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CycloneRulzzz

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I submitted an ot suggestion to Angie, and she asked if I could go ahead and post since she was going to be busy today.

My suggestion will be lame to some but it's kind of topical with recent celebrity passings we have had. The topic is a celebrity passing that affected you the most.

The one for me that comes to mind is George Carlin. One of my favorite comedians.
 
Nobody better interrupt my full month of David Bowie mourning. Professor Snape/Die Hard bad guy was cool but the 24/7 Ziggy Stardust marathon must continue. Unashamedly no jimlad.
 
For me in the last few years it's by far been Robin Williams. That one really bummed me out.

Also, Michael Clark Duncan, and Phillip Seymore Hoffman.

Also back in the day I was bummed about Mitch Hedberg.
 
Robin Willams is the only celebrity death that affected me at a deep level. I still can't watch anything with him in it.
 
The ones that I specifically remember are:

Actors: Heath Ledger and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Sports: Kirby Puckett is my all-time sports hero, and his early death was hard

Politics: Paul Wellstone
 
I actually remember as a little kid, probably 4 or 5 barely knowing who the Beatles were but liking their happy sounding music, probably She Loves You or something and then being horrified that a crazy person had shot to death "the leader" of the group. Seemed like a huge contradiction to my young mind that the biggest music star ever got shot by a crazy guy. I remember I overheard my babysitter talking about it.
 
Add another vote for Robin Williams... Grew up laughing at that guy's roles and comedy.
 
I absolutely love Kurt Vonnegut. I always wanted to meet him, so it sucked when that chance was gone.
 
Chris Farley. Of course, I was right at the age where his stuff was the funniest because of the times and my maturity level. I also remember Phil Hartmann being a shock. Yes, was an SNL fan.

The one that takes the cake for me, though, is Payne Stewart. I still get chills watching that putt and his fist pump.
 
Walter Payton was a hard one for me. I was 10 when the Bears won the '85 Super Bowl and was a huge Payton fan. I think I still have the 'Super Bowl Shuffle' record around somewhere.

I also remember when Dale Earnhardt was killed in Daytona. My dad was a huge Dale Sr. fan and he took that one really hard.
 
John Candy, not every movie that guy was in was great, but there was just something about John Candy that always made me laugh. I always felt he could take a terrible movie and make it watchable, just because you were able to watch John do his thing.

I love watching old clips of him on SCTV as Johnny La Rue.
 
Tre4ISU said:
The one that takes the cake for me, though, is Payne Stewart. I still get chills watching that putt and his fist pump.
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Oh yeah, I remember that well, I was in college and at my house watching the news coverage of his plane. It was really creepy.

I'm also of the right age for Kurt Cobain, and I remember it but it wasn't all that profound for me.
 
Derrick Thomas as a kid was tough, he was my favorite player ever. I know when Sylvester Stallone passes, I will take that hard.
 
The death that bummed me out the most when it happened was Kurt Cobain but I was only in junior high at the time.
 
My son & I were talking about this recently. He was a huge fan of Robin Williams, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. He commented on the fact that so many people he loved to watch/listen to were dying, and I felt obliged to point out that it happens more frequently the older you get.

In recent years, Robin Williams probably affected me the most. So much joy and entertainment on the surface, so much sadness and desperation below.

My parents instilled a love of music and movies in me, and I grew up with all of the stars of the 40's & 50's on the Saturday & Sunday TV matinees (no HBO back then). As those stars died off, I remember being sad here & there (particularly about Bing Crosby - no idea why!), but they were all "old", so it was "natural" for them to die. Now I'M "old"...and while it's still "natural", I find it much less acceptable as it tends to remind me of my own mortality - especially when the decedents are younger than me. :(
 
I read the Redwall books all the time growing up (and still do from time to time) so the death of Author Brian Jacques was a bit upsetting.
 
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