QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Aug 13, 2014 22:54:18 GMT
Probably only Minnesota peas will know this one. I cried for Paul Wellstone. Other than that, 2 that have been mentioned here already, Heath Ledger and Andy Whitfield. I wouldn't even say I was a huge fan of either of them, and I actually never watched Spartacus, but for some reason both of these hit me very hard.
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MrsDepp
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Post by MrsDepp on Aug 13, 2014 22:57:49 GMT
I cried when Reagan died. My eyes still tear up when I think about his death. My sure it's nothing compared to when Johnny Depp dies.
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MrsDepp
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Post by MrsDepp on Aug 13, 2014 22:58:20 GMT
I cried when Reagan died. My eyes still tear up when I think about his death. I'm sure it's nothing compared to when Johnny Depp dies.
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Post by scrappersue on Aug 13, 2014 23:23:48 GMT
Yes, but I cry. I cry over books, movies, commercials, YouTube videos, so it's not such a stretch. Not every celebrity but some I have, especially if their work has touched me. I'm a pretty empathetic and sensitive person, I used to be embarrassed by it but I don't think it's the worst trait one can have. Me too. I am that person on the couch, silently wiping tears away when I'm reading a book that gets me. Me too. I tear up during sappy commercials, tv shows or even when someone is telling me something sad about their own life. My daughter thinks its funny. If we are watching tv together she will turn to see if I am crying during the sad parts. So yes I do cry when some celebrities die. Robin Williams death hit me hard. I tear up watching and reading the tributes to him.
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Post by ShesaRenegade on Aug 13, 2014 23:31:06 GMT
I was so sad when Princess Diana died but I didn't cry. However, several years later I went to Althorp (where she is buried) and walked the loop around the lake that surrounds her grave. Near the end I broke down and cried. I was not the only one there that day that did so.
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Sweets McPea
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Post by Sweets McPea on Aug 13, 2014 23:42:59 GMT
I hardly ever cry over celebrity deaths. But reading about deaths when the victims are my kids' ages breaks my heart each and every time.
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Post by creative*moma on Aug 13, 2014 23:45:23 GMT
Me too. I am that person on the couch, silently wiping tears away when I'm reading a book that gets me. Me too. I tear up during sappy commercials, tv shows or even when someone is telling me something sad about their own life. My daughter thinks its funny. If we are watching tv together she will turn to see if I am crying during the sad parts. So yes I do cry when some celebrities die. Robin Williams death hit me hard. I tear up watching and reading the tributes to him. Same here, except it's my husband & oldest son, not daughter, who without looking knows I'm crying
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Post by ilikepink on Aug 14, 2014 0:01:53 GMT
The first celebrity death that affected me was Freddie Prinze Sr. He had been on a tv show, and I was overwhelmed that he must have been so sad and his all his fame couldn't help him. I was brought to tears over Princess Di, as was my (then) DH. And the fact that he cried made me even sadder.
The suicides and overdoses make me sad for what gifts the world doesn't get to see, and when someone older dies, I am sad for the era that has passed that they created. I know that depressions and addictions are all but impossible to overcome, but I feel there is always someone to talk with to get you through the bad moment, and one would think celebrities would have people around to help. But maybe that's just me.
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Post by sisterbdsq on Aug 14, 2014 0:03:53 GMT
When I was three, Jim Croce died. I don't really remember it now, but my parents have told me that I cried for a week and was inconsolable. To this day I cry when I hear some of his songs, others just make me happy and I will cry happy tears at those. At three, I knew every word to all his songs and listened to his music constantly.
Last year his son AJ, who I have seen play a bunch of times and have history with several of his former band members and tour manager, played a shitty little dive bar in Chicago. My BFF (also a huge fan of Jim and friends with the above mentioned people) and I went. SO and I hadn't been dating that long and he accompanied us. AJ, very unexpectedly, played 2 of his dad's songs. You never saw a more confused boyfriend watching his girlfriend and her best friend bawling like children and hugging each other. Jim Croce's music is a bond she and I share. He is the reason I love singer songwriters.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 0:12:44 GMT
Most celebrity deaths don't really affect me. Yes, it's sad and I feel for those s/he left behind, especially when they're young and it was sudden or unexpected.
I will say that Lee Thompson Young's (Rizzoli and Isles) death had me both sad and angry. I was starting to enjoy him as an actor and was looking forward to watching him continue his career. Not once had I seen any mention of him struggling with depression.
I think Robin Williams' death is probably the first one that I actually got teary-eyed over. He was one who I've grown up watching. He was an icon. I don't remember feeling this sad over others.
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Post by Zee on Aug 14, 2014 0:16:28 GMT
I was very sad when Jim Henson died. I cried buckets when Princess Diana died, but only because I was pregnant and hormonal and they kept showing her boys walking behind the carriage in the funeral procession. Saddest thing ever.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 14, 2014 0:38:32 GMT
Other than noting it when a death of a celebrity is announced, It doesn't affect me at all. I don't understand the fascination with people who act for a living or are otherwise in the public eye. I think the talent of some people is really exceptional and I do appreciate that. I enjoy movies and music, but don't care a bit about the personal life of someone who is nothing to me. I just don't get the interest. I know, I'm broken.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 0:41:42 GMT
When John Kennedy Jr.'s plane went down, I was so very sad. Mostly sad for his family and Caroline's. But I didnt cry.
My DH was close to tears when Earnhardt Sr. died.
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Post by mztfied on Aug 14, 2014 0:45:18 GMT
Most celebrity deaths don't effect me all that much. However, the death of RW was so unexpected and out of the blue. That he was so troubled to take his own life was shocking to me. Like so many of you I just felt so sad.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Aug 14, 2014 1:45:38 GMT
Other than noting it when a death of a celebrity is announced, It doesn't affect me at all. I don't understand the fascination with people who act for a living or are otherwise in the public eye. I think the talent of some people is really exceptional and I do appreciate that. I enjoy movies and music, but don't care a bit about the personal life of someone who is nothing to me. I just don't get the interest. I know, I'm broken. I'll join you on the "I'm broken" bench. Tragic or untimely death is certainly sad, but I'm always perplexed by both the outpouring of emotion for a celebrity and the amount of media coverage. Also, the official grieving for a performer, e.g. the governor of New Jersey directing that flags be flown at half-mast for Whitney Houston. I remember watching coverage of a group of women weeping about Michael Jackson and saying, "Michael was love. He embodied love." - and just feeling totally baffled. I feel sadness for Robin Williams and his family, but not loss. I understand, though, that his death could be felt keenly by those who have experience with depression and suicide.
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 14, 2014 1:53:22 GMT
Robin's was the first one that made me cry. Probably because I can empathize with what he was going through, and that scares the shit out of me. Word for word.
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Post by cherrie on Aug 14, 2014 1:59:35 GMT
Mine was Dana Reeves.....just got over the sadness of Christopher dying and so soon after she announced she had cancer. It just seemed so unfair for their young son.
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Post by cme37 on Aug 14, 2014 2:10:40 GMT
Robert Urich got me. I had seen interviews with him and he talked about how bad he didn't want the cancer to win. He also looked a lot like my dad so I think that was part of it as well.
Reagan got me but I think I was suffering from some baby blues at the time. I could barely get out of bed to function when that funeral was going on.
Cory Monteith also upset me. It made me so sad because I think he really wanted to beat the addiction and he was so young.
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Post by CarolineO'Sullivan on Aug 14, 2014 2:12:06 GMT
I was really upset when Patrick Swayze died, and I am talking full on ugly sobs for hours at a time, I was distraught.I have always loved him and Dirty Dancing is my all time favourite movie. However I think it hit me so hard because he died not long after my papa and of the same disease, so it really brought that back. I do cry whenever I see a movie he is in to this day.
Robin Williams also affected me though not to the same extreme, He has always been a family favourite and Lucy would watch Mrs Doubtfire back to back so it will be sad to watch his movies knowing he no longer here. I never cried though until I read the specifics of his death, that made me gasp out loud and cry, so so sad. I lost 2 very close friends in the same way a number of years ago and the thought of anyone doing that to them self just breaks my heart.
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Post by Julie W on Aug 14, 2014 2:13:45 GMT
No, but Phil Hartman's murder had me in a bit of a fog for a while. Yes, absolutely - me too! I was thinking of him a few weeks ago and felt that sadness.
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Post by azredhead on Aug 14, 2014 2:16:42 GMT
I'm not a cryer but with Robin Williams I was sad more than I thought. I don't know if it's because I have watched so many of his movies and have been a long time fan and what he's gone through. I'm not sure but I feel so sad that he is gone.
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Post by elaine on Aug 14, 2014 2:18:59 GMT
Has a celebrity death ever caused you or someone you know to literally cry? I was was reading an article about Robin Williams and one response stated that her 13 year old son burst into tears when he heard of Robin's passing because Robin was the boy's favorite actor. I admit, that while certain celebrity deaths have left me shaking my head with sadness, I have never actually cried. It's amazing to me the impact that celebrities/public figures can have on people's lives and never know that person in real life. Several people come to mind that I imagine caused many tears to be shed by people that the deceased had no idea of the impact their life had on people. My father died in a fluke scuba diving accident when I was 9 y.o. He was an expert diver and had dived quite a lot without incident until he had a fatal one. When Steve Irwin died in his fluke accident with the rays, I cried for myself and for Bindi. I readily admit that it was due to my own past and wouldn't expect everyone else to respond the same way.
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Post by Native New Yorker on Aug 14, 2014 2:23:36 GMT
Many!
Michael Jackson Whitney Houston Robin Williams Paul Walker-shocking and unexpected Aaliyah-shocking, only 22 years old Minnie Riperton-died when I was almost 9. My favorite childhood singer Gerald Levert- shocking--His death made me think of my mom's reaction to my brother's death. Eddie Sr. (his dad) lost two of his three sons two years apart.
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Post by *KatyCupcake* on Aug 14, 2014 2:44:12 GMT
When I read about how Andy Whitfield, the first actor who played Spartacus on the Starz show, lost his battle with cancer and died in his wife's arms, I cried. I am sad over Robin Williams, Corey Monteith and Paul Walker too but didn't cry. For Robin, what shakes me up more is that he had lost all hope and couldn't see a life worth continuing. That has to be so incredibly dark and difficult.
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Post by gizzy on Aug 14, 2014 3:07:24 GMT
This is exactly how I feel. Plus, it's affecting me more right now due to my Mom's declining health. I'm an emotional ball of blubber.
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Post by darkchami on Aug 14, 2014 3:10:28 GMT
I don't cry much, so no tears. However, Robin Williams' passing has hit me harder than any other celebrity's death. He has been a part of my life since childhood. For decades he has brought joy and laughter into my home. His role in Dead Poets Society was an inspiration to me. He helped so many charities and so many people.
It saddens me that he did all of that while suffering in silence. He could not see himself as so many others see him. It just hurts to know that such a great man was in so much pain.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 14, 2014 3:14:54 GMT
I remember when my parents told me that Elvis had died. I was 9yo and I loved him. I went into my bedroom and shed a tear.
The only other time I cried was watching Steve Irwin's funeral, in particular when John Williamson sang Hey True Blue.
I imagine if one of the football players in the AFL team I follow were to die I would definitely cry. But the death of actors or musicians generally don't elicit any tears from me (except for Elvis 37 years ago!).
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 14, 2014 3:18:59 GMT
I was very sad when Jim Henson died. I cried buckets when Princess Diana died, but only because I was pregnant and hormonal and they kept showing her boys walking behind the carriage in the funeral procession. Saddest thing ever. My BFF and I were both pregnant with our first children when Princess Di died. We immediately rang each other in shock when we heard the news. I don't remember actually crying when we first heard, but I probably got a bit teary watching the funeral. I can't actually remember.
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Post by vpohlman on Aug 14, 2014 3:32:15 GMT
I cried when Dale Earnhart died. I was watching the race and when he crashed into the wall I just knew it was over. I felt so bad for Dale Jr. and Michael Waltrip. Then when they finally announced his death I just sat there and cried. So sad.
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Post by ametallichick on Aug 14, 2014 4:03:38 GMT
The one that hit me the hardest, and still does, is James Gandolfini. I am a HUGE Sopranos fan and a big fan of his and it shook me so bad. I watch The Sopranos still and I sit and look at him and I cannot believe it. I cannot believe that he is gone.
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