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

[tasha99]

I cried when Douglas Adams died (actually had to get up out of class to have a moment in the bathroom to get a hold of myself). I was also pretty sad when Octavia Butler died, but I didn't cry.

 

[juligrl]

Oh, and John Lennon and George Harrison.

Me too - and I was really young when John Lennon was shot.

 

[Buckalew11]

I think I'm a crier.

I didn't know Natasha died until I read this thread. I'm upset thinking about her kids and how young she was. Parent Trap is my all time favorite movie (sad, probably, but true). I was actually wanting to watch all weekend.

I cried when Dennis Wilson drowned. He was the only Beach Boy who even surfed and he had a terrible battle with alcohol and drowned while drunk.

I cried when Ricky Nelson died in that plane wreck. It was said that he was doing drugs on the plane. I adored him.

I cried when Vivanne Vance died. I cried and cried and cried. She was Lucy's sidekick, Ethel Mertz. I also cried when Lucy died because I did love Lucy!

I cried and mourned terribly when Princess Diana died. I was so shocked and so sad for her and those boys. She was the most requested hairstyles ever. Weekly someone would bring a photo of her in and want her 'do. I was even sad that I'd never get the request again.

I cried for Nancy Reagan at Ronald Reagan's funeral.

I cried like a baby when Steve Irwin died. My sadness was about equal to when Diana died. My DD, Hunter, was a true fan of his and as a little girl had snakes and reptiles as pets and learned so much from him. She loves all kinds of science and I think he was the start of all that.

Like imabrat said, I just put it out of my mind and don't allow myself to really go there. I cannot think about his death w/o getting sad and feeling terrible for Terri and those children.

ETA: In 1977, I was almost 12 when Freddie Prinze committed suicide. I cried at that news because I adored him on "Chico and the Man". My dad and I watched it every week together.

 

[Buckalew11]

John Ritter. Natasha Richardson is getting me. But my mom had an accident one year ago tomorrow and ended up going into a coma until we pulled life support. I think that's why today's news is really really getting to me.

to you. I am sure you are remembering your own situation AND feeling sad because you know exactly what they are going through. More

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.

You and me both!! Except I cry through the whole movie. I sat there last week and sniffled through the whole darned thing, wishing I'd taken a tissue.
I think they should offer you one when you enter the theater.

 

[Mysteria]

No. I may feel bad for their family and friends and hope they find peace. I have enough craziness and death, destruction, mayhem in my own life to worry about what is going on with poeple I don't know.

Here's another way to see it. Would they cry for you?

 

[perla75]

Absolutely.

I cried the hardest over: Jerry Garcia, Charles Shultz, River Phoenix, Heath Ledger, and a musician I loved named Merl Saunders.

These people touch your hearts & you develop great love and admiration for them even though you didn't know them on a personal level.

I am also the type of person who grieves the sadness of others when they lose a loved one. That's usually the first thing I think of when I hear on tv that someone has passed-the poor family must be devastated.

 

[jimmiej]

Ronald Reagan-a great American, served his country well.
Don Knotts-a great comedian, still makes me laugh!

 

[mamajoan]

I have teared up over many famous folk's passing.
However Bernie Mac's death really hit me hard. I am quite sure he is giving the souls in heaven a good laugh.

 

[SorcererDonald16]

I can think of only three: Princess Diana, Ronald Reagan, and Skip Caray (longtime Braves' announcer). I bawled off and on for a week when Skip passed away last August. I'd listened to him call games my entire life and loved him dearly.

I got choked up at Steve Irwin's death and Mister Rogers' passing, but didn't cry.

I'm very upset at Natasha's passing, but no tears. My heart aches for her family, especially her two boys.

 

[phragmipedium]

Steve Irwin and Di affected me (can't recall if I cried).

I was also very impacted by (strangely) Tammy Faye's death, mostly because I'd watched a film about her and saw her on Larry King the day before she died - and it was a very surreal, strange experience to watch her on there so gaunt and ill. I had never seen someone looking so...deathly. I literally thought, I cannot believe she is still alive right now looking the way she does. And then the next day she was gone, so that was very odd for me.

Also I'm not a big Reagan fan, but the photo of Nancy with her head on his casket always touches me deeply and makes me very sad.

To be truthful I'm often more broken up over famous animal deaths (ie the beloved elephant at the local zoo, etc) than most celebrities, but then again my DH often says I care more for animals than humans so there you go I guess.

 

[Breezie]

I don't usually cry, but when Heath Ledger passed I lost it. He was one of my favorite actors, and had so much talent. And of course, I thought of beautiful little Matilda being left without a father.

Natasha Richardson's passing has made me pretty sad today as well.

 

[Judy Judy Judy]

I can't say that I've cried , but it does sadden me alot to hear about a death of someone that I have seen on TV, especially if it's someone that I have watched a good bit of like Christopher Reeves or Bernie Mac. I just watched Parent trap two days ago so NR was fresh in my mind also.

The only time I can truthfully say I busted out crying for people I didn't even know was on Septenber 11th, for all the people in the USA that lost someone, their family became my family, I cryed for months, and to this day I still can cry if I dwell on it.

 

[redlight]

Yes, the last time was when I heard Paul Newman died.

 

[Master Mason]

No, and most often I can not understand the cries of it being a "tragedy" either. It is always sad when someone dies, but it is very seldome a "tragedy".

For example, when JFK jr died, the tv was saying it was a national tragedy. No it wasn't it was a sad event, his dad getting killed was a national tragedy. His was just a death of a high profile person, everyone knew who he was but his lose didn't effect the opperations of the country in anyway.

 

[HelenePA]

I feel like such a redneck posting this, but the only time I've cried over a celebrity's death as an adult was when Dale Earnhardt died.

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.

 

[Feralpeg]

No. I may feel bad for their family and friends and hope they find peace. I have enough craziness and death, destruction, mayhem in my own life to worry about what is going on with poeple I don't know.

Here's another way to see it. Would they cry for you?

It's personal in a totally different way than when a personal friend dies. It's like losing a piece of your childhood. Most of the people that have affected me the most were people that I grew up watching or hearing all the time. They were a large part of my younger life. To me it is like mourning a lost part of my childhood. I don't become as attached to celebrities now as I did when I was much younger.

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

Princess Diana
Steve Irwin
David Bloom
Tim Russert

I feel like such a redneck posting this, but the only time I've cried over a celebrity's death as an adult was when Dale Earnhardt died.

I came to post about David Bloom and Tim Russert too. They were both so shocking, and seemed like such great people.

When Dale Earnhardt died, I just remember them saying "We've lost Dale Earnhardt". We live close to a racetrack and it was such big news here. He WAS racing. I was pregnant w/DS#1, and went into labor the night Dale passed away. The TV was on the whole time I was in labor and everyone was talking about Dale's death. My anesteisiologist even wore a Dale "do-rag" that day.

 

[legalsea]

My contribution: I was very, very sad upon the passing of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart. I remember the hour-long tributes the television stations ran for each. Bob Hope also; obviously not 'unexpected' (he was 100), but still, he had simply been around forever.

John Lennon: I was in law school then and still recall the utter shock of his murder.

However, I felt true sadness when George Harrison died. It just seemed that the world I knew was getting so old. I so well recall Beatlemania, and of going to the movie theater to see A Hard Days Night. George was the youngest Beatle and not all that much older than me. Such is life.

 

[luvmy3]

I've never cried at the announcement of a celebrity's death. I don't feel any different than I do when I read the obits, I feel sorrow for their families but not for me.

 

[rie'smom]

While I'm saddened for their families, celebrity deaths don't affect me with one exception-Bob Hope. He was always either on tv or in old movies that I loved.