Famous peoples deaths that have shaken you up?

[Return of the Rev]

Loved Bowie but really he was the past,probably would not buy anything other than his 70's work. His passing has not affected me that much.
So trying to think who's passing affected me and really only john smith and joe strummer tbh.
Losing which famous person has knocked you back?

 

[Peter Grummit]

Bob Marley.

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[Gwylan]

Bob Marley.

Yeah, his is the famous death that hit me most - he was so young. Strummer is the other big one.
Others include John Peel, Marvin Gaye, Peter Cook and Mikey Smith, who died far, far too young

 

[Eeyore]

Brian Johnston, the cricket commentator. I loved TMS and was heartbroken when he died.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Strummer, Malcolm Owen, Ian Curtis.

 

[essbee]

Rik Mayall.

 

[Megazone]

Amy Winehouse after reading this- http://www.london24.com/news/amy_wi...n_camden_heard_screaming_and_howling_1_972931

Paul Hunter the snooker player shocked me. So did Dean Richards.

 

[spence]

Princess Diana

 

[Goldstone1976]

Neil Armstrong, Lennon, Richard Feynman, and, above all, John Bonham.

 

[rool]

I agree with Rik Mayall and off the top of my head add Freddie Mercury and Kirsty Maccoll

 

[GT49er]

There's a few - JFK, Hendrix, Keith Moon - but the biggest shocker for me has to be John Lennon.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Princess Di, gawd luv er. She truly woz the queen ov 'arts. *sniff*

In reality, Rik Mayall's death did really shock me. Totally out of the blue and he was one of my comedy heroes.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Adam Yauch (aka MCA), I grew up with the Beastie Boys and that left me feeling down for a few days. Died at only 47.

Oh and to a lesser degree Aaliyah, I was on a field trip when she died and her music had been playing all week.

 

[Honky Tonx]

Jesus Christ.. but he came back 3 days later.

 

[Nibble]

Adam Yauch was a distressing one.
And Heath Ledger, that was a shocker.

 

[drew]

David Bowie as whilst I'm not an ardent fan, he is of my era. Another was Robin Williams.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Michael Jackson, slightly strangely (not to mention embarrassingly). Partly because Off The Wall was the first album I owned - I still think it's a masterpiece.

But it was more the fact that I completely remembered when Thriller had come out, how bloody good it was, then it going so huge etc. He was about the first major star to die whose peak period I'd liked and remembered well myself, whereas as a kid I'd had to be informed by others why the deaths of Elvis and John Lennon had mattered so much.

 

[dazzer6666]

Diana probably the biggest shock along with Mountbatten

 

[Megazone]

Jill Dando.

 

[StonehamPark]

Biggest one that got me was Robin Williams.