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The death of which famous person upset you most?

  • 27-06-2012 12:30PM
    #1
    py2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,845 ✭✭✭


    I was having the 'Where were you when..." conversation last night and got to the death of famous people.

    For me the passing of Michael Jackson really got to me. I was a huge fan all my life. (I know I may get ridiculed for that here on AH).

    Surprisingly, the passing of Steve Irwin got me as well :o

    Princess Diana as well. I remember waking up in the middle of the night with the urge to switch on the tv about a minute before the news broke.

    Georgie Best was another biggy for me! Apart from his talent he seemed a genuine and funny guy. His funeral had me in tears!

    Are there any that stand out for you?


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  • #2
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,923 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Steve Irwin died!?

    Edit - brainfart - I was thinking of Dennis Irwin.


  • #3
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Bobby Sands.

    I've never seen or felt grief like it in the community (Ballymun).


  • #4
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Santa


  • #5
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    smash wrote: »
    Santa

    On a similar note.....Jesus.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mario Vast Tutor wrote: »
    Bobby Sands.

    I've never seen or felt grief like it in the community (Ballymun).

    No disrespect meant, but Im trying to imagine the whole of Ballymun grief stricken by Bobs death...

    :)


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  • #7
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    None tbh, I don't see how I could grieve over somebody I never had any personal contact with just because they were famous.

    I would say the only times I shed tears for anybody I didn't know was in tragic instances like watching 9/11 unfolding and the poor people deciding that jumping from the twin towers was the better option of a quick death....heartbreaking! :(


  • #8
    mark_jmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 608 ✭✭✭mark_jmc


    chin_grin wrote: »
    On a similar note.....Jesus.


    get used to it , it happens every year


  • #9
    1Tony1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭1Tony1


    Whitney!


  • #10
    dazberry
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    Freddie Mercury :(


  • #11
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    always felt upset for some reason when i heard heath ledger died, i remember reading a quote from him a couple of months before he died saying he wasnt afriad of death as he'd live on through his daughter matilda, that just struck a chord with me


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  • #12
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    chin_grin wrote: »
    On a similar note.....Jesus.

    He promised he'd be back though:D.


  • #13
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    mark_jmc wrote: »
    get used to it , it happens every year

    I know! Just wish he'd die already! They tried nailing him to a cross and that didn't work...I guess aiming for the head might...


  • #14
    rednik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,264 ✭✭✭rednik


    Phil Lynott & Rory Gallagher. The biggest loss to music in this country.


  • #15
    liamhana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭liamhana


    Princess Di ... I was so feckin hungover, in bed about an hour when the mammy came running up the hall shouting 'she's dead'... I know your not supposed to feel pain after the fact but I still remember the pain between my eyes that lasted all day. Upsetting? Damn right, I need my 12 hrs after a session of pints.


  • #16
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    Michael Jackson, the jokes arent so funny now :(


  • #17
    Jimmy Macnulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jimmy Macnulty


    Colin Mcrae's death was very sad at the time


  • #18
    CreepingDeath
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    Dick Winters from "Band of brothers", a true WWII hero.


  • #19
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Jake1 wrote: »
    No disrespect meant, but Im trying to imagine the whole of Ballymun grief stricken by Bobs death...

    :)

    There's a a thread on Bobby Sands death from a few months back, Febuary I think. I described the scene's and feeling at the time.

    You also have to remember Ballymun had a huge northern Irish 'refugee' (thats what we called them lol) population at the time.

    We (the community) also had regular republican rallies in the fields, speakers included former prisoners, hunger strikers, politican figures etc

    I know it might all seem a little strange to people now but thats how things were at the time.

    When Sands died there was a massive out pouring of public grief in the area. Almost every window and lamp post flew a black flag. Its all in another thread.


  • #20
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    Jimmy Macnulty wrote: »
    Colin Mcrae's death was very sad at the time

    yup agree with that, particulary with his young son and friend suffering the same fate in that crash


  • #21
    LizT
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    Steven Gately. I was always a huge Boyzone fan and he was my favourite. I even went to his funeral. :(


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    Kurt Cobain....

    Music era and age played a big part...

    Music has been pretty sh1t since to be fair....


  • #23
    admiralofthefleet
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    princess diana. i, like half of europe thought i had a chance of a jump. the other half did


  • #24
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Lonesome George. The enormity of a species going extinct is missed by many.


  • #25
    Captain Graphite
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    Fieldog wrote: »
    Kurt Cobain....

    Music era and age played a big part...

    Music has been pretty sh1t since to be fair....

    *sigh* No it hasn't, you just haven't been looking in the right places for it...
    I like Nirvana and all but to think that good music somehow died with Kurt Cobain is beyond laughable.


  • #26
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    He promised he'd be back though:D.

    No, no, no, that was Arnie! :p


  • #27
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Yeah Steve Irwin's death got to me a little too. Probably the only one that did actually.


  • #28
    Deus Ex Machina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    Never been affected in any way by the death of any famous person or any major international event or disaster. It has no practical impact on my life so I would be pretending to care, which I suspect a lot of people do anyway.


  • #29
    Ddad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Ddad


    Veronica Guerin, It felt like the scum were about to take over and I'd always liked her journalism. I suppose you can feel closer to a journalist because you read their words and see them in the media.


  • #30
    Nodster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Nodster


    Joey Dunlop, 5 time Formula 1 World Champion, 26 times winner of the Isle of Man TT Races, Humanitarian - having watched him race from the late 70's till he lost his life in 2000, in my eye's Joey had that extra quality as a Sports Star


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  • #31
    Bambii_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭Bambii_


    Steve Irwin :( Used to watch all his shows, and tbh he brought out the animal lover in me. I loved watching him get so close to the animals and when I was young when I was asked what I wanted to be I would say like Steve Irwin xD He was a true inspiration and made watching animals fun and interesting. I think it was so upsetting 'cause I was young and it was unexpected. I don't think anyone thought he would be killed by an animal, he seemed so natural and in tune with them.


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