The death of which famous person upset you most?

LordSutch · 22-11-2012 10:43PM

John Lennon RIP
8th December 1980

That upset me at the time.

Had only just got Double Fantasy, and we had been listening to the Lennon Tapes on the Beeb the night before!

GHOST MGG · 22-11-2012 10:44PM

1.freddie mercury.
2.ronnie james dio.
3.princess diana.
4.mike singelton. iconic early 80s games designer.
5.russel means. native american actor and activist
6.captain phil harris of the cornelia marie.
7.andy whitfield..the original hbo spartacus
may they all rip.

flutterflye · 23-11-2012 12:29AM

collegeme wrote: »

Brian Cowan. He continued to work and do his best despite his illness.
I felt quite saddened by his death.

Lol!

Bassfish · 23-11-2012 12:37AM

flutterflye wrote: »

Lol!

Lol, I'm sure he meant Brian Lenihan, unless I'm very behind in my news.
Oddly enough a death that really stopped me in my tracks was the death of the Olympic boxer Darren Sutherland who took his own life in London. It was so sad to see such a great raw talent taken from under us. I'm sure he would have gone far in the London Olympics. Suicide is horrific and has robbed us of many brilliant people.

franktheplank · 23-11-2012 12:37AM

Pluto - You'll always be a planet in my eyes lil guy.

tdv123 · 23-11-2012 12:51AM

Never really get that upset over anybody dieing.

I suppose I disliked that Martin Luther King jr was taken way before his time.

collegeme · 23-11-2012 12:54AM

Bassfish wrote: »

Lol, I'm sure he meant Brian Lenihan, unless I'm very behind in my news.
.

Shi*t. I better get some sleep

Was wondering why someone would laugh

Tombo2001 · 23-11-2012 01:00AM

When a famous person dies, it feels a bit odd.....but i think the only one I was ever actually upset by was when Darren Sutherland died. I'd watched him boxing in the olympics, watched a good few of his fights and the guy was so enthusiastic and was loving every minute of it, and then a year later he was gone. Plus the fact that he was representing ireland, me and you. He was a really top man and I was very sad and upset to hear he had died.

missingtime · 23-11-2012 01:02AM

Michael Crichton is the one that immediately jumps to mind.

splendid101 · 23-11-2012 01:09AM

Okay, maybe it's just cos this is so recent but the news about Sean Connery passing away has really cut me to the quick. Best Bond ever. RIP 007.

FueledbyCoffee · 23-11-2012 01:13AM

Where did you get that from ? Any links ?

alphabeat · 23-11-2012 01:53AM

Caligula

flutterflye · 23-11-2012 01:59AM

splendid101 wrote: »

Okay, maybe it's just cos this is so recent but the news about Sean Connery passing away has really cut me to the quick. Best Bond ever. RIP 007.

Just did a google news search for past week and past 24 hours - Nothing.
Are you sure about this?

curlygirly · 23-11-2012 02:01AM

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

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.

hmm i think a lot of it has to do with your own nostalgia more than anything. when i was a kid and movie stars that my folks grew up watching in the films, were dying it had no affect on me but then when it was say michael jackson, etc there was a sort of sadness for something that was there in my childhood and now wasnt

curlygirly · 23-11-2012 02:03AM

flutterflye wrote: »

Just did a google news search for past week and past 24 hours - Nothing.
Are you sure about this?

i doubt it's true! if it were it'd be everywhere. you cant even turn the tv on without seeing an idiot from xfactor or the geordie shore. i think bond dying would make the news as well

Johro · 23-11-2012 02:06AM

Amy Winehouse, mainly because the media were totally merciless on a very unhappy, hugely talented person.

RATM · 23-11-2012 02:11AM

Nodster wrote: »

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

I couldn't believe the outpouring of grief at Joey Dunlop's death. I was only a teenager at the time and didn't really know much about bikes. But I remember being out on the N1 Dublin-Belfast road the day of his funeral and there were literally thousands of bikers heading north to pay their respects. Loads more came in off the ferries from Wales and Scotland. It was on the news that night that 50,000 people had shown up from all parts of Ireland, the UK and Europe and even some from the US, Australia and South Africa. 50,000.It really struck me then how much Joey meant to so many people and how devastated people were to lose him.

Kerplunk124 · 23-11-2012 02:13AM

Not sure if it counts but Chris Benoit the wrestler.
Was so shocked reading it on the website and watching that night Raw's tribute was very very emotional, but then after it came out that he killed himself and his family and a whole load more of emotions came out
Awful thing that happened

Berlin at night · 23-11-2012 02:13AM

Cliff Burton - Metallica - not so much upset me, but shocked me, as I had walked around Dublin with him a week or two earlier.

Berlin at night · 23-11-2012 02:16AM

splendid101 wrote: »

Okay, maybe it's just cos this is so recent but the news about Sean Connery passing away has really cut me to the quick. Best Bond ever. RIP 007.

I'm also gutted as well for his passing - I'm sure old Sean would be quite upset as well if he knew he was dead.

Berlin at night · 23-11-2012 02:23AM

The_Thing wrote: »

For me I would say it's Ronnie James Dio, one of the greatest vocalists of rock \ metal ever, and in particular his work with Richie Blackmore's band Rainbow.

RIP, Ronnie.

Forgive me Ronnie, I mean Royal Dragon, I wasn't thinking when I said Cliff Burton, yeah, f**k yeah, Ronnie's passing really upset me, but its hard to think of him as dead when he left all that amazeing music behind - nah, he's still alive, he's just up in Valhalla drinking a horn of mead and looking down on us.

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

http://youtu.be/RVqyGw9PM3g

I had the honour of seeing the royal roar in Dublin SFX in 1984 on the last in line tour.

Hail DIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Berlin at night · 23-11-2012 02:26AM

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

http://youtu.be/nZpFeQkqC3A

billybudd · 23-11-2012 02:27AM

Jimi saville, the thought of that ****er just doing whatever he wanted and living to a ripe old age without being brought to justice is just so sinister.

Rented Mule · 23-11-2012 02:28AM

I was 13 years old when Randy Rhoads died. This was back when you didn't have any instant information. I didn't find out for weeks after the plane crash. I walked around for days in a daze.

RATM · 23-11-2012 02:31AM

Conor_Sammon wrote: »

Jimmy Saville, still haven't found anyone to fix it ever since.

Ask Freddie Starr. He may be able to 'fix it' for you.

Rothko · 23-11-2012 03:06AM

Berlin at night wrote: »

Cliff Burton - Metallica - not so much upset me, but shocked me, as I had walked around Dublin with him a week or two earlier.

How did that happen?

starviewadams · 23-11-2012 03:23AM

Steve Irwin,as he was me and my best friends idol growing up.Remember getting up one morning and going into my first proper job after finishing school and seeing his death as the headlines of the morning papers.Was in shock all day and was heartbroken for months after.

Still can't watch any of his old shows.

J_E · 23-11-2012 03:24AM

splendid101 wrote: »

Okay, maybe it's just cos this is so recent but the news about Sean Connery passing away has really cut me to the quick. Best Bond ever. RIP 007.

Good thing he is very much alive and kicking! Best double check before you believe Facebook pages and tweets!

Berlin at night · 23-11-2012 03:34AM

Suas11 wrote: »

How did that happen?

They were on tour in Sweden and the tour bus hit black ice and turned over - Burton was in his bunk at the time and he got thrown out the window and crushed as the bus fell. 1987. Awful shame as he was a really nice guy and more than happy to talk to the fans, while the rest of Metallica bar Kirk, were total douchebags.

Berlin at night · 23-11-2012 03:35AM

Rented Mule wrote: »

I was 13 years old when Randy Rhoads died. This was back when you didn't have any instant information. I didn't find out for weeks after the plane crash. I walked around for days in a daze.

Have you seen the new OZZY movie? He's still in total bits over Randy - he's never got over it.

The death of which famous person upset you most?

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