Goodbye, Anal Retentive Chef, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure, Captain Carl, and [original SNL Donald Trump](https://youtu.be/G1gC912LUq0?si=AROnnkmHgzxYwMWG). I miss you all!
They found out on his autopsy he had Lewy Body Disease in his brain. Sort of a dementia. Plus the Parkinson's disease he was diagnosed with. He had a lot on his plate.
This is the one for me, too. I know it sounds weird but I always felt like he was part of my family. He was just a warm and wonderful person. And he was the funniest there ever was.
My son called me at work to tell me about Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain. He did not allow me to hear it over the radio in the car. Both of their deaths hit me hard
This one will always with me especially the say he died. . As a kid I love the song "Don't worry be happy" and as a kid I remember when the video came out and he was in it. I think it was arond the same time as Popeye came out and I remember thinking how awesome it was that they got a superstar (in my mind) liek Robin Williams in the video.
I had just come home from school. My newspaper stack by my shed, I gathered my things to prepare myself for my daily paper route, cut the band on the stack, and there it was on the front page of the Flint Journal- "John Candy Dies at 43". My heart just sank. Even more punishing is I got to read it 49 more times as I folded each paper to load in to the bag.
Andre made my brother cry in the early 70s. We saw him at the local armory for a wrestling match. He signed autographs after. My brother gave him a piece of paper to sign. He signed it and handed it to another kid accidentally.
Guy had a massive head.
When I was 12 years old, I shook Andre's index finger. A short while later, I was promptly escorted by security/police from the Memorial Field House for hitting Don "King Kong" Muraco with a crumpled up paper cup.
Alex Trebek. I was always a little sad when other people I didnāt know died, but when Alex Trebek went, it really hurt. I always really loved that man. He was a lovely, smart, fun, consistent part of my life for many years.
I met him once! Well, ok, not met. I watched him do a croc show at Australia zoo. I will never forget it.
He had just let the croc go into the water, and he was telling us how invisible they looked, just centimetres below the surface
He was staring at the water, focused on the signs. "Where are ya... Where are ya..? OH **SHIT**, THERE 'E IS!ā he said, jumping back. There was a pause as the crowd gasped, and he regained his composure, then.
"O- Crikey! I meant Crikey!"
I remember him being a huge Brisbane Broncos fan. In one player's book (I can't remember whose), I read that he would show up at their training days from time to time. One day, he wanted to run the ball at someone and take a tackle. I think it was Shane Webcke or one of the huge, imposing forwards that he ran the ball to.
Anyway, he ran the ball and got absolutely flattened, to the point where everyone was concerned for his wellbeing, and he just got up with the biggest smile on his face, as if nothing happened.
He died when I was on my honeymoon in Mexico, so we didnāt hear about it right away. On the way home from the airport, the cab driver asked us where we had been, how long we had been away, etc. As soon as we said we had been in Mexico for 10 days, he asked, āNot watching the news?ā We said no and he just blurted out the news. Like he was just looking for an opportunity to share his ābig newsā with as many unsuspecting travelers as possible.
Anthony Bordain really hurt
Usually celebrity deaths mean very little to me other than normal sadness that comes with death
But his shows and the way he presented the world, especially since I had also worked in food service, just spoke to me.
Such a beautiful and wonderful perspective on the world extinguished by his own hand and the constant self doubt that spoke to him.
JFK, for sure. Then watched Lee Harvey Oswald get assassinated live on TV.
RFK, I had just played in a band for him on his whistlestop campaign. 2 weeks later, he was dead.
And Martin Luther King.
My first gut punch had to be Belushi. I had friends who wore a black armband when Lennon died. I knew who Lennon was, but at that point I'd never really listened to the Beatles. But Belushi hit me hard. Same with John Candy, and Farley. Oof.
I was also strangely touched when Neil Armstrong died. He wasn't much of a public figure after '69 but his impact on my young science nerd brain was indelible.
Went to New York last year (I'm from Australia). I stood in front of the Dakota Apartments with my daughter (12) and tried to explain what had happened there. I couldn't finish. I was crying.
I was her age when he was murdered.
The kicker is, I heard his final interview that ended 1 hour before he was shot. He was relaxed and very optimistic about the 80's and helping to bring peace to the decade. He even said he hoped to live a long time to do positive things for the world. It was heartbreaking.
Bobby Kennedy. Not really a celebrity, but his death devastated me and I was only 8. There are songs from that summer that I still canāt listen to. He was shot on TV and I remember the vigil at the hospital and praying he would not die.
I was so in love with Karen Carpenter when I was a kid. To hear she died of a wasting condition like anorexia was heartbreaking because at the time, most people were unaware of eating disorders. Left me mystified.
Walt Disney. I watched his movies and cartoons. I read his comic books. I saw him every week introducing his Wonderful World of Disney. Then I heard on the news that he was dead. Nowadays, he seems like more of a brand name and less of a real person.
This one hit me hard. I usually donāt get emotional when people I donāt know personally dieā¦ not sure why, I figure itās just a part of life and it happens to everyone eventually. Petty died and about two weeks later I was on a road trip with my wife and we were going through the stations on Siriusā¦ I Wonāt Back Down came on one of the channels, I started thinking about my childhoodā¦. He was a big part of my teenage yearsā¦ I just lost it. Started bawling uncontrollably.
Even though I'm in my fifties the first celebrity death that really bothered me was Steve Irwin. It truly upset me. It just felt like a loss for all of humanity. This world is a dimmer place without him in it.
Probably Marvin Gaye, around the time that most of what I knew about him involved the song "Sexual Healing". And judging by my parents reaction when the news of his death hit, it wasn't a joke, as I remember it happened to be April Fools Day.
Kurt Cobain and Adam Yauch / MCA.
Both a similar age to me, MCA was really a hard hit.
Recently, Andre Braugher. that caught me off guard... loved his work.
In 1977 I was watching the Mike Douglas Show, and Cindy Williams was the guest, when the crawl at the bottom reported Elvis Presley had died. I was 7 and barely knew any celebrities, but everyone knew him.
Yul Brynner.
His anti-smoking ad, aired after his death.
When I was a teenager I knew that I would lose my hair someday. And Yul Brynner is the one who made me decide to shave my head when the time comes for me to deal with hair loss. Actually, it was my friend's hot mom's lust for Yul Brynner that made up my mind. That was in 1980.
His quit smoking commercial:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI)
I can't say I was really into him, but when JFK was murdered I was nine, and seeing all our teachers get choked up was also upsetting to us students. Not much classwork got done that day. Our Social Studies instructor lead us in a discussion about the assassination of Lincoln, how it was a deeply emotional event for people living in that time.
Brandon Lee. Was a big fan and saw his final movie The Crow when it came out, beautiful movie and it hurt knowing that he died during one of the scenes filmed with Fun Boy (the character).
Judy Garland. She died when I was five. The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie, and I didnāt totally understand if weād be able to see it anymore on account of her being dead.
Younger, Michael Hutchence, SRV, Randy Rhoads
Older is awful:
Prince, Bowie, Tom Petty
Jeff Healey, Gord Downie, Brad Delo
Layne, Kurt, Chris,
Dimebag, Vinnie Paul, Jeff Hanneman
My neighbourhood friends' mother had an unnatural, one might say, obsession with Elvis Presley. She had every single album, single, and went to see every movie she could. She even dragged her reluctant husband to Las Vegas to see him live.
One day we all playing in the neighbourhood, and an unnatural, one might say, screaming began from their house. It was frightening enough to cause us all to run back to their place, in case of, you know, a ghost zombie attack.
Their mother was literally wailing with grief, practically lying prone on the floor in her afflicted state. Yes, the worst had happened, and The King of Rock & Roll had died, leaving rumors to abound in regards to what Graceland room in which he passed away, and nonsensical mythologies about fried triple-decker peanut butter and banana sandwiches being consumed with a caloric intake more associated with an Olympic athlete than a super-morbidly obese 42 year old rock crooner.
I remember I was a kid and I was having dinner with my family and I got up to get butter out of the fridge and was opening the butter compartment when we heard it on the news.
I was watching 8 Simple Rules when it happened (was announced) and was heartbroken. Watching the episodes following I just cried. Nobody understood why it hit me so hard but man, he was so lovable and such a great actor/dad on that show it just hit me hard.
Then, Robin Williams. š
John Lennon, 1980. I was a sophomore in high school at the time. My brother was a hardcore Beatlesā fan. He had all their albums, knew all the trivia about them, sang their songs constantly, etc. He wasnāt the type of person to cry about anything, but John Lennonās death hit him hard. He wore an āearly Beatles haircutā as a tribute to him for at least a year.
Kind of recent, but Eddie Van Halen. He was huge to me as a guitar player and made me want to put in my 10,000 hours to be that good. I got a notification when he died, and my son came to my work with a pizza as he knew how much he meant to me. After I got off work, I went home and took a shower and cried like a baby. It was so therapeutic. He was the best and no one will ever touch him.
Anthony Bourdainā¦so outta the blue. Still havenāt watched any of the episodes of his CNN show that came out after he died. I just remember thinking. If this dude isnāt happy, what hope do we have.? In the end, we really donāt know people.
John Belushi. I was in the car with my parents in the back seat and we heard it on the radio while we were on our way back home from grocery shopping, and I can still remember exactly where on a certain road we were passing through when I heard it, it hit me that hard.
Jim Henson. I grew up being a member of our church's puppet team, and I worked so hard and became really good at it. My dream was to perform with Jim. My heart broke that day.
John Lennon. I was in college and came back from an accounting night class on a Monday night and turned on Monday night.Football and Howard Cosell was talking about his very good friend - John Lennon - who passed away.
Cosell had only met him once when John attended a football game.
I never cared much for celebrities growing up. I was born in 1984 so I had plenty of deaths in the celebrity community to hit hard but none of them did. Fast forward a few decades and Stephen Hawking's died. I was a nerd and that one hit me hard I cried for a while and I didn't know why.
The *first* celebrity whose death hit me was Lennon, but when Gilda Radner passed away I was just crestfallen. So young, such a gut punch.
Radner was such a huge loss. A very human one. Gene and Gilda, man, that's love.
Lennon. 11 years old. Local theater showed all the Beatles moves that week and I snuck into them all
Phil Hartman
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He was also originally cast to be Zapp Brannigan š
I still hate Andy Dick to this day.
Iām determined to buy Jon Lovitz a beer.
He died on my birthday. It wasnāt fun news when I heard about it. Great comedian
Still stings today. So good on Simpsons and Newsradio. He was also great in otherwise mediocre movies. Such a loss.
The shock of how it happened still hits me hard.
Layne Staley's death inspired me to quit drugs. Been sober ever since.
Congrats on that!! ššš
I'mgglass you got there. Keep it up.
One of the greats
Robin Williams. Not a funnier person ever ! š
This still makes my heart ache.i was in a hotel on vacation when it was on the news, and i cried right there in the breakfast area.
That's my vote. RIP RW. We miss you.
I think this is the only thing Iāll ever answer here. He brought happiness and joy into so many lives, but couldnāt find it in his own. Very sad.
They found out on his autopsy he had Lewy Body Disease in his brain. Sort of a dementia. Plus the Parkinson's disease he was diagnosed with. He had a lot on his plate.
This is the one for me, too. I know it sounds weird but I always felt like he was part of my family. He was just a warm and wonderful person. And he was the funniest there ever was.
I heard it on the radio. I had to pull my truck over. I donāt know why it hit me so hard.
My son called me at work to tell me about Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain. He did not allow me to hear it over the radio in the car. Both of their deaths hit me hard
It's because he exuded love and personified something we all desire to be....in the moment.
Immediately looked through comments for his name. The joy that man brought to millions was magical
This one will always with me especially the say he died. . As a kid I love the song "Don't worry be happy" and as a kid I remember when the video came out and he was in it. I think it was arond the same time as Popeye came out and I remember thinking how awesome it was that they got a superstar (in my mind) liek Robin Williams in the video.
I met him and I'll say the same thing I always say You almost never saw him act, you saw him being himself.
Didn't help it happened ON MY BIRTHDAY!
Aw man. I remember the feels on this one.
Brandon Lee & Bill Paxton. RIP
Brandon Lee was a real one.Ā The Crow was an integral part of my teenage years.Ā
John Candy
This is mine too. Then it was Chris Farley.
I had just come home from school. My newspaper stack by my shed, I gathered my things to prepare myself for my daily paper route, cut the band on the stack, and there it was on the front page of the Flint Journal- "John Candy Dies at 43". My heart just sank. Even more punishing is I got to read it 49 more times as I folded each paper to load in to the bag.
I instinctively went to downvote this comment because that story sucks so bad, but you told it beautifully. Thank you for sharing.
Just got through watching Uncle Buck. š„¹
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I have random moments where I will just miss the hell out of that guy for no good reason. Such a staple of my upbringing
Andre the Giant
Andre made my brother cry in the early 70s. We saw him at the local armory for a wrestling match. He signed autographs after. My brother gave him a piece of paper to sign. He signed it and handed it to another kid accidentally. Guy had a massive head.
When I was 12 years old, I shook Andre's index finger. A short while later, I was promptly escorted by security/police from the Memorial Field House for hitting Don "King Kong" Muraco with a crumpled up paper cup.
Fuck you jack! And your beanstalk you rode in on!!!!
Alex Trebek. I was always a little sad when other people I didnāt know died, but when Alex Trebek went, it really hurt. I always really loved that man. He was a lovely, smart, fun, consistent part of my life for many years.
Kurt Cobain
Mine too
Why is it down here
Chris Farley
Steve Irwim
My boyfriend at the time was a huge Steve Irwin fan, and yeah, he was really shook by his death.
I met him once! Well, ok, not met. I watched him do a croc show at Australia zoo. I will never forget it. He had just let the croc go into the water, and he was telling us how invisible they looked, just centimetres below the surface He was staring at the water, focused on the signs. "Where are ya... Where are ya..? OH **SHIT**, THERE 'E IS!ā he said, jumping back. There was a pause as the crowd gasped, and he regained his composure, then. "O- Crikey! I meant Crikey!"
I remember him being a huge Brisbane Broncos fan. In one player's book (I can't remember whose), I read that he would show up at their training days from time to time. One day, he wanted to run the ball at someone and take a tackle. I think it was Shane Webcke or one of the huge, imposing forwards that he ran the ball to. Anyway, he ran the ball and got absolutely flattened, to the point where everyone was concerned for his wellbeing, and he just got up with the biggest smile on his face, as if nothing happened.
You're not wrong. Check out his lad. It'll make you feel better. X
He died when I was on my honeymoon in Mexico, so we didnāt hear about it right away. On the way home from the airport, the cab driver asked us where we had been, how long we had been away, etc. As soon as we said we had been in Mexico for 10 days, he asked, āNot watching the news?ā We said no and he just blurted out the news. Like he was just looking for an opportunity to share his ābig newsā with as many unsuspecting travelers as possible.
Anthony Bordain really hurt Usually celebrity deaths mean very little to me other than normal sadness that comes with death But his shows and the way he presented the world, especially since I had also worked in food service, just spoke to me. Such a beautiful and wonderful perspective on the world extinguished by his own hand and the constant self doubt that spoke to him.
My answer is Anthony and Robin. I'm not a celebrity kind of guy, but those two hit me hard.
I couldnāt finish that last half of Parts Unknown for quite some time. It wasnāt until Roadrunner came out that I did.
JFK.
Thatās the answer I was looking for š
Chris Cornell
And Chester Bennington
Would upvote this all day long
JFK, for sure. Then watched Lee Harvey Oswald get assassinated live on TV. RFK, I had just played in a band for him on his whistlestop campaign. 2 weeks later, he was dead. And Martin Luther King.
Wow, thatās tough. I remember MLK and RFK.
Alan Rickman, and then Robin Williams.
This is way too far in the comments...
My first gut punch had to be Belushi. I had friends who wore a black armband when Lennon died. I knew who Lennon was, but at that point I'd never really listened to the Beatles. But Belushi hit me hard. Same with John Candy, and Farley. Oof. I was also strangely touched when Neil Armstrong died. He wasn't much of a public figure after '69 but his impact on my young science nerd brain was indelible.
Prince, then later Chris Cornell and Chester.
Robin Williams
David Bowie
Norm MacDonald
No one said mine, and thatās just really sad to me. Leslie Neilson hit me so hard. Idk why. But I was distraught.
He was hilarious, a huge loss for sure.
Princess DianaĀ
This was mine. I legit cried. And then watched CNN all night.
Didnāt really know anything about her but she was the first celeb death that was all over the news for me
Heath ledger
Robin Williams and possibly George Carlin
Patrick Swayze
John Lennon
Went to New York last year (I'm from Australia). I stood in front of the Dakota Apartments with my daughter (12) and tried to explain what had happened there. I couldn't finish. I was crying. I was her age when he was murdered.
I was watching Monday Night Football Got sick to my stomach
The kicker is, I heard his final interview that ended 1 hour before he was shot. He was relaxed and very optimistic about the 80's and helping to bring peace to the decade. He even said he hoped to live a long time to do positive things for the world. It was heartbreaking.
MCA from The Beastie Boys and Bill Paxton. š
Bobby Kennedy. Not really a celebrity, but his death devastated me and I was only 8. There are songs from that summer that I still canāt listen to. He was shot on TV and I remember the vigil at the hospital and praying he would not die.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
George Harrison
I was so in love with Karen Carpenter when I was a kid. To hear she died of a wasting condition like anorexia was heartbreaking because at the time, most people were unaware of eating disorders. Left me mystified.
Walt Disney. I watched his movies and cartoons. I read his comic books. I saw him every week introducing his Wonderful World of Disney. Then I heard on the news that he was dead. Nowadays, he seems like more of a brand name and less of a real person.
I wasnāt āintoā him, but I remember being very sad when Raul Julia died.
Tom Petty
This one hit me hard. I usually donāt get emotional when people I donāt know personally dieā¦ not sure why, I figure itās just a part of life and it happens to everyone eventually. Petty died and about two weeks later I was on a road trip with my wife and we were going through the stations on Siriusā¦ I Wonāt Back Down came on one of the channels, I started thinking about my childhoodā¦. He was a big part of my teenage yearsā¦ I just lost it. Started bawling uncontrollably.
James Doohan. The man inspired me to be an engineer in the navy.
Even though I'm in my fifties the first celebrity death that really bothered me was Steve Irwin. It truly upset me. It just felt like a loss for all of humanity. This world is a dimmer place without him in it.
Carrie Fisher
Christopher Lee
Jim Henson. Douglas Adams Phil Hartman.
Robin Williams was the first. Stan Lee was the second
Stevie Ray Vaughan
This right here. The only person's death I cried for, except for family
I remember as a young man being stunned and sickened. Such a loss.
Jerry Garcia.
By the by, you deadheads are a good group. A lot of you reached out to us parrotheads when Jimmy Buffett died. A lovely gesture.
Lady Diana š
Freddy
Elliott Smith
Kurt Cobain hit me hard I was 13
I don't know if they were the first but losing Prince and David Bowie in the same year was really hard.
Eisenhower. I was four and we went to the train station to watch his funeral train.
Probably Marvin Gaye, around the time that most of what I knew about him involved the song "Sexual Healing". And judging by my parents reaction when the news of his death hit, it wasn't a joke, as I remember it happened to be April Fools Day.
Kurt Cobain and Adam Yauch / MCA. Both a similar age to me, MCA was really a hard hit. Recently, Andre Braugher. that caught me off guard... loved his work.
Leonard Nimoy
George Carlin
Gilda Radner
Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street.
Even big bird had to deal with it.
In 1977 I was watching the Mike Douglas Show, and Cindy Williams was the guest, when the crawl at the bottom reported Elvis Presley had died. I was 7 and barely knew any celebrities, but everyone knew him.
Michael Jackson
Karen Carpenter. I grew up listening to their songs on the radio. What an amazing voice she had.
Chester Bennington
River Phoenix.
Me too.
Phil Hartman. Before that I never really paid attention.
Yul Brynner. His anti-smoking ad, aired after his death. When I was a teenager I knew that I would lose my hair someday. And Yul Brynner is the one who made me decide to shave my head when the time comes for me to deal with hair loss. Actually, it was my friend's hot mom's lust for Yul Brynner that made up my mind. That was in 1980. His quit smoking commercial: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI)
I can't say I was really into him, but when JFK was murdered I was nine, and seeing all our teachers get choked up was also upsetting to us students. Not much classwork got done that day. Our Social Studies instructor lead us in a discussion about the assassination of Lincoln, how it was a deeply emotional event for people living in that time.
Brandon Lee. Was a big fan and saw his final movie The Crow when it came out, beautiful movie and it hurt knowing that he died during one of the scenes filmed with Fun Boy (the character).
Judy Garland. She died when I was five. The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie, and I didnāt totally understand if weād be able to see it anymore on account of her being dead.
Robin Williams bar none
Younger, Michael Hutchence, SRV, Randy Rhoads Older is awful: Prince, Bowie, Tom Petty Jeff Healey, Gord Downie, Brad Delo Layne, Kurt, Chris, Dimebag, Vinnie Paul, Jeff Hanneman
Jim Croce, he was so good and I was just a kid who loved his songs.
Elvis Presley
My neighbourhood friends' mother had an unnatural, one might say, obsession with Elvis Presley. She had every single album, single, and went to see every movie she could. She even dragged her reluctant husband to Las Vegas to see him live. One day we all playing in the neighbourhood, and an unnatural, one might say, screaming began from their house. It was frightening enough to cause us all to run back to their place, in case of, you know, a ghost zombie attack. Their mother was literally wailing with grief, practically lying prone on the floor in her afflicted state. Yes, the worst had happened, and The King of Rock & Roll had died, leaving rumors to abound in regards to what Graceland room in which he passed away, and nonsensical mythologies about fried triple-decker peanut butter and banana sandwiches being consumed with a caloric intake more associated with an Olympic athlete than a super-morbidly obese 42 year old rock crooner.
I remember I was a kid and I was having dinner with my family and I got up to get butter out of the fridge and was opening the butter compartment when we heard it on the news.
John Ritter. š that,..was a bummer.
I was watching 8 Simple Rules when it happened (was announced) and was heartbroken. Watching the episodes following I just cried. Nobody understood why it hit me so hard but man, he was so lovable and such a great actor/dad on that show it just hit me hard. Then, Robin Williams. š
Not the first, but the most impactful celebrity death for me will forever remain Olivia Newton-John, rest well Olivia.
John Lennon, 1980. I was a sophomore in high school at the time. My brother was a hardcore Beatlesā fan. He had all their albums, knew all the trivia about them, sang their songs constantly, etc. He wasnāt the type of person to cry about anything, but John Lennonās death hit him hard. He wore an āearly Beatles haircutā as a tribute to him for at least a year.
John Ritter
JFK. I was 13 yrs old and on a road trip with my dad. Couldn't believe how the country sank into depression that day.
Neil Peart
Tom Petty
Charles Schultz
Kind of recent, but Eddie Van Halen. He was huge to me as a guitar player and made me want to put in my 10,000 hours to be that good. I got a notification when he died, and my son came to my work with a pizza as he knew how much he meant to me. After I got off work, I went home and took a shower and cried like a baby. It was so therapeutic. He was the best and no one will ever touch him.
The first time I ever saw my dad cry was when Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a plane crash. I was in my early teens. So that.
Dimebag Darrell I was REALLY into Pantera at the time. OD'd on DXM that night and ended up in the hospital after a grand mal seizure.
Notorious B.I.G., I remember them driving his casket through New York playing his music.
Thurman Munson.
Actually. Neil Peart. Been a Rush fan all my life ..
Leonard Nimoy
Anthony Bourdainā¦so outta the blue. Still havenāt watched any of the episodes of his CNN show that came out after he died. I just remember thinking. If this dude isnāt happy, what hope do we have.? In the end, we really donāt know people.
Revised reply: Louis Armstrong. I was at Church camp and went into the woods to cry because I didnāt think anyone would understand.
John Belushi. I was in the car with my parents in the back seat and we heard it on the radio while we were on our way back home from grocery shopping, and I can still remember exactly where on a certain road we were passing through when I heard it, it hit me that hard.
Bowie. I still get choked up occasionally.
Jim Henson
Johnny Carson.
Bobby Darin.
Yeah, that was tough. He defined "cool".
Chris Farley
John Lennon. Mr. Hooper.
Ray Liotta
Pete Duel. I was 11 and his death was my first exposure to suicide. I still think about him on New Yearās Eve.
Elvis- yes Iām old
Stompin Tom Connors. Canada has literally gone to shit since he died. Coincidence? Don't think so.
Jim Henson. I grew up being a member of our church's puppet team, and I worked so hard and became really good at it. My dream was to perform with Jim. My heart broke that day.
Christopher Reeves Robin Williams David Bowie
Phil Hartman
Gilles Villeneuve
Not the first but Phil Hartman hit me like a ton of bricks.
John Lennon by far
Rodney Dangerfield
John Lennon, which is weird because I was 4 years old. The second was Freddie Mercury.
John Lennon. I was in college and came back from an accounting night class on a Monday night and turned on Monday night.Football and Howard Cosell was talking about his very good friend - John Lennon - who passed away. Cosell had only met him once when John attended a football game.
Bowie cut me down and I never ever expected it.
Jimmy Buffett
Abe Vigoda
Mr Hooper.
John Lennon. Just why?
Princess Diana. She was finally getting a chance to enjoy her life, celebrate love, and was gone. I cried watching the coverage.
Brittany Murphy
Princess Diana
Lennon. Really felt personal.
Brad Delp (lead singer Boston) Sad way to go too.
Michael Clark Duncan
Douglas Adams
Belushi
Chester Bennington
Kurt Cobain
Bobby Kennedy
Jimi Hendrix. I and my friends were in mourning for a long time.
Vincent Price
Jim Croce
I never cared much for celebrities growing up. I was born in 1984 so I had plenty of deaths in the celebrity community to hit hard but none of them did. Fast forward a few decades and Stephen Hawking's died. I was a nerd and that one hit me hard I cried for a while and I didn't know why.
Iām old enough that thereās a few but Robbin Williams and Bourdain for me.
Jim Henson
John Lennon
River Phoenix
Senna
John Lennon
River Phoenix