Frank Hovis Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Just to head off the "back of a matchbox" philosophers I am aware that for the vast majority of people a celebrity death does not compare to the death of family, friends or even pets. We know this thank you, so moving on: At the time: Dermot Morgan - I was eagerly awaiting the newly filmed third series of Father Ted, I'd read that he had moved to London from Ireland and married his partner. Heart attack. Ted Moult - everybody's favourite Uncle - my first awareness that you don't really know some people at all, especially when you only think you know them from media appearances. Shot himself when depressed. Retrospectively: Ian Curtis - dark songs, a tomb on the cover, and did "closer" actually mean "ender" rather than "nearer"? Hanged himself. Suicides of people who seem to have everything going for them are especially shocking, hence my including two above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Bob Holness. One of the most likeable, genuine people ever on TV who clearly enjoyed his career. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Holness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATH Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thatcher. Not because I care about people I don't know but she was PM pretty much the whole time I was at school, so it brought back memories. It was mostly shit back then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fully Detached Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 JJ Cale and Lou Reed, in part because their deaths were so close together. Saw JJ Cale once in about '95, never saw Lou Reed. Wish I'd seen them both many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Allegro Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Felix Dexter, Rik Mayall and Mel Smith were shockers, I really didn't expect it at their age. Plus they'd given me so many laughs over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Jayne Mansfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Robert Palmer - shocked when I found out that he'd died. and the convenient death of Slobodan Milosevic in UN custody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyres Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Bill Hicks he died way too early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Oliver Postgate - quite an influential figure on a kid whose family weren't into reading him stories. He sounded like a calm, decent, kindly man and, by most accounts, was. Robin Cook - not that I was much of a fan for most of his career but when he died I was struck by a ghastly sense that the Blair regime and all that it had initiated was unstoppable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Robert Palmer - shocked when I found out that he'd died. Wow, didn't know he had. Wiki has 2003 aged 54 from a heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 John Bonham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Heath Ledger. I remember him from an Australian soap about Olympic hopefuls and his rise to the big time and then death seemed to happen very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AThirdWay Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The aforementioned Lou Reed, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Christopher Hitchens (although I think it was the thought "now he DEFINITELY knows" that popped into me head!), Heath Ledger (mainly because I had just been blown away by his version of the Joker), Colin McRae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Kirsty McColl. I actually knew her on vague nodding terms, er, well some years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dances with sheeple Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wow, didn't know he had. Wiki has 2003 aged 54 from a heart attack. Neither did I, totally shocked it was as long ago as 2003! Is that correct? The song with the hot girls dancing behind him is one from the days of youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Neither did I, totally shocked it was as long ago as 2003! Is that correct? The song with the hot girls dancing behind him is one from the days of youth. That's what wiki says: Palmer died in a Paris hotel room from a heart attack on 26 September 2003 at the age of 54. I can see why I missed it in 2003, long hours and loads of working away at that time meant I wasn't always following the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The odd thing is that I can recall certain deaths of celebs saddening me but I simply can't recall any particular individuals currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Jayne Mansfield Cracking photos - is that Loren on the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dances with sheeple Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 This guy because I had met him a couple of times at gigs and had a pint with him in recent years, only big time rock and roll guy I have met other than a quick signature on a programme or whatever. Top bloke and down to earth for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Cracking photos - is that Loren on the left? Yes, what a pair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Robin Williams, he was such a nice bloke. And I was disappointed it wasn't Robbie Williams, as I first thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Cracking photos - is that Loren on the left? I believe it is. Personally, I can't think of a single celeb who's death has impacted me that much. Diana was irritating because there was nothing decent on the wireless for most of the week afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Robin Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Robin Williams Yes, there you go. I felt his death was such a loss as I had grown up with him being Mork. Tragic. Yes, was affected by his passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 John Lennon was a shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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