Has any famous persons death affected you more than it should?

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I still struggle with David Bowie dying when he did , he had just brought out a new album and thought all was well . He and Pink Floyd were my childhood music .
Also Freddy Mercury, just feel so sad that such a talented and versatile man died too young when now people with aids live long happy lives .
People I have never met but feel so much sadness that they have gone .

I can still well up over Terry Wogan. I think he'd become a surrogate paternal figure as I lost my dad in childhood around the time he returned to the breakfast show. Prior to that he'd had the evening show so he was a regular presence through my childhood. I listened and laughed with him on my way to school, university lectures and work until he retired when I was on honeymoon and continued listening to his Sunday show.

When my school got a computer with email, I wanted to try it out. Terry was the email address I could think of and it was read out the next morning. Paulie Walters (his great side kick) officially decreed that I was a premature TOG at 17

He seemed such a lovely, lovely grounded bloke.

Diana was such a huge shock. Having suddenly lost a parent around Prince Harry's age a few years earlier, it stirred up a lot of my own grief.

Terry Wogan, Victoria Wood, Alan Rickman

Paul Young's wife, Stacey. I have no idea why. I don't listen to or like his music or know her in any way, shape or manner. It just seems so weird that she died and she was so young.

Rik Mayall - I'm still hurt that he's gone. It's as if I've lost a friend.

Amy Winehouse. Just gone to soon. The 'Back to Black' album of 2006 reminds me of a certain period of my life. Since she died, the songs on that album make me think of her.

Some people have no emotions

Alan Rickman ⚡️ 😭

Kurt Cobain - although in hindsight it seemed an inevitability. There’s a fantastic biography about him called “Heavier than Heaven” which I recommend.

George Harrison - my favourite Beatle and seemed such a gentle soul

Bowie - that was the worst. Made my heart hurt and I felt so sad. Still do. He was a genius.

It feels like so many musical legends have gone and there just aren’t the same icons remaining - who matches up to them?

Someone wrap Paul McCartney and Michael Palin up in cotton wool please!!

John Peel I cried all night and tear up every time I hear Teenage Kicks

Wiz from Mega City Four, so young and such a huge part of my life.

So many great people taken , some far too early.
Had forgotten that tragic year when so many left us .
Loving the wrapping the best in cotton wool 😂

So many of the recurring names mentionned within the same month. January 2016 was a terrible month for great talent.

Tom Petty. I just loved him and his music. He was brilliant and wrote some of best and most meaningful music and lyrics ever written imvho. I couldn’t believe he wouldn’t be here anymore. In fact I have a lump in my throat just thinking about it.

Peaches Geldof. It was that her mother had died the same way and now there are more children being brought up without their mother.

Elvis Presley
Diana

So many of these...

And Pete Seeger.

DD cried over Stephen Hawking.

I was very saddened by the deaths of many of those already mentioned but the ones I was most genuinely shocked by and can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard were

President JF Kennedy
John Lennon
Jill Dando
Princess Diana

The divine Victoria Wood. I adore her. I never understood grieving somebody you don't know until she died. It feels like a horrid jolt every time I remember. She spoke to me, for want of a better phrase. I cannot comprehend that she will never write again.

Peaches Geldof, I was the same age (also with children) & is only recently in the few months before she died started following her on instagram, looking at pictures of her beautiful little children & her big dogs, she seemed so happy after all her sadness. But just goes to show you never know what goes on behind closed doors. I just found myself feeling enraged by all the 'she was always a druggie it was bound to happen' type comments that got thrown around. Just felt an overwhelming sense of sadness, for her, but also for her husband & those two boys.

Damilola Taylor. Famous for all the wrong reasons

Marco Simoncelli, Moto GP rider, absolutely tragic and so young.

Victoria Wood, I loved everything she did, even from young childhood.

Terry Wogan, I found his voice so soothing and I was sad I wouldn't hear him again on anything new.

Alan Rickman, was an emotional wreck at work after finding out.

Also, not massively famous but Matt Campbell from Masterchef. Was really upset at the time for some reason and again watching the new series this week. He was my favourite lady series and I cannot stop thinking about him.

Last not lady 

As a teenager, I was absolutely distraught over the deaths of River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain. Took me years to get over. I still find it hard to listen to Nirvana because it reminds me of how utterly awful I felt back in the mid 90s.

As an adult, I was very saddened by the loss of Anton Yelchin. Even contemplated naming DS after him but Anton didn't really work with our surname.

Carrie Fisher; my 3 DC absolutely love Star Wars, it was like a family member dying. I couldn't bring myself to tell DD & DS2.

Jade Goody.

I'm not sure why, maybe because she was so young.

River Phoenix
Prince
George Michael

Oh god, I almost forgot Chris Cornell. His death came as such a shock to me. I find it really difficult to listen to his music now.