This post may contain Mildly Adult content.
Mildly AdultRandom
Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

what celebrity's/musician's death had the biggest impact on you?

i remember when i was 6 in 1977 seeing people bawl their eyes out when elvis died...
i guess for me it was the tragic and sudden deaths of randy rhodes and cliff burton...and gord downie with brain cancer.
Top | New | Old
Rusty Hamer was a couple of years older than me so I more or less grew up with him. He played the original smart-alecky kid on early TV on The Danny Thomas Show (or Make Room For Daddy). He committed suicide at the age of 42 in 1990.

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
I remember that when Chris Farley died it affected me pretty hard, but when Princess Diana died... I sobbed, much to my own surprise. I guess in that moment I realized what an absolute beautiful spirit that had just exited the world.
Punches · 46-50, F
@DearAmbellina2113 I remember when she passed, and less than two weeks later, stores were flooded with tapes and CDs of "candle in the wind 97."

I remember thinking, "They wasted NO time trying to profit off that."
I dig a few Tragically Hip songs but for me it was another Canadian, Neil Peart. EVH is a close second. Prince rounds out the top three that have jerked a tear out of me.
@DrawntoaDistance i loved rush and neil as well
SarahAndSamantha · 51-55, T
Three of my four musical heroes have passed now. Dave Brockie, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman. all three hit me pretty hard. All I gotta say is Weird Al better stay in good health
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@SarahAndSamantha oh damn meatloaf?
ToLivePeacefully · 31-35, M
None so far. Most of the actors I admire have already lived long lives, so I suppose when it's time to say goodbye, it’s just a part of life.
Elvis was the first big celebrity death I was aware of, and how much it impacted people who didn’t even know him
Cigarguy101 · 41-45, M
Tony Bennett. I love his music and listen to his almost every day.
lostlissa · 36-40, F
Kobe Bryant. It still brings tears to my eyes.
Levenrack · 46-50, M
Robin Williams... Such a comedic mastermind and a stage improv wizard.
Colormegone · 70-79, M
@Levenrack Such a funny guy who evidently was in a lot of pain. 😢
Bowie.

He was a local and a huge mural went up pretty quick.
Tiny Tim, a musical genius 🤔
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@FreeSpirit1 I just looked him up and I just have to say what the fck.?
This comment is hidden. Show Comment
@FreeSpirit1

A real ladies man, too. This caught me by surprise.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Hideto Matsumoto, although I learned about it almost 20 years after he died. He had great potential and died right at the beginning of a great shift in his musical career that seemed pretty promising.
Stupid and pointless death. Even if the public will probably never learn what exactly happened.
I basically spent a major part of my life listening to and watching this guy.
Levenrack · 46-50, M
@BrewCityBarfly Yeah Sir! Goddamn legend there.
Punches · 46-50, F
None really. I mean yeah it is we*rd when celebrities from our childhood pass away but I didn't know any of them personally.
Levenrack · 46-50, M
@Punches The only deceased celebrity personality, that I met in person and not in the autograph line was Owen Hart. WWF was in town at the Wisconsin Center Arena in 1998.
Me and some friends were at a Denny's and who just so happens to walk in. Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith of the British Bulldogs.

Sadly Owen Hart had that falling accident about a year later. 🫡

Edit- Okay, so apparently Davey Boy passed in 2002 a little bit later.
Punches · 46-50, F
@Levenrack I just imagine his entrance like...
Well not the sassy man but the other two.

[media=https://youtu.be/-V9LBZmYnYs]
Levenrack · 46-50, M
@Punches Lol I remember that commercial 🤣.
But yeah, those dudes were over-proportional fucking huge. I would've like to have seen the servers get around them.
i was shocked when MJ went.

i didnt shed any tears tho.. im not that attached to celebrities.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Michael Jordan?
@Ferise1 pretty sure he means Michael Jackson.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@DrawntoaDistance mick jagger?
Chris Cornell cause it was a shock didnt even realize he was thinking about suicide 🙁
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@ExperienceDLT “and l don’t like what you’ve got me hanging from “…
@ExperienceDLT i saw him with soundgarden in 1992 at lollapalooza....damn that was a great festival,,,,,chili peppers, pearl jam , ministry also played
Degbeme · 70-79, M
Colormegone · 70-79, M
@Degbeme Same.
hunkalove · 70-79, M
Elvis. And John Lennon.
Tumbleweed · F
Tom Petty
Eddie Money
Anthony Bordain
🥺💔🥺
England66 · 61-69, M
John Lonnon 1980
England66 · 61-69, M
@beermeplease 45 years ago this December 8th 1980
@England66 i was only 9 but i remember the impact his death had on his fans
@England66 I recall this too, mostly remember it because I was watching Monday Night Football on some dinky b&w TV my parents let me have in my bedroom, when Howard Cosell announced it.
Lilymoon · F
Prince and Tom Petty 😥
@Lilymoon i knew for sure if you would see this post you'd pick tom....i love his nmusic too
Lilymoon · F
@beermeplease such a loss:/
luckranger71 · 51-55, M
Walter Payton.
@luckranger71

Yep. Gale Sayers, too. I understand Tony Dorsett isn't in the best of health :(
ShenaniganFoodie · 36-40, M
[media=https://vocaroo.com/17jSMsetJ7qZ]
@ShenaniganFoodie no....i don't recognize it
ShenaniganFoodie · 36-40, M
@beermeplease [media=https://youtu.be/Eab_beh07HU]
@ShenaniganFoodie next time sing 🙄
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
Kurt cobain and swayze
@Ferise1 cobain was another one. i saw him live 3 months before he died. it was kinda weird because he really didn't engage the crowd, i guess he was in full swing depression. it was a small venue (3500 people) and we could all here some chick yell out "say something" ...his response was "what do you want me to say.....you guys rock?"

 
Post Comment