Which celebrity death affected you most?

Princess Diana, definitely. It didn't even seem real.

John Lennon. He was so young and it was such a shock to see him violently murdered when he had espoused peace so vocally. I stayed up all night listening to his music.

Matthew Perry, without a doubt. I listen to audible books every night to help me get to sleep. My books, I have about 20 or so, are memoirs or biographies. That way I can start or stop at any given point, unlike a novel. I like it when the book is spoken by the author.

I purchased MP book last year when it first was released. Not sure why I picked his book - as I had never even watched one episode of Friends ! Crazy, I know. That has since changed.

I find his voice very easy to listen to. It’s soft and draws you in. As most people who have soft voices will do. Matthew has an interesting and complex life story to tell. And he tells it all. Most nights I listen to his voice as I fall asleep and he is still talking to me whenever I wake.

Last week, with the horrible news of his sudden death ( I believe he was sober and in a very good place, that his heart just gave out at the worst possible time ) friends and family were texting me or calling me to see if “ I was alright “. They all knew how close I felt to Matthew. I was alright, just very sad and shocked. Listening to his voice this week really helped me. He’s still with me in that way.
RIP dear Matty. You so deserve it. 🤍

John Denver. His songs spoke to my soul. They still do.

I was very sad when Steve Irwin died but his kids have really picked up where he left off. I have a lot of fondness for them. Princess Diana for sure. She and I had our children within a couple months of each other so I related to that plus I just liked her so much.

Anthony Bourdain.
Robin Williams.
the above two were just so very sad because I hate that they fought so hard against mental pain and felt like this was the only way to find relief.

Leslie Jordan, that just seemed so unfair. Someone who brought joy and light and happiness to so many people just gone.

Kurt Cobain's death rocked me, especially the way it happened. Robin Williams for the same reason. And Anthony Bourdain. Matthew Perry hit me hard because that show was so much part of my 20's and 30's. I still watch an episode a night. And he was my age, so there is that added shock.

I can't imagine being a loved one trying to process your grief in the public eye. I saw that there was drone footage of Matthew Perry's funeral. How disgusting. They can't even grieve in peace.

Same for me. Probably the most for Matthew Perry just because I watched friends so many time alone and with my dds, but no grief, not dwelling on it, etc. I always find the celebrity deaths affecting people very interesting as it just doesn’t with me.

For me, it is Tom Petty. I had seen him in concert just six weeks before he died. We were in row 14, almost center stage, and I loved every second of the show. His music really speaks to me, and I listened to almost nothing but Tom Petty for a year after he passed. I still listen to his music and SiriusXM channels frequently. I don’t enjoy many TV shows or movies, so the deaths of actors don’t affect me much, but musicians do.

Robin Williams
Matthew Perry
Harry Chaplin—- mainly because he died in an accident shortly after he was our graduation speaker at the state University College in Geneseo, New York. His either half brother or stepbrother graduated with us, and his speech was amazing. Then to learn that he died about a month later in June/July of  1981. I would also have to say that their deaths didn’t devastate me. It just made me sad.

Paul Walker and Prince. Brandon Lee, too.

While I’m a huge Friends fan (I fall asleep watching/listening to it every night) and am definitely sad about Matthew Perry I think Robin Williams’ death hit me harder just because it was such a painful reminder that you never know what is going on behind the scenes in someones life.

I feel the same - if I don’t know someone personally, I may feel a bit sad but it doesn’t dramatically affect me.

That said, the celebrity that I was upset to hear of his passing and I still really miss his presence, is John Candy.

I don't know how much it affected me, per se, but I was bothered by Kate Spade's passing. Suicide is always sad, but seeing somebody so successful and admired choose that exit is a reminder that human hearts can be fragile regardless. That she was leaving behind a 13-year-old daughter (whom she implored not to blame herself) compounds the heartache.

Deaths that shocked me - Princess Di, JFK Jr.

Deaths that saddened me - Prince, Donna Summers, Freddie Mercury, Luke Perry, David Cassidy.

I am late to liking Queen/Freddie Mercury, but I’ve been watching lot of YouTube videos of their concerts, and Queen was amazing. Freddie had an amazing voice and I love to listen to him sing. Their songs in concerts are so much better, in my opinion, then their recorded stuff.

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