Celebrity deaths that hit you hard?

[pokerfan]

John Lennon
George Carlin
Carl Sagan
Steve Irwin
Phil Hartman
Princess Diana
Gilda Radner

[malta blue]

1. john lennon

marvin gaye
peter tosh
jfk jr

[hobbit709]

2. Jimi, Janis, Bobby Kennedy, SRV,

[KamaAina]

3. Jerry Garcia

As I straggled into work the next day, my then-boss said knowingly, "Somehow I knew you'd be late today."

[zanne]

7. That one hit me hard, too.

It killed me that he had a heart attack in a rehab clinic. I was upset that he was found dead.

[Bennyboy]

15. Me too. Jerry was my friend......

Even though we only met once. Still miss him and his music is still a huge part of my life. but the thing and the ideas are still going on and will be going on for time in memorium.

One thing about Jerry dying though, that forced me to listen to a lot of other music. I got into bands like Leftover Salmon and String Cheese Incident and many others that I might not have ever heard had he not passed. I know that when I am seeing those bands Jerry is up there smiling.... "Nothin left to do but smile, smile, smile".

[ET Awful]

78. Likewise n/t

[ikojo]

84. Jerome John Garcia...hit me HARD

So hard that a co-worker told me I had to go with her as she returned something at a department store. When we returned to work, other co-workers had circulated and signed a sympathy card. I still have it somewhere.

I ended up leaving work early the next day because I could not keep from crying (and I had also had a sum total of 90 minutes of sleep the night before due to having attended a vigil at Art Hill in St Louis)

I still miss Jerry.

[Swede]

4. Princess Di for me also.

Layne Staley
Curt Cobain
John Candy
Dimebag Darrell

I guess there are more,but I don't want to go there right now.

[NMDemDist2]

5. Ann Richards

Gilda got me too

Molly Ivins really made me sad too

[lunatica]

6. River Phoenix

He was too young.

ditto on
Molly Ivins
Ann Richards

[evlbstrd]

8. To all of the above, I would add

Frank Zappa.

[pokerfan]

12. Oh yeah, forgot about Zappa

[GCP]

9. JFK was the first, then MLK, RFK

Lennon
Jacob Bronowski
George Harrison
Brian Jones
Keith Moon

[HEyHEY]

10. John Candy

[jeff30997]

20. Yeah.

I loved him too HEyHEY.

[crimsonblue]

32. Wait

he's dead? Fuck.

[MorningGlow]

11. George Harrison--dude meant the world to me

John Lennon
Jim Henson
Douglas Adams
Princess Di
Gilda Radner

More, of course, but those were the biggies.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. Lennon & Zappa

I've basically had three heroes in life: Lennon, Zappa, and Neil Young.

Losing heroes tends to suck. The night Lennon was killed, my brother-in-law showed up at my front door with a pizza. He was already on the way with it as a surprise when the news came on. I remember I was watching "Little House On The Prairie" when they broke in with the news. Like most people, I was in a state of shock until I realized it had really happened.

Zappa's a different story. He had late-diagnosis cancer, so even though he went through the ordeal of the treatments, it was too late. I remember him saying in an interview "You wouldn't believe the things they do TO you and the things they stick IN you." He worked on his music until the day he died, surrounded by his family, in his home. Quite different than Lennon...a man he shared the stage with in June 1971...but a loss is still a loss.

No one's filled either of their shoes, and no one ever will.

The Phil Hartman thing hit me pretty hard, too. It was another "this never should have happened" tragedy.

:toast:

[MsTryska]

14. CBGBs. nt

nt

[SacredCow]

16. Stevie Ray Vaughn...

I saw him at Jazz Fest in NOLA both before and after he sobered up... The drunk show was pretty bad, but his sober show totally rocked. He was back on track and destined for so much more, I think...

[LisaM]

17. Diana, JFK Jr.

John Ritter (didn't even realize I was a big John Ritter fan until he died), Molly Ivins (I cried). It seems like there was somebody just recently, too, but it's eluding me.

[jeff30997]

22. John Ritter is dead???

Gee,I think I should get cable because I really feel out of the loop.When did he died?

[LisaM]

23. Well you can click on the celebrity death link I found, but it was several years ago

He dropped dead of a heart problem one night. I remember it well because I was staying up late, and it was the same day Johnny Cash died. I went to bed and left a note on the bathroom mirror for my BF telling him "John Ritter and Johnny Cash both died last night". It was a shocker.

[jeff30997]

27. Thanks Lisa for the reply.

You're very nice. :)

[AggieGal]

54. 9 Simple Rules

The Thanksgiving episode after his death was very emotional for me. When they sat down for the meal, there was a place setting for him. I felt like I was "mourning" with his TV family.

[jeff30997]

18. I was too young for John Lennon.

But Isaac Asimov and Jim Henson come to mind right now.Every dead people is a tragedy IMHO.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. none yet but when kennedy dies i anticipate crying. a lot of crying

[LisaM]

21. Here's a Wikipedia link to celebrity deaths

I didn't even know they had this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_deaths

Of course, after reading it, I was so tempted to pick out someone really obscure and say, "OMG! Weren't you upset when _______ died?"

To that end, I've found the perfect such celebrity to mourn - Peanuts O'Flaherty! OMG! Can you belive he's gone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts_O%27Flaherty

[pokerfan]

24. It's easy to miss someone's death

when the M$M spends three months mourning Tim Russert.

[Tikki]

25. All of the above...plus D. Boon....

and a very unique person I admired very much...Jeffry Hyman AKA Joey Ramone.



Tikki

[mwooldri]

26. Diana, Princess of Wales...

... most definitely.

They even changed the uniform at work because of it to black tie. I worked in the UK in a mens' clothing chain then.

Most people haven't heard of him here but Ronnie Barker was one guy who I miss. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Barker

A death that "got to me" was when I was 10. I was watching Tommy Cooper. He died on stage, on live TV from a heart attack. As a comedic magician/actor he was fantastic. The poor guy had plenty of personal problems (wife beater, alcohol abuser, smoked 40+ cigars a day).

Mark.

[LisaM]

28. 40 cigars a day? How do you even do that?

How old was this guy?

[mwooldri]

30. He died when he was 63.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper

[u4ic]

68. I was very sad to hear of Ronnie Barker's death

[LostInAnomie]

29. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott

Him music has so many memories attached to it for me. His death made me realize that I'm no longer a young kid anymore.

[Maestro]

43. I used to see Pantera at what was called the "Armory"

in south Dallas in the mid 80s. Ironically, I thought the music was horrible at the time. The sound system was poor and the mixing was non-existent, but boy my attitude changed when I heard the first album. Awesome! I have been a fan ever since.

[crimsonblue]

31. hmm

Phil Hartman
Chris Farley
Peter Jennings
Payne Stewart (I was good friends with his son, and was at summer camp with him just before it happened)
Heath Ledger
Richard Harris (he'll always be Dumbledore)
Dumbledore

I'm sure there's more but that's all I can remember

[ZombieHorde]

35. That is just cruel.

[ZombieHorde]

33. Robert Anton Wilson, Timothey Leary, William S. Burroughs, Gary Gygax.

[Auggie]

34. John Belushi

We'd still be laughing with him today

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. Heath Ledger.

I almost had a nervous breakdown when I found out. I've never felt anything like that before, ever - not even with people I've known personally. My husband was seriously worried about my sanity.

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Graham Chapman

Lucille Ball

Desi Arnaz

John Lennon

George Harrison

Frank Zappa

Joey Ramone

Mel Blanc

Molly Ivins

Mickey Mantle

Ansel Adams

[dropkickpa]

47. Ooo, Graham Chapman really hit me

I grew up on Monty Python, and he was so effin' funny, his delivery so perfect. I was very saddened by his death, I was 12 and his was one of the first celebrity deaths that I really registered. BUT, did you see the MP reunion where they brought his ashes out on stage? I think he would have found it very appropriate, just as I think he would have thoroughly enjoyed his memorial service.

Memorial service - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU19euwEe3k

Reunion at Aspen comedy festival - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox9bcx_LZMs

[Oeditpus Rex]

53. I think they lifted the Aspen bit from the Light Enterainment Awards

in Episode 39.


Ladies and gentlemen, no welcome could be more heartfelt than that which I have no doubt you will all want to join with me in giving this great showbiz stiff. Ladies and gentlemen, to read the nominations for the Light Entertainment Award, the remains of the late Sir Alan Waddle.





"The nominations are: Mr. Edward Heath for the new suit sketch, Mr.
Richard Baker for 'Lemon Curry' and the Third Parachute Brigade Amateur
Dramatic Society for the Oscar Wilde skit."











Lemon curry??

[LaraMN]

38. Mitch Hedberg.

His brain should have been cryogenically frozen for future implantation in a suitable host body; there was far too much crazy funny in it to allow it to go to waste.

[WinkyDink]

73. He's on my list, also. "It's just a DOUGHNUT."

[LaraMN]

74. Hah! "I like refried beans.

That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time."

:rofl:

:cry:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

39. George Carlin, most definitely.

John Ritter
John F Kennedy
Robert F Kennedy
Phil Hartman
Steve Irwin
Jim Henson
I had to leave work early when Heath Ledger was found dead. It hit me hard for some reason. We are the same age.

Someone up thread mentioned Dumbledore. I'm still not over it.
Duckie

[mitchum]

40. Hunter Thompson, Jeffreylee Pierce, Rodney Dangerfield

[mitchum]

42. Abe Vigoda

I still have a hard time believing he is gone.
It seems so unreal.

[av8rdave]

41. Several...Jerry Garcia, Kurt Vonnegut, George Carlin, Molly Ivins, Ann Richards

The last two particularly. Classy people who can never be replaced.

[Redstone]

44. Jim Croce, and not only because I played with him once at a Folk Festival.

Redstone

[lligrd]

83. First Time I Ever Agreed With You That I Can Recall

But, yes Croce. I actually cried.

[Maestro]

45. Freddie Mercury, Michael Hutchence, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Dimebag,

Phil Hartman, Steve Irwin, (my kids loved him) just to name a few.

[KG]

46. Keith Richards

[Inspired]

48. Princess Diana was unbelievably hard. I still don't understand why.

[Jade Fox]

49. Laura Nyro.....

Her music got me through my miserable adolescence.

[seemunkee]

50. Jim Henson

It made me incredibly sad that Ernie's voice was gone.

[av8rdave]

51. Oh yeah...and definitely SRV

[bbernardini]

52. Frank Zappa and Douglas Adams (off the top of my head). nt

[RFKHumphreyObama]

55. Those that immediately come to mind -I'm sure there are more

Princess Diana
Heath Ledger
John Candy
John F Kennedy Jr.

[PleadTheFirst]

56. Joe Strummer, Chuck Schulz

Still miss em both dearly.

[edbermac]

57. John Lennon, Stanley Kubrick

Two brilliant artists. :cry:

[Rising Phoenix]

58. Heath Ledger

partially because he was too young, too talented, and had that beautiful little girl. But mostly because I was watching the news about his death from the er waiting room, I was there for suicidal tendencies.

[PermanentRevolution]

59. Hunter S. Thompson

One of my personal heros. I still have the cover of his Rolling Stone tribute framed on my wall.

[Book Lover]

60. Freddy Mercury and Gary Gygax

[pitohui]

61. kurt cobain EOM

,

[SmokingJacket]

80. Yeah, me too.

I felt like he was the first one of my generation to kick the can. And he had so much promise...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. Raul Julia...

I was devastated...

[Connonym]

67. me too

he was so sexy and vibrant and it was so unexpected

[Janice325]

63. Quite a few

Lynne Thigpen
Phil Hartman
Harvey Korman
Anne Bancroft
Gilda Radner
Dorothy Stratten
Madeline Kahn
Laura Branigan
Edited to add the late,great Jerry Orbach. Lennie, I really miss you. :cry:

[Drum]

64. Mother Theresa, Luciano Pavarotti, Ann Richards. nt

[quakerboy]

66. ditto on the first 2

plus Stephanie, and that would be my whole and complete list. Not much of a celebrity payer attention toer

[enigmatic]

65. Charles Bukowski's death

That was a bad few nights...

I miss you, Hank.

[elshiva]

69. Glenn Quinn

He played Doyle on "Angel." Awesome guy, died on a heroin overdose. :(

:cry:



I wish that there really was magic to bring him back.

[Lil Missy]

70. Natalie Wood. And Johnny Carson.

:cry:

[LostinVA]

71. Karen Carpenter

[WinkyDink]

72. I don't call national leaders "celebrities", so I'll omit them. But Janis, Steve Irwin,

Jim Morrison, Mitch Hedberg, John Candy, Tyrone Power, Ricky Nelson, Pavarotti, Phil Ochs, I miss them all.

[KitchenWitch]

75. Four from your list

Gilda Radner
John Lennon
George Carlin
Carl Sagan

Additionally
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Kirby Puckett
Princess Diana

[easttexaslefty]

76. John Lennon, Kurt Cobain n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

77. Chris Farley.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

79. The only one I can really say hit me hard was Fred Rogers.

He was my first exposure to television and I think helped to form me as a compassionate and decent person. I remember after he died, PBS ran a special on him and I did tear up.

Now, there have been celebrities who have died whose death has shocked me in the terms of "I can't believe they're dead." Princess Diana is the first that comes to mind. But it didn't really affect me in any way emotionally.

I imagine whenever Cal Ripken and Bill Clinton pass on I will be emotionally affected, just because they were my heroes growing up. Perhaps Billy Corgan too, because his music has meant so much to me.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

81. John Lennon (by far)

Johnny Cash

[regnaD kciN]

82. This may label me as weird, but...

...Harry Chapin.

I got the news on my car radio while delivering pizzas in the San Fernando Valley, the night before my birthday. Knowing all that he had done for social issues, it seemed terribly unfair.

Also, Michael Kennedy (RFK's son who died in a skiing accident), but that was because he was a friend from high school. :-(