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 .

Freddie Mercury - I can barely listen to some of the last songs. I know I will sob my way through Bohemian Rhapsody when I see it.

Gareth Thomas, the actor who was Blake in Blake's 7, but I did know him.

At the moment, I am struggling with Doddie Weir's MND diagnosis, but I have known him for a long time.

Not someone that most of Mumsnet would know but a few years ago the coach of the football team I follow in Australia was murdered by his adult son. Guess it was shocking as much as upsetting but it really shook me up.

Definitely Whitney Houston and her daughter. Whitney songs make me sad now

Anthony Bourdain. Couldn’t watch one of his shows for ages after he died.

Terry Pratchett. I had to keep hiding in the loos at work to compose myself - almost asked to go home early as I just couldn't stop tearing up.

No more lovely books

16 year old me was devastated at River Phoenix death, my first big lesson in not taking someone's public persona at face value.

I find it really odd that people get so upset at a strangers death. I often think it's very sad when someone famous dies but I'd never be emotional about it.

Maybe if it was a child or a particularly awful death I might though.

I felt genuinely sad when Terry Wogan died 😳.

George Michael, my first celeb crush. Such a beautiful, generous man.

Jade goody’s death hit me hard, we are a similar age and had kids at similar age. I had just been called to the hospital for more investigation of stage 3 pre cancerous cells and was convinced that the same was going to happen to me . Also Robins WIlliams, actually still makes me well up when I see his films on tv.

Alan Rickman :(

Princess Diana. My boys were slightly younger than William and Harry at the time, but it really affected me.

John Peel.

He was who I thought about when I worried about growing old. I don't mean the numbers of my age going up. That's unavoidable. I mean I've always worried about ending up in a cardigan, wearing slippers, moaning about "the youth of today", and thinking the only good music is from when I grew up (80s). He was my role model showing me it didn't have to be like that. His death shook me quite a bit.

I think John Peel felt different to a normal celebrity to me because he spoke to me every night on the radio, so you felt as if you knew him. I even met him twice at festivals. He was like the cooler version of your dad and I miss his wisdom and comfort. I was sad about Alan Rickman too, and some musicians, but you can relive what they have to you by rewatching their films or relistening to their music so they're not a lost connection in quite the same way.

Randomly, Terry Wogan. He was just such a big part of my childhood, watching 'Wogan' 'Children in Need' and all the other BBC programs. I couldn't quite believe he had died. They played his final radio 2 show, when he was saying goodbye to the listeners and I was totally crying

Diana really affected me. Really deeply. So so young, and deprived of two beautiful boys and her grandchildren - she was a real icon and inspiration

I feel a deep sadness with anyone taken far too young. James B and Millie D I try to avoid reading about - such a waste and a terrifying death at the hands of evil and they are not the only ones. Humans can sometimes be so vile and disgusting. Diana was chased like a dog and made to seem so unbalanced and no one seems to see history repeating itself in terms of the awful posts and comments about Prince Harry’s wife. Saying she is this and that - can you imagine living with that everyday? It’s vile.

Alexander McQueen was desperately sad. Went to see the show at the V&A subsequently, and it seemed so poignant – his sheer vision and originality. What a waste.

I'm dreading David Attenborough dying too. Will be a monumental loss. Surely he'll get basically a state funeral?

Gosh yes, Terry Wogan. I've only recently worked out why I was so attached to him.

I had a somewhat disrupted childhood, but wherever I ended up, there was always TW on the radio every morning, a reliable, reassuring, kind and consistent presence in my life.

Princess Diana death affected me in a surprising, non sensical way, as did Steve Irwindale and Amy Winehouse.

Oh of course Jade Goody too.

Avegemitesandwich I agree about Terry Wogan. He was always on TV when I was a kid, and then as an adult I went through a stressful move to an unfamiliar town and a job I wasn't at all sure about. His show on the radio every morning was the one familiar thing that made me feel oddly safe.

I was genuinely upset when he left the breakfast show and felt more bereaved over his death than when some families members died. Although now I think about it, he actually had more impact on my life than than the uncle I hadn't seen since I was 10 so it kind of makes sense.

Feeling the Terry love 💘

Peaches Geldof. We are the same age and it just seemed like she had found a really happy place. I remember when Paula Yates died and my Mum explaining it to me and feeling so sad for her as a child. Then for the cycle to repeat itself. I always think about her 2 boys and hope they have stability, love and care.

Robin Williams and Natasha Richardson.

Joey Dunlop, the consummate road racer. A very ordinary man, an extraordinary human

Cory Monteith. Such a waste.

John smiths death is imo a real sliding doors moment. I think things would be so very different now had he lived.

Couldn't agree more.

Helmetbymidnight, you make good points about Bowie. All I can say is that it was a dreadful shock because I didn't even know he was ill; and I know he'd had a long and outstanding career already, but in his last years/months he seemed to be having another flowering. God only knows how much longer that could have gone on and what more he could have given us if he'd lived.

Re: Diana it was horribly sad –she must have had such an unhappy life –but for me the image I cannot stop seeing, even now, is when I see one or both of the princes and I just see their faces as they walked behind her coffin. Those poor boys.