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

[xoprincessmomxo]

Sonny Bono but only when I watched Cher at the funeral.

Oh, me too.

 

[Twingle]

I haven't read all the replies, but I was brought to tears by Jim Henson's death. His funeral was almost unbearable to watch, with Big Bird and other muppets speaking.

Edit: how weird that xoprincessmomxo posted at the same time! Gonzo and Animal were at the funeral!

 

[swandiverpatt]

Bobby Kennedy -- I was a junior in H.S. and it hit hard. John F. Kennedy died when I was in 6th grade and I don't think I fully realized the consequences of it. I do remember the 6th grade teacher crying that day -- they brought in a TV for us to watch the news.

John Lennon -- having been a very young teen during the Beatles years, it just seemed so wrong. I remember one of our French grad students coming in and asking me if I'd heard and I cried.

 

[Shmily1]

Elvis, Princess Di, and Ronald Reagan.

 

[Colleen27]

I'm a redneck too. I can still see them bring him to the hospital in the ambulance doing CPR on him. I knew right then and there we had lost him. My mom called me up crying. I miss that man and I never even met him.

Yanno when it hit me? When DW asked "What about Dale, is he okay?". For someone who has been around the sport that long and seen as much as he had to ask that question at a moment when he should have been celebrating his little brother's Daytona 500 win really put into perspective how bad it was.

I grew up an Earnhardt fan. He was rookie of the year the year I was born, and my father was a huge fan. I never met the man - sadly I had my first press passes to cover a Winston Cup event a year too late - but I still miss him. The sport just isn't the same without him.

 

[Boo'sMom]

I cried when Ronald Reagan died.

 

[X and G's mom]

Yes, Chris Farley.
I was living and working in Madison when it happened. On the evening news they showed Adam Sandler at the cemetary with his head low and I just lost it.

 

[Minnie-n-Mickey4ever]

Freddie Prinz, JFK Jr., and Andy Gibb are my top three.

I cried like a baby about Freddie Prinz - I just couldn't believe it - and I absolutely loved his comedy.

JFK, Jr. - I was glued to the TV (DH thought I was nuts) when I heard he'd died. I cried and cried over him. I had literally bumped into him in DC one day after work like the year before he had gotten married. I was totally dumbfounded! I did blurt out "oh my gosh! You are so cute!" He was such a gentleman too. What was even funnier was that when his dad was president, my mom happened to be walking near the White House and his limo almost hit her and he actually put the window down and asked if she was ok. My mom loved JFK Sr. and had said the same thing!

Andy Gibb I cried too only because I thought it was just so tragic and such a waste of a great singer. I also teared up when his brother passed away too.

I did tear up during Ronald Reagan's funeral (because of Nancy) and during Princess Diana's funeral too because of her sons. Those two events were sad.

 

[Minnie-n-Mickey4ever]

sorry for the double post.

 

[walkerag]

Steve Irwin

 

[Tosie]

No crying but I felt a real loss when Phil Hartman was killed.

 

[Evil Genius]

Freddie Mercury and Steve Irwin. It took me a long time to listen to a Queen song without tearing up.

 

[monkey68]

I didn't read all the replies, but the ones I read, I feel really heartless. I never cried when hearing about the death of someone famous. Yes, it's sad, and something no family should ever go through, but i never met the person and have no real connection with them, no matter how much their music has meant to me, or how much I admired them. Do I feel bad if there are kids left behind? Of course, but odds are, those kids are going to be much better off than the kids left behind when some random Joe dies and leaves 3 kids behind.

Then again, I'm also not a crier in general, it's not in my nature.

 

[walkerag]

Ok, 2 more that were not famous people but famous animals.
I cried when Barbaro died because he fought so hard and also when Eight Belles died last year at the Kentucky Derby...

My DD is a big time horse lover so we watch the races

 

[sms]

I was also a big Earnhardt fan. He won the very 1st race I went to.

Also a big Christopher Reeve fan. He died the same day my father died. I lost two "supermen" that day.

 

[browneyes106]

I have been down today since hearing about Natasha's death especially she was a mother of a two young boys. I haven't cried over the new of her death. But I cried back in 2001 when Aaliyah died because she was very young and had a lot going for her.

 

[TheZue]

No crying but I felt a real loss when Phil Hartman was killed.

That one still makes me mad. I was so shocked and sad that day. Such a waste. I still can't stand Andy Dick since he's aparently the one that got his wife back on cocaine.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

I haven't read all the replies, but I cried when Tim Russert died. I just loved his personality and he seemed so at home on my tv. He was a great journalist/commentator. It really hit me hard...much harder than Di or JFK Jr (though I was shocked and very saddened by them both). Oh, and I cried when Anna Nicole died...not because I liked her a bunch, but because I felt she died of a broken heart when she lost Daniel. And I thought that she was where she wanted to be, with her son.

 

[Tony-NJ]

Lucy Ball
Johnny Carson

Can't say I balled my eyes out but was very very saddened.

 

[mybabesuz]

More like watery eyes... That sick feeling in your stomach...
I think it just makes us all feel vunerable.
It can happen to anyone at any time.