What is the first celebrity death you remember?

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My daughter has been asking lots of questions about today’s tragic news (a boy at school told her about it) and it made me think this is probably the first celebrity death she has taken note of and will probably be the first one she remembered. The first celebrity death I remember is Princess Diana. I was about the same age DD is now.

Princess Diana.

Elvis.

Edit: No. President Kennedy.

Freddy Mercury

JFK.
Then Winston Churchill.

Tommy Cooper.

John Lennon

John Lennon.

Elvis..I think

Elvis here too.
The funeral procession I seem to recall was on the news/TV.

JFK

John Lennon - Beatles songs were all that was played on the radio that day.

Elvis and Marc Bolan, they happened quite close to each other

John Lennon

pope John Paul 2

Lucille Ball in 1989

My mum used to watch alot of her films when I was young, hence I knew show she was.

Elvis. But I wasn't really sure who he was.

I can remember Elvis dying i was young maybe 6/7 .but remember my dad being upset and shushing us when the news was on.

Kurt Kobain 😥

Percy Thrower! I would have been about 7, and I remember my mum (who is a keen gardener) crying.

Elvis, I was 13

Elvis.

River Phoenix

George Harrison

John Lennon

Elvis,I remember my neighbour laying on her sofa crying when I went round to play with her daughter.