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

[twelveminutespast]

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

George Michael dying really upset me, also I don’t understand why it took so long for the funeral either, it was months I remember at the time hating the thought of him being in some cold store all alone, and I really hate the thought of him being in an unmarked grave, just seems so wrong to me.

Yes I have felt sad especially when that 'Child of our time' boy died by suicide. However, I don't feel anything much regarding Caroline Flack. Weird but there you go. I'm not a fan of all that TV dross celebrity shit and she represented all that so maybe that's why I'm unmoved. I feel for her parents though.

Victoria Wood, I was so sad.

As a child, I remember Elvis dying. Then John Lennon a few years later. I didn’t know who either of them were. My friend or maybe her mum explained who Elvis was, played some music. No one talked to me about JL (my parents were very emotionally distant) and it affected me because I was a primary aged kid and really confused. It was like the country was gripped in something I didn’t get. It further solidified my feelings of being an outsider.

Diana and then Bowie, the latter of whom was the beginning of the annus horribilus of deaths of big celebrities including George Michael and Prince. That was a shocking year.

mnthrowaway202020 i think its worse than that though.as he posted a pic denieing what the press were saying.it said this is bullshit the blood wasnt mine. and was infact due to carolines injuries when she broke a glass and cut herself.this has been backed up by others who were there onsite.thats why he wasnt pressing charges.on valentines day he posted a pic of them both saying how he missed her as they werent allowed to keep in touch.so if this is true and infact this was her own mental health even since that night then her death is on the hounding she got when being totally innocent.or deff not as guilty as she has been made out to be.

Luke Perry, not in the same circumstances-but it really upset me. I guess I grew up around the time 90210 was a thing, I remember thinking he was so cool and elusive.
I'm not a teary person, I had to pause because I truly felt so sad.

Yes, I have been frequently upset by the news of a celebrity's death, especially if it's someone I've loved and admired in their work or life.

I was tearful last night at the Queen concert with Adam Lambert, when they sang "Under Pressure" - realising that both owners of the original voices are now gone just added to the poignancy of the song.

Still sad when I think of Alan Rickman, Robin WIlliams, Britney Murphy, Charlotte Coleman and a few others too. As we get older of course more and more of the people we grew up watching will pass away, but the older ones don't seem to hit as hard as these others. :(

RIP Caroline (and all the others) - hope you're at peace now.

No one ever except Terry Pratchett. I still haven't read his last book. I just can't bear it. As long as I don't, he's not finished writing.

It's weird because I met David Bowie and Keith Flint and others. I think because Terry has been curled up with me on the sofa, under the covers. Made me feel better in hard times.

The world is poorer for the loss of all of them.

Jade Goody. The pain she endured and all I could think of was two motherless boys and how young they were. I didn’t like her on TV but found the whole story very unfair that she died so young and so fast.

@MrsTerryPratchett

Dont read it.

I didnt for the same reason as you, and then I did. The first third or so was written by him and was wonderful, the last two thirds were ghost written and it was so obvious. Keep it in your heart.

I have The Summoning Dark tatooed on my wrist, in case you want to check my fangirl credentials :o

You're brave. I wouldn't have the Summoning Dark anywhere near me.

You do have cred.

The scar was symbolic of his fight against an inner demon, literally. And so it is with me. It both celebrates and disguises a self inflicted cigarette burn, done when I was in a place I fought my way out of. It means a lot to me.

Robin Williams

@PyongyangKipperbang all the love. I agree that is a perfect thing.

River Phoenix
Kurt Cobain
Freddie Mercury
Kenny Everett
Diana

There is something about a celebrity death that makes us face our own mortality. When they seem to have everything but are still deeply unhappy. I guess Caroline was potentially on the cusp of losing everything and was clearly quite troubled. I didn’t even particularly like her but I have thought about it quite a bit today. When Peaches died, I was the same. It just felt like such a waste and I kept thinking of her poor boy there with her.

I feel stunned by this death. And it's weirder because I wasn't even all that keen on her as a presenter. I think I find it upsetting because there have been so very many deaths within our celebrity culture due to suicide. And that's reflecting the fact that it seems to be an increasing killer in day to day life too.

Something is going badly badly wrong in our society when so many relatively young people are dying by their own hand. It terrifies me for my daughters generation. I have been suicidal too and it feels all too raw at the moment. That poor woman and her poor family.

I hope her friend who was with her but popped out and her partner don't blame themselves. If someone is really determined to end their lives then they will sadly find a way.

I can't help feeling that everyone knowing private details of your life and bad choices must be unimaginably dreadful. We all do bad stuff to a greater or lesser degree. But few of us have it plastered all over the papers and internet for literally all to see.

RIP Caroline. It has made me decide to consciously step back from celebrity gossip type threads if I have nothing positive to say.

I’ve felt strangely affected by Caroline Flack’s death since hearing about it yesterday. I wasn’t even a fan of her presenting but loved watching her dance in Strictly. For me I think it’s because she’s only a year or so younger than me and I too have been grappling with suicidal ideation (for many years but particularly strongly at the moment due to a vicious and ongoing bout of PND). I think it’s shocked me into realising how easy it could be to act on those thoughts. It’s very much touching on an already raw nerve. I feel so sorry for her family.

I’m terribly sad about this and I wasn’t ever a particular fan of her shows. The reason I know about Caroline Flack is because my social timelines were regularly filled with links to stories about her. Her boyfriends, her relationships, her outfits, her minor drunken escapades captured by media. She seemed like a normal woman who just happened to be on telly and every decision she made (bad or good) was set out in tabloids for public to consider and pontificate over. I don’t know what dickhead online trolls wanted when they repeatedly demonised her, I doubt it was this, I hope it wasn’t this, but here we are. A woman so crushed and vilified and criticised and dehumanised that she took her own life. There’s no solace for her parents, family, friends, boyfriend - but there might be some scope for people to do some self reflection on their own actions and online media appetite. Tabloids are assholes but they respond to consumer demand. It’s not a simple case of absolving selves of responsibility and blaming The Sun.

I have never watched LI, the only think I knew Caroline from was Strictly. She seemed fun and down to earth. But I don't see how you can link LI to her death, it would be the prospect of going to court, and the very probable guilty charge that would have been playing on her mind. I think she was a troubled woman if you read about her recent years. There has been lots of reports about her ex boyfriends experience of being with her, all very volatile and lots of vulnerabilities.

It is tragic though. Somebody you think has it all has not coped with life very well. I saw a clip of her a few months ago when she was thrown a surprise 40th birthday party and she looked so radiant and happy. About a week later came the incident which led to her being charged. It's a shocker. I didn't really know her but I do feel such a tremendous sadness.

Victoria Wood
David Bowie
Alan Rickman
Prince
George Michael
Jeremy Hardy
Clive James

Yeah, much as I can’t stand it, Love Island really isn’t the issue. Media and online behaviour are the issues here. Cancel culture. Demonising individuals for mistakes. Providing tabloids and Mail with an audience (and clicks) for their targeted bullshit.

I do get sad when celebrities die before their time but I get especially affected when it's death by suicide. I feel sick and as if I've been punched in the stomach and bashed about the head. I've been crying and crying since the news about Caroline and was the same when Mike Thalassitis died and Peaches Geldof too. My brother committed suicide aged 34 and I'm pretty sure this is why I have such an extreme reaction. I feel so bad not only for the person who felt so hopeless and low that they could see no way out but to end it completely, but also for the family and friends left behind who are left not only shocked and devastated but full of questions, regrets and guilt too. It truly is the most difficult thing to get over.

Jill Dando. Murdered on her doorstep just around the corner from where I lived.