To actually be crying because Carrie Fisher passed away?

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And not really be ashamed of it? I grew up on Princess Leia busting every body's balls and I really loved Carrie herself, and her being so candid and actually funny and clever.

Haha. A hero??? Really??
Get a grip. I prefer real heros not jumped up over paid and overrated people who learn lines, written by someone else, and 'act'
Open your eyes and ears people. Save your tears for real heros of the world

This BBC article about celebrity deaths in 2016 puts it all a bit more into perspective. It isn't that there have been lots more this year, just that there were more than average in the first part of the year.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38329740

kilmuir, that's rude and dismissive of you.

Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris.

Sorry, posted too soon - that's rude and dismissive, and also spectacularly misses the point.

Carrie was a hero and a role model to some, even if not you. Try and show some empathy and think how you'd feel if it was someone you cared about.

No, it's my opinion.
People die around us all the time.
Why would I cry and wail over a so called celeb anymore than I would someone dying in pain in a hospice.

Yeah, YABU.

Fucking hell. 2016 must be year of the ballbag

I was the same with the passing of Alan Rickman, Victoria Wood and Robin Williams, it doesn't matter if I didn't know them- I grew up watching these 3, they were part of my childhood, my teenage years and into adulthood. They mean a hell of a lot to me!

kilmuir

Name me some real heroes.

JessCress

Your lack of empathy for those feeling sad, this could well be the straw that broke the camels back for many people.
Bad Christmas, shit relationship, parents always criticising, you pet is in the vets.
Then the one of your favourite actors in one of your favourite films(the one that you go to for comfort or to hide form the world) dies .

That build up of emotion has to go somewhere, or should we just keep it all in?

I am sad for the family left behind.
Yes they were/are slebs and we can still see them on screen/hear their songs and read their books but they were family members too. When slebs die they leave behind spouses/partners, children/gdc friends and colleagues. I think my sadness comes because I know what it is like to lose a loved one. I don't understand how that sadness can be mocked or discarded as being important.
Each to their own I suppose.

unimportant

I lost my DBro in Feb, that was devastating to me, my SIL and our DM.

My thought is with Carrie's family, for her mother, Debbie Reynolds who has lost her child.

It's a human story. No death is trivial.

I haven't cried,but I am very sad.I thought Carrie Fisher was a funny,intelligent,talented woman,Leia was an iconic role model when I was young and kickass women were distinctly lacking in the media.And she was too young to die as was Victoria Wood,who I'm also still sad about.
Yes, their work is still there - but there will be no new work.its not like the grief I feel for my DMum and Dad,but that doesn't mean that it's nothing and I 'm wrong to feel it.

I've been on the verge of tears at the news. I grew up a huge Star Wars fan, and Leia was my favourite princess. Carrie Fisher was also a great advocate for mental health and animal rights issues, funny, self depreciating and honest.

Part of my childhood has died, as well as an amazing woman.

I think it's reasonable - I felt quite emotional when Terry Wogan died as he was such a part of my childhood. I've never cried over a celebrity though, but I can see why others do.

What I find hard is some people's overreaction - a friend posted on Facebook that she was 'devastated' when George Michael died. I would use devastated to describe how I felt when my parents died. Real people I'd lived with, laughed with and loved and been loved by. Not someone I've never met.

It is sad. We're watching Drop Dead Fred atm- a movie I grew up watching- and I remember feeling gutted when Rik Mayall (sp?) died...seems even more bittersweet now.

It's awful, I thought she was fab. I notice the fucking grief police are on patrol though.

Boney you're creating scenarios to justify the overreactions. I find that odd.

Boney you're creating scenarios to justify the overreactions. I find that odd.

Sorry for double post

It may be sad but to be in floods of tears just seems a bit strange to me. Sorry but it does. My view is... crying proper tears for hours on end should be reserved for her/his siblings/parents/children. What right have I to weep and wail for a person I have never met.

I was sad about George, I love love love him, he was a flawed person whose music brought a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. But I don't feel justified breaking down in tears over his untimely death, he isn't my George, he is someone elses. However, I put on his double CD (Ladies & Gentleman, the best of GM) and listened to it... a masterpiece and I thought of him and how much I loved his music.

But crying... no. That's reserved for the people who were important in his life AFAIC... his current partner, his siblings, AndrewR, Kenny Goss etc. They are the ones who will be grieving him. This is just my opinion of course.

Get a grip

I don't think anyone should get to lecture others on whether their grief (or expressions of it) are acceptable or not.

We're all individuals who react to things differently and our reactions are normal and valid for us in the context of our lives and values. For some people Carrie will have been a real loss even if they never met her in the flesh.

(Having said that, I don't like it when people fake this stuff for attention - that's a bit odd.)