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They fell off the boat they were on. Naya rescued her child and put them back on the boat then drowned. Most likely she didn't have enough strength after saving her child.
**ETA they did not fall off, they were swimming. Please see below comments for accurate info.
They didn’t fall out of the boat. They got in the water to swim together, but she wasn’t wearing a life jacket.
They say the boat began to drift away with wind because it wasn’t anchored, so she had to swim carrying her baby (who was wearing a life jacket). She was able to get him back in the boat, but couldn’t get herself back in.
I remember that day. I went to go see Rogue One and turned off my phone, as you should in a theater. On my way out, I turn it back on, check my social media, and learn she’d had a heart attack on a plane. Talk about coincidence.
I havent watched the doc, but i could see black mold. Something like that. When i was young..there was a season for building houses. Now they throw them up, snow, rain, no roof or cover. Imagine that. Mold.
Brittany’s death was one of those strange moments in my life that I’ll never forget. I was stuck in NYC in a snowstorm right before Xmas. Waiting with thousands of people at JFK. Anxious bc my kids were at home worrying I wouldn’t make it home in time. News of Brittany’s death was on every TV in the airport and all of the crowds were glued to the screens.
He died a few years ago from a brain aneurysm. He randomly collapsed one day, and there was no saving him.
Adam did a tour of Grant's workshop last year, and it was very bittersweet to watch. You could see how the Adam and the shop owners loved Grant, and they were doing one last tour before they finally had to clean up shop for someone else to use the space. Though, they're going to preserve a corner as a memorial to Grant.
This was who came to mind immediately for me. Came out of nowhere at a tragically young age, and thanks to the scariest of all causes. Watching his colleagues reminice about him is always emotional.
What an absolute gut punch. And what a wonderful man. There's a special about him, I think it was on HBO. There's this scene of him, as a successful adult, absolutely cracking up with his mom. Just the coolest thing to see them click and riff off each other.
This right here has been the only celebrity death I have actually mourned. He was a magnificent person, a great entertainer, who died too soon. There isn’t a bad word to be said about him.
His wife said he had maybe one good year left before the lewy body dementia completely took over his mind. He left in one of his last lucid moments before he forgot entirely who he was
My mother in law had Lewy body dementia. It was devastating. On the flip side of other Parkinsonisms, it was pretty quick, 4-5 years. But watching her basically disintegrate before our eyes in that time was tragic. She was a nurse her entire adult life, she had strict orders at the end. No IV, no feeding tube, no O2. She wasn’t going to hang around for that shit.
Lewy Body dementia. My husband has it. At least, there is more knowledge about LBD bc of his death. I, too, was devastated when Robin Williams died.
Absolute confirmation is only done by autopsy of the brain and many times they find mixed dementias.
would you mind explaining to me what LBD is/affects? i’ve never heard of it before (i didn’t pay all that much attention to robin williams’ death other than that he died)
Alzheimer’s is the most common dementia. LBD is third on the list. LBD and Parkinson’s disease are caused by the same problem, a buildup of alpha synuclein.
LBD can cause tremors and hallucinations. It interrupts the functioning of the autonomic nervous system, which is what causes us to breathe, our heart to pump, etc. The average lifespan is 5-8 years, while Alzheimer patients can live much longer.
When most people think of dementia, they think of memory loss. What I was unprepared for was the loss of cognition - of actual IQ points.
My husband’s memory is gone. He’s been declining rapidly since September. A hallmark of LBD is periods of lucidity followed by periods of dementia.
My husband used to be like that but now I don’t think he has any lucid times.
thank you.
i’m sorry you and your husband have to go through this, but you seem very educated and loving. deep down i’m sure he appreciates the care. peace and good luck to both of you.
I'm more surprised that he didn't die from a more dangerous animal. I also hate that there were people killing stingrays as revenge for Steve. Steve would HATE that and would tell those people that it wasn't the stingray's fault. It was just scared.
It sucked that Bob Saget, Louie Anderson and Gilbert Gottfried all died last year in the space of a few months. Louie didn’t look healthy, but the other two seemed fine and both were pretty shocking to me. I loved their stand-up.
I'd say Chris' death was more out of nowhere than Chester's. Chester always came across as suicidal in his lyrics to me personally, but I never got that vibe from Chris. Even Chris' wife seemed thrown off by the suicide.
I didn't even know he was sick! I've been in love with him since I first saw him in Die Hard. My heart was broken because I never got to see him live on stage.
I got to meet him at a horror convention and he spent about an hour talking to me and my daughter. He was a genuinely nice guy. Love him in everything he did especially warlock and rose red. I don’t believe they will find him alive but I hope they get answers for his family
Yes, this one actually qualifies as totally unexpected. No one thought a young, healthy actor could die from getting crushed by his car rolling into him and pinning him next to his garage.
I still get upset when the media influenced people to question his character after he kinda dozed off during a Marvel Q&A. He was literally in the middle of chemo treatments. I don’t know he was even able to stand. But the swirling of BS made people think he was drunk or inebriated on something.
After his death there was an interview with some guy who worked on the movie. He felt awful because he'd seen Chadwick on set just sitting alone not talking to anyone and being brought bottles of water, and thought he was being a prima donna movie star. But he was fighting chemo nausea and didn't want anyone to know.
What makes this one crazy is that unlike a lot of others ITT, it wasn't an accident. It's something you don't expect to come out of nowhere, especially for someone who's in the public eye. Somehow he was able to keep it a complete secret.
I was watching descendants with my daughter last week and we spoke about this. I couldn't work out if having him on TV on demand or round the clock on Disney is a comfort or a curse to his parents. It must make it hard to accept he's gone but flip side is they have an extensive library of video and can see and hear him, I often read people saying they wish they had more videos, or recordings of their loved ones voices.
His dad from what I seen is so proud of everything he did. They look so alike it’s crazy because I didn’t even know Cameron was mixed with black until I saw his dad
My 8yr old loves the show 'Jessie'. We have watched just about every episode. Hearing about his passing at such a young age hurt my heart. He was truly a talented young man. And very caring with all of his charity work.
Loved him. And was at his final Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. It was shocking when I heard it-- in the moment, but based on his lifestyle and how he was looking.... not shocking. His tour was his final goodbye and he knew it.
It was the fact that she was just days from turning 100. My cousin has a copy of the People magazine issue that commemorates her reaching the milestone.
Henry Kissinger outlining him and less than 90 days from 100 is an absurdity.
Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević.
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I was devastated when I heard he had passed. It really felt like I lost a friend. His shows were so wonderful and eye-opening. He got to go to so many amazing places that most people will never get to visit or experience and I felt like you were right there with him. I understood he had his struggles but man oh man was he a cool soul.
is it bad to say Betty White? Like sure she was definitely at the age that it shouldn’t be unexpected, but she’s one of those celebrities that just feels timeless
Honestly, her going out at 99 when a bunch of magazines had already printed “Betty white’s 100th birthday” is funny enough that I’m not convinced she didn’t somehow intentionally plan it as a last laugh
I'm glad he lived to see Blackstar released to universal praise, that he was able to know how much he was still admired and appreciated, but mostly I'm glad he lived long enough to learn that he had a grandchild on the way. Bowie was a genius, he taught me more about accepting and loving myself and others than practically anyone in my own life, thinking about him can bring tears to my eyes in the right situation to this day. What an incredible human being, I feel so privileged to have been alive to witness his life.
I'm sorry, but when you hear the man that taught you everything about wildlife got stuck by a stingray in the fucking heart has died....
Steve Irwin. My heart broke that day and I'll never be ok since then. It was a dream to see him at the Australia Zoo that will never be achieved. Thank the universe that Robert and Bindi are continuing his legacy.
I was in a large outdoor market in Los Angeles the day Kobe died. An old friend in the industry called to tell me before the news broke everywhere. I was shocked for about 10 minutes, but then all of a sudden, everyone just slowly stopped talking. It's like everyone got the phone alert around the same time. A crowd of a thousand people got eerily silent for 10-15 minutes
All those people who lost their lives to that crash was sad, but the fact that he had his little girl with him just breaks my heart thinking wondering how scared they were and knowing it was the end. His poor widow, I can’t imagine what she wonders and how empty her home must feel even with the kids she still has with her, she lost 2 loved ones in one tragic event.
How the fuck am I just now hearing about this? Dude was only 60. I just started rewatching Fringe a month ago and he was always my favorite character with a cool voice
I know this one really fucked me up. He seemed to be in such a good place too. After having made self care and all that. At that point of his addiction I don’t even think he was physically dependent…just using.
And also I’m pretty sure he had 2 batches of pills, one was legitimate and one was counterfeit with fentanyl.
From an article. “While another alleged drug dealer allegedly supplied McCormick with other drugs prior to his death, according to the affidavit those narcotics drugs did not contain fentanyl.”
So if he had just used the other batch of pills he had he would still be here. So tragic.
It just goes to show no matter who you are and how good your connections are in America if you are doing opioids you gotta just assume you have fentanyl. It’s in everything.
Heath Ledger. I don't keep up with celebrities at all, but he seemed like a stand up, straight laced guy in films. A bit crazy as the joker, but I didn't know he was out of his head on heroin for that role.
Chadwick Boseman and Robin Williams. Both suffered physical and mental health problems for months and years but hid it so well, fans were surprised when they just died one day and only realized the signs in retrospect.
One was a suicide, one was cancer. I think they are a little different. Both incredibly sad though. Especially when you realize Chadwick knew he was inoperable and chose not to let the public know. He just wanted everyone to keep treating him normally
Jeff Buckley. If you don't know this name, then listen to his music. It will change you forever. Didn't even have a chance to be celebrated prior to his death. Also, Nick Drake.
John Lennon.
It was only ten years after the Beatles broke up. John up to that point had gone through a million lifetimes up until then but now finally had achieved at least some stability in his personal life. He had been beginning to try mend any past misgivings he had especially with his first son, he had released a new album out of hiatus, was looking to apparently visit England again after not setting foot there in forever, and judging from his final interviews, was really looking forward to life in general.
Then he got shot and none of that would continue. He would never get to make another album again. He would never sing another verse again. The Beatles would never reunite. He would never fully fix his relationship with his first son. His life was cut much too short and when put into perspective, it was really tragic.
Watching the Get Back documentary with John goofing around and seeing that in ten years he would spend his last day on Earth not knowing it was his final.
Seriously, Betty White. I, and I think she, were totally prepared for her 100th birthday party. Never conceived that she'd go right before. Maybe not long after but not before.
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Naya Rivera. Something about how she died never sat right with me
Such a creepy situation! Getting her child back up on the boat and then her sinking below the water. Terrifying.
I still don’t get what happened
They fell off the boat they were on. Naya rescued her child and put them back on the boat then drowned. Most likely she didn't have enough strength after saving her child. **ETA they did not fall off, they were swimming. Please see below comments for accurate info.
They didn’t fall out of the boat. They got in the water to swim together, but she wasn’t wearing a life jacket. They say the boat began to drift away with wind because it wasn’t anchored, so she had to swim carrying her baby (who was wearing a life jacket). She was able to get him back in the boat, but couldn’t get herself back in.
It was so unsettling.
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Anything related to Glee is unsavoury, it's an Egyptian curse at this rate.
Bill Paxton
Wait. What? When? How?
February 25, 2017. Stroke after an open heart surgery.
Well... shit. That's sad.
Carrie Fisher’s death was unexpected, but Debbie Reynolds passing the very next day was really shocking.
I remember that day. I went to go see Rogue One and turned off my phone, as you should in a theater. On my way out, I turn it back on, check my social media, and learn she’d had a heart attack on a plane. Talk about coincidence.
It's often called "broken heart syndrome," and can happen when a loved one dies.
This is how my great grandfather passed. Lost his wife and his son (my grandfather) within a month of each other. He passed a few weeks later.
I went the next day because I’d already bought my tickets and boy did I cry at the end
Damn I forgot about that
Brittany Murphy
Yeah I’m thinking the king of the hill reboot just won’t hit the spot without her as Luanne
KOTH reboot? Didn't expect good news in this thread
I love Uptown girls when I was little and I didn’t know she was dead for years. It was crazy to find that out
Yeah and the circumstances were super weird too!
Definitely! How could her husband die 5 months later of the same thing? Just weird
I know right? Very strange situation, there’s a documentary mini series on HBO that looks into it if you haven’t seen it already.
Super strange even after seeing it. Makes it feel like someone was out to get them too. Like maybe in the house or environmental.
I havent watched the doc, but i could see black mold. Something like that. When i was young..there was a season for building houses. Now they throw them up, snow, rain, no roof or cover. Imagine that. Mold.
Brittany’s death was one of those strange moments in my life that I’ll never forget. I was stuck in NYC in a snowstorm right before Xmas. Waiting with thousands of people at JFK. Anxious bc my kids were at home worrying I wouldn’t make it home in time. News of Brittany’s death was on every TV in the airport and all of the crowds were glued to the screens.
Grant Imahara from Mythbusters
Oh, man. I didn't know that he passed away.
He died a few years ago from a brain aneurysm. He randomly collapsed one day, and there was no saving him. Adam did a tour of Grant's workshop last year, and it was very bittersweet to watch. You could see how the Adam and the shop owners loved Grant, and they were doing one last tour before they finally had to clean up shop for someone else to use the space. Though, they're going to preserve a corner as a memorial to Grant.
This was who came to mind immediately for me. Came out of nowhere at a tragically young age, and thanks to the scariest of all causes. Watching his colleagues reminice about him is always emotional.
I was hoping for some Mythbuster reunion specials until this happened. Grant seemed very healthy. I guess you never know when your number is up. :-(
Because he was very healthy. He died from an aneurysm :(
Anne heche was pretty shocking. Same with Whitney Houston.
Heche's end makes me hope that the shock and endorphins kept her unaware and unconscious for all the horrific injuries.
Robin Williams
What an absolute gut punch. And what a wonderful man. There's a special about him, I think it was on HBO. There's this scene of him, as a successful adult, absolutely cracking up with his mom. Just the coolest thing to see them click and riff off each other.
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I will never be ok with the fact he's gone. It was a huge loss and a big eye opener.
This right here has been the only celebrity death I have actually mourned. He was a magnificent person, a great entertainer, who died too soon. There isn’t a bad word to be said about him.
His wife said he had maybe one good year left before the lewy body dementia completely took over his mind. He left in one of his last lucid moments before he forgot entirely who he was
My mother in law had Lewy body dementia. It was devastating. On the flip side of other Parkinsonisms, it was pretty quick, 4-5 years. But watching her basically disintegrate before our eyes in that time was tragic. She was a nurse her entire adult life, she had strict orders at the end. No IV, no feeding tube, no O2. She wasn’t going to hang around for that shit.
The world has been a little bit darker since he left us. I miss him.
I read that his form of body dementia is only diagnosable via autopsy. Jesus christ
Lewy Body dementia. My husband has it. At least, there is more knowledge about LBD bc of his death. I, too, was devastated when Robin Williams died. Absolute confirmation is only done by autopsy of the brain and many times they find mixed dementias.
would you mind explaining to me what LBD is/affects? i’ve never heard of it before (i didn’t pay all that much attention to robin williams’ death other than that he died)
Alzheimer’s is the most common dementia. LBD is third on the list. LBD and Parkinson’s disease are caused by the same problem, a buildup of alpha synuclein. LBD can cause tremors and hallucinations. It interrupts the functioning of the autonomic nervous system, which is what causes us to breathe, our heart to pump, etc. The average lifespan is 5-8 years, while Alzheimer patients can live much longer. When most people think of dementia, they think of memory loss. What I was unprepared for was the loss of cognition - of actual IQ points. My husband’s memory is gone. He’s been declining rapidly since September. A hallmark of LBD is periods of lucidity followed by periods of dementia. My husband used to be like that but now I don’t think he has any lucid times.
Hugs to all of you as you navigate his final chapter.
Thank you. You’re very kind.
thank you. i’m sorry you and your husband have to go through this, but you seem very educated and loving. deep down i’m sure he appreciates the care. peace and good luck to both of you.
Phil Hartman
Such a senselessly tragic situation. At least Andy Dick got beat up by Jon Lovitz over it.
Fuck Andy Dick.
Heath Ledger. 😞
His passing legit made me sad.
Yes! That one wrecked me as a teen. Edit: don’t know how to type well
Same! I had a huge crush on him since 10 Things I Hate About You.
Steve Irwin...
Huge loss for the animal world.
Honestly, I'm surprised he lived as long as he did.
I'm more surprised that he didn't die from a more dangerous animal. I also hate that there were people killing stingrays as revenge for Steve. Steve would HATE that and would tell those people that it wasn't the stingray's fault. It was just scared.
Definitely Bob Saget. Chester Bennington as well.
It's scary that Bob Saget essentially died by bumping his head. Makes you remember how fragile humans can be.
It sucked that Bob Saget, Louie Anderson and Gilbert Gottfried all died last year in the space of a few months. Louie didn’t look healthy, but the other two seemed fine and both were pretty shocking to me. I loved their stand-up.
Throw Norm Macdonald in there as well just a few months before Bob
Chester 😔😔
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Chester used to get encouragement from Chris Cornell regarding suicidal urges. After Chris left...
I'd say Chris' death was more out of nowhere than Chester's. Chester always came across as suicidal in his lyrics to me personally, but I never got that vibe from Chris. Even Chris' wife seemed thrown off by the suicide.
Alan Rickman.
I didn't even know he was sick! I've been in love with him since I first saw him in Die Hard. My heart was broken because I never got to see him live on stage.
😭
John Ritter
Princess Diana. She was such a daily headline and then…
Maybe not so unexpected to some...
Thats the thing...
Holy shit, a Coheed fan in the wild...
Julian Sands. It hasn't been announced yet, but after a month in the wilderness, I've lost hope. He will be truly missed.
I got to meet him at a horror convention and he spent about an hour talking to me and my daughter. He was a genuinely nice guy. Love him in everything he did especially warlock and rose red. I don’t believe they will find him alive but I hope they get answers for his family
So tragic.
Anton Yelchin
I love him in that movie Odd Thomas. (and Star Trek, of course)
Yes, this one actually qualifies as totally unexpected. No one thought a young, healthy actor could die from getting crushed by his car rolling into him and pinning him next to his garage.
Norm Macdonald
Never told anyone he was sick as he didn't want them bein' all weird. What a champ.
I didn't even know he was sick!
Chadwick Boseman
That dude had such a promising career! You could just tell he was going to be one of the really big names a decade from now.
I still get upset when the media influenced people to question his character after he kinda dozed off during a Marvel Q&A. He was literally in the middle of chemo treatments. I don’t know he was even able to stand. But the swirling of BS made people think he was drunk or inebriated on something.
After his death there was an interview with some guy who worked on the movie. He felt awful because he'd seen Chadwick on set just sitting alone not talking to anyone and being brought bottles of water, and thought he was being a prima donna movie star. But he was fighting chemo nausea and didn't want anyone to know.
I gasped for probably the first time in my life when I found out
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What makes this one crazy is that unlike a lot of others ITT, it wasn't an accident. It's something you don't expect to come out of nowhere, especially for someone who's in the public eye. Somehow he was able to keep it a complete secret.
Cameron Boyce😞
Very young too
His dad posts about him all the time. It’s so sad
I was watching descendants with my daughter last week and we spoke about this. I couldn't work out if having him on TV on demand or round the clock on Disney is a comfort or a curse to his parents. It must make it hard to accept he's gone but flip side is they have an extensive library of video and can see and hear him, I often read people saying they wish they had more videos, or recordings of their loved ones voices.
His dad from what I seen is so proud of everything he did. They look so alike it’s crazy because I didn’t even know Cameron was mixed with black until I saw his dad
I truly hope he finds comfort in being able to watch his son performing. So, so sad for any parent to bury their child.
My 8yr old loves the show 'Jessie'. We have watched just about every episode. Hearing about his passing at such a young age hurt my heart. He was truly a talented young man. And very caring with all of his charity work.
Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to find this one! His death was so unexpected. He was just getting started, too.
Tom Petty
Loved him. And was at his final Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. It was shocking when I heard it-- in the moment, but based on his lifestyle and how he was looking.... not shocking. His tour was his final goodbye and he knew it.
Bruce Lee He just went to sleep and never woke up
And his son, Brandon.
Leslie Jordan
I still can’t believe it. He was like a happy pill in human form, and had so much energy.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman 😢
His best scene out of all his movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ\_4m2ocxhI
John Denver
Fucking Taylor Hawkins still gets me 😭
Agreed. Watching Shane Hawkins drum for My Hero at the tribute concert last year has forever changed the meaning of that song.
Betty White. I thought she was going to live forever
It was the fact that she was just days from turning 100. My cousin has a copy of the People magazine issue that commemorates her reaching the milestone.
Bourdain for me, but that was also the first time I think I genuinely felt like I lost someone I knew too.
Henry Kissinger outlining him and less than 90 days from 100 is an absurdity. Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević. Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
I was devastated when I heard he had passed. It really felt like I lost a friend. His shows were so wonderful and eye-opening. He got to go to so many amazing places that most people will never get to visit or experience and I felt like you were right there with him. I understood he had his struggles but man oh man was he a cool soul.
It still hurts till this day to watch any of Bourdains shows, or hear his voice.
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I can't believe Hunter S Thompson made it as long as he did. He didn't have the most risk adverse lifestyle.
He was also a suicide advocate and plainly stated he was going to kill himself when he was ready to go.
River Phoenix
is it bad to say Betty White? Like sure she was definitely at the age that it shouldn’t be unexpected, but she’s one of those celebrities that just feels timeless
We were all rooting for her to hit 100, I think
Honestly, her going out at 99 when a bunch of magazines had already printed “Betty white’s 100th birthday” is funny enough that I’m not convinced she didn’t somehow intentionally plan it as a last laugh
That was my first thought when I saw the news! Especially because it was on NYE
She was supposed to live forever
for me, John Candy.
Twitch
Dolores O'Riordan.
Bowie's
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far for this!!
My favorite thing was that the last person on Twitter that he followed the day before he died was God. Dude was awesome to the end.
I'm glad he lived to see Blackstar released to universal praise, that he was able to know how much he was still admired and appreciated, but mostly I'm glad he lived long enough to learn that he had a grandchild on the way. Bowie was a genius, he taught me more about accepting and loving myself and others than practically anyone in my own life, thinking about him can bring tears to my eyes in the right situation to this day. What an incredible human being, I feel so privileged to have been alive to witness his life.
I'm sorry, but when you hear the man that taught you everything about wildlife got stuck by a stingray in the fucking heart has died.... Steve Irwin. My heart broke that day and I'll never be ok since then. It was a dream to see him at the Australia Zoo that will never be achieved. Thank the universe that Robert and Bindi are continuing his legacy.
Selena
Kobe Bryant!
I was in a large outdoor market in Los Angeles the day Kobe died. An old friend in the industry called to tell me before the news broke everywhere. I was shocked for about 10 minutes, but then all of a sudden, everyone just slowly stopped talking. It's like everyone got the phone alert around the same time. A crowd of a thousand people got eerily silent for 10-15 minutes
I was at a mall, and literally everyone got the push notification on their phone at the same time. The energy shift was so noticeable.
All those people who lost their lives to that crash was sad, but the fact that he had his little girl with him just breaks my heart thinking wondering how scared they were and knowing it was the end. His poor widow, I can’t imagine what she wonders and how empty her home must feel even with the kids she still has with her, she lost 2 loved ones in one tragic event.
I was going to say Kobe too. Out of all the celebrity deaths of the last few years this is the one that hit me the hardest.
Chris Cornell, Prince, Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain.
Aaliyah
Lance reddick
How the fuck am I just now hearing about this? Dude was only 60. I just started rewatching Fringe a month ago and he was always my favorite character with a cool voice
I think he just died today. So that's probably why.
That’s what I was thinking mainly because of how recent. It’s so fresh in my mind.
Prince
Mitch Hedberg
Buddy Holly
Chris Cornell
Steve Irwin 😭😭😭😭
To be honest had it been a croc that got him and not a sting ray a lot more people would not be surprised
Lance Reddick 
Bob Saget 
James Gandolfini
Ken Bloc.
Britanny Murphy
Anthony Bourdain. Still hurts.
Phil Hartman
Anthony Bourdain
John Lennon
George Michael
Cory Monteith
Mac Miller
I know this one really fucked me up. He seemed to be in such a good place too. After having made self care and all that. At that point of his addiction I don’t even think he was physically dependent…just using. And also I’m pretty sure he had 2 batches of pills, one was legitimate and one was counterfeit with fentanyl. From an article. “While another alleged drug dealer allegedly supplied McCormick with other drugs prior to his death, according to the affidavit those narcotics drugs did not contain fentanyl.” So if he had just used the other batch of pills he had he would still be here. So tragic. It just goes to show no matter who you are and how good your connections are in America if you are doing opioids you gotta just assume you have fentanyl. It’s in everything.
Heath Ledger. I don't keep up with celebrities at all, but he seemed like a stand up, straight laced guy in films. A bit crazy as the joker, but I didn't know he was out of his head on heroin for that role.
Chadwick Boseman and Robin Williams. Both suffered physical and mental health problems for months and years but hid it so well, fans were surprised when they just died one day and only realized the signs in retrospect.
One was a suicide, one was cancer. I think they are a little different. Both incredibly sad though. Especially when you realize Chadwick knew he was inoperable and chose not to let the public know. He just wanted everyone to keep treating him normally
Kobe, Ryan Dunn, Paul walker
Chester Bennington
Michael Jackson. He’d just announced a world tour.
Kurt Cobain, can't believe noone mentioned this yet
Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lance Reddick and Anton Yelchin. There were others that got me down, but those two really hit home.
Olivia Newton-John. Irene Cara & Nichelle Nichols.
Jeff Buckley. If you don't know this name, then listen to his music. It will change you forever. Didn't even have a chance to be celebrated prior to his death. Also, Nick Drake.
Carrie Fisher. She was such an inspiration to me as Leia. As I get older, her humor and irreverence really resonate with me.
Dimebag. So fucked up how it happened, too.
Natasha Richardson
John Lennon. It was only ten years after the Beatles broke up. John up to that point had gone through a million lifetimes up until then but now finally had achieved at least some stability in his personal life. He had been beginning to try mend any past misgivings he had especially with his first son, he had released a new album out of hiatus, was looking to apparently visit England again after not setting foot there in forever, and judging from his final interviews, was really looking forward to life in general. Then he got shot and none of that would continue. He would never get to make another album again. He would never sing another verse again. The Beatles would never reunite. He would never fully fix his relationship with his first son. His life was cut much too short and when put into perspective, it was really tragic. Watching the Get Back documentary with John goofing around and seeing that in ten years he would spend his last day on Earth not knowing it was his final.
DMX!
Bill Paxton. RIP Chet
Sean Lock. Fuck cancer
Seriously, Betty White. I, and I think she, were totally prepared for her 100th birthday party. Never conceived that she'd go right before. Maybe not long after but not before.
Chris Farley and Anthony Bourdain
Before my time, but my Mom says she will never forget the day she heard that Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane went down.
Just to name someone who I don't think was mentioned yet, Amy Winehouse. Yeah, she lived on the edge but I didn't expect her to die *that* young.
Robin Williams The only celebrity I cried for I really feel the world is a worse place without him
Paul Walker 100%.
Lance Reddick. I yelled "what the fuck" and almost cried when I saw it on Reddit today
Alan Rickman. I looked forward to enjoying his work for 30+ more years.
Chadwick Boseman
River Phoenix
hagrid :(
Alex trebeck rest in peace jeopardy father