For me it was Cheater Bennington. Linkin Park music helped me through some hard times and I know some of the more impactful lyrics came from him and what he experienced.
Knowing he couldn’t take it anymore definitely hit Me hard particularly as someone I looked up to from young age …
Who was yours ?
Chris Cornell, he always seemed like a classy and cool if somewhat aloof guy, extremely talented vocalist.
It’s extra unsettling when a 50+ year old commits suicide. This was someone who had a thriving career, loved by millions, had a family and kids. It just shows that you have to take care of your mental health. It’s not going to magically get better with age.
For some reason Heath Ledger. I loved the movie A Knights Tale as a kid. Watched it many times.
I think it was the first real celebrity death that I conciously experienced.
Same here. I loved A Knight’s Tale and 10 Things I Hate About You so much and I watched it many times a as kid. My then sister in law told me about the news and I didn’t believe her until I heard the news on the radio.
Michael Jackson and Matthew Perry, because both died by overdosing on medication that was meant to help them.
They had sad and hard periods in their life, but they both wanted to be okay and to be happy! They did everything we are told to: reach out, ask for help, follow doctors orders.
…It feels so unfair, they feel like lives interrupted (as many many others). So them, even though I am not a fan.
Terry Pratchett
Stalin
Jerry Garcia
David Bowie
Robin Williams
Same. He was such a down to earth person. He was incredibly famous, but he didn’t think he was above anyone. He was a truly good person. RIP Robin
After hearing he had Lewey Body disease and it was very advanced. It was crippling to comprehend.
My adult kids got together with their friends to watch Aladdin that night.
Fuck. I’ve watched Dead Poets’ Society for the first time maybe a month ago without having had the ending spoiled. Oof. The look on Robin Williams face in the end scene. That torment in his eyes may just have been real and not just acting.
Steve Irwin
Same. I’ll never forget that day. :(
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Dude, not the fucking thread for that
I don’t know if he counts as a celebrity but, Aaron Swartz.
It’s actually Swartz, not schwartz
And I even pasted the wiki article. Thanks, I corrected it.
Thanks for not insulting my mother when you were wrong :)
Chadwick Boseman. I was 24 when he died. I’m mixed and a huge nerd. He was one of the first times I saw representation like that in a comic book hero in a movie or TV show. T’Challa was a king, and his death came out of nowhere
Terry Pratchett
His documentary on assisted dying is a brilliant watch.
Interesting, I’ll keep in mind
Anthony Bourdain
He was so deeply human and drew out the things from others that made them most human. This despite his epic battles with himself.
David Bowie. I really mourned him, didn’t expect to feel so strongly about someone I never met. Feel like the world got significantly duller and darker since he took off.
Took a lot of scrolling to see his name. And I couldn’t have phrased it better.
Everything went to shit after Bowie died
Robin Williams, on my birthday. Great guy, a gamer, and knew his way around computers. It might not have hit as hard if it hadn’t been my birthday.
Probably Chris Cornell. (I’m old)
It hit Chester hard too
Yeah, I know that they were close. 😢
Came to say this. Guess I’m old
I was at a Devin Townsend concert when the news broke. I remember it well
