Have you ever cried at hearing the news of the death of someone famous/a celebrity?

[DISUNC]

Never cried, but I remember I felt so terrible when Lucille Ball died.

 

[TaraPA]

I cried when John Ritter passed. No one else that I can think of. It's very sad about Natasha Richardson though, loved her in Parent Trap!

 

[OK!]

I forgot one...on September 11, I was so completely numb and kind of in a daze after watching the coverage all day while down at my parents' house (09/11 is my mom's birthday) that I decided to "take a break" from everything and flipped on ESPN, naively assuming they'd be talking about sports and lighter-hearted stuff. About 10 seconds after I changed the channel, they announced that 2 scouts from the LA Kings (NHL) had been on the plane that hit the north tower. I'm a HUGE hockey fan, and hearing that some of "our own" had been directly involved absolutely shattered the 1000-yard stare I'd had goin' all day. I cried and cried and cried, because suddenly it was real.

I don't remember crying for Princess Diana, though I do remember obsessively watching the coverage of everything. I had given myself food poisoning, as it turned out, the night/day of her funeral, so in between bouts of projectile vomiting, I watched the funeral live on TV. I cried for her sons--they looked so young and yet so brave. I couldn't imagine how they held it together.

 

[AnnaS]

Besides, JFK Jr. and Princess Diana - which I already mentioned -

there was also one that really touched (along with almost everyone mentioned here), Christopher Reeve's wife Dana.

I don't know - after all she went through - it's so hard to try to understand why things happen. I just need to accept that death is part of life.

 

[Aimeedyan]

I bawled like a baby when John Ritter died. He was the same age as my father and it hit me hard.

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

John Lennon, Paul Newman, JFK Jr. and Princess Diana

 

[Cindy B]

I found it terribly sad when Freddie Mercury died.

Princess Di's car accident was the same weekend I gave birth to my daughter. I'll remember watching SNL and getting the cut in.. and then I was in labor the next day.

 

[Aisling]

I've been shocked for days when certain celebrities died, but Steve Irwin really made me cry. I still cry when I see him on tv or his photo. I also cried over Heath Ledger, but he lived in my Brooklyn neighborhood and I'd met him many times, so his death was hard.

Along time ago there was a western show on tv called Alias Smith and Jones, and when one of the stars, Pete Duel died, I cried myself to sleep for a few nights. I was a little girl at the time.

One more time I wept terribly was watching the funeral of Princess Grace on tv...her husband Prince Ranier and daughter Princess Caroline looked so devestated that I couldn't comtrol myself.

But, again, Steve Irwin's death still makes me cry.

 

[LoraJ]

In 9th grade, when I found out that Andy Gibb had died, I cried quite a bit. I wasn't all into him at that time, but I had loooooooved him when I was younger, so it almost felt like a little piece of my childhood died.

I also cried when Andy Gibb died. Others that got to me were John Ritter, Princess Di and Heath Ledger.

 

[DebIreland]

I cried when John Candy died and I still cry at the end of 'Trains, Planes & Automobiles' - it's one of my favourite films but, since he died, I find the ending almost unbearably sad.

 

[DebIreland]

jeff buckley died??? isnt he the guy who sings halaluhia? or, however u spell it, thats so sad. i too was upset by heath ledger's death.
i am really sad now.

Jeff Buckley died in 1997 - a tragic loss.

 

[amybippy]

Well, for different reasons, I have been strongly affected by a few celebs' deaths. Mr. Rogers' death really rocked me. I grew up with him and I really felt like I "knew" him. When figure skater, Sergei Grinkov, died, I was pretty saddened. Such talent, such incredibly beauty on the ice...and that sweet, young widow. Losing the Challenger astronauts was pretty hard. And when Princess Diana died, I was just numb. She was a facination of mine for so long. These are the ones that I can think of right now.

Amy

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Yes..when Princess Diana died. I remember I was at work and a friend of my sister's (who also worked there) came in and told me. I told her to stop joking around, it wasn't funny. Then I heard it on the news that night when I got home and I started to cry.

Celebrity deaths don't usually affect me like that though. Usually I'm like, "Oh, how sad for their familes. It kinda sucks now that another fine talent is gone from the world."

 

[Shelton123]

Well I wasn't old enough when Princess Diana died. The only celebrity I can truly say that I've cried over when they died is Anna Nicole Smith. I don't know why, but it just brought a few tears to my eye.

 

[MomofKatie]

Princess Diana and JFK Jr.. Those deaths were quite tragic and unexpected and they were so young.

John Ritter and Steve Irwin.

Yup. I also cried a little, just today, for Natasha Richardson. Any time someone young dies tragically, leaving behind young children, it really gets to me.

Our own DIS Boards celebrity, Bob "Bawb" Varley's death, caused me to cry for a few days. I felt as if I knew him, even though I just listened to the podcast.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Steve Irwin, Ronald Reagan. Johnny Cash & George Harrison made me sad.

And this isn't exactly recent, but last year in my history class, I was learning about Alexander Hamilton for the first time. When I found out he got killed in that duel... Let's say I'm still not over it.

 

[NC State]

Ronald Reagan

I was small when Walt Disney passed away so I don't remember it but I can't watch One Man's Dream without crying at the end when they talk about his death.

 

[chisnpeke]

Well I wasn't old enough when Princess Diana died. The only celebrity I can truly say that I've cried over when they died is Anna Nicole Smith. I don't know why, but it just brought a few tears to my eye.

Her death made me sad. I just felt sad for her...how confused and messed up her life really was and how she died the same way.

 

[chisnpeke]

Ronald Reagan

I was small when Walt Disney passed away so I don't remember it but I can't watch One Man's Dream without crying at the end when they talk about his death.

I remember my mom and I sobbing when Nancy had her head on the casket and didn't want to leave. That was so sad.

 

[mom2boys77]

That was the only time I cried over someone famous.

Not hearing of the death, but a couple times after the fact when hearing the family members talk. Most recently, Steve Irwin.