p1mark

yep, me too.

shocking, you just new it from the live TV shots which were a little OTT/gruesome. the directors eventually got the message though thank god

astraboy

Mr. Burns's death really did upset me. I'm not afriad to admit shedding a tear when the TG tribute was aired. I'm even getting upset writing about it now.
Not even sure why I am so upset tbh, apart from the fact it was such a ******* waste.
astraboy.

Bubba po

I was shocked and saddened when John Peel died. He's probably the only one, though.

GC8

That reminds me of my favourite John Peel quote: on Chris Moyles' arrival at BBC1. "I was tempted to strap dynamite to myself and take us both out!"

John Peel was a legend.


Simon

banny sti

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What a guy, he had such a laid back, laconic style.

Maz

gogsie

I must be a real sap as I get down when anybody dies. But the worst was when my Granny died and she was defo a celebrity.

Iwan

9/11 upset me pretty badly, and was pretty saddening being at the TT that DJ was killed. Other than that deaths don't really bother me, either celebrites or family to be honest.

a1oku

for me it isnt just the death of a celebrity.frequently its what they represented and the fact that they were younger/just a smidgen older than me,therefore a reminder of ones own mortality.im a sixties kid so the death of brian jones of the stones shocked me at the time but because i was so young i dealt and moved on because i figured i had lots of time left.same with hendrix and a host of sixties celebs,jim morrison etc.now that im getting on in years,i look at these deaths differently.best came from my home city.im a little younger than he was but he was one of my icons.where i come from,icons who cross the religious/sectarian divide were/are rare and when he died it hit me.not just cause georgie had died but it was a reminder that my time is not far off either.its hard to explain,just like its hard to explain what its like to become a parent for the first time.you have to experience it!

LC Geezer

Ayrton Senna for me too. Not sure why but it really got to me. I mean REALLY got to me. It's never happened to me with any other celeb/famous person (although I've been saddened by many).

Dracoro

Agree with this, although for most people, you bite your tongue and say nothing unless pushed. For anyone who says NEVER speak ill of the dead, ask them what they think about that hitler chappy, you can't slag him off as he's not around to defend himself

TimmyboyWRX

well i only met richard burns once, but i do admit i was saddened by his death more than i thought id be when i heard about it.

other than that, im into my punk and metal music,and the death of some guys ive idolised in the industy thru drugs or murder or anything like that have hit me hard, not to the extent of tears, but just becasue i felt a connection thru a shared belief/ideal

r32

I was very upset when Mike Hailwood died, he was my hero, I'd watched him race bikes since I was in my teens and then cars, had met him a couple of times (only to get autographs) to get taken out after a life of speed by a lorry driver pulling across a dual carriageway was just too much. Then I was gutted at the death of Ayrton Senna.

Scoob99

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not a celerbrity but my young cousin Stephen, he was killed at 17, by a guy racing his mate, Stephen was knocked off his motor bike and left in the road to die, I myself was only 17 at the time too and it hit me bloody hard.
Cheers
Colin

Scoob99

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When John Lennon was murdered, it was so senseless and a brilliant waste of a life and talant.
Cheers
Colin

jasey

Death happens - it's not nice (apparently) but you should just get on with your own life.

Having the death of somebody you have never actuallly met "affect" you at all is a little strange - Yes you can be saddened that someone is no longer there - but to let it affect you is sureley a sign that something is wrong in your life !

OllyK

I'm not sure why the death of anyone except you familiy and friends should "affect" you. Sure, it's a shame that a human life has been lost, but you don't see sombody posting every few seconds saying "A baby has been bourn, rejoice", especially if that baby isn't related to them.

bigsinky

nope never ever affected me. (the only sensible reply you will get out of me today)

OllyK

I won't ask then!

Daft Lad

Thats because that baby is not in the public eye for whatever reason and therefore will be completely unknown to all but family and friends.

lozgti

Not really although I was one of the shocked at Elvis/Lennon deaths.

I have more of a problem thinking about whether certain celebs are still alive.Barry Sheene has gone hasn't he?

Holy Ghost

what a good question ...

no, personally never. how can the death of someone you don't know create anything more of a feeling than "that's a shame, he/she was a great whatever" and a little pause for reflection? i'll be mildly sad for half an hour when david gilmour carks it - and will probably uncork some bubbly when saddam is shot and be briefly satisfied when tony benn (finally) shuffles off.

murders (or bizarre accidental deaths) of the famous are a little different, though just in passing shock terms i think. more of a point about the randomness of life and the unpleasantness of others.

but the hysteria, tears, tributes and shrines you sometimes see from people "mourning" the famous dead that they "feel like they knew"? brrrrr. unstable pure-dee nutters one notch off stalker, the lot of them. and if di's death is anything to go by, there are thousands of them about.

Bonehead

I've been saddened by certain peoples deaths - but never affected
When Richard Burns died I was pi55ed off because of the coverage that George Best got when Burnsie was a Real champion in my eyes.
It's a shame that Steve Clark from Def Leppard and Alan Murphy are dead. Two of the best guitartists this country has ever produced.
I certainly wish they were still about, but it doesnt affect me.
It just makes me think you should make the most of your lifetime
Too many people go over the top these days. That hysteria that followed Dianas death was silly.

Foot_Tapper

Lord Mountbatten and 2 boys, by an IRA bomb in 1979....closely followed
by Warrenpoint
I remember feeling very very angry.

Diablo

Wierd, this.

The only "celebrity" death that has ever given me cause to reflect was Senna's. More through disbelief than anything else, and the fact that he was a legend in his own time.

As for the Dianna and to a lesser extent John Peel thing, for those deaths to leave voids in the lives of people who didn't know them is rather strange, and says more about what is lacking in the lives of those affected than anything else.

Bootlid

Toga the jackass penguin chick stolen from the isle of wight upset me

Graz

Burnsie

Okay I didn't know him, never met him, but he was a personal hero of mine. It just brought home the mortality of it all that such a down to earth, pleasent and talented driver, roughly the same age as me, should be taken from us at his prime

Tim-Grove

Kurt Cobain. Wouldn't say I was sad about it, more mad as I had a ticket to go and see them and the idiot went and topped him self.


I really did feel for Ayrton Senna and his family. Huge waste of a true natural driver, he could have had another 10 years in F1.

MooseRacer

Never affected me...some have saddened me more than others but purely because they were young and/or talented.

Vonzack

The San Marino GP in 1994, seeing Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna die live on air.

New_scooby_04

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Watership Down:

You've read the book,
You've seeen the film
Now try the stew!!

It was an awful film to make for kids; traumatised an entire generation!!

'Bright Eyes' was a beautiful song, sung by a remarkable talent, though. Hearing Art Garfunkle sing that song still brings a tear to my eye (reminds me of my dog, sorely missed). But it also makes me smile thanks to it being associated with practical joke I once played.

Ns04