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Celebrity deaths that shocked you

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OneCosyCrow · 30/06/2025 17:30

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.

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JustAnInchident · 30/06/2025 17:39

Heath Ledger, Mark from Smart (I used to watch him on it as a kid!) and Sean Locke

suburburban · 30/06/2025 17:39

John Lennon and David Bowie

legyeleven · 30/06/2025 17:39

Paul o’Grady. I felt genuine sadness as he always seemed such a lovely and kind person.

Atstritchsitchmitch · 30/06/2025 17:39

alexalisten · 30/06/2025 17:38

Yeah that one was shocking

I know she'd had her problems but she had a partner and two young children so would "assume" she was doing reasonably well. Very sad.

JustAnInchident · 30/06/2025 17:40

Oh my goodness how did I miss Steve Irwin?!

alexalisten · 30/06/2025 17:40

OneGiddyRubyViewer · 30/06/2025 17:36

Cory Monteith - glee was my teenage hood!

Liam Payne- not a fan at all but it really shocked me

i know a lot of people are saying MJ but I wasn’t surprised at all at that

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Yeah and Naya rivera not mark sailing

Latenightreader · 30/06/2025 17:40

Victoria Wood. She was so funny and created amazing observational work which made it feel as if she knew me. I grew up watching her and I was very sad there would be no more work from her.

Terry Pratchett. Not unexpected but I was pretty ill with flu at the time and remember sobbing on the sofa.

3rdtimeinflorida · 30/06/2025 17:41

Another one for Caroline Flack. She “appeared” to have it all. Tragic.

Andoutcomethewolves · 30/06/2025 17:41

OneCosyCrow · 30/06/2025 17:36

I find it disgusting how people joke about her death

Who jokes about her death??

Raera · 30/06/2025 17:42

Freddie Mercury, such talent. We were lucky enough to see Queen during his time.

JustFeedMeCake · 30/06/2025 17:43

OneGiddyRubyViewer · 30/06/2025 17:37

It’s sad, but I think a lot of people forget she battered her partner. I wonder if everyone would have been just as sad if it was her partner battering her and he died. I feel sorry for her family but she should’ve gone to prison.

You don’t know that. He was a grifter, at best. That’s a horrible post.

Teado · 30/06/2025 17:43

Princess Diana, Steve Irwin and Kirsty MacColl because they were sudden and unexpected.

Robin Williams, Liam Payne and Matthew Perry saddened me but didn’t shock. Likewise Sarah Harding, whom I knew had been ill.

suburburban · 30/06/2025 17:43

Paul Cattermole and Tom Parker as they were both young

MyUmberSeal · 30/06/2025 17:44

JustAnInchident · 30/06/2025 17:40

Oh my goodness how did I miss Steve Irwin?!

Yes Steve Irwin for me too. Kirsty Macoll also. I always think deaths are more shocking when there is a spontaneity about them. Totally unexpected and not of their doing I guess.

Some of the people being mentioned, I could have guessed the cause of death straight away. Sad but true. Makes it all less shocking for me.

Atstritchsitchmitch · 30/06/2025 17:44

Jill Dando

Passivelypresent · 30/06/2025 17:44

Heath Ledger for me

DelphiniumBlue · 30/06/2025 17:44

JustAnInchident · 30/06/2025 17:39

Heath Ledger, Mark from Smart (I used to watch him on it as a kid!) and Sean Locke

Yes, Mark Speight's death was very sad. Also Freddie Mercury - the news of him having AIDS only broke days before he died, although there were rumours before then.
And then Amy Winehouse, she had so much talent, I feel the world really missed out when she died so young.

SplendidUtterly · 30/06/2025 17:45

Shocked :- Diana

REALLY saddened :- Queen Elizabeth II

OneCosyCrow · 30/06/2025 17:46

YourOnMute · 30/06/2025 17:39

They do??? I never knew this, and that is disgusting.
I was genuinely shocked at Princess Diana's death.

Yeah every Christmas about how she died, mainly on SM. Like her kids, who she saved could see that.

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alexalisten · 30/06/2025 17:46

The more I read im like them aswell so many people gone to soon

Tidekiln · 30/06/2025 17:47

OneGiddyRubyViewer · 30/06/2025 17:37

It’s sad, but I think a lot of people forget she battered her partner. I wonder if everyone would have been just as sad if it was her partner battering her and he died. I feel sorry for her family but she should’ve gone to prison.

Doesnt stop me feeling sad. She checked his phone, perhaps found evidence of cheating and lashed out. Anyone can mess up. She was such a happy bubbly fun person and in what seemed a fairly short space of time she just completley hit rock bottom. Her friend left her for minutes and came back and she had killed herself. So tragic.

Notsurewheretoturn · 30/06/2025 17:48

Paul Danan

manicmummyoftwo · 30/06/2025 17:49

Tidekiln · 30/06/2025 17:32

Caroline Flack, always makes me sad when I remember what happened to her.

Which bit shocked you? The bit where she was charged with domestic abuse?

The double standards when it comes to that woman are incredible.

Madisnttheword · 30/06/2025 17:49

Sean Locke
Paul walker
Heath ledger

OneCosyCrow · 30/06/2025 17:49

Andoutcomethewolves · 30/06/2025 17:41

Who jokes about her death??

About how she died.

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