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.

Freddie Mercury. I cried before school.

This is probably mine as well.

Princess Diana

JFK, though I was only five at the time. I can still remember my dad, a blunt Yorkshireman, saying “ bloody ‘ell, they’ve shot the bugger!”.

Elvis 😢

Elvis

JFK

Elvis, I was at primary school and my best friend was obsessed by him. She cried for days.

Freddie Mercury.

JFK

Another for Elvis- my mum woke me up for school and was upset- I was a bit eh? I knew who he was of course but wasn't a fan- neither was my mum but it still had her crying 😢

I was going to say River Phoenix, but Birdsinginginthetrees's post made me realise it's actually Freddy Mercury.

Elvis

Yes I remember watching that performance live on TV, and the audience laughing because they thought it was part of the act.

Elvis although I didn't know who he was.

When Elvis died it was like when Diana died, all over the telly and headlines and supplements in the papers, a huge outpouring of grief

The queen mother I think, we watched her funeral in primary school

I know she’s not a celebrity it’s just the very first well known person I remember who died when I was young

Freddie Mercury

I am a bit young for TC (30) but I watched his death and as bad as it sounds it was so funny. I think he would’ve liked to think he went out making people laugh. My mum was a big fan

JFK.

Elvis also. My dad was very upset.

Probably Princess Diana when I was 10. I mainly remember it because the teachers made us write mawkish poetry about it when we went back to school a few days later. I still cringe.

Mine was Princess Diana too

Came on to say elvis