To be properly sad about Victoria Wood

[wasonthelist]

I don't "do" celebs, but I'm proper gutted and have shed a tear. I really feel a loss today.

[Katedotness1963]

I had no idea she was ill so it has come as a surprise to read this news. 2016 is not being a good year for celebrities, a lot of losses...

[Costacoffeeplease]

I'm the same, rarely affected by a celebrity's death on an emotional level but I'm really shocked today

[FishOn]

Me too

My dad died the same age. Much too young.

[LuckyBitches]

YANBU - I like her. I never thought she was outrageously funny, but was lovely to watch anyway.

[ShowOfHands]

I'm desperately sad. I've been lobbying MNHQ for a webchat with her for ages. dinnerladies remains the best sitcom ever written imho.

Such a wonderful wit. What a terrible loss.

[Grumpyoldblonde]

Yanbu - I grew up watching her and she felt like someone I almost knew - a comic genius but an 'everywoman' at the same time. Extremely sad.

[BoopTheSnoot]

YANBU. She was a frequent visitor to the area where I live and DH regularly served her at work. By all accounts, she was a lovely lady and very down to earth.

[SantasLittleMonkeyButler]

I'm really saddened by the news too .

She was my all time favourite comedian - and dinnerladies one of very few series I can watch over & over and still find hilarious.

[Chippednailvarnish]

Beat me on the bottom with a Woman's weekly

Hilarious

[mrsmeerkat]

terrible loss. Rip

[SantasLittleMonkeyButler]

Sorry, posted too soon.

RIP Victoria, thank you for being wonderful at what you did.

[temporaryname99]

No! I hadn't heard. I was just thinking the other day about Friday nights in with my mum when I was a teenager and laughing ourselves silly over "Acorn antiques" and "two soups".
Really sad.

[WordGetsAround]

I'm similar - never really feel the sadness of other celebrity deaths but totally gutted by the news.

[BoopTheSnoot]

SantasLittleMonkeyButler I used to absoluely LOVE Dinner Ladies, I thought VC and Julie Walters were amazing together on it.

[BoopTheSnoot]

*VW. Autocorrect!

[PhilPhilConnors]

YANBU. I'm so,sad about this.
She felt like a big part of my childhood.
RIP

[HildaOgdensMuriel]

Agreed.

[ShowOfHands]

"I’ve already had three near death experiences… the last one, there was a light at the end of a long, dark passage and Dusty Springfield was beckoning to me with a lovely smile… turned out I’d passed out in the Mersey Tunnel with a drag act.”

[gleegeek]

Oh no so terribly sad. Mum and I used to nearly wet ourselves laughing when she did her funny songs. My Mum died a few years ago and I still shed a tear when I watch Victoria Wood clips. Another link gone...

[KERALA1]

"Release your inner beauty by smearing your gob with overpriced bits of grease"

Inwardly scoff at people sobbing over celebs but she'd a few tears on hearing this.

[WillieEckerslike]

gleegeekshe was genuinely that funny wasn't she?

[Nanny0gg]

So sad to read this. Also shedding a tear.

One of the cleverest, funniest comedians out there. Dinnerladies was an underrated joy.

And she was my age

[bigTillyMint]

YANBU. I feel sad too. She was a part of my youth too.

[Pringlesandwine]

Another tear shed here. I've grown up laughing along with her.

[DoreenLethal]

I am gutted too. What a loss. I cannot ever watch Dinnerladies too many times. I know every line.