates for hours.

Fizman · 02-10-2010 03:05AM

The whole celebrity culture grates on me tbh, but back in my early teens I remember feeling particularly upset at the news of Aerton Senna passing away. I was fond of F1 at the time and it was largely because of him.

In recent years I'd have to say Sir Bobby Robson. Arguably one of the nicest men to walk the face of the earth, whenever I saw him on TV he'd bring a smile to my face almost every time. True gent and one of the few true legends.