Celebrity deaths that shocked you

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Which celebrity’s death do you feel shocked at?

I would probably say Robin Williams. Which is probably an obvious one. George Micheal and Bowie also.

Elvis ripped off black people's stuff so his death was no loss. He wrote nothing himself and profited from black performers who had been largely ignored in a racist society.

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"Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Mother fucker him and John Wayne"

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and 10 years after her, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, three great African pioneers of rock roll, now their deaths are worth mourning.

Muhammad Ali, another great African, is one of the greatest individuals who ever lived. Telling the white settler entity america to go fuck itself was beautiful (as was throwing his Olympic medal which he won representing his oppressor in the river). His death was a huge loss to humanity.

Kurt Cobain

Me either. This felt devastating although I’d obviously never met the man. I think he represented so much of what was good that I couldn’t believe such a tragedy should befall him.

Also Prince and George Michael were gone far too soon and news of their deaths shocked me for days.

I was looking for this comment. I was so so sad at Paul O'Grady's passing I couldn't watch for the love of dogs for about 4 months I was so sad and upset 😭😭

Also Robin Williams passing was just as sad 😭😭

The fabulous Maggie Smith 😭😭

And of course Amy Wineshouse's passing was also a dark day 😭😭

The one that shocked me the most Diana, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrone and Liam Payne ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Shocked: Diana and Cobain. Upset: Bowie.

Alexander McQueen

Meatloaf, and Christopher Lee, oddly because he was about a zillion years old.

Oh FFS that is not anything to do with people caring about him dying or being shocked. I never said I cared either or think he was innocent, because I can't be bothered with a long drawn out argument about it.

River Phoenix and Brandon Lee 😪

I feel sad when I hear songs by Amy Winehouse, such a talent taken too young. I remember crying in my car on the way to work when Freddie Mercury died and I feel sad when I see Patrick Swayze in point break.

Freddie Mercury, went way before his time. Alan Rickman & Patrick Swayze also, such talent.

Still miss him to this day. I’ll never not be sad that he is gone.
Heard the news on the radio as I was on my way to sit an exam at my university. I did appallingly as I was just too shocked and upset to even think about the work.
RIP Layne 🖤

Oh gosh I forgot Jade Goody. She was the same age as me, I was absolutely glued to that series of Big Brother. It was an unbelievable shock when she found out she was dying.

Nelson Mandela
Desmond Tutu
The Queen
Princess Diana
Sinead O'Connor
Amy Winehouse

Thought he denied that ever happened, she hurt herself is what I remember. Happy to be corrected.

The first celeb I remember dying in a shocking way was John Lennon. I remember my dad telling me and wondering why he was telling me. But it was all over the bees of course.

I vaguely recall Elvis dying before that. Then next Karen Carpenter, I was a bit older and upset by that one.

When I was ten my dad told me my great aunt Pansy had died. I didn't even know I had a great aunt Pansy, so I pretended to cry.

Anyway, I've not really been bothered by celeb deaths much since that lot.

I was upset at Wogan dying. And Kirsty McColl. But never really shocked. Princess Di was obviously shocking, but in a way, something like that had been bound to happen to her.

Not a celebrity but… the Queen Mother, she was so old and so permanent I had totally forgotten she could die.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - broke my heart. Possibly the greatest actor of his generation.

Debbie Reynolds 😔 She said she wanted to be with Carrie 😔😔 2016 was a really bad year!!

Princess Diana, Paul Walker and Alan Rickman. Oh and David Bowie and Prince.

This is complete bollocks.

Elvis, like the majority of popular singers of that period, did not write his own songs. But he had a huge amount of respect for black musicians and did a lot to bring their music into the public eye at a time when many could not get gigs at "white" venues. He himself played at black venues and with black musicians, supported the civil rights movement, and had no time for racists.

The idea that "real" musicians had to come up with their own songs from scratch didn't really become a thing until into the 60s era, lots of blues musicians picked up bits and pieces from all over the place, and of course so did gospel singers which was one of the foundational elements of rock and blues music.

Linda Bellingham.

The dark haired actress from beverley hills 90210.

Shocked? Princess Di of course. it's sad sounding but had she committed suicide I would not have been shocked but that whole incident was just like something out of a film.

Deaths I really felt in my heart - probably Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Justin Townes Earle (Steve Earle's son.)

Lots of others I felt sad about, but not so much shocked. I was a little surprised by Bowie and Alan Rickman, mainly because they kept their illnesses very quiet and you get used to hearing about celebrities being ill before they die.

I was quite shocked by Gene Hackman and his wife, and the dog, what an awful thing.

I heard that my first love had died last year and I was absolutely heartbroken. I hadn't seen him for over 30 years and I knew he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, but was told he was responding well to medication. I was so shocked. He will always have a special place in my heart.

I presume you don't encounter women who are victims of domestic violence in your work or personal life, to make such a simplistic statement. Women who are worn down by years of verbal and/or physical abuse and then lash out are not the same as the partners who abuse them. Not at all. Look up battered women syndrome; have a read of the stories taken on by the Centre for Women's Justice. Educate yourself before saying this sort of thing to someone who is (on the face of their post) a victim.