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Which celeb death hit you hard?!
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I've just seen that Jock Zonfrillo has died! (Scottish chef and presenter of Australian MasterChef)
I'm absolutely gutted!
Was also gutted when Amy Winehouse died.
Which celeb death hit you hardest. |
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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago
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Robin Williams, he made me laugh so much but then picturing him putting a noose around his neck
Bill hicks was one of my favourites, i met and chatted with him 3 months before he passed and I miss his humour and what he would have thought of the world today
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Philip Lynott I was a massive Thin Lizzy fan and actually liked his solo stuff as well.
David Bowie and Prince, their deaths really affected me.
Burt Bacharach, you knew it was going to happen soon but it’s still gutting when he passed.
It’s always musicians with me. |
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None. Some I am surprised by but the mild shock or sadness is so fleeting it barely registers.
I realise the loss to the world and my life when one or two of them are gone but it's kept in perspective with me.
I don't know them. Never met them. They never heard of me and I know that everyone dies.
I was sad to hear of the passing of Barry Humphries... thought how talented he was - had a smile remembering him and the world kept turning. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The two that stick in my throat are Victoria Wood and, more recently, Paul O'Grady
I don't have any great connection to Hollywood icons and music / sports stars
There was just something very familiar about them two, a warmth and a feeling that they were special |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
There have been some that I think “damn” but I don’t think there have been any that have been shocking because I learnt that death is just a part of life…..
Saying that there are certain celebrities or events if you want to call them that I can absolutely remember where I was when it or they happened….
As someone said earlier I can tell you exactly where I was when I heard princess Diana died… |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Michael Hutchence
Kurt Cobain
Amy Winehouse
Chester Bennington
And because it was such a terrible waste of life from people who had so much of their lives left to live.....Moments are fleeting, death is a permanent solution to a temporary problem  |
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"I felt sad about a few celebrity deaths but only for a short while.
I was way more upset when we had to have our big old black cat put to sleep. He was a real presence in our lives "
I was the same with my dog. I sat on the red quarry tiles in the vets and sobbed till I thought i'd sob no more ..... with my daughter |
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"I felt sad about a few celebrity deaths but only for a short while.
I was way more upset when we had to have our big old black cat put to sleep. He was a real presence in our lives "
Losing pets is hard! Hugs x |
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None whatsoever. Had enough in personal life without worrying about celebrities.
That being said I'll be sad when David Attenborough dies. He's old obviously so wouldn't be a shock in that sense. It'll be a sad day for environmentalism. |
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"I felt sad about a few celebrity deaths but only for a short while.
I was way more upset when we had to have our big old black cat put to sleep. He was a real presence in our lives
I was the same with my dog. I sat on the red quarry tiles in the vets and sobbed till I thought i'd sob no more ..... with my daughter "
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"I felt sad about a few celebrity deaths but only for a short while.
I was way more upset when we had to have our big old black cat put to sleep. He was a real presence in our lives
Losing pets is hard! Hugs x"
Thanks |
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Princess Diana. I was woken by a call from friend. I sat all day in front of the tv in shock.
From my youth, the rock guitarist Randy Rhoads who was with the Ozzy Osbourne band. He was only 25 and destined for great things before being tragically killed in a flying accident. |
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By *nkyCplCouple
over a year ago
Northampton |
"I felt sad about a few celebrity deaths but only for a short while.
I was way more upset when we had to have our big old black cat put to sleep. He was a real presence in our lives "
I would be a mess if one of my fur babies passed.
Sending hugs and good vibes.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There were a few but in recent times, probably Shane Warne. I grew up watching him play and he was so young and seemed quite healthy that the news just hit me in the gut. |
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By *nkyCplCouple
over a year ago
Northampton |
"Rik Mayall and Keith Flint. Both were a big part of my formative years and I still can’t believe either have left us."
Met Keith a couple of times post gig and he was such an awesome, caring human! |
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Terry Pratchett. My favourite author since I was a teenager. My eldest is named after my favourite character in his books. I was sad for him and his family, but it also felt like grieving the characters who would never have any more stories |
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"Not necessarily a celeb, but he’s a fucking hero and should be held up as such: my wee brother. "
Sorry for your loss
This I relate to more than the passing of someone who I have no emotional connection to and never will do. |
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"Terry Pratchett. My favourite author since I was a teenager. My eldest is named after my favourite character in his books. I was sad for him and his family, but it also felt like grieving the characters who would never have any more stories"
Oh Terry Pratchett… of course. Some authors are so timeless and embedded in your mind and heart it’s easy to forget they are no longer writing |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Diana has come up here.. reason why I remember that is that I was at uni at the time and worked part time at weekends for carphone warehouse, and because I was trusted I had the shop keys in case of emergency.. so the alarm had gone off Saturday night but that was okay because I was out! Wake up 8am Sunday morning .. somber music on radio … get to shop at 10.30 for 11am open and then think “oh god are there protocols for this?” And actually had to call head office which sounds odd now… anyway the other reason why I remember it is I worked in one of the bigger stores in the country.. am we had a whole 3 customers in all day!! |
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By *nkyCplCouple
over a year ago
Northampton |
"Not necessarily a celeb, but he’s a fucking hero and should be held up as such: my wee brother.
Sorry for your loss
This I relate to more than the passing of someone who I have no emotional connection to and never will do. "
Cheers mucka, sending good vibes. |
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By *4bimMan
over a year ago
Farnborough Hampshire |
Don't know if you could call him a celebrity.
I still haven't got over losing Dale Earnhardt.
I still remember him like it was yesterday. Wrangler jeans, baseball hat, stand behind the wall son he shouted.
Next thing the quiet racetrack became a furious noise as a car went on to the track.
Suddenly at over 200mph, he came into view, car almost sideways,his head cranked over against the window net. Blasted into turn one flat out .
He wasnt just another race car driver, you could look up to him and wish you could drive like that. The man. Respected, hated but stock cars greatest in my opinion.
I miss him terribly |
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First one to hit me was sid vicious when I was 12 I was big into punk rock.
There's been a few over the years.
John Thaw
Robin Williams
Princess Diana
Terry Wogan.
The Queen
Apart from princess Diana the one I think that's hit me the hardest is the most recent death of Paul O'Grady |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Chester Bennington and Robin Williamw as others have mentioned.
Two others who are probably not celebrities but known in their field. Kevin Conroy, long time voice of Batman and Jason David Frank from the original Power Rangers.
Major childhood memories and both died within a fortnight of each other. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Helen McCory. Other than as Aunt Polly I didn't know her work well. She was just a couple of years younger than me and brought home how fragile life can be x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not so much hard but more it's a shame or I had no clue till months after
June Brown, Willie garson,
Kirstie Alley Angela Lansbury,
Ray liota was a fave of mine growing up |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Some earlier mentioned Gary Speed. I remember being so angry with him at the time. It was irrational but my friend's brother who was the same age had lost his battle to cancer the week before x |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
North Norfolk area |
Paul Kossoff...ex guitarist of Free/Back Street Crawler (in 1976).....son of the actor David Kossoff. Having seemingly overcome his addictions, died from an embolism on a flight to New York.
One of the all time great Blues/Rock guitarists. |
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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago
london stratford |
"I've just seen that Jock Zonfrillo has died! (Scottish chef and presenter of Australian MasterChef)
I'm absolutely gutted!
Was also gutted when Amy Winehouse died.
Which celeb death hit you hardest."
The late great Robin Williams.
When he died I actually cried for a week. He was my comedy inspiration and weirdly, I never realized how much I loved him until the day he died.
Also George Micheal. When he dies I felt like I had lost a cousin, he was part of my life growing up, coming of age and his songs where a major part of my teenage years |
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Leonard Rossiter as a kid - I was absolutely fascinated by him and still remember being so shocked when he died.
And more recently, Carrie Fisher hit hard, because I suddenly realised what she represented to me as a 7 to maybe 14 year old kid.
Death can strike the child inside, like that first realisation of mortality again.
Aside from those two, most of my lifelong heroes are gone now, and the few left are all in their 80's and 90's. pt |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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The demise of the Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins was a shock; Neil was the first human to step onto the Moon's surface, and Collins was the human being who was most distant from any other human, when he remained behind, when the other two astronauts went down onto the Moon in July 1969.
Neil Armstrong is probably the only human whose name will still be remembered in hundreds of thousands of years time.
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For me it had to be John Lennon, I was never a Beatles fan but I love Lennon's music and lyrics, the night he died I was lying in bed age 16 listening to my radio cassette and recording music when a news flash came on saying he'd been shot then a short while later that he'd died, I had the recording for years, I don't know why I'd kept it but I did. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Death never hits me hard .
But this guy yeah ? Once he hit me in the head with my with my own frying pan cause his wife was cheating on him with my best “ friend “ .
And hit me me very hard . WTF ?
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
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Another one for Gary Speed.
I went into a pub in Cardiff where Cymru/Wales fans would watch games at lunchtime on the day. Lots of people crying and a big place virtually silent.
I don’t normally get too upset over celebrities, but I just had to be around people who understood. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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Although he was definitely not everyone's cup of tea, the death of Gay Byrne (whose simple understated grave I have visited in Sutton cemetery) did hit me hard; although he had been unwell for several years. His final photo shocked me!
He had a natural grasp of social changes taking place in Irish society.
I liked his challenging style of broadcasting, especially on his radio programme, but many people loathed his attitudes. |
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"For me it had to be John Lennon, I was never a Beatles fan but I love Lennon's music and lyrics, the night he died I was lying in bed age 16 listening to my radio cassette and recording music when a news flash came on saying he'd been shot then a short while later that he'd died, I had the recording for years, I don't know why I'd kept it but I did. "
--Ripped the heart out of the UK imo, despite him being in NYC. Killed my an American with mental health issues and of course a gun. His music was getting right back there too imo (ie to Imagine/Plastic Ono level).
I think there was actually something of a degree of nationwide censorship over it at the time, at least where kids are concerned. Maybe due to his life with drugs (though he mainly just drank at the time apparently).
I was 10 years old but have never had any memory of it at all. Despite the Beatles always being so big back then. I remember a Junior school teacher in 1977 going on about Thatcher being an example for women (despite living in South Wales.) I remember my last Junior school teacher in 1982 talking about the Falklands War (and not in a particularly critical way either). But John Lennon in 1980? Not a thing. Not in the playground, and obviously not even at home (though I had that funny kind of home where everyone did their own thing).
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Diana - huge shock due to the nature of how it happened and she was so young, but also I had met her a few times and she seemed genuinely lovely
George Michael - was a huge fan from the age of 12 and it was somewhat unexpected although he’d had lung issues for years
Robin Williams - as he struck a chord with me on the Mh side of things
Sue Grafton - because I loved her books for many years and she engaged with me and other fans in such a lovely way on social media. The alphabet ends at Y
Paul O’Grady - someone upthread said no sign of problems? He’d had heart problems for many years he spoke very openly about.
There are some Celebs it’s not a surprise, or I’m not a fan of but I get why it’s hard for their fans.
Frankly I find those that say “why I didn’t know them personally” a bit disingenuous. We don’t need to know someone personally for them to touch our lives and hearts. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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The untimely death of the Irish actor and comedian, Dermot Morgan, was a real shock especially as he diedvon the final day of recording of the very last Father Ted.
But he did his best work on RTE's Scrap Saturday. |
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