Celebrities Who's Death Affected You

[trobinson97]

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Well if this is strictly about celebs then Michael Jackson and Issac Hayes and Phyllis Hyman are the ones I would say. I know 99 out of 100 of you have no idea who Phyllis Hyman is but she could sing her behind off.

I remember Phyllis Hyman. She could sing, but I can't lie, I couldn't stand her songs. I was a kid though, just wasn't for me. I remember a picture of her in JET when she was younger before she gained all that weight, she was pretty fine, big boned.

[mjb2124]

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I know some people are gonna be too cool and say "you didn't know them personally, so who cares" but even if you didn't cry, some of these deaths do actually hit home.

It's not about "being too cool" for me, but really not getting that upset about someone I don't know and someone that doesn't know me. I suppose I don't get that excited about celebrities. I know friends who try to get all these autographs from athletes/celebs or try to get close to them when they see one while I'm the guy who doesn't bother.

My family and friends? Sure, I've been very upset when my grandparent's and some friends have died, but celebrities? Nah...just not that important to me.

[mgoblue678]

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None. I don't find celebrities to be nearly as important as many others do.

100 % agreed. Can't stand how much time the media spends talking about a celebs death. Entertainers, entertain people. Nothing more. Some people don't have any perspective.

[mudtiger]

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None. I don't find celebrities to be nearly as important as many others do.

Same here. Don't care one bit about celebrity culture. Or the athlete/celebrity culture either.

Dead or alive, don't make any difference to me just like if I dropped dead tomorrow, they wouldn't care about me.

[daflyboys]

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I don't think the effect is direct, in that, people have personal relationships with them (unless, of course, you do). It's more of a signpost --- the signaling of a loss of how a time period was in your life. I'm older than many of you guys here on these boards and the older ones can relate to this, but I think that seeing entertainers from my parents era and those who entertained me as well are hard to see go. It shows the fraility, and relative brevity of life as well as taking away a small piece of a portion of your life. Along the way, day-to-day we work in their personas, parts of their acts or their songs and even tidbits of their personal experiences ..... and when those go away, you lose a bit ..... not the same as your family and friends, but you lose something.

[TheLetterZ]

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[mjb2124]

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I don't think the effect is direct, in that, people have personal relationships with them (unless, of course, you do). It's more of a signpost --- the signaling of a loss of how a time period was in your life. I'm older than many of you guys here on these boards and the older ones can relate to this, but I think that seeing entertainers from my parents era and those who entertained me as well are hard to see go. It shows the fraility, and relative brevity of life as well as taking away a small piece of a portion of your life. Along the way, day-to-day we work in their personas, parts of their acts or their songs and even tidbits of their personal experiences ..... and when those go away, you lose a bit ..... not the same as your family and friends, but you lose something.

There's some truth to that...although now that I'm older (32) I don't think I can really work anything these celebs do into my daily life anymore! I'd likely get fired if I moonwalked down the cubicals.

Things affect everyone differently. People cried with MJ died and got really upset. For someone like me who really enjoyed MJ in his youth, I was surprised to hear his passing and watched the info on TV about is passing for a good 45min after I got home from work, but that was about it.

It's definitely strange to see entertainers of my youth die as it is a sign of getting older and moving on, but I'm sure watching a parent die is an ever more dramatic sign of getting older and 100x more difficult to handle.

[Stumbleweed]

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Hunter S. Thompson, hands down. Even though he basically went out on his own terms, it just ****ed me up to know that I would never read anything new from him. GOAT.

[daflyboys]

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There's some truth to that...although now that I'm older (32) I don't think I can really work anything these celebs do into my daily life anymore!


It's definitely strange to see entertainers of my youth die as it is a sign of getting older and moving on, but I'm sure watching a parent die is an ever more dramatic sign of getting older and 100x more difficult to handle.

I think the other notion is that celebrities and professional athletes have seemed to "devolve" over the decades as more and more narcissism has crept into the picture; talent has been watered down in all genres; value of a celebrity's worth seems more directly connected to their paychecks. Look back on entertainers and athletes from those earlier eras and tell me they didn't earn just about everything that they got for the most part. They were easier to respect: entertainers seemed to be more professional about their craft and athletes played FOR their fans, not just IN FRONT of their fans.

[Fiddy]

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None. I don't find celebrities to be nearly as important as many others do.

This.

[Husker_OS]

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Derrick Thomas' death hit me pretty hard. He was my favorite athlete growing up and still is to this day.

[Rocky]

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I love this new OS sensation.

If no one's death has affected you, do you really need to waste your time typing a response to the thread? I mean, what's the point of even responding.

[SHO]

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Aaliyah
Juilus Carry III
Michael Jackson
Bernie Mac

[snepp]

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Why have open discussion forums if you don't want people discussing something you don't argee with? What's the point of even having them?

[Po Pimp]

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I love this new OS sensation.

If no one's death has affected you, do you really need to waste your time typing a response to the thread? I mean, what's the point of even responding.

Exactly! If you don't feel anything, don't reply in this thread because it wasn't made for you. No one is saying a celebrity's death is more important than a relative or close friend cause that obviously trumps all.

True enough, people do die everyday, and I do feel bad when I see stories on the news about kids being murdered, psychopaths going on a killing spree, or freak accidents, etc. It is a little different when it's a celebrity you've seen on television all the time. They've basically been a part of you growing up. I'm not saying I was crying and bowling over in tears, but to feel no sympathy whatsoever means you're a cold-hearted person.

Just to add to the list:

Bernie Mac - For one, he was a hometown hero, one of my favorite comedians ever, and his funeral was like 10 min from my house.

Johnny Red Kerr and Norm Van Lier - The voices of the Bulls, and to lose them BOTH on the same day was like "WOW!"