Are There Any Celebrities Whose Deaths Make You Very Sad?

Robin Williams' suicide hit me hard. When I learned of his post-death diagnosis of Lewy Body Disease, I came to a place of peace with it.
Anthony Bourdain's suicide also hit hard.
Tom Petty's overdose death was a tough one - not completely over that, to be honest.
Harry Chapin's death when a truck hit his motorcycle. He was a tremendous talent and an incredibly kind, generous, charitable human being. Gone too soon.

All were active in entertainment when they passed so their sudden losses left a gap.
 
Jim Morrison. I was 16 and it was so sudden. The nearby college where I hung around had a shrine to him on campus. Extraordinary. He was controversial always, but I loved the Doors music.
 
I tend to take notice most of the deaths of celebs with birthdays around my own ... and there are so many.

But then on the other hand, I have to remember this - Mick Jagger just turned 80 and is still going strong.(y)
 
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@Bretrick I love Peter Allen's Fly Away, which is on my Pop playlist. I often refer to the following lines of the song to describe what having my son means to me.
"Your an anchor, I'm a kite
You're what gets me through the night
You keep me steady and on course
Till I found you I was lost
You're the earth and I'm the sky
And sometimes if I go too high
Then you pull the string that pulls me back
If not for you I might lose track
And I might fly away, I might fly away and go my own way......"

Just so ya know...that going too high does not refer to me doing drugs which I did not do. :) My being a mother anchored me and gave me purpose.
 
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@PamfromTx Until I saw the movie, I wondered why Health Ledger got a posthumous Oscar for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight. Then I saw the movie. Wow! He so deserved that award. Gone too soon.

@DebraMae Loved Jim Croce's music, especially Don't Mess Around With Jim. He definitely left this earth way too soon and i miss him from the music scene. That's a great picture of him.

@Jace No we don't really know them, but @OldFeller's reasoning hits the nail on the head. "Sometimes we're taken by surprise and saddened by the death of a celebrity but that's just a reaction to our having come to love their performances time and time again."
 
OneEyedDiva said:
@Bretrick I love Peter Allen's Fly Away, which is on my Pop playlist. I often refer to the following lines of the song to describe what having my son did for me.
"Your an anchor, I'm a kite
You're what gets me through the night
You keep me steady and on course
Till I found you I was lost
You're the earth and I'm the sky
And sometimes if I go too high
Then you pull the string that pulls me back
If not for you I might lose track
And I might fly away, I might fly away and go my own way......"

Just so ya know...that going too high does not refer to me doing drugs which I did not do. :) My being a mother anchored me and gave me purpose.
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Poignant lyrics for sure. Co written by David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager
 
Yes, it was 2003 when Johnny Cash passed away at the age of 71. However, he had a great life, made hundreds of records and enjoyed spending a huge pile of money. We all die sooner or later; many sooner thane they think!
 

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Yes, it was 2003 when Johnny Cash passed away at the age of 71. However, he had a great life, made hundreds of records and enjoyed spending a huge pile of money. We all die sooner or later; many sooner thane they think!
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I kind of thought he wouldn't last too much longer after his beloved wife passed.
 
I like many others, feel sad when an artist dies too young.

Duane Allman passing at 24 was a shock.
Lyle Mays keyboardist for the Pat Metheny Group at 66.
Miles Davis at the age of 65.

Some artists seem to just be hitting their stride.
Charlie Parker 34
John Coltrane 40
Billie Holiday 44

We have recordings to remind us of the mark they left on music.
 
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When I first heard Don McLean's American Pie, the reference to Buddy Holly's death touched a nerve.
"But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step."

"I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died."
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... and Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, but almost Dion. Dion won the coin toss for the empty seat on the plane, but ultimately decided to give it to Richie, because he just couldn't justify the expense. A strange twist is what kept Dion alive to become as popular as he ended up being.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
When Gregory Hines died, I cried. Gregory always reminded me so much of my cousin Ronnie in appearance and the personality of his character in Running Scared was so much like my cousin's. Ronnie drowned when he was 26. Lee Thompson Young's (Rizzoli & Isles) death really upset me too. He was my favorite young actor. I know I'd be upset if we lost David Muir (World News Tonight), Queen Latifah, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bruce Willis, the GMA team, Oprah and of course my cousins actors Keith David and Kendra Johnson.

In the music world Frankie Beverly, The Whispers twin brothers Walter and Scotty, MIchael E and Jesse Gold. I'm sure there are others, some of whom I don't even realize now. I felt very bad about Treat Williams death for a few days after he was killed. And now I'm seeing him play a recurring character on Blue Bloods. :cry:

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Bruce Willis is fighting for life as we speak. '12 Monkeys', I think, is just one example of extreme acting skills
 
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