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 .

yes a celebrity can touch your life, impact upon it greatly. Either directly through their art, music, books, personality, outlook/campaign.......... or from what they represent ! to take bob and paula, so many ''archetypes'' in there. Same with Diana and her death. Amy Winehouse.

A stranger, a total stranger represents nothing and symbolises nothing to you.

BruegeITheElder

I used to feel the same way that you did (I was quite scathing of a friend that reacted strongly to Kurt Cobain's death) and was surprised when I felt deeply about the death of a celebrity.

Maybe yours is yet to come or (as you say) you never develop such an attachment.

Michael Jackson. Grew up adoring him even though I'm reasonably young (thriller was before I was born). I had tickets to see This Is It for my 18th. He seemed so resilient yet kind, and was a master of his crafts. I had an awfully difficult childhood and music was everything to me, so it hit me quite hard when he died.

Judith Barsi. I was a massive Don Bluth fan as a child, especially All Dogs Go To Heaven and The Land Before Time. Such a senseless waste of a young life.

Jill Dando. No idea why it upset me. I think it was the shock of her just being murdered randomly at her own front door

When my OH told me Robin Williams had died I burst into tears. He was quite shocked. He said he didn't realise I was so fond of him. I thought he had said 'Robbie Williams'. So obviously, I have a deeper connection to Robbie Williams than I maybe realised.

I am quite fond of Robin Williams too. I did feel guilty after.

Has anyone mentioned David Bowie yet?

Princess Diana
Robin Williams

Freddy, George, and also Karen Carpenter

John Thaw

Elvia Presley and John Lennon.

However the huge one for me was David Bowie. Cried for hours when I heard and intermittently for days after. He was my first ever concert, vale Ziggy.

Yeah, I saw the thread title and thought Bowie, too. It's not even like I'm a massive fan, but I think Jarvis was right when he said Bowie was like a lighthouse for everyone that's a bit weird, that he somehow made it OK to be a kook. I was devastated by the news, it's really hard to explain.

@ballsdeep Ariana said herself that it was a toxic relationship that she couldn't stay in. I'm sure she misses him a lot though

Kirsty MacColl, as I had walked past her only a few weeks previously, and given how young she was.

@ForalltheSaints Yes definitely Kirsty, so very sad that she died so young and no one was ever punished for her death , all so very wrong .
And she died while protecting her son . Someone should have paid the price for poor sons growing up without a mother.

Lena Zavaroni.
Extraordinarily talented and tragically mismanaged young woman

Terry Pratchet, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie.

I was a primary teacher when Bowie died. Spent the day playing his music between lessons and failing attempting to explain why he was so special.

Pratchett - even though we all knew he haf Alzheimer's, I just could not believe tbat there'd be no more Vimes, Nanny Ogg Luggage or excruciating puns that took entire chapters to set up.

And Freddie. ... words are inadequate.

Timmy Mallet

Timmy mallet isn’t dead

Poor timmy!
Is it christopher biggins who is dead?
I used to mix him up with timmy mallet

Christopher Biggins isn't either, he's still about! This place is as bad as Twitter for fake deaths

Victoria Wood

Jeremy Brett. Loved him as Sherlock. The most handsome but tortured man.