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

The only one that has felt similar for me was Amy Winehouse. I’d been a fan of Amy since her first album Frank and her death at 27 seemed like such a waste of talent. She wasn’t much older than me and she was someone I could identify with in a lot of ways and she made me feel like “there but for the grace of God go I”. I was in London, living near Camden, the day of her funeral and remember the streets being sealed off in the surrounding areas and knowing what a familiar sight she’d been in the vicinity felt unbearable. She’d been so full of life and such a huge personality and talent.

I feel like Caroline’s death is a sign of the times and I doubt it will be the last. She was bubbly, vivacious and I remember how well she came across on Strictly luminous and beautiful. We’ll never know what happened in the lead up to her death and she was never going to get a fair trial by media. She was going to be hounded and ridiculed for a long time, guilty or not guilty. I can understand if she was already depressed and struggling that it seemed an impossible task and something she didn’t want to live through. It’s tragic. But like I said there are more to come. Just look at how vindictive and nasty anonymous people right here on MN are? Twitter? Instagram? The Daily Mail comments section? Then look at the paparazzi who have not changed since Diana died? Then the ever vociferous and poisonous comments of the likes of Katie Hopkins and Piers Morgan. There is no escape except being a perfect universally liked human being who never ages, never gains weight, never makes a mistake...basically a perfection that doesn’t exist.

That’s the thing that feels different for me. Caroline’s death is a sign of our sick society that leads us to bully people relentlessly with no escape. It’s very very sad.

I personally don't understand getting upset over someone who you don't even know. It's the concept of dying that is upsetting, but how can it affect you when they had no bearing on your everyday life?!

I'd be far more traumatised if my cat died - sorry, but that's true!

Caroline's death has hit me more than I expected, especially the picture she'd posted of her and her dog Ruby on valentine's day.

I think Amy Winehouse hit me the most, especially as she'd really been getting back on track. She'd stopped taking drugs, reached a healthy weight, and really cut back on her drinking. She was also in a new relationship and longing to start a family. So sad her life was cut short just as she was doing well.

Next time a male celebrity gets arrested for DV I look forward to outpouring of sympathy.

I hope CF finds peace but I do think that some in MN need to get a grip unless you knew her personally.

Agree about Amy Winehouse, it seemed so cruel that she seemed to have taken control over her life and future and then was gone.

I don't feel like that about Caroline Flack, although it's a terrible finish to any life I think she was quite a messed up person and heading for a sad end one way or the other.

The first celebrity I felt really upset about was John Lennon. The Beatles were an integral part of my childhood.

Yeah I was like this with Avicii as well. So so sad for all

Any celebrity death by suicide (or generally whenever I hear of suicide) really hits me hard. I’ve suffered badly in the past with depression but it never got to a point where I wanted to end it. I feel desperately sad for people that get so low they see absolutely no way out. And what of their last moments? Are they frightened? Are they calm? I just can’t imagine it - some people say it’s cowardly but taking your own life, causing yourself that last pain, would be no easy decision at all.

Brittany Murphy and princess diana

Caroline's has really upset me I cant stop thinking about her ending her life on her own while her friend went to the shops.Her poor friend aswell who must have found her.

It's hitting me hard but I think that's more because I'm in a really low dark place myself.

No .... I've been shocked about celebrity deaths , but never really upset by them . I guess I have no emotional investment in them ?

@PineappleCocktail I thought the show on the day of the funeral was a great tribute to Stephen Clements. It was very sad. He seemed to have everything.

I certainly wasn't affected by either Amy Winehouse or Peaches Geldof. Other than to worry about young people hero worshipping them and thinking they were role models.
Caroline Flack seemed a more positive person generally but other than a sense that something very dark must have happened to someone to make them commit suicide I can't say I'm devastated. I didn't know her, so to say otherwise would be weird.

I saw Amy Winehouse in hospital early June 2011 and she looked so ill, so thin, I was shocked by her appearance. She had problems walking down a flight of 5 stairs - she was being physically supported. My Dad was with me & couldn't believe that she was allowed to self-discharge the next day. He was very upset when she died. I was angry as I felt she'd been allowed by everyone to get beyond the point of no return.

@PrincessHoneysuckle her friend had to call her (Caroline’s) dad as she was worried she couldn’t get in, so her dad found her ☹️

No, not overwhelmed with sadness as I'd only seen CF on telly once or twice so didn't know anything about her.

I was completely shocked by Avicii's death, that did seem such a waste as I'd followed his music for a long time and he was so young but obviously so lost.

Shock is different to sadness.

I'm not normally affected but i feel really sad about Caroline Flack. I wasn't a fan, didn't follow her, didn't really have an interest in her but i feel really sad about her death.
I've never been affected but other celebrities deaths. Apart from Alan Rickman, I'm still quite sad about his passing and it was 4 years ago ☹️

I was surprised how upset I was when Adam Yauch died and when Keith Flint died.
I think because they were both such huge parts of my teen years.

But in my mind, no one will have a sadder death than Layne Staley.

I felt like this when Jade Goody died. She was a similar age to me, and I had a child a similar age to her boys. I could feel her desperation over those final weeks to leave a life for them when she was gone. So, so sad.

sandalsandsocks Johnny Depp has been accused of domestic violence, don't you think he'd gain sympathy if he killed himself, or are you seriously suggesting we'd be 'applauding' as another poster idiotically suggested? You might not feel any empathy in this case, that's fine, but you've got no right to tell other people how they should feel. Many of us here have direct experiences with suicide and this hits a raw nerve. You sound quite pathetic in your attempt to sound superior, frankly.

I've never felt upset about a celebrities death, but I sympathise with anyone upset today

And I am sure that many people have experience of DV but dare not to express it at this time for fear of having no empathy.

*You sound quite pathetic in your attempt to sound superior, frankly.
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Nailed it.

There's more than one on this thread too.