To ask if you've ever felt like this about a celebrity's death

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I didn't know Caroline and she didn't know me, but I can't shake this feeling of sadness about her death. It's really stopped me in my tracks.

To know that someone else felt like life wasn't worth living is just the most horrendous and awful thing to me. I do believe she would have made it through the court case the other side. I'm wondering what she was thinking during her final moments.

I feel so saddened.

Has anyone else ever felt like this about a celebrity when they've passed? If so, who? It probably sounds really pathetic as I didn't know her, but I can't stop thinking about it

I am the same. Other celeb deaths haven’t effected me like this. I can’t shake the feeling.

Mine was Kurt Cobain.
That really upset me. More recently Tom Petty.

@Glitteryone Me neither. I've never felt like this before over someone I didn't know.

I think it’s more common than you think. You might not know someone but you can still be sad for what happens to them, particularly if they’re similar to you in some way (age group etc) - it puts yourself in their shoes.

I was quite upset when Bowie died. I love his music and grew up listening to it, he’d always been there so I think in a way I assumed he always would be! It was quite a shock for this prominent force to suddenly not be there anymore.

Cory Monteith.

@incywincyspiders Yes, that was really sad. I was on holiday at the time when I heard and it was so shitty

George Michael hit me hard not sure if it was because it was xmas or pregnancy hormones

Yes I get exactly what you mean. I feel very sad about her death.

@Cazza6474 Yeah that was a rubbish Christmas George seemed so lovely

Richard Beckinsale when I was a teenager. Really got to me and couldn't stop thinking about it for ages. He seemed so young.

@Cazza6474 oh me too. Something about him dying alone at Christmas was really upsetting too.

@Pineappletree33 I'm glad I'm not being unreasonable in feeling like this. Any loss of a life is sad but in such circumstances like these. I'm sure she was fit and healthy and would have had many years ahead of her. 40 is really young.

Hardly unusual, but Princess Diana for me. Michael Jackson to a lesser extent.

@alibongo5 Heart attack at 31 is so bloody tragic

I can’t say I usually ever feel more for a celebrity than I do than when I hear from my mother that someone in her gym class died for example. But I must admit I found Amy Winehouse’s death very upsetting.

I know what you mean. I feel so sad for her and her family. I feel like it resonates if you’ve ever suffered with your mental health. She was such a relatable person that it just feels a bit close to home. Just awful.

It's really stopped me in my tracks.

Me too. Haven’t watched LI for a few years but I feel really sad. Bordering on distressed. I did about Carrie Fisher and Princess Diana.

I was going to saw Cory Monteith too. And Stephen Gately. Although neither of them were suicides.

Mine was George Michael. I still cant quite believe he is gone
RIP Caroline

@Montyman Absolutely. I have had depression and anxiety since childhood and have overdosed once as a teen. I know how it feels to feel so low and to know that someone else also felt like that and was alone is terrible to me. I'm gutted about her death as I feel it could have been avoided, she just needed someone to be with her.

Chester Bennington 😭

Peaches Geldof and Amy Whitehouse

My brother has been suffering with mental health issues recently and has spoke if suicide and no longer wanting to live. We have hit brick walls recently with the mental health services and on call teams. Their attitude seems to be unless hes actually attempting to take his own life there isnt much we can do apart from send someone to see him tomorrow.... hearing this news today made me feel sick. It could be anyone.

Robin Williams for me.

I understand OP.

I felt like that about Chester Bennington.