For me it was Cheater Bennington. Linkin Park music helped me through some hard times and I know some of the more impactful lyrics came from him and what he experienced.
Knowing he couldn’t take it anymore definitely hit Me hard particularly as someone I looked up to from young age …
Who was yours ?
You might want to edit Chester
why? he knows what he did. we’ll never forget that show in '03
Douglas Adams.
That was the first time it really hit home to me how much it hurts to lose real talent from this world.
Yes! His early death was tragic.
We could have had several more Dirk Gently mysteries, and the Guide Trilogy could have been even more inaccurately counted, by now. RIP Adams.
Chris Cornell, he always seemed like a classy and cool if somewhat aloof guy, extremely talented vocalist.
It’s extra unsettling when a 50+ year old commits suicide. This was someone who had a thriving career, loved by millions, had a family and kids. It just shows that you have to take care of your mental health. It’s not going to magically get better with age.
For some reason Heath Ledger. I loved the movie A Knights Tale as a kid. Watched it many times.
I think it was the first real celebrity death that I conciously experienced.
Same here. I loved A Knight’s Tale and 10 Things I Hate About You so much and I watched it many times a as kid. My then sister in law told me about the news and I didn’t believe her until I heard the news on the radio.
Michael Jackson and Matthew Perry, because both died by overdosing on medication that was meant to help them.
They had sad and hard periods in their life, but they both wanted to be okay and to be happy! They did everything we are told to: reach out, ask for help, follow doctors orders.
…It feels so unfair, they feel like lives interrupted (as many many others). So them, even though I am not a fan.
I don’t see him on here, but Trevor Moore hit me super hard. I grew up watching WKUK, and was a big fan. He was only a couple years older than me, and what really resonated with me was that he had a son the same age as mine. It just got me thinking about my own mortality and what grief I would put my wife and son through if I’d passed away, and really put me in a dark place for a while. R.I.P. Trevor.
THIS. came here to post this. R.I.P to a real local sexpot
WKUK was making a comeback during COVID with lots of small videos and I really enjoyed them.
Yeah, and I was watching them starting to get back into them and the news hit. Super sad.
Bourdain and Chester. Irwin a close 3rd.
Terry Pratchett
Stalin
Jerry Garcia
David Bowie
Ryan Dunn.
Robin Williams
Same. He was such a down to earth person. He was incredibly famous, but he didn’t think he was above anyone. He was a truly good person. RIP Robin
After hearing he had Lewey Body disease and it was very advanced. It was crippling to comprehend.
My adult kids got together with their friends to watch Aladdin that night.
Fuck. I’ve watched Dead Poets’ Society for the first time maybe a month ago without having had the ending spoiled. Oof. The look on Robin Williams face in the end scene. That torment in his eyes may just have been real and not just acting.
Steve Irwin
Same. I’ll never forget that day. :(
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Dude, not the fucking thread for that
I don’t know if he counts as a celebrity but, Aaron Swartz.
It’s actually Swartz, not schwartz
And I even pasted the wiki article. Thanks, I corrected it.
Thanks for not insulting my mother when you were wrong :)
Chadwick Boseman. I was 24 when he died. I’m mixed and a huge nerd. He was one of the first times I saw representation like that in a comic book hero in a movie or TV show. T’Challa was a king, and his death came out of nowhere
