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Mrsblobby12 · 2023-05-22T08:50:39+00:00

Feel this way about the death of Andy Rourke of The Smiths. They are one of my favourite bands of all time and just listening to them now. He was such a talented musician, he's the same age as my father, and I feel sad knowing he had such a cruel disease.

PinkRiceKrispies · 07/10/2023 16:14

Caroline Flack. 😔

BedtimeCuppa · 07/10/2023 16:15

David McCallum has affected me far more than I expected. And Victoria Wood, may they rest in peace.

Disturbia81 · 07/10/2023 16:32

eastegg · 07/10/2023 16:08

For me there’s just one. Victoria Wood. I don’t think I’ve felt genuinely upset about the death of someone I didn’t know before. It’s hard to put into words but she was a big part of my cultural influence and she drew people together. I think my whole family found her funny, my mum especially, so there’s that shared experience and nostalgia.

I always forget she has died, she was such a personality. Reading this thread it's a stark reminder that nothing is forever and we have lost so many.
I bet when we get older death feels much more of a thing among family, friends and famous people and hopefully easier to accept for ourselves.

Chickenkeev · 07/10/2023 16:58

Disturbia81 · 07/10/2023 16:32

I always forget she has died, she was such a personality. Reading this thread it's a stark reminder that nothing is forever and we have lost so many.
I bet when we get older death feels much more of a thing among family, friends and famous people and hopefully easier to accept for ourselves.

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I remember mum telling me this about Nanny, she started seeing people dying off. It's a disadvantage of living into old age.

ChChChCherryBomb · 07/10/2023 17:00

Freddie Mercury
Princess Diana
Kurt Cobain
George Michael

all upset me deeply.

slowlysmaller · 07/10/2023 17:07

I haven't read every message, so not sure if anyone else mentioned him, but Sean Lock's death really got to me.

I think it's because we'd seen him looking increasingly frail on the 8 out of 10 cats Countdown programme, then having long periods when he was absent, and it just felt so... cruel and wasteful.

yarnwitch · 07/10/2023 17:14

Not a well known one but tv presenter Kristian Digby. I watched him on daytime tv whilst on maternity. Feeling low and alone he was funny and always made me smile. Couldn't believe it when he died so young. Seeing him in the Driving home for Christmas video each year still makes me sad.

shellyleppard · 07/10/2023 19:33

Raymond Briggs and Shirley Hughes..... read all of their books when my children were small. Robin Williams and John candy.....two larger than life actors who I adored. I cried buckets when we lost Queen Elizabeth II.....she was always part of my life.

GilChesterton13 · 07/10/2023 19:34

Dermot Morgan

Seahorsemama · 07/10/2023 19:36

Heath Ledger. Never a huge fan till he was in Batman, but found his untimely death so sad.

lalaloopyhead · 07/10/2023 19:39

Victoria Wood, I felt sad like I actually knew her. She was a brilliant woman who had been in my life for a long time. Also Prince who was either the day before or the day after Victoria and was just like what???

JudgeJ · 07/10/2023 20:38

eastegg · 07/10/2023 16:08

For me there’s just one. Victoria Wood. I don’t think I’ve felt genuinely upset about the death of someone I didn’t know before. It’s hard to put into words but she was a big part of my cultural influence and she drew people together. I think my whole family found her funny, my mum especially, so there’s that shared experience and nostalgia.

I can recall being totally shocked when I got the Guess Who's Dead message from my daughter, she was so incredibly talented, I still laugh when I drive through the village of Kimberley, no way could I ever live there pretty as it is! Similarly if anyone mentions sash windows and when I clear the fluff from the tumble drier I remember her.

Catsmere · 07/10/2023 21:33

ThelmaBorden · 07/10/2023 13:43

Catsmere - Sonny Bono too, skiied straight into a tree, died instantly,
days after Robert Kennedy’s son Michael died the same way, neither
wearing a helmet,
although hitting a tree with your head at speed wouldn’t save you.
Natasha declined both helmet and an ambulance.
Schumacher was wearing a helmet but fell onto a rock, off piste

I'd forgotten they were killed skiing. As @beguilingeyes said, don't go skiing, folks!

PurpleSneakers · 07/10/2023 21:53

@Seeline Rik Mayall for me too - larger than life. Just gutted when he died.

Irish comedienne Sean Hughes. Loved his work.

cakewitch · 07/10/2023 21:56

Prince. A huge part of my life from being 14 years old. I'll miss him forever

LuluBlakey1 · 07/10/2023 21:59

The Queen
Victoria Wood
George Michael
Ala Rickman

Coffeelotsofcoffee · 07/10/2023 22:05

Freddie mercury. Would love to have seen him live . Still feel its such a great loss

CagneyandLacy · 07/10/2023 22:39

Most people may not remember this actor - Gary Holton, who played Gary in “Auf Wierdersehen, Pet”. It was 1986 I think and I loved (fancied) his character. He also sang the theme tune for another programme I loved at the time, “Murphy’s Mob”. Some of it was filmed in my home town, Watford, so I guess I felt he was even more special.

Waitingfortheconferencehosttojoin · 07/10/2023 22:41

I sobbed, quite literally sobbed, when the Queen died. And I’m a republican! Took me completely by surprise. I can only assume I was actually crying about something else…?

CagneyandLacy · 07/10/2023 22:46

Sorry. Gary Holton played Wayne.

Catsmere · 07/10/2023 22:57

CagneyandLacy · 07/10/2023 22:39

Most people may not remember this actor - Gary Holton, who played Gary in “Auf Wierdersehen, Pet”. It was 1986 I think and I loved (fancied) his character. He also sang the theme tune for another programme I loved at the time, “Murphy’s Mob”. Some of it was filmed in my home town, Watford, so I guess I felt he was even more special.

I remember him! He was Eddie Hairstyle in The Knowledge and Wayne in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and a few other roles I didn't see. Died during the filming of the second series.

student26 · 07/10/2023 23:03

Rik Mayall. So, so sad. Such a huge part of my childhood and teens.

CagneyandLacy · 08/10/2023 09:30

Catsmere · 07/10/2023 22:57

I remember him! He was Eddie Hairstyle in The Knowledge and Wayne in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and a few other roles I didn't see. Died during the filming of the second series.

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I haven’t seen The Knowledge - will try and find it. I looked at some pictures of Gary Holton last night and it struck me that he had a real “look” of John Cooper Clarke about him (I think he was an addict too).

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 08/10/2023 09:46

The Knowledge is a really good TV play, written by Jack Rosenthal. I've wondered recently whether black cab drivers in London still have to go through this test, now that they have satnav and so much competition from Uber.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 08/10/2023 10:03

Ditto to Freddie Mercury
And (long ago now) Rudolf Nureyev.

And the Queen. Such a ‘permanent’ seeming fixture ever since I could remember, I.e. 1953/4.