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

Paula Yates. I loved her.

I did.

Not always people I paid attendion to in real life.

Peaches Geldoff, a young mother, so much to live for.
Dolores O'Riordan, was never a fan, but was shocked by her death. A waste.
George Michael. I'll never get over or understand that oneone.
Lemmy, first big rock God of my world to go. Still can't believe he's 'dead'. It just doesn't suit him!
Prince, untimely. Regrettable.
So many more.
Death is just weird.
Diana.
Freddie Mercury.
Gerry Ryan.
Gaybo.
Mariane Finucane, wtf!!!? Didn't expect that. Thought she had so many good years left.
Rik Mayall.
A few years back, Joan Rivers, Bowie, Carrie Fisher,, Malcolm young, Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Sean Hughes.

Some people have passed away that I wasn't aware of, just been scrolling through now. Very sad.

Anne Kirkbride, Deirdre from Coronation st, didn't realise, taken at just 60 years old..how awfully sad.

Magenta Devine! Similarly young age. I remember her unique and elegant style, can't believe someone so young is already gone. Very sad.

I feel the same about Caroline, it’s so so awful

I don’t think it matters if you know them or not

Any death is how it relates to your personal circumstances or not.

River Phoenix when I was young it was so tragic and shocking I was very upset by it.

David Bowie died a week after my dad and Alan Rickman a few days later. It was a really strange time and I find it hard to separate how I felt about them dying because I was already deep in grief.

Absolutely not.

Vicarious grief is a bizarre feature of modern life. I don’t grieve over the deaths of people I never met, nor would I expect anyone who had never met me to grieve over my death.

I remember pushing my trolley around a deserted supermarket on the day of Diana Windsor’s funeral, thinking the country had completely taken leave of its senses.

Human beings sometimes behave very oddly....

I bought some magazines from Asda today, one dated 17/2/20 and was reading a page about how Caroline was at rock bottom with her fella texting other girls and the court case and my phone pinged with the newsflash she was dead. So sad. ITV should have let her do this series of love island

Victoria Wood.

I never understood the whole "OMG I am devastated!!" thing when a celeb died but with her I did shed a tear. She was funny and nice and no one seemed to have a bad word to say about her. She was down to earth too, despite being so successful (I know this as I know someone who worked on something she was involved in, he also liked her a lot). She just seemed normal, despite being in the public eye and she seemed like a mate you could talk to about the menopause or whatever.

I felt like I'd lost someone who never knew me but understood what its like to be me.....a middle aged woman!

There are sadly many, many celebrities being listed here who have died over the years either by suicide or relating to addiction. Most had no connection to love island so I think the bigger issue is about the pressures of being in the public eye, even more so today with social media and the state of our press currently. I can see it would be easy to blame love island and axe it, but then the real issue of trolling, trial by social media, press intrusion etc just gets brushed under the carpet until the next time.

This one has really got to me too. I didn't watch Love Island but always really liked her since I saw her doing the I'm a Celeb after programme. Thought she seemed real fun, was good at what she did and was really attractive. What's really touched me is that she was a twin - how must her sister be feeling just now. Just really sad

Alan Rickman. He is my favorite actor and I had not known he was ill so it came as a huge shock. After all these years I still feel so sad when I think about the fact he is gone.

I never understood the feeling some people have over celebrity deaths either until yesterday, and I didn’t even watch Love Island.

I think it was more to do with the circumstances, knowing she’d been hounded by the press into committing suicide, and she was still rather young.

The media need to be held more accountable, frankly seeing Piers Morgan and Dan Wootton writing heartfelt messages on their Twitter accounts was hypocritical of them.

Oh well, husky, no one's life is ever going to be as shit as being a jew in the 1940's, so we'll all stop whinging and just get on with life shall we?

Heath Ledger for me.
Young, talented, beautiful imo and a young daughter. When I watch his movies I often wonder what his career would be like now if he'd lived. So many demons.

Yes, George Michael.

I was quite surprised at my own reaction to his death, as I'd never been a particular fan of his- people who I've been massive fans of have died, without creating such a strong feeling. But he'd been around since my teens, when stuff like Bad Boys was out, and it just seemed so unexpected, he was so young, and I can't really explain it. By all accounts he was an extremely kind and generous man, and I still feel very sad about it.

I was sorry to hear about Caroline Flack - very tragic

I know what you mean OP

Me and my close friends have all been exchanging messages about Caroline Flack tonight- we all cannot believe it.

It's definitely got me.

She was our age, seemed to have so much to live for...and in all the TV clips and photos, she just looked so...vibrant, happy and full of life.

Tonight, I just cannot stop reading the articles about her death...unbelievably tragic and so sad for her family and loved ones.

@HuskyloverI it’s perfectly possible to be upset about multiple events in life. Just because terrible things have happened or are happening doesn’t mean other awful things aren’t allowed upset people. A close friend of mine died very suddenly a few years ago but that doesn’t mean I’m also not allowed to have a bad day at work or get upset at a break up just because none of that is severe as my friend’s death? Or should I not be upset at my friend’s passing at all because it wasn’t as bad as a mass genocide? The world isn’t as black and white as you see it.

I found Peaches Geldof's death incredibly sad. I guess because she was a young mother, her boys very close in age like mine, and I just felt that we had lost one of our own. Plus the tragedy of the symmetry with her mother's death.

Also the tragic death of Charlotte Bevan and her baby really affected me. I suffer with mental health problems and I just thought that really could have been me in the hours and days after the birth of DS1.

I stongly recommend Andrew Ridgeleys book about him and George. I was a huge Wham! fan back in the day, and I bought it based on that, but it was very touching. You could tell that there was a lot of love between them, and that their friendship was genuine and lasted most of Georges life.

Strangely, I did know Sean Hughes, and his death didn't affect me really,it kind of felt inevitable. People texted me that day to say they were sorry, but I just felt that his suffering was over. He was a complicated man.

I feel exactly the same. I can't sleep for thinking about her, she just seemed so lovely and warm. I can't quite believe it. I'm very distressed.

It's affected me a lot today, partly because of the circumstances for personal reasons and also because I watched her on Strictly where you see a lot of the real person and felt I knew her a little bit as a result.

I was very shocked when I found out.

It’s especially sad because it comes across as the cumulative after effect of someone having their life completely turned upside down. She lost her high profile job which was something she was heavily tied to, she had relationship issues, she had a looming court case/possible conviction etc. This would have damaged her reputation, especially in the industry she is in.

I’m sure the tabloids and trolls didn’t help her mental health. I couldn’t imagine feeling so awful recent life events then having hundreds of people online berating me over those exact problems. In fact, when I’ve felt down I’ve strayed away from social media out of fear/embarrassment...and I wouldn’t have received any of the abuse she did. It’s just the sheer pressure.

At the same time, I also feel sorry for her partner who was the victim of assault. I hope he doesn’t blame himself. Victims of assault shouldn’t feel afraid to seek police assistance from fear of the abuser committing suicide.

Paul Hunter, my son is the same age as his daughter. They were less than a year old when he died. It really affected me. Terribly sad for his wife and family.