Celebrity death that made you most sad. For me it was probably John Hughes, John Candy and Phil Hartman probably in that order but Philip Seymour Hoffman is fairly high on that list too.
Layne Staley because I had never seen Alice in Chains live, and Dimebag Darrell because it was stupid. Also Peter Steele because he was so goddamn sexy.
George Steinbrenner. The Yankees will never be the Yankees again w/o the Boss getting liquored up, spending money and putting players' heads in a vice. He would have used the backpages of the NY papers to drive A-Roid suicidal years ago.
Mike Francesa reading King George's missives after a bad road trip are memories of my youth that I cherish. The Yankees are now too corporate and have lost the chaotic feel that kept you on the edge of your seat.
Elizabeth Taylor and Gregory Peck. Last of the great studio era giants.
Rock Hudson's death gave everyone a great big case of the sads.
PSH was only sad because of the addiction. I just didn't thrill to his work. So him in NYC in a Sam Shepard play he directed and starred in. At the time I thought he must have been drunk as the performance was unfocused, incoherent. He mumbled when he spoke and lurched like he'd never used his limbs before.
He was hopeless as Capote. PSH was two feet and three hundred pounds larger than a young Tru. Remember the famous photo of a young rent boy Capote from when he was first making it big? That "come hither" look must have been shocking in post WWII era. PSH was many things but rent boy come hither - not so very much.
Ok that one pinpricked even my frozen heart. It just felt wrong --he shouldn't be dead. And like somehow a great loss for him - like he didn't do all the living he needed to do. I was affected by mj's death for a couple of days. I think hes the only famous person I ever felt that kind of connection with though...
I think John Ritter's death circumstances are the most sad mentioned here (and maybe JFK)--such a tragedy for their families and through no fault of their own at all
Celebrity deaths don't make me sadder than those in my family.....but I do sympathize with their families esp. the ones who have overdosed.....it's very hard to be the ones left behind after the train wreck......
Mama Abroad -- I literally broke down and cried when Michael Hutchence died. I saw him in person only once, at the Grammys and he was just so damn charismatic. Such a waste of talent.
What the addict never sees (they are so far in their addiction that their narcissism is metastasized like a cancerous tumor) is the harm to others.
PSH? Sad but not tragic. The three kids without a dad? Tragic. The family missing a son, father, brother, husband: tragic.
I saw Lahn S/Alice in Chains in concert. Hot mess on stage. It turned out to be one of the last times they performed together and I feel like I missed out on that thing that made them great. What I saw was just sad.
Freddie Prinze.Patrick Swayze,Heath Ledger,John Ritter,John Denver and JFK Jr. I always thought it was so sad that John Ritter did on his little girl's 5th birthday
Princess di, I was in London & watched it all because I was up very very early with my 2 week old daughter. Told the hubby & he thought I was crazy. Weirdly the 1st person I heard interviewed was Tom cruise. Had people over for lunch & the jokes had already started. Amy wine house what a waste of a talent & she seemed so lonely. Heath ledger. Psh I loved him.
JIm Henson. Made me cry in the car. Sammy Davis Jr. died that same day but no one remembers. Like no one remembers that Farrah Fawcett died the same day as MJ.
Michael Hutchence. We were going to a Duran Duran concert that night, and Hutchence was a close friend of Simon's -- so much so that one of the songs from their newest album at the time was about Hutchence. At the show, he took a few minutes to talk about it, cried onstage. Whole audience was crying, too.
Charles Schulz's death, too. I found out while out of town at a relative's wedding, and couldn't really think about it until I got home. Then I cried on and off, for about a day.
Freddie Mercury, Princess D Elvis - my mom pulled over on the side of the road and cried when the radio told us, it profoundly impacted my young mind Jim Henson
Jonathan Brandis. Yeah he committed suicide, but it is tragic because I doubt many would have cared that he was gay. None of his movies were anything crazy special, but he was part of my childhood.
Dimebag Darrell. It was pretty rock star to get shot on stage, but really it is a shame.
I love Queen, but I wasn't aware enough when Freddie died to have a profound impact. Just wish I could have seen a concert of his in person.
Aaliyah really devastated me. Also, Phil Hartman, John Ritter, Whitney Houston, Heavy D, and Michael Jackson . PSH's death is weighing on me too. I really liked him as an actor and he came across as a genuine person, not pretentious and entitled.
I cried when I heard the needs of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was one of my all time favorite actors, so sad. Princess Do, Layne Staley if Alice in Chains, Steve Irwin (miss him so much!), Michael Jackson. I was only 4 when John Lennon was killed, so too young to bee effected
Steve Irwin Conway Twitty Keith Whitley Tammy Wynette George Jones Princess Di JFK Jr. Patrick Swayze John Ritter Michael Landon Freddie Prinze Mitch Hedberg Sam Kinison Tupac Natasha Richardson Sonny Bono DJ Am MJ
OMG, I didn't know Clarence Clemons died ... shit!
My sad one was Michael Hutchence. I love INXS and saw them in concert a couple of times in the 80s. He was so charismatic the way he prowled around the stage. I still get choked when I hear a song.
John Ritter was the worst for me... then both Heath Ledger and River Phoenix... :(
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ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with Aaliyah and John Ritter. Those still get me to this day.
ReplyDeleteLayne Staley because I had never seen Alice in Chains live, and Dimebag Darrell because it was stupid. Also Peter Steele because he was so goddamn sexy.
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ReplyDeleteJohn Hughes. His movies and music are a big part of Generation X. He was brilliant, endearing and funny. His contribution is a huge part of my life.
ReplyDeleteYes John Ritter was rough. But in my youth, River was tragic. I'm pretty bummed about PSH too.
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ReplyDeleteNone. I'm equally saddened when anyone has an untimely death- famous or not famous.
ReplyDeleteFar and away, Princess Diana. That one still makes me teary.
ReplyDeleteNext up: John Kennedy. Sigh. And to think those fabulous genes were not passed on.
And I'm probably in the minority here, but also, Michael Jackson. Probably because "Thriller" was my soundtrack for college.
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DeleteJim Henson. I was on an interstate and had to pull over so I didn't wreck my car.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Steinbrenner. The Yankees will never be the Yankees again w/o the Boss getting liquored up, spending money and putting players' heads in a vice. He would have used the backpages of the NY papers to drive A-Roid suicidal years ago.
ReplyDeleteMike Francesa reading King George's missives after a bad road trip are memories of my youth that I cherish. The Yankees are now too corporate and have lost the chaotic feel that kept you on the edge of your seat.
Oh gosh John Ritter's was really hard.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty cut up about Cory Monteith. Way too young.
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ReplyDeleteJohn Lennon. I was 9, and for some reason us kids were really into the Beatles at the time, so it was really shocking.
ReplyDeleteI'm still sad about John Ritter. Three's Company is still one of my favorite shows. He was so great!
ReplyDeleteLOL @Kristin, I did, too!
ReplyDeleteThe very top is Jimmy Stewart.
In no particular order: Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Heath Ledger, River Phoenix, John Ritter
Not dead in my lifetime: JFK,
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ReplyDeleteJohn Ritter, Heath Ledger, and Cory Montieth tore me up.
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ReplyDeleteJohn Lennon - cried for days and days. Couldn't listen to In My Life or Imagine for a LONG TIME afterwards.
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Johnny Carson. When I heard the news that morning I had to go and sit down for a little while. I still miss him.
ReplyDeleteAmy Winehouse. I love her music and I REALLY identified with her. Only one of us made it out sober and alive, though.
ReplyDeleteMCA, Aaliyah, Brittany Murphy & Selena.
ReplyDeleteFreddie Mercury for sure.
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ReplyDelete@Topper, YES, John Denver! How could I have forgotten his glider crash? So sad. :-(
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Taylor and Gregory Peck. Last of the great studio era giants.
ReplyDeleteRock Hudson's death gave everyone a great big case of the sads.
PSH was only sad because of the addiction. I just didn't thrill to his work. So him in NYC in a Sam Shepard play he directed and starred in. At the time I thought he must have been drunk as the performance was unfocused, incoherent. He mumbled when he spoke and lurched like he'd never used his limbs before.
He was hopeless as Capote. PSH was two feet and three hundred pounds larger than a young Tru. Remember the famous photo of a young rent boy Capote from when he was first making it big? That "come hither" look must have been shocking in post WWII era. PSH was many things but rent boy come hither - not so very much.
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ReplyDeleteJohn Ritter, Johnny Cash and Warren Zevon. All in the same week.
ReplyDeleteHeath and Paul Walker, Lee Thompson Young and PSH. So sad.
John Lennon was numbing. Freddie Prinze, 22 years old. That's just so young. Tragedy on set, Jon-Erik Hexum and Vic Morrow. So unexpected, so sad.
ReplyDeletePrincess Di and James Gandolfini were the ones that made me cry.
ReplyDeleteMr. Rogers for me. It was like my own personal day the music died. Not sure if he counts, though. :)
ReplyDeletePrincess Di, Micheal Jackson (end of an era)
ReplyDeleteOk that one pinpricked even my frozen heart. It just felt wrong --he shouldn't be dead. And like somehow a great loss for him - like he didn't do all the living he needed to do. I was affected by mj's death for a couple of days. I think hes the only famous person I ever felt that kind of connection with though...
DeleteGregory Peck, Fred Rogers, Paul Walker, and, of course, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan. I'm sad about PSH, too....such a tragic story.
ReplyDeleteMichael Jackson, Aaliyah, Tupac, Left Eye, Paul Walker
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ReplyDeleteJohn Lennon, Freddie Mercury & Heath Ledger.
ReplyDeleteDouglas Adams.
ReplyDeleteMichael Hutchence. Loved INXS.
ReplyDeleteMJ and Whitney. They provided the soundtrack to my childhood.
ReplyDeleteStanley Kubrick. Federico Fellini.
ReplyDeleteBrittany Murphy. John Hughes. James Gandolfini. Those deaths hurt.
I felt sad for brittany murphy too in the similar way as mj just not as strongly.
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ReplyDeletePhil Hartman. The only celebrity death that made me cry.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I still remember exactly where I was. Loved him.
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ReplyDeleteSo many here that hit me hard. Sniff. Graham Chapman (from Monty Python) is another I miss deeply. It doesn't feel complete without him.
ReplyDeleteI think John Ritter's death circumstances are the most sad mentioned here (and maybe JFK)--such a tragedy for their families and through no fault of their own at all
ReplyDeleteCelebrity deaths don't make me sadder than those in my family.....but I do sympathize with their families esp. the ones who have overdosed.....it's very hard to be the ones left behind after the train wreck......
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Philip Seymour Hoffman....I know it just happened, but this is the hardest one, for sure.
Mama Abroad -- I literally broke down and cried when Michael Hutchence died. I saw him in person only once, at the Grammys and he was just so damn charismatic. Such a waste of talent.
ReplyDeleteShannon Hoon is another that makes me sad.
rajahcat +1 on the overdose/death by addiction.
ReplyDeleteWhat the addict never sees (they are so far in their addiction that their narcissism is metastasized like a cancerous tumor) is the harm to others.
PSH? Sad but not tragic. The three kids without a dad? Tragic. The family missing a son, father, brother, husband: tragic.
I saw Lahn S/Alice in Chains in concert. Hot mess on stage. It turned out to be one of the last times they performed together and I feel like I missed out on that thing that made them great. What I saw was just sad.
Plastic bags at the supermarkets is the only famous death that has touched me personally.
ReplyDeletePhil Hartman was the most tragic.
ReplyDeleteJohn Ritter always gave me the skeevies, and Princess Di should have been home with her kids.
Princess Di, I still remember watching her funeral during night shift and bawling over the phone with a friend.
ReplyDeleteAlso Michael Jackson, I really was sad that he never was able to come back.
of course PSH
Freddie Prinze.Patrick Swayze,Heath Ledger,John Ritter,John Denver and JFK Jr. I always thought it was so sad that John Ritter did on his little girl's 5th birthday
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ReplyDeletePrincess Diana, Eric Clapton's 3yo boy, Paul Walker, Heath. Aaliyah.
ReplyDeleteKurt Cobain.
ReplyDeleteMarvin Gaye & Phil Hartman
ReplyDeleteBill Bixby. Still miss him.
ReplyDeleteJohn Hughes, John Ritter, Chris Farley. All big losses.
ReplyDeleteWhen J.D. Salinger died it broke my heart.
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DeleteGeorge Carlin. I'm still upset about it.
ReplyDelete@lucy - Yes! How could I forget him. He was hilarious.
DeleteI cried like a baby when Paul Walker died. Maybe just the way he passed really got me.
ReplyDeleteAaliyah too.
Both too young and too soon.
PSH was for sure sad, but it wasn't surprising per se.
Aaliyan, Left Eye, Brittany Murphy and Princess Diana
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ReplyDeleteI'm one of those people who take everything to heart so every death I hear about makes me sad but these were extra sad for some reasons:
ReplyDeletePSH, Amy Winehouse, Bernie Mac, Christopher Reeve, Stephen Gately, Peter O'Toole, Brad Renfro, Heath Ledger.
Amy Winehouse. That voice. I'll never forget the first time I heard "Rehab". I'm an alcoholic and those lyrics scraped at my heart.
ReplyDeleteBernie Mac! I remember tearing up so bad. His show was basically a true story, if I recall. He was actually raising his own sister's kids IRL.
ReplyDeletePrincess di, I was in London & watched it all because I was up very very early with my 2 week old daughter. Told the hubby & he thought I was crazy. Weirdly the 1st person I heard interviewed was Tom cruise. Had people over for lunch & the jokes had already started.
ReplyDeleteAmy wine house what a waste of a talent & she seemed so lonely.
Heath ledger.
Psh I loved him.
John Candy, John Hughes, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman
ReplyDeleteFreddie mercury & James gondolfini.
ReplyDeleteI'm a nurse & knew Freddie didn't have long, he died the day after announcing he had aids. Huge sobs.
Paul Walker, Michael Landon, and John Ritter
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ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs, because I am such a fan of his work. He also spoke at my college graduation.
ReplyDeleteKurt Cobain as well.
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ReplyDeleteJIm Henson. Made me cry in the car. Sammy Davis Jr. died that same day but no one remembers. Like no one remembers that Farrah Fawcett died the same day as MJ.
ReplyDeleteLeft Eye and Aaliyah still make me sad
ReplyDeletePrincess Diana made me cry. Felt really bad about Brittney Murphy.Truly shocked about PSH
ReplyDeletePrincess di and michael Jackson, both so sudden
ReplyDeleteJohn Lennon. Worst ever.
ReplyDeleteKaren Carpenter. Such a tragedy :-(
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ReplyDeleteWe were going to a Duran Duran concert that night, and Hutchence was a close friend of Simon's -- so much so that one of the songs from their newest album at the time was about Hutchence. At the show, he took a few minutes to talk about it, cried onstage. Whole audience was crying, too.
Charles Schulz's death, too. I found out while out of town at a relative's wedding, and couldn't really think about it until I got home. Then I cried on and off, for about a day.
John Lennon
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Freddie Mercury,
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Elvis - my mom pulled over on the side of the road and cried when the radio told us, it profoundly impacted my young mind
Jim Henson
Patrick McGoohan and John Thaw.
ReplyDeleteHmm surprised none of these has been mentioned:
ReplyDeleteJonathan Brandis. Yeah he committed suicide, but it is tragic because I doubt many would have cared that he was gay. None of his movies were anything crazy special, but he was part of my childhood.
Dimebag Darrell. It was pretty rock star to get shot on stage, but really it is a shame.
I love Queen, but I wasn't aware enough when Freddie died to have a profound impact. Just wish I could have seen a concert of his in person.
No one has said John Belushi or Mitch Hedberg. For me, growing up in the NW, I'd have to say Kurt Cobain.
ReplyDeleteOh Mitch Hedberg! I loved him and was really sad he died. Same with Richard Jeni. They were so damn funny.
ReplyDeleteBernie Mac, it shocked me. I didn't know he was I'll...
ReplyDeleteAna Nicole Smith...her daughter was only 6 months old and that got me.
ReplyDeleteChris Farley & Patrick Swayze...RIP.
Also DJ AM. He survived that plane crash and then OD'd. :(
Jerry Orbach "Lenny" from Law & Order..
ReplyDeleteAaliyah really devastated me. Also, Phil Hartman, John Ritter, Whitney Houston, Heavy D, and Michael Jackson . PSH's death is weighing on me too. I really liked him as an actor and he came across as a genuine person, not pretentious and entitled.
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ReplyDeleteI cried when I heard the needs of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was one of my all time favorite actors, so sad. Princess Do, Layne Staley if Alice in Chains, Steve Irwin (miss him so much!), Michael Jackson. I was only 4 when John Lennon was killed, so too young to bee effected
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Mitch Hedberg
Sam Kinison
Tupac
Natasha Richardson
Sonny Bono
DJ Am
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The only celebrity death that ever had any effect on me at all was Clarence Clemons. Couldn't listen to Springsteen's music for months after that.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I didn't know Clarence Clemons died ... shit!
ReplyDeleteMy sad one was Michael Hutchence. I love INXS and saw them in concert a couple of times in the 80s. He was so charismatic the way he prowled around the stage. I still get choked when I hear a song.
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