Famous peoples deaths that have shaken you up?

[Brownstuff]

Kurt Cobain knocked the stuffing out of me
Princess Di was also out of the blue and a weird feeling at the time

 

[BBassic]

Harold Ramis.

The day he died was when I truly felt my childhood had ended.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Robin Williams and Michael Jackson.

 

[catfish]

Lee Brilleaux going at such a young age really got me.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Freddie Mercury and George Best reduced me to tears

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

John peel, such a big part of my youth, also Kurt cobain, I had recently seen nirvana.

 

[Megazone]

Tony Hart's 2nd death was pretty devastating

 

[Philbag70]

Senna dying at Imola was a shock for me.

 

[Blue3]

In no particular order but I can remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard the sad news of each of the following deaths

Elvis
John Lennon
George Harrison
Roy Orbison
Tommy Cooper
Spike Milligan
Tony Benn
Rick Myall
David Bowie
Dr Martin Luthier King
Michael Jackson
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher

 

[Garage_Doors]

Marc Bolan,
I was 15 at the time and well into the glam music, when i saw his death announced on Newspaper hoarding i was completely dumbstruck thinking, it can't be true.
He was famous, he was a rock star, he was an idol, and people like that don't die, Well to a 15 year old they didn't and it was really the first time i physically realised that no one was immortal.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

John Peel. The only famous person whose death has shocked and upset me.

 

[DavidRyder]

Rik Mayall.

Same here, totally out of the blue. Grew up with his humour - still can't believe he's not around really.

 

[vegster]

It's odd but for me the death that shocked more than any other was Gary Speed the ex international and manager of Wales. I still can't get my head around why someone who had so much to live for could kill themselves. Bowies death is a slight surprise but many more people die from cancer much younger.

 

[Mattywerewolf]

Kurt Cobain and Michael Jackson....Had tickets to see both within a few weeks of their deaths.... very sad

Others that really shocked me were Princess Di, Mother Theresa and John Lennon

 

[DavidRyder]

Senna dying at Imola was a shock for me.

I will never forget that day, can remember it so vividly. If memory is correct, I'd gone to see Albion get stuffed 3-0 at Reading the day before, and getting into the car on the way back, heard Roland Ratzenberger had been killed.

Truly a grim weekend.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

I shed tears over Sir Bobby Robson's passing. I remember watching him in his wheelchair at his charity match not long before.. that choked me seeing him soooo frail and unwell. Bloody great gent.

 

[backson]

Agree with Rik Mayall, MJ and Kirsty MacColl.

The others that affected me were Terry Pratchett and Seve Ballesterous.

 

[Razzoo]

John peel, such a big part of my youth, also Kurt cobain, I had recently seen nirvana.

Yep, these two

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Princess Diana.

 

[Lankyseagull]

Rod Hull.

I've never been able to look at a rooftop TV aerial in the same light since.