Which famous person death would emotionally affect you?

[Crash Lance]

Over the years, many different deaths did a considerable number on me.

I can't list them all (cause there are so many).

However, 4 of the most recent ones are the following.

In no particular order:

1. Anton Yelchin.

2. Angus Cloud.

3. Cameron Boyce.

4. Amy Winehouse.

 

[mozfonky]

Michael Jackson affected me in a self-mortality kind of way. People from my generation were starting to die. But it had nothing to do with him personally. I was never a particular fan of his music and either way you look at it he was probably a piece of shit person.

It was huge, it affected me huge and like you, made me feel so old. People forget with all the current news about the molestation but the large swaths of fans and the media overlooked the allegations for a few years.

I only recently did a deep dive into the molestation thing and think he most likely was a molester. Still one of the best to ever hit a stage though, no one like him.

His fanatical fans will never be able to be circumspect about him like some of us are and I've thought about it, this generation of fans will plain have to die off before MJ is seen more objectively. His hardcore fans are amongst the craziest of the crazy always were. I'm surprised they didn't try to kill the doctor who administered the propofol.

 

[mozfonky]

Bruce Springsteen would hurt a lot, also a semi-forgotten pop star, Terence Trent D'arby/Sananda Maitreya would hurt. Outside of that, I've already lost most of the people who would hurt the most. MJ, Prince, Hector Camacho, Muhammad Ali.

 

[mozfonky]

I will be sad the day Arnold dies for sure.
Also, all the Rammstein band members.

so easy to forget just how old some of these celebs really are. Many of the people I've known and looked up, just people I came across in daily life, they are gone now. Just health problems from lifestyle stuff+age but most of them are younger than Arnold. I saw a pic of a guy I knew long ago yesterday, totally grey haired, a oxygen tube in his nose (most likely from smoking) and saw that he passed a few months ago. It's morbid but I'm morbid and also sentimental, I try to find folks who I knew earlier in life sometimes only to find they're gone.

 

[spastikbecher]

I was sad when David Lynch died, he was an absolute legend to me and I associate good times in my life with his films.
But it's a whole different type of sad compared to having someone close to you die.

Plus he was old and smoked a lot which eventually results in death.

 

[therealdope]

The needless incongruous deaths bother me. John Lennon seemed like a dumb needless act of murder.

The only other one that bothered me was Prince.

 

[mozfonky]

Right now? I don't know, as I've gotten older, I've cared less and less about celebrities or artists. They come and they go.

The ones in my life that hit pretty hard were Chris Farley, Phil Hartmann, Heath Ledger, Amy Winehouse, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. I was also pissed when Anton Yelchin died, and in such a seemingly senseless way, because I was excited to see more Odd Thomas movies.

Too young to care when River Phoenix died. I didn't like Nirvana until years later, so I didn't care when Kurt died. Frankly, I was annoyed by the theatrics from so many classmates when Brandon Lee died (he made one movie, and it wasn't even that good). Not a rap fan, so I didn't much care when Tupac or Biggie died. I cared more when Mac Miller died, but not as much as Ariana Grande, apparently, LOL (poor Pete). I like John Candy, but I wasn't bummed when he died. I'm American, so I don't care when princesses die. I liked Paul Walker, but I was more upset by his carelessness on a public road than to see him go early. I didn't care when Kobe died, his basketball days were over.

Sucked when Matt Perry, Anne Heche, and Whitney Houston died, but none had been doing anything recently, so I didn't feel robbed.

Pretty much the same for me, I didn't really follow or a fan of most of those folks. Brandon Lee's death kinda effected me only because I was a member of a Bruce Lee school at the time and of course that was the talk of the class for awhile, so, no avoiding it but I wasn't a big fan. As far as Princess Di, many americans still have a weird obsession with royalty, and not just americans, I knew an ethiopian guy who was following the news closely for some reason. I think maybe humans have an innate need for some sort of hierarchy and a need to follow or admire.

A life is a life though and a life loss, unless the person is a total monster isnt' good news. For whatever reason, some situations, both local and global make bigger news but death is a thing we all have to go through at some point.

 

[mozfonky]

The needless incongruous deaths bother me. John Lennon seemed like a dumb needless act of murder.

The only other one that bothered me was Prince.

Prince left me in such shock that I first thought, "hmm, I don't feel anything" but being as I don't have anyone I'm a bigger fan of, it sank in hard over the days,weeks, months and years.

 

[mozfonky]

I was sad when David Lynch died, he was an absolute legend to me and I associate good times in my life with his films.
But it's a whole different type of sad compared to having someone close to you die.

Plus he was old and smoked a lot which eventually results in death.

It's crazy but I was surprised by the lack of coverage of his death, I didn't hear about it until a few weeks later. I'm not super celeb obsessed but that's rare for me not to hear about someone as popular as him passing for that long.

 

[Madmick]

Pretty much the same for me, I didn't really follow or a fan of most of those folks. Brandon Lee's death kinda effected me only because I was a member of a Bruce Lee school at the time and of course that was the talk of the class for awhile, so, no avoiding it but I wasn't a big fan. As far as Princess Di, many americans still have a weird obsession with royalty, and not just americans, I knew an ethiopian guy who was following the news closely for some reason. I think maybe humans have an innate need for some sort of hierarchy and a need to follow or admire.

A life is a life though and a life loss, unless the person is a total monster isnt' good news. For whatever reason, some situations, both local and global make bigger news but death is a thing we all have to go through at some point.

Oh, indeed. That's me being a bit cheeky; flexing American values I believe we should hold. I still remember that day because my family went to the Red Lobster after whatever else it was we were doing, and there was a lady in the parking lot freaking out. "Did you guys hear the news?" Then she tells us. My brothers and I were like, WTF, this lady is acting like JFK got shot. Who gives a shit about some dumb British royal.

 

[therealdope]

Prince left me in such shock that I first thought, "hmm, I don't feel anything" but being as I don't have anyone I'm a bigger fan of, it sank in hard over the days,weeks, months and years.

I never would have called myself 'a big fan of Prince' but when you go through his list of material you cannot be amazed at what he created.

That death really bugged me. Most of the other music deaths are like the Dennis Leary joke:

"I'm drunk, I'm nobody
I'm drunk, I'm famous
I'm drunk, I'm dead".

Stevie Ray Vaughan is the other one that came to mind; especially after he had fixed his addiction issues. What a loss.

 

[mozfonky]

I thought it was really sad the way Gene Hackman just went.

But I don’t get invested in celebrities

It is sad but you know, I've known plenty of people who do things to alienate people around them and they die like that. From what I understand, Gene wasn't a good father. Like I said in another thread, just be kind to the people around you (unless they give you a reason not to) because you don't want people gloating or abandoning you. I've had old friends, 3 who ended up isolated or somewhat isolated because of how difficult they are to get along with. Of course I felt bad in spite of it when each passed but I also realize they did things to create the situation. I have people in my life like that now and I really don't know what to do with it. I have a stepdad who doesn't want to be bothered and he's old. People have rights to be the way they are though and I have a right not to be abused and insulted.

 

[mozfonky]

Oh, indeed. That's me being a bit cheeky; flexing American values I believe we should hold. I still remember that day because my family went to the Red Lobster after whatever else it was we were doing, and there was a lady in the parking lot freaking out. "Did you guys hear the news?" Then she tells us. My brothers and I were like, WTF, this lady is acting like JFK got shot. Who gives a shit about some dumb British royal.

It's weird to me too but knowing how England was our biggest influence as a nation I guess it makes sense. I never understood any thinking that some idiot born of a lineage should be worshipped. Most human beings are not remarkable at all and no one is more useless than folks who just inherit everything.

 

[mozfonky]

I never would have called myself 'a big fan of Prince' but when you go through his list of material you cannot be amazed at what he created.

That death really bugged me. Most of the other music deaths are like the Dennis Leary joke:

"I'm drunk, I'm nobody
I'm drunk, I'm famous
I'm drunk, I'm dead".

Stevie Ray Vaughan is the other one that came to mind; especially after he had fixed his addiction issues. What a loss.

Prince still bothers me, in fact, more than any other celeb death although the others hurt too. I was just surprised how I didn't sink into a funk right when I saw those words on my comp, "Prince found dead, Publicist confirms".

I didn't ever know much about Stevie, I do know transportation has taken out about as many musicians as drugs or anything else. It's odd, the one thing most stars worry about the most is assasination but that's probably at the bottom of the list of what kills them prematurely but most of them destroy themselves.

lots of deaths would be sad for me though, Stevie wonder, the remaining beatles, old boxers or mma fighters.

 

[spastikbecher]

It's crazy but I was surprised by the lack of coverage of his death, I didn't hear about it until a few weeks later. I'm not super celeb obsessed but that's rare for me not to hear about someone as popular as him passing for that long.

It was on the Guardian front page for a day or two but maybe he didn't have enough of a public profile to get other papers interested in him / his death

 

[chill doggie]

When people’s bodies die their consciousness just goes onto the next plane of existence, I think, so I feel good that they are no longer bound by physicality and free of worldly pain, experiencing boundless love.

 

[Other]

No one.

I've never met any who I formed a bond with that their loss would devastate me.

 

[mozfonky]

It was on the Guardian front page for a day or two but maybe he didn't have enough of a public profile to get other papers interested in him / his death

Well, I liked some of his bizarre movies, I had a teacher who knew him firsthand and recorded a musical tribute. Usually though, news like that, I can't avoid. I knew George Foreman passed probably less than an hour after it was announced.

Some things just don't hit the radars for some reason. I read on another site that BJ Penn was going nuts, I looked here to see if anyone had anything to say and nothing. People have short memories about everything, if a celeb isn't really current, it can get overlooked these days.

 

[mozfonky]

When people’s bodies die their consciousness just goes onto the next plane of existence, I think, so I feel good that they are no longer bound by physicality and free of worldly pain, experiencing boundless love.

i hope so, no one knows. In fact, I had a dream of someone who passed 6 months ago, encouraging me, I wondered if it was his spirit as I do anytime I dream of anyone who's passed.

 

[WillyWarminski]

Celebrity. Is that the same as simply being famous?

Being famous is only a connection when an individual shares something profound. Sometimes art. Sometimes charity.

I think I was sad when Maya Angelou died.