Just realised you'd have to be 70 to have any chance of remembering their death.
Famous deaths that have really saddened you.
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A little stalkerish
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I imagine Elvis Presley's death was big news for anyone old enough to remember it.
Probably another death that wasn't a big surprise with the condition he was in when he died.
Probably another death that wasn't a big surprise with the condition he was in when he died.
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The day?
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My brother visited the memorial at the crash site in Iowa a few years ago.
Buddy Holly Crash Site, Clear Lake, Iowa
It's the spot where the beloved rocker with the geek glasses and hiccup-y voice met an early end. The site is often marked with items added by visitors.
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Today's the last day I'm 68.
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It was all Buddys fault?!?! For laundryMy brother visited the memorial at the crash site in Iowa a few years ago.
Buddy Holly Crash Site, Clear Lake, Iowa
It's the spot where the beloved rocker with the geek glasses and hiccup-y voice met an early end. The site is often marked with items added by visitors.www.roadsideamerica.com
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Im fairly certain Valens didnt want to get on that plane, he hated flying
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Tinge of sadness for lots of people, but to return to the original point of the thread, REALLY saddened.
Karen Carpenter - so tragic, so needless. Wasn't even into The Carpenters but she had such a pure, angelic voice. So beautiful but she couldn't see that.
Ayrton Senna - I was an F1 nut, glued to the screen at 2am (NZ). Watching his death as it happened really made me question the sport and what it meant to me. Never viewed F1 the same since and have abandoned it entirely in the last 10 years.
Robin Williams to a lesser extent - sad, but I don't miss him like I knew him.
Tony Bourdain - you silly, silly bastard, why??? Why??? I was going through a very low patch myself when he died. Affected me very deeply and still does. We had so many attitudes/beliefs/feelings in common, he was exactly who I wanted to be, he was doing exactly what I wanted to do. If HE couldn't hack it, what hope is there for me?
Sean Lock - sad because he's recent, I'm sure in time he'll be another Robin Williams.
That's all who spring to mind.
Karen Carpenter - so tragic, so needless. Wasn't even into The Carpenters but she had such a pure, angelic voice. So beautiful but she couldn't see that.
Ayrton Senna - I was an F1 nut, glued to the screen at 2am (NZ). Watching his death as it happened really made me question the sport and what it meant to me. Never viewed F1 the same since and have abandoned it entirely in the last 10 years.
Robin Williams to a lesser extent - sad, but I don't miss him like I knew him.
Tony Bourdain - you silly, silly bastard, why??? Why??? I was going through a very low patch myself when he died. Affected me very deeply and still does. We had so many attitudes/beliefs/feelings in common, he was exactly who I wanted to be, he was doing exactly what I wanted to do. If HE couldn't hack it, what hope is there for me?
Sean Lock - sad because he's recent, I'm sure in time he'll be another Robin Williams.
That's all who spring to mind.
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Karen carpenter. That was sad. Watched a movie about the family and the final shot of her eating at the dinner table was confronting and comforting
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Their passings were sad but I found it sadder seeing a frail Johnny Warren on screen with Les Murray, then seeing Australia finally qualify for the WC a year after Johnny Warren passed.
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Wrestling scene as plenty shock deaths over the years.
Mainly Owen Hart's Death. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit especially Benoit and what he did was a huge shock. Brodie Lee is another gone so sudden.
Biggest for mine is probably Steve Irwin.
Paul Walker is another.
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Mainly Owen Hart's Death. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit especially Benoit and what he did was a huge shock. Brodie Lee is another gone so sudden.
Biggest for mine is probably Steve Irwin.
Paul Walker is another.
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People killing themselves with drugs is sad but not the same. Similar to old people dying vs people still young and active.
Sinatra dying was sad but he was old. Pratchett, Adams, Crichton were all still writing and I was no longer able to read their work. Pratchett was especially sad as he had a wonderful mind destroyed by Altzheimers.
Sean Lock was just an out of nowhere shock. Like Lennon. I was too young to fully understand with Graham Chapman. I guess these days news is so immediate and everything is public so when something happens quickly it truly shocks.
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Karen was a huge loss. To this day I still think she has the most wonderful singing voice ever.
Spoiler alert please
What future deaths are gonna be big news?
When the Queen dies that's gonna be huuuuuuge
When the Queen dies that's gonna be huuuuuuge
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Queen's the obvious one, but it looks like she'll hang around alot longer than Prince Phillip.
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Yep. Only her voice could turn a schmaltzy bank jingle (We've Only Just Begun) into something really worth listening to.
And she was an accidental, reluctant singer to boot thanks to her mother.
Better stop before I turn this into a Karen tribute thread.
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Im okay with that. Everyone should listen. Or better, watch the videos. The clothes in the 70s were something else !
