Have you ever been really affected by the death of a celebrity? Is this normal?

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I feel so heartbroken at Ray Liotta passing away. My husband and friends must think I'm crackers but I genuinely have been fond of him for years and years. I always hoped I would meet him one day and believed

Honestly no. I can’t say the death of any famous person has affected me in the slightest.

I have never cried over any celeb's death but have been certainly been affected by many - a lot mentioned here.

Princess Diana had a massive effect on many people - I didn't even rate her much in life but found her death very tragic and went out to walk round London the night before her funeral - so many people camping in the streets - that was very moving.

Victoria Wood's was shocking, far too young - I loved her humour and saw her twice at the Albert Hall.

Freddie Mercury's was so sad and AIDS such a terrible disease then with no effective treatments.

John Peel - that was sad too - too young again.

One of my dds was badly affected by the death of Caroline Flack - she was a massive fan and had actually met her several times.

I think any death of a well-known figure reminds us of our mortality. I'm getting on a bit now and lots of actors, rock stars etc that I liked when I was young have died in recent years. It reminds me of how short life is and how quickly it passes.

I went ohhhh no when Christopher lee died.. he was (I think) just an old school gent

Amy Winehouse - just a sad sad state of affairs and a musical genius. Who knows what else she would have done

I was gutted when Rik Mayall and Victoria Wood died, really gutted.

But there are three people in particular who are all getting on in years, one in his 90s, and I will be devastated when they pass. I have autism, I get very very attached to people I'm a fan of.

Chester Bennington, cannot, cannot listen to Underground 13 (I'll be Gone)
without a little cry.

Victoria Wood and Ronnie Corbett. Childhood memories and both were so inherently "British" in some way.

Rather morbidly, their deaths got me thinking about other celebs whose death will be irrationally pivotal to me!

Stephen Gately. I was a huge boyzone fan and he was my favourite. My brother and his girlfriend were up visiting me the weekend it happened, and my mum messaged him to get him to tell me

When Leonard Cohen died I had a good cry.

Really shit day yesterday so Ray Liotta death did gut me (got his autograph somewhere I’ve six of them Alan Rickman included can I find them? Can I fuck I’ve turned flat inside down over the years looking for them) but ok today.

I've never particularly cared about deaths of adults I don't know, beyond normal oh that's a shame. Especially not if they'd reached a good age.

I hate hearing about children dying.

@QuantumWeatherButterfly Same, I still get really sad when I think about it. Sending them a GNU

Sean Lock. That one felt like a real sucker punch to the gut.

The whole of 2016 was a terrible cunt of a year.

And not a celeb, but an incredibly talented, formidable sportsman - Jonah Lomu. He was so fantastic to watch on the field, fought back from adversity to be fit enough to make the All Blacks team when he had been so unwell, and died horribly, horribly young. Thanks for everything, Jonah 😪

Caroline Aherne really made me sad. Sobbed when I heard half the world away on the radio at the time. I’d grown up with her, watching her family sat on the sofa while I sat in the sofa with mine.

Bizarrely, footage or photos of Princess Diana with her young sons really upsets me now. I’m a year younger than William. I have 2 sons the same age as his eldest 2. Her death never really bothered me at the time. But now The thought of my 2 boys losing their mother breaks me.

I was affected by the death of Kirsty MacColl. I think because I had met her less than a year before her death and because of her age, and the age of her sons. I went to her memorial service which was a lovely tribute to her, but my abiding memory is hearing her mum speak.

David Bowie and Prince.

Victoria Wood was shocking, too. 2016 was a foul year. That said, given what’s happened since, I wonder if a bit of sheep/goat sorting was going on.

And weirdly, I properly ugly-sobbed when Prince Philip died. It wasn’t that long after I lost my parents within eight months of each other, and it brought all the memories back of how bereft my
mum was when she lost my dad.

I’m not a royalist or anything. DH found me in a snotty heap in the kitchen and was most perplexed.

Princess Diana
Gary Speed
Caroline Flack

I cried for Peaches Geldof and her children, too. A desperately sad situation.

Lemmy. I really did think he was going to live forever!

Paul Hester (crowded house drummer) Just so desperately sad.

I've never cried about a celebrity death but it always gets to me when I hear the Avicii lyrics "One day, you'll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember" - he really did.

Same. I cried so much when David Bowie died. Obviously I didn't know him, but he was a constant in my life from being a teenager. His music reminded me of so many growing up memories, like audible photos 😢

I found myself properly grieving when Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) died during the first lockdown. I didn't function fully for about a week. The kids were mildly baffled but they were patient with me 😁 RIP Dave

Not particularly a fan, but was on hols in Los Angeles when Prince died, and the LA Times ran a full page with a picture of the back of a red corvette with the words "That was much too fast baby" above. Really got to me at the time.

I was going to say Paul Ritter too. It still makes me tear up when I think he's no longer with us 😭