Celebrity whose death and subsequent loss you felt most

Chris Farley

 

Mine would have to be Tupac.

 

Phil Hartman for me as well

and Newsradio was sooo underrated. 2nd best show ever behind Seinfeld imo

 

Chris Farley – I still remember where I was and what I was doing when my buddy called me to tell me he had died. I was such a fan of his. He was the only guy who could make me laugh so hard that my stomach would hurt. And by all accounts, he seemed to be a genuinely nice guy who didn’t let his fame go to his head. RIP.

Hillel Slovak – Again, I remember where I was when I found out he died. Me and my friends had just started getting into the Red Hot Chili Peppers at that time and we were huge fans. Sadly, they have never been the same since he died.

 

Oh, whatever. Their tribute song to him, "Knock me down" was what got me into RHCP in the first place. Mother's Milk was a great album, and Blood Sugar Sex Magic was awesome as well. From there, meh.

My celebrity loss was Burgess Meredith.

 

Not really a national celebrity, but an Iowan one. Chris Street was a basketball player for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He died in an auto accident in January 1993 during the season. He was the heart of the team and one of our best players. Iowa was in the top 25 then and the wind just left the sails when he died. Iowa still gives out a Chris Street award at the end of the year.

For Rocket fans, Ryan Bowen wore #40 because that was Chris's number.

 

The deaths of Chris Farley, John (sorry Jim) Belushi, and Phil Hartman were some that I really felt personally. These were great comedians and I guess since I loved them so much...it just really hurt to see them go.

On the other side, the death of Anna Nicole didn't bother me so much. She abused those pills left and right. I think she wanted to die. Tough to feel something about someone who is on a death spiral like that.

 

Aliyah

beautiful women and Jet Li refused to do a movie after her death, good enough for me. oh and she is beatiful

 

Jim Belushi is dead?

 

Aaliyah, I was young when she died, actually cried.

Sean Taylor

 

copied!!!!! jkjk

 

lol Actually was just going to put Sean Taylor but your post reminded me.

 

i still youtube her videos

 

Being a Chicago Bears fan for the better part of my life, Walter Payton's passing really hit me.

 

Aye Crickey...the crocodile hunter.

 

No votes for Selena?

 

Hernell "Jeep" Jackson was a UTEP basketball player in the mid/late eighties, a very good player and seemingly a great guy. After his senior season he was playing in a charity game on Fort Bliss against a bunch of Houston Oilers when he collapsed and died. I remember being ten years old and crying my eyes out that night, knowing that I would never see Jeep play again...

And the really sad part came out later, when it was discovered that he died due to cocaine usage combined with a heart ailment and it could have been avoided if he hadn't been a moron...

 

That one really got to me as well.

 

Jimi Hendrix. I was a huge fan and had seen him four times, all the times he played in Houston. Three with the Experience and once with Band of Gypsies. After him, John Lennon. They are the kinds of incidents where what you were doing when you heard about it remains imprinted in your mind. If we included politicians, Jack Kennedy would easily top the list.