Which celebrity deaths genuinely made you sad?

[Pyromaniac]

already mentioned: Lennon Belushi Harrison

also: Freddie Mercury

[youtalkfunny]

I'm not old enough to say that John Lennon had an impact on my life, but I am old enough to remember the world grieving his death. In my lifetime, no other celebrity death caused so big a reaction.

I thought, "What's wrong with these people? How can they grieve a man who doesn't even know they exist?"

Then I got the news about Jackie Gleason.



Why did his death get to me, when no others did? I don't know. He was just a cool guy, on top of being talented.

Same with this guy (can't believe nobody's mentioned him yet, but I keep forgetting that being 40 makes me the old guy around here):



And finally, if we're posting Fred Rogers links, we would be remiss to exclude this one. If you only watch one Fred Rogers clip, watch this one.

[sublime]

johnny carson was a wife beating scumbag though

[chrusher97]

tupac? biggie? big L? proof from d12.....ODB not so much.

[1st and 15]

How has no one mentioned any rappers yet? Big L R.I.P. (especially sad since the murderers were after L's older brother, not him) [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]


Farley and D. Thomas were also brutal.

[StevieG]

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How has no one mentioned any rappers yet?

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Because they keep releasing albums anyway.

[bulldawgblue]

Ed Bradley

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I was a big Hill Street Blues fan when I was a kid, and I recognized Dominique Dunne from Poltergeist when she was on the show. I saw the dedication afterwards, and was kinda bummed because she was obviously quite young, though I didn't know the circumstances surrounding her death (it was before the internet was invented [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ).

Once I found out what had happened, I was definitely saddened.

wikipedia entry

[nath]

OK, I guess make me the 20th vote for Phil Hartman, because he's the only one I remember being genuinely upset when I heard the news. I've felt a little bummed about others or whatever, but this one actually affected me.

[Bicycles_Biatch]

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How has no one mentioned any rappers yet? Big L R.I.P. (especially sad since the murderers were after L's older brother, not him) [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]


Farley and D. Thomas were also brutal.

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No one has mentioned rappers yet cause the title of the post was "genuinely" sad...

Can you really say that tupac getting lit-up in the same fashion that he glamourized in his music was "sad"...

I can't.