The death of which famous person upset you most?

girl in the striped socks · 27-06-2012 10:47PM

Ayrton senna, watched a documentary on him recently & was glued to it.
I don't even follow f1 but his story just grabbed me & by the end of the documentary I was very saddened.

Also Marley, from Marley & me. Snot & tears everywhere.

RonnieLimerick · 27-06-2012 10:49PM

steve irwins death was terrible , i always hoped he would be eaten by a crocodile , but to be stabbed by a stingray was a really crap way to to go !

my happiest death was Lady Di , god that cheered me up No end .

The_Kew_Tour · 27-06-2012 10:51PM

Amazed at how many people have said Princess Diana.

SlinkyKittin · 27-06-2012 10:52PM

Eugene Lambert - Wanderly Wagon & Judge were such a part of growing up that I was really sad when he died, it was like a friend had gone - never met him, never went to the live show but every time the ad for Irish camping came on the radio I had a moment ...

shopaholic01 · 27-06-2012 10:53PM

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Ayrton senna, watched a documentary on him recently & was glued to it.
I don't even follow f1 but his story just grabbed me & by the end of the documentary I was very saddened.

Also Marley, from Marley & me. Snot & tears everywhere.

Oh I forgot about Marley

scudzilla · 27-06-2012 10:54PM

Margaret Thatcher, but just really upset due to her death not happening yet

py2006 · 27-06-2012 11:03PM

ElleEm wrote: »

I was actually only thinking that the other day. He is an incredibly passionate man and is so interesting to watch. Like Steve Irwin, he just seems so at ease with animals.

You mean Richard Attenborough?

OMARS_COMING_ · 27-06-2012 11:04PM

Will Smiths.

Great person and so sad to see it all end the way it did.

iamstop · 27-06-2012 11:09PM

Hands down MCA. I was at a festival and all when I heard through an email. Gutted.

Irish Guitarist · 27-06-2012 11:18PM

Syd Barrett. He was (and still is) my favourite musician. George Harrison was my favourite Beatle. Johnny Cash died just a few months after his wife, June Carter. Arthur Lee (with Love) made one of my favourite albums of all time, Forever Changes. Also Mitch Mitchell as he was the last surviving member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

I was surprised how upset I was at the death of Richard Whitely. I used to watch Countdown regularly and he seemed like a really pleasant person. I remember the last thing he said on television was "we'll see you on Monday for a new series".

Andrewf20 · 27-06-2012 11:20PM

The Hitch.

A great and fearless man who could cut to the core of any argument on pretty much any subject.

py2006 · 27-06-2012 11:22PM

Thanks for the responses people! Loved reading them.

A few idiots but thats to be expected.

Pleasantly surprised at the response to Steve Irwin, I thought I may be alone on that one so it was nice to read otherwise.

Slozer · 27-06-2012 11:25PM

Campbell Gillies, was over in cheltenham in march and backed the horse he won on. Very sad and so young.

Dyr · 27-06-2012 11:25PM

Jake1 wrote: »

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

Was only 9 when it happened but it seemed that way, I was deeply affected by the hunger strikers deaths back then, the black flags jutting out from every balcony is an image that stays with me

27-06-2012 11:32PM

Two that come to mind for me were Gerry Ryan and Bob Holness.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 27-06-2012 11:47PM

I've never really been affected by the death of celebrities particularly ones that were expected in reality (i.e. overdoses, personal abuse) but the one death that has was Adam Yauch. I never really knew who he was in life but he died from salivary gland cancer which is what I had removed when I was 16. It was the first death that I had heard of from a cancer in that area and it scared and still does scare the **** out of me.

I reckon that Nelson Mandela's death will really get to me when it happens. I feel like he was a big part of my childhood growing up in Botswana and seeing how much he was loved by everyone.

Pottler · 27-06-2012 11:57PM

No idea why, but Princess Diana dying got to me. I was never the biggest fan when she was alive(I went and stood in the streets of london with my folks on her wedding day tho), but I was stunned when she died and was genuinely sad. That does not happen often. A good friend killed himself a few weeks back, and it was the same feeling, disbelief and a feeling of waste, a life cut short. Mostly, I'm indifferent to celebrity deaths, Diana was a bit diferent.

The Princess Bride · 28-06-2012 12:18AM

I was very upset when Ronnie Drew died,can't explain it,just guess he was a great musican,and a loveable rogue, and knew he'd be missed by so many.

Benicetomonty · 28-06-2012 12:21AM

Bill Hicks and golfer Payne Stewart. Two very different people but gave me a lot of entertainment down the years and both struck down in their prime.

ballsymchugh · 28-06-2012 12:30AM

jim stynes. if you've ever seen the documentary on him, and how selfless he was to others less fortunate then you'd see why.
to see an outsider be so highly revered in another country was pretty amazing too.

BUBBLE WRAP · 28-06-2012 12:33AM

Colm McRea. He was my favorite rally driver. I feel that a big part of rally died that day as well.

paddyandy · 28-06-2012 12:37AM

....more upset over the demise of my goldfish than anybody famous .......**** em all .

Augmerson · 28-06-2012 12:37AM

John Hughes, who directed my favourite film, Trains, Planes & Automobiles.

ahal · 28-06-2012 12:41AM

Gay Byrne and Twink

Oh sh1t, sorry ... premature! :pac:

BUBBLE WRAP · 28-06-2012 12:43AM

ahal wrote: »

Gay Byrne and Twink

Oh sh1t, sorry ... premature! :pac:

That twink one belongs in the progam, The walking dead.

Shint0 · 28-06-2012 12:53AM

Jonathon Philbin Bowman
Uaneen Fitzsimons

Both young, talented with an energy that got switched off suddenly and tragically in the same year.

Seanchai · 28-06-2012 02:02AM

rednik wrote: »

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

Ah now. There is that minor matter of Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin (1670-1738), a now truly international figure who not only is responsible for some of the most famous compositions ever composed by an Irish person but whose music is still played across the world 274 years after his death.

certifiedcrepe · 28-06-2012 02:04AM

Brittany Murphy

Seanchai · 28-06-2012 02:05AM

I find the idea of being upset by the death of somebody you do not know personally to be truly bizarre. To me it seems like an excuse for emotional release of some sort - the sort of sentimental dross loved by tabloids and sensationalists generally.

The Radiator · 28-06-2012 02:06AM

None of them

The death of which famous person upset you most?

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