Celebrity Deaths That Hit You?

[Spidey10 846]

Gonna be honest, for years I never had a major reaction to a celebrity's passing. Obviously it's very sad to hear (Especially if they were very young like Anton Yelchin for example), but they never affected me so incredibly deeply since I never personally knew them or even met them. Then 2018 came around.

 

That July during San Diego Comic Con, I found out that one of my favorite guys to watch on Youtube (As well as a talented filmmaker) Jon Schnepp died at the age of 51 after suffering a major stroke. For those who don't know, Schnepp worked on projects like Adult Swim's Metalocalypse and the Black Panther animated mini series, directed the documentary The Death Of Superman Lives What Happened (About the cancelled Nicolas Cage Superman film), and was a regular panelist on web news show AMC/Collider Movie Talk. I discovered him on Movie Talk back in 2013 while going through some pretty awful stuff. Movie Talk and Schnepp's contributions to it not only helped me get through that dark time, but also caused my interest in films in general to significantly grow. Not only was the guy incredibly funny and charismatic, you could also tell he had major knowledge and love for comics, geek culture, and various genres of film. I never got to meet him, yet I felt like I had lost a friend when he died because I spent so many hours of the course of 5 years watching him. And from all accounts, he was an incredibly nice guy and pretty much exactly who he was on camera. I miss hearing his thoughts (Especially when things like Spider-Man No Way Home, Zack Snyder's Justice League, and The Batman come out). 

 

Any celebrity deaths that really got to you?

Edited April 23, 2022 by Spidey10

[They call me Loyalty 1,948]

I am glad, actually. But it not a reaction you will understand, unless you consider the ramifications of hollywood, and what hollywood means, and what is its purpose, across its myriads representations.

[Tom Gallagher 33,588]

There hasn’t been one that really got me emotionally yet. Gene Wilder, Roger Moore and Sean Connery got me a little bit.

[dead account 2,710]

The deaths of Hiroshi Yamauchi and Satoru Iwata made me sad. Without them, my childhood (and beyond) wouldn't be the same.

[Northern Star 1,024]

Burt Reynolds. 2AM in the field, radio comes across "Breaking news this hour: Burt Reynolds has passed..." a few weeks before he was on TV for whatever reason and I remember he...looked old but not bad. May be it was because the announcer didn't say "has died" like they do with most others.

 

The other was C.W. McCall(not really a stereotypical celebrity but whatever). I had recently found out that he was still alive and well, and if you wrote him and included return postage he would personally write back, as in every interview he mentioned that he was a one man operation,  he had no secretary or anything. So I wrote him(told him I was a fan of his music, and how in oil country up here his music was still popular and every truck still had a CB for yard use at least so whenever there was a wreck, I'd hear at least a few people attempting to sing Convoy and a few others, along with local routes that gained names from his songs), included postage, etc., as he is the only celebrity alive that I care for anymore. A month passed and I figured I would write again as more often than not our post office loses outgoing mail. Then an interview article caught my eye. He was hospice for cancer and then a few weeks after that, he passed. I don't know if it's more so because I thought he was gone long ago(so I'm kicking myself over not verifying that) or that he passed when his most famous song was being used widely again during events which can not be discussed here.

Edited April 23, 2022 by TheGleaner

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

Alex Trebek was the iconic Jeopardy host for years, and his death was sad. Jeopardy will never be the same without him.

[ExplosionMare 18,063]

Robin Williams' death hit me hard since he had taken his own life. He was suffering Louis Body and heard he didn't want to put his family through all the strife of his physical decline...but still. It's just really tragic. Chester Bennington's death was pretty sad to me as well, although I had not heard about it until I got into Linkin Park music in 2020. Just knowing that his music was out there to save lives yet it couldn't save his own is just devastating.

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,440]

John Prine dying made me cry back in 2020, but most celebrities mean nothing to me.

[TheRockARooster 51,349]

I’m gonna go with Steve Irwin, that hit me so hard and I still cry when I see his memorial service.

Edited April 28, 2022 by TheRockARooster

[SparklingSquirrels 21,342]

No, I don’t think any celebrity deaths have affected me. It would be different if I was actually close to one, but just them being a celebrity doesn’t do anything for me.

[Dreambiscuit 9,794]

I usually don’t think of death in the tragic way it’s often (mistakenly) defined. Death is a natural part of life, and while it’s harder on the people left behind in this world, it’s not something I dwell on in misery. That being said, the death of Carrie Fisher struck me because it surprised me and I was expecting her to recover. I’ve been a fan of hers since I was little, and meeting her at Star Wars Celebration II was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life, so suddenly having her absent from this worldly safari was also very surreal to me. The added fact that her mom, Debbie Reynolds, took it so hard and passed away a day later, made it even more surreal and distressing. But I know they’re both happily reunited now in a far better place.

[PoisonClaw 8,164]

When Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, died, it really shook me. I'd listened to Linkin Park since I was a kid, so hearing the news really upset me.

[Megas 27,652]

Eddie Guerrero was one of the biggest one. When my dad told me the news I really didn't want to believe it, and I seriously thought it was a work, but then the tribute show happened and it all just hit me like a ton of bricks. It especially hurts more when he was at his prime, coming back to the championship scene that was supposed to end with him getting the title, and was supposed to have a dream match with Shawn Michaels

[Patty Thundersnow 4,164]

Robin Williams was the one that hit me the hardest. I grew up watching movies with him in them, and I did cry a bit for his loss. He was a brilliant and funny man.

[Misty Shadow 7,892]

Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, David Bowie, Adam West, and Chester Bennington were the five that shocked me the most. I know about how MJ is divisive with what some believe about him, but first hearing the news about what happened as a thirteen-year-old kid made the world feel different to me as someone who grew up with his music. As someone who also grew up with Linkin Park, I still can't believe Chester Bennington's passing whenever I give a Linkin Park song a re-listen. Celebrity deaths very generally do not hit me hard, a "Rest in peace." message is something I usually just write out of respect. However, even if I am not taken aback by a celebrity death, that doesn't mean I didn't respect them. Stan Lee is a perfect example. I was not hit hard when he passed away after seeing it coming for some time, but I still honestly admired the guy. 

[Castle Bleck 19,361]

The most-recent for me was Gilbert Gottfried.