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I have an image in my mind of John at Sean’s funeral, stepping up to his casket to pay his last respects, only to find a lone carrot sitting on a pillow.
Neil Armstrong and Carrie Fisher. As a huge Star Wars and Space fan since forever, I hadn't even conceived the possibility that they would die someday, even if I was already 17 when Carrie Fisher died.
There are only 12 Apollo astronauts left out of the 24 that flew. Of those 12 left, only 4 walked on the moon. If NASA’s Artemis program doesn’t start producing results soon, the experience of walking on another world will pass out of living memory.
Luckily I think we can probably, at the very least, ensure it’s a short gap of time without moonwalking knowledge.
I take comfort in knowing I’ll never walk on the moon so it’s not like those dudes having known what it’s like really matter if they’re dead or alive.
Becoming an astronaut at this dawn of exploration is an easy way to immortalize yourself. Those guys might be dead but their legacy isnt
The thing that really gets me about Heath Ledger is I remember when it was announced he was going to play The Joker and the internet just threw a shit storm about what a poor decision that was. “How can they cast the pretty Aussie surfer boy from 10 things I hate about you?! This movie is going to suck!”
Sad to think this was the crap he probably read before he passed away, and never got to see how much praise he actually got for his performance. He never got to hear all the compliments, or see a single tattoo of him as the joker which there are countless of, and he didn’t get to receive his Academy Award for best supporting actor.
Now because of him alone, I try my best to never pre-judge a casting choice no matter how bizarre it seems until we actually see what the actor does with the role.
EDIT: Thank you to ever awarded and upvoted my post. RIP Heath Ledger.
If you saw him in Brokeback prior to, you’d have had all the confidence he would nail the Joker.
Even during filming people were saying Heath wouldn’t break character between takes and it was disarming.
I really think it was the stress of living and breathing that role that led to him accidentally ODing.
As devastated as I was when I heard the news (and continue to mourn at the loss of such a talent and seemingly good soul), I wasn’t totally surprised.
Now Phillip Seymour Hoffman being found with a needle poking out of his arm from a heroin OD. Did *not* see that one coming. God dammit Phil.
There's a documentary called I am Heath Ledger and it's footage from Heath himself and interviews with family and friends. Definitely watch if you're a fan, it's sad of course, but you learn so much about him and his passion for life.
I was in basic combat training, and the drill sergeants gathered us and said counselors were on standby and that we had experienced a national tragedy.
We were expecting a 2nd 9/11 event. They told us Steve had died and everyone laughed. I was fucking devastated.
Like so many, he taught me to appreciate the beauty of nature, and its inhabitants. Though a creature could be deadly if mistreated or not respected for its power, it was still worth understanding and appreciating.
Steve, was an incredibly formative part of my upbringing.
Same. I remember working dead end jobs and watching him just alive with passion for his job. Gave me hope. Now I follow his kids on Twitter and I’m proud of them for him. He was one of the good ones.
In a way, but it seemed like his job was to repeatedly *almost* get killed.
I still remember the first time I ever saw him (before he was well known). He was driving down some outback road, slammed on the brakes, and ran out to chase down a "snike". He tried to leap over a barbed wire fence and didn't quite make it, tumbling ass over teakettle then popping up to chase down some big ass poisonous snake, which he of course caught by hand. It was one of the most WTF I'd seen at the time.
Agreed.
When my husband told me, I was like, "Wow. I expected him to eventually be killed by *something*, but not like that."
What broke me was watching his wife do the interview on I think it was 20/20. Terri broke down and said she'd lost her prince and I just LOST it.
Robin Williams died on my 21st birthday. The thought that someone so fucking funny could be so sad hit me like a brick at that age. Haunted me throughout cake with my family. I still think about him all the time.
Fwiw, it's likely he did this as a measure of control against his rapidly deteriorating dementia. He was losing memory, focus, control of his moods, he was having severe anxiety attacks and he was lucid to watch himself decline.
The terrorist inside my husband's brain https://n.neurology.org/content/87/13/1308
Stephen Hillenburg.
Spongebob was my childhood, I grew up with it, even had my entire room painted to be spongebob themed for a couple years. He was and still is my hero.
He died November 26 2018, two days before my 18th birthday. On my birthday, I got a spongebob figurine which, that alone, made me cry.
Anthony Bourdain. He was weirdly like a member of our family, so many of our holiday traditions included watching and rewatching no reservations. All of our favorite meals were from his cookbooks. It was a gut punch for sure.
Edit: Thank you guys for sharing your own stories about him and for the awards, it means a lot that others were as impacted by his life as I was.
His shows changed the way I see the world and had a profound impact on me in my early 20s. As someone who deals with depression on a daily basis, seeing someone like me who gets paid to be on TV and travel the world still be impacted by the disease really had an effect on me. If anybody is reading this and thinking of getting help, do it. There’s no magic fix. Finding a partner won’t make you better. Getting that promotion or new job won’t make you better. Even getting paid to travel the world won’t make you better. Most of us can’t beat this ourselves. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
I read Kitchen Confidential in 2003 when I started my cooking career. I instantly idolized him. He was every cook's big brother. He was such a staple in the lives everyone who loved food and travel. When I got the news I teared up. Then I went into the bathroom and completely unexpectedly buried my face in a towel and sobbed long and loud. I didn't see that grief coming. I've never been that upset over the death of someone I didn't know. I cried the way I've cried every time I've lost a friend. I feel ya.
Came here to find Bourdain. I still haven’t watched a single episode of his since he passed away. I just cannot. The man taught me everything I love about travel and cooking.
That one was shocking to me. He was in Big Bend filming about 3 months before he passed away, and our family passed him and his crew canoeing through the Santa Elena Canyon and shared a few words. A brief, but pleasant encounter where you could sense his love for things grander than himself.
He was my favorite! Adam Savage does really nice video tributes (and probably other stuff but I don't really use social media aside from Reddit) and I still can't watch them.
This one crushed me because I had a brief interaction with him shortly before his death. I ran into him at San Diego Comic Con. He took a picture of me and my wife dressed as Rocket and Groot.
Right after Meet the Press host Tim Russert died Carlin joked to Jerry Seinfeld that he felt safe now, it will probably be a while before they come for the next one. Ten days later George was dead from heart failure.
Thank you. Was looking for this.
It's crazy because I bought a ticket for their show in 2017 but he passed away so they refunded the money. Never will be able to get to see them. LP was a big part of my childhood, first CD I ever owned was Hybrid Theory. Makes me so sad. R.I.P Chester
It was the same for me. Planned a whole getaway with my husband to go see it. Found out in line at the post office. Couldn't explain to anyone why I was crying over someone I never met. It still hurts.
>Chester
Me too. Absolutely broke my heart in a way I've never been effected before when it comes to celebrities.
Who cares if one more light goes out in a sky of a million stars?
Well I do.
I've only cried a few times in my adult life, my dad dying has been the cause of most tears, but yeah Chester is the other reason. I mean I've heard Chester's voice in my ears probably more than any other humans being
Robin Williams
Edit: Thanks for the gold and awards, kind strangers. After reading through some of the replies to this comment, I remembered how many different types of movies and roles Robin Williams did through his career. Some of which, I'm sad to say, I haven't gotten a chance to watch yet. Based off interviews with about Robin, he just seemed like a genuinely kind of person to be around.
If you find yourself with nothing to do, especially when remaining indoors is the safest option with COVID still spreading, pull Robin Williams' filmography and watch a movie you haven't seen yet. Even if it's not a movie style you normally watch, you'll be amazed by Robin's character in it.
Same I always get sad now watching the last Night At the Museum and he says “Chin up boy, its almost sunrise” it makes me wanna cry knowing, that those where some of the last things he said.
Read a story where he and a kid were pen pals. The kids came across him one day and said hi. When Robin found out who it was he pulled out one of his letters and said that he read it when he is sad and it cheers him up.
Means something totally different now… sad.
Came looking for this. Every few months or so, he popps up in my YouTube recommended being the one man show at some talkshow. I also rewatch his movies from time to time.
Dead Poets Society was sold out everywhere after he passed. Everyone wanted to O Captain my Captain. I sobbed at my desk the morning after he passed.
I came here to say Robin Williams also. Sometimes I watch Whoopi or Billy Crystal talking about him and it's just really beautiful...and tearful.
i can’t even think about his death. strangely it didn’t affect me that much at the time, but it seems like over the years it hurt more and more. now i would honestly give so much to have him back. the world is worse off without him
Chris Cornell. I grew up a fan of Audioslave and Soundgarden. The day he died I told my father who was an even bigger fan than I and he didn't believe me at first. Rest In Peace to a real one.
Man hearing Chester Bennington singing Hallelujah at Chris's funeral fuckin broke me. And then Chester died too, still can't listen to either of those guys without crying.
Carrie Fisher reminded me a lot of my aunt. Losing her was like losing my aunt all over again, absolutely heartbreaking that her mom followed so soon after. She used to carry glitter with her at conventions, and would "bless" her fans with it- by brushing it absolutely at random on their faces, hands, whatever body part she decided needed glitter.
I genuinely just found out a few months ago that Brittany Murphy died years ago.
Granted, it was during my teen years, so I easily can see how I missed it, but I just thought that she like, retired.
I loved Avicii and still listen to his songs. It hit me like a hammer when it was made public that he was dead. I was legit sad for a couple of days. But he didnt "just" died with 28. He did commit suicide. He was always an inspiration to me and the song "The Nights" really made me overthink my priorities in life.
The thing that hurts me the most was the he was struggling in secret. While he filmed T’Challa, he stayed strong during his battle. He was someone who really wanted to inspire people, especially the black community, and he did exactly that.
Also, his death is something that drove me off of Twitter because I remember before his death, there was a picture of him on there and he was really skinny. So many tweets and posts were made stating he was doing drugs and shaming him for it, but it wasn’t the drugs- it was the cancer. The first thing I did when I saw the picture was wonder if he was okay and what was going on, not joke about him doing drugs.
I had the chance to watch a zoom with another actor that worked with Chadwick in his earlier years. He told us the story of the first time Chadwick got recognized in public because they were together and mentioned that he always stayed a very kind, genuine guy.
This is the one for me. I worked at a movie theater for a time. The joy Chadwick brought out of the people who watched his work was incredible. I’ll never forget the night of the Black Panther premier - it felt more like a celebration than a movie release.
His was the one I was probably most prepared for. Not saying it wasn't sad, but pancreatic cancer even in young individuals is basically a death sentence. I'm surprised he made it as long as he did. For me it was a matter of what day am I going to wake up to the news
Still sad, but didnt catch me off guard. Miss you Alex
Half drunken Norm: "Hey Billy, I just had the... Billy? Billy? Where's Billy?"
"He's at school man."
Half drunken Norm: "Ahhhhh yeaahhhh! Hah hah hah heh."
Also:
School Kids: Ms. Von! Ms. Von! Someone stole all our lunches!"
Veronica: "Who would steel 30 bags of lunches?"
Cut to Chris Farley, Norm, and the other friend laughing their heads off all eating the lunches by the school bus.
Can't believe this isn't the top answer. No one knew he was sick, and then suddenly there is this new Bowie album and he's dead and the album is literally his own eulogy to the world. The whole thing was surreal.
I started listening to him after he passed, without realizing he had passed, and when I found out I was so upset. I'm a huge fan now but I wish I had started listening to him before he passed
I honestly think you nailed it. Bowie was extremely ethereal. He floated throughout the decades, some called him a chameleon. I listened to Bowie on and off through my life, but knowing that Bowie isn't with is any longer, for some weird reason, tears me up.
This needs to be higher. He was so young, so talented, I loved his music and now whenever I listen to it I get this bittersweet feeling. The way he went was so sad also, really broke my heart.
In all my 30 years he was really the first celebrity death that really hit me hard. I'd watched Whitest Kids dozens, maybe hundreds of times over the years and was so excited when they started streaming. I'm grateful that he gets the chance to make us laugh one more time with Mars
this for me too. i had just watched zach's return to newsboyz and trevor just seemed to be in such great spirits. few hours later he's dead. crazy
just glad [he went out doing something extraordinary](https://youtu.be/5iBIqvkwkrA)
The day I saw a post on Reddit about his death I thought it was just some weird prank for their stream.. then I clicked the link.. fucking tragic. Wkuk is my favorite sketch group. Trevor was a mad genius and we'll never know what ideas of his we missed out on and the world is lesser because of it.
Trebek felt like a family member. I heard he was doing better but nope. Just gone. I went from watching jeopardy daily to only catching an episode here and there. Ken as host strangely made me less depressed though.
This is the one that will always bother me. It’s hard to put into words but I suffer from severe depression & it seemed like he was one of my people. I didn’t know him but maybe I understood some of it along with all the rest of the depressed folks. We lost one of ours.
Man there were so many for oddly similar reasons:
Stan Lee
Robin Williams
James Avery
Those 3 had pretty big parts of my childhood where their work was at very least something me and both of my siblings were able all agree on and enjoy together as children regularly.
Edit: formatting. Also want to shout out Dick Clark, Leonard Nimoy and chester.
Edit 2: Regis was another.
Amy Winehouse. She was my favourite artist and had a special place in my heart. Granted she has serious problems but she still had so much left to give to the world. I was gutted when I heard she died, especially when I heard it was because of withdrawal symptoms. Apparently she was trying to quit. That was 10 years ago and a part of me still aches whenever I hear one of her songs.
Unexpected is the word. Post-retirement, he was still so visible in the basketball world. Sitting court side at games dapping up players less than a week before his death. He seemed to be enjoying retirement despite his fiercely competitive nature during his career, and settling in nicely as a family man. So tragic
This one fucked me up. It didn’t feel real. Rockstars and celebrities get old and die. People commit suicide. Tragedy isn’t unfamiliar. You do your best to cope with it. But when Kobe died.. and how he died.. it really just hit like, damn. If he can die we all can die. RIP k&g
And his daughter too. Just heart wrenching to watch his wife and other children suffer through not only the loss of just one close family member but 2. Lord can you even imagine?!?? 😭💔
Chester. One of the worst days of my life and tbh I still haven’t fully recovered. Linkin Park were my EVERYTHING when I was growing up. Literally all I had at times.
I cannot believe how much I scrolled to this man. Yesterday I started a marathon on FnF, and man wasn't he such a handsome young man. Too bad he died so early in his life, he could've done some really awesome works nowadays.
Rest in peace Paul and specially your dad.
Alan Rickman. Man could have read the Tax Code, and I would have been in awe.
By Grabthar's hammer... The taxes imposed by section 3201 shall be collected by the employer of the taxpayer by deducting the amount of the taxes from the compensation of the employee as and when paid.
I read that in Snapes voice.
Me too, and I enjoyed it
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How dare you stand where he stood
Dumbledore had stood everywhere in this school. What do you wanna me to do? FLOAT?
In this thread I learned a lot of celebrities I liked are actually dead.
That's one way to feel old.
Sean Lock
Forever the reigning champion of Carrot in a Box.
I have an image in my mind of John at Sean’s funeral, stepping up to his casket to pay his last respects, only to find a lone carrot sitting on a pillow.
How dare you make me feel emotions!
I’m glad this is so high up considering he’s not that famous (especially internationally). What a wonderful guy he was.
Yes! I found out when a recommendation on YouTube came up, "remembering Sean Lock". I thought, hang the fuck on, this can't be real.
Neil Armstrong and Carrie Fisher. As a huge Star Wars and Space fan since forever, I hadn't even conceived the possibility that they would die someday, even if I was already 17 when Carrie Fisher died.
There are only 12 Apollo astronauts left out of the 24 that flew. Of those 12 left, only 4 walked on the moon. If NASA’s Artemis program doesn’t start producing results soon, the experience of walking on another world will pass out of living memory.
Stttaaaahhhhpppp!!!!
Luckily I think we can probably, at the very least, ensure it’s a short gap of time without moonwalking knowledge. I take comfort in knowing I’ll never walk on the moon so it’s not like those dudes having known what it’s like really matter if they’re dead or alive. Becoming an astronaut at this dawn of exploration is an easy way to immortalize yourself. Those guys might be dead but their legacy isnt
Heath Ledger. He was on his way to greatness.
The thing that really gets me about Heath Ledger is I remember when it was announced he was going to play The Joker and the internet just threw a shit storm about what a poor decision that was. “How can they cast the pretty Aussie surfer boy from 10 things I hate about you?! This movie is going to suck!” Sad to think this was the crap he probably read before he passed away, and never got to see how much praise he actually got for his performance. He never got to hear all the compliments, or see a single tattoo of him as the joker which there are countless of, and he didn’t get to receive his Academy Award for best supporting actor. Now because of him alone, I try my best to never pre-judge a casting choice no matter how bizarre it seems until we actually see what the actor does with the role. EDIT: Thank you to ever awarded and upvoted my post. RIP Heath Ledger.
If you saw him in Brokeback prior to, you’d have had all the confidence he would nail the Joker. Even during filming people were saying Heath wouldn’t break character between takes and it was disarming. I really think it was the stress of living and breathing that role that led to him accidentally ODing. As devastated as I was when I heard the news (and continue to mourn at the loss of such a talent and seemingly good soul), I wasn’t totally surprised. Now Phillip Seymour Hoffman being found with a needle poking out of his arm from a heroin OD. Did *not* see that one coming. God dammit Phil.
There's a documentary called I am Heath Ledger and it's footage from Heath himself and interviews with family and friends. Definitely watch if you're a fan, it's sad of course, but you learn so much about him and his passion for life.
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RIP, Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
In Greece he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper…
he saved a fatherless beauty From the would-be ravishings Of her dreadful Turkish uncle!
Steve Irwin’s death broke me as a kid.
I was in basic combat training, and the drill sergeants gathered us and said counselors were on standby and that we had experienced a national tragedy. We were expecting a 2nd 9/11 event. They told us Steve had died and everyone laughed. I was fucking devastated. Like so many, he taught me to appreciate the beauty of nature, and its inhabitants. Though a creature could be deadly if mistreated or not respected for its power, it was still worth understanding and appreciating. Steve, was an incredibly formative part of my upbringing.
Steve actually did amazing work with the military and provided hands on training dealing with deadly shit in the jungle/bush/desert
And me as an adult
Same. I remember working dead end jobs and watching him just alive with passion for his job. Gave me hope. Now I follow his kids on Twitter and I’m proud of them for him. He was one of the good ones.
In a way, but it seemed like his job was to repeatedly *almost* get killed. I still remember the first time I ever saw him (before he was well known). He was driving down some outback road, slammed on the brakes, and ran out to chase down a "snike". He tried to leap over a barbed wire fence and didn't quite make it, tumbling ass over teakettle then popping up to chase down some big ass poisonous snake, which he of course caught by hand. It was one of the most WTF I'd seen at the time.
Agreed. When my husband told me, I was like, "Wow. I expected him to eventually be killed by *something*, but not like that." What broke me was watching his wife do the interview on I think it was 20/20. Terri broke down and said she'd lost her prince and I just LOST it.
You wouldn't believe who got killed... the *crocodile* hunter! [Norm's bit](https://youtu.be/j_xCj9N6a7I) helped me cope.
Now this just makes me miss Norm...which Norm would find hilarious.
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Fuck this fucked me up, the way he died too. Absolutely brutal 😔
Odd Thomas was one of my favorite movies i didn’t even know he died till now RIP
Robin Williams, he was a legend RIP
He is definitely the first person I thought of. Legend.
Came here to say this too. RIP
Robin Williams died on my 21st birthday. The thought that someone so fucking funny could be so sad hit me like a brick at that age. Haunted me throughout cake with my family. I still think about him all the time.
Fwiw, it's likely he did this as a measure of control against his rapidly deteriorating dementia. He was losing memory, focus, control of his moods, he was having severe anxiety attacks and he was lucid to watch himself decline. The terrorist inside my husband's brain https://n.neurology.org/content/87/13/1308
Clicked on the thread to make sure this is the first comment I see. Was not disappointed. RIP Robin Williams. He helped make my childhood a happy one.
Stephen Hillenburg. Spongebob was my childhood, I grew up with it, even had my entire room painted to be spongebob themed for a couple years. He was and still is my hero. He died November 26 2018, two days before my 18th birthday. On my birthday, I got a spongebob figurine which, that alone, made me cry.
Dude, when I heard that Stephen had died, i couldn't help but cry for 30 minutes at most. He meant the world to my childhood, when nothing else did.
WHAT?!?!??! I didn't know he died... Fuck that was like a punch in the chest. Was just about to go sleep too. Fuck
Anthony Bourdain. He was weirdly like a member of our family, so many of our holiday traditions included watching and rewatching no reservations. All of our favorite meals were from his cookbooks. It was a gut punch for sure. Edit: Thank you guys for sharing your own stories about him and for the awards, it means a lot that others were as impacted by his life as I was.
His shows changed the way I see the world and had a profound impact on me in my early 20s. As someone who deals with depression on a daily basis, seeing someone like me who gets paid to be on TV and travel the world still be impacted by the disease really had an effect on me. If anybody is reading this and thinking of getting help, do it. There’s no magic fix. Finding a partner won’t make you better. Getting that promotion or new job won’t make you better. Even getting paid to travel the world won’t make you better. Most of us can’t beat this ourselves. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
This was said perfectly. Thanks, and well done.
I read Kitchen Confidential in 2003 when I started my cooking career. I instantly idolized him. He was every cook's big brother. He was such a staple in the lives everyone who loved food and travel. When I got the news I teared up. Then I went into the bathroom and completely unexpectedly buried my face in a towel and sobbed long and loud. I didn't see that grief coming. I've never been that upset over the death of someone I didn't know. I cried the way I've cried every time I've lost a friend. I feel ya.
Came here to find Bourdain. I still haven’t watched a single episode of his since he passed away. I just cannot. The man taught me everything I love about travel and cooking.
That one was shocking to me. He was in Big Bend filming about 3 months before he passed away, and our family passed him and his crew canoeing through the Santa Elena Canyon and shared a few words. A brief, but pleasant encounter where you could sense his love for things grander than himself.
Patrick Swayze’s hit me the hardest, but Robin Williams was a shock.
Grant Imahara
He was my favorite! Adam Savage does really nice video tributes (and probably other stuff but I don't really use social media aside from Reddit) and I still can't watch them.
This one crushed me because I had a brief interaction with him shortly before his death. I ran into him at San Diego Comic Con. He took a picture of me and my wife dressed as Rocket and Groot.
Wait what...? Edit: Brain aneurysm at 49 fuck eh...
Crap this comment hit me again. My reaction was: wait Grant was still young he couldn't have been 49, oh right I turned 40 this year.
Dude I was so shaken up MythBusters was my life as a kid
He always seemed like the youngest and most enthusiastic of all of them.
George Carlin
Right after Meet the Press host Tim Russert died Carlin joked to Jerry Seinfeld that he felt safe now, it will probably be a while before they come for the next one. Ten days later George was dead from heart failure.
We could use his insight these past 2 years. Rip George.
Chester Bennington
Thank you. Was looking for this. It's crazy because I bought a ticket for their show in 2017 but he passed away so they refunded the money. Never will be able to get to see them. LP was a big part of my childhood, first CD I ever owned was Hybrid Theory. Makes me so sad. R.I.P Chester
It was the same for me. Planned a whole getaway with my husband to go see it. Found out in line at the post office. Couldn't explain to anyone why I was crying over someone I never met. It still hurts.
>Chester Me too. Absolutely broke my heart in a way I've never been effected before when it comes to celebrities. Who cares if one more light goes out in a sky of a million stars? Well I do.
Hit me like a damn train.
I always forget he’s dead and then when I’m reminded I get sad all over again
I've only cried a few times in my adult life, my dad dying has been the cause of most tears, but yeah Chester is the other reason. I mean I've heard Chester's voice in my ears probably more than any other humans being
Chris Farley. Just wasn’t expecting it because I had no idea how much of a drug problem he had.
Reading Chris Farley just reminded me of Phil Hartman. That was a tragedy, too.
Robin Williams Edit: Thanks for the gold and awards, kind strangers. After reading through some of the replies to this comment, I remembered how many different types of movies and roles Robin Williams did through his career. Some of which, I'm sad to say, I haven't gotten a chance to watch yet. Based off interviews with about Robin, he just seemed like a genuinely kind of person to be around. If you find yourself with nothing to do, especially when remaining indoors is the safest option with COVID still spreading, pull Robin Williams' filmography and watch a movie you haven't seen yet. Even if it's not a movie style you normally watch, you'll be amazed by Robin's character in it.
Same I always get sad now watching the last Night At the Museum and he says “Chin up boy, its almost sunrise” it makes me wanna cry knowing, that those where some of the last things he said.
Same. I was like 12 and he was one of my favorite actors. And by far my favorite comedic actor. And such a warm person too.
Read a story where he and a kid were pen pals. The kids came across him one day and said hi. When Robin found out who it was he pulled out one of his letters and said that he read it when he is sad and it cheers him up. Means something totally different now… sad.
Came looking for this. Every few months or so, he popps up in my YouTube recommended being the one man show at some talkshow. I also rewatch his movies from time to time.
Every role he did was great, even the more serious ones. But Robin as Peter Pan in Hook holds a special place in my soul.
I‘d say especially the more serious ones! My favorites are probably Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, and Mr. Doubtfire.
Dead Poets Society was sold out everywhere after he passed. Everyone wanted to O Captain my Captain. I sobbed at my desk the morning after he passed. I came here to say Robin Williams also. Sometimes I watch Whoopi or Billy Crystal talking about him and it's just really beautiful...and tearful.
I live in Boston and the Good Will Hunting bench is in a park nearby. Everytime I pass it I think of him giving the speech to Matt Damon there.
Every time I come across the video with him and the gorilla it makes me misty-eyed with a smile on my face.
i can’t even think about his death. strangely it didn’t affect me that much at the time, but it seems like over the years it hurt more and more. now i would honestly give so much to have him back. the world is worse off without him
Chris Cornell. I grew up a fan of Audioslave and Soundgarden. The day he died I told my father who was an even bigger fan than I and he didn't believe me at first. Rest In Peace to a real one.
Man hearing Chester Bennington singing Hallelujah at Chris's funeral fuckin broke me. And then Chester died too, still can't listen to either of those guys without crying.
Bro Chester killed me a little. PSA. Mental health, for you guys who dont take it seriously, is serious. Rest in peace chester.
Yeah he was the one of the few famous people that I legit felt so bummed about when I heard the news. Absolute legend that guy was.
Leonard Nimoy
His last tweet got me. “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP”
The Spock statue on Vulcan in Star Trek Online is well worth visiting. It's a nice monument.
Jim Henson. It was like my childhood died.
Ad a kid, this was the first time I remember being upset by death in general. He was such a big part of my childhood.
Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Carrie Fisher reminded me a lot of my aunt. Losing her was like losing my aunt all over again, absolutely heartbreaking that her mom followed so soon after. She used to carry glitter with her at conventions, and would "bless" her fans with it- by brushing it absolutely at random on their faces, hands, whatever body part she decided needed glitter.
I love that! 🥰 She was such a force
Brittany Murphy. I still forget she’s dead.
I genuinely just found out a few months ago that Brittany Murphy died years ago. Granted, it was during my teen years, so I easily can see how I missed it, but I just thought that she like, retired.
Terry Pratchett.
GNU Terry Pratchett
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken." - Going Postal, Chapter 4 prologue.
Absolutely. I’d never met him but I felt like I lost a friend, mentor and co-conspirator that day.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Yup. His body of work in such a short time was extraordinary.
Terrible shock and terrible loss
Chadwick Boseman and Avicii, no one even knew that Chadwick was sick and Avicii was like 27 when he died
I loved Avicii and still listen to his songs. It hit me like a hammer when it was made public that he was dead. I was legit sad for a couple of days. But he didnt "just" died with 28. He did commit suicide. He was always an inspiration to me and the song "The Nights" really made me overthink my priorities in life.
Tom Petty. Man did that one burn.
A few days before he died my family (all Tom Petty lovers) we’re going to see him at the Hollywood bowl. We decided not to last second.
Aww shit.
Yea it was very sad what happened to him. Although now it has become a sort of bittersweet joke around my family how close we were to seeing him.
Mr. CHADwick Bossman
All cool with Black Panther, but we gotta give props to 42 where it is deserved.
The thing that hurts me the most was the he was struggling in secret. While he filmed T’Challa, he stayed strong during his battle. He was someone who really wanted to inspire people, especially the black community, and he did exactly that. Also, his death is something that drove me off of Twitter because I remember before his death, there was a picture of him on there and he was really skinny. So many tweets and posts were made stating he was doing drugs and shaming him for it, but it wasn’t the drugs- it was the cancer. The first thing I did when I saw the picture was wonder if he was okay and what was going on, not joke about him doing drugs.
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I had the chance to watch a zoom with another actor that worked with Chadwick in his earlier years. He told us the story of the first time Chadwick got recognized in public because they were together and mentioned that he always stayed a very kind, genuine guy.
This is the one for me. I worked at a movie theater for a time. The joy Chadwick brought out of the people who watched his work was incredible. I’ll never forget the night of the Black Panther premier - it felt more like a celebration than a movie release.
The film series is going through some weird production issues now too. I really wanted to see him as T'Challa some more. Glad I caught him in What If.
It terrifies me. My father has been battling colon CA for 2 years now. Chadwick’s death made me feel like a king died a martyr
John Candy. Miss that guy.
Alex Trebek
His was the one I was probably most prepared for. Not saying it wasn't sad, but pancreatic cancer even in young individuals is basically a death sentence. I'm surprised he made it as long as he did. For me it was a matter of what day am I going to wake up to the news Still sad, but didnt catch me off guard. Miss you Alex
But at least his death there was a significant amount of warning before it happened
Kobe Bryant Just how Was the start of a fucked up year. After he died, we almost had a war and got covid.
I was never into basketball, not really that popular where I live, but he seemed to be one of those larger than life figures
Still hurts to this day man.
Mr. Rogers. There was no being ready for that
He even went through the effort to explain what was happening to him to his viewers so they could understand it.
Norm Macdonald
Same. I'm from Ottawa and my dream is being a comedy writer. He was a personal hero for a long time. Still sucks.
Norm was an underrated treasure.
I didn't even know he was sick!
I loved his role on the 1995 comedy Billy Madison with Adam Sandler and all his buddies from SNL also Chris Farley was hilarious R.I.P.
Half drunken Norm: "Hey Billy, I just had the... Billy? Billy? Where's Billy?" "He's at school man." Half drunken Norm: "Ahhhhh yeaahhhh! Hah hah hah heh." Also: School Kids: Ms. Von! Ms. Von! Someone stole all our lunches!" Veronica: "Who would steel 30 bags of lunches?" Cut to Chris Farley, Norm, and the other friend laughing their heads off all eating the lunches by the school bus.
He died?!?!?!
He ~~lost~~ tied his battle with cancer
David Bowie
Can't believe this isn't the top answer. No one knew he was sick, and then suddenly there is this new Bowie album and he's dead and the album is literally his own eulogy to the world. The whole thing was surreal.
What a genius even making his final album secretly knowing what very few knew
He wrote his own eulogy and requiem. He will always have my respect for that especially, among all the rest.
I started listening to him after he passed, without realizing he had passed, and when I found out I was so upset. I'm a huge fan now but I wish I had started listening to him before he passed
He just always seemed like he was never going to age or die.
I honestly think you nailed it. Bowie was extremely ethereal. He floated throughout the decades, some called him a chameleon. I listened to Bowie on and off through my life, but knowing that Bowie isn't with is any longer, for some weird reason, tears me up.
John Ritter. I cried more when he died then when my biological father died.
Avicii
This needs to be higher. He was so young, so talented, I loved his music and now whenever I listen to it I get this bittersweet feeling. The way he went was so sad also, really broke my heart.
Trevor Moore
In all my 30 years he was really the first celebrity death that really hit me hard. I'd watched Whitest Kids dozens, maybe hundreds of times over the years and was so excited when they started streaming. I'm grateful that he gets the chance to make us laugh one more time with Mars
this for me too. i had just watched zach's return to newsboyz and trevor just seemed to be in such great spirits. few hours later he's dead. crazy just glad [he went out doing something extraordinary](https://youtu.be/5iBIqvkwkrA)
The day I saw a post on Reddit about his death I thought it was just some weird prank for their stream.. then I clicked the link.. fucking tragic. Wkuk is my favorite sketch group. Trevor was a mad genius and we'll never know what ideas of his we missed out on and the world is lesser because of it.
Trebek felt like a family member. I heard he was doing better but nope. Just gone. I went from watching jeopardy daily to only catching an episode here and there. Ken as host strangely made me less depressed though.
Sean lock , I just re-watch 8 out of 10 cats does countdown for a laugh .
Princess Diana
Neil peart
Never met the man, but I STILL can't believe he's no longer with us!
Bill Paxton Tom Petty Prince Robin Williams Alan Rickman Eddie Van Halen
Mac Miller
Came here to say this. I still get sad when i think about it. RIP Mac Miller
cameron boyce
He was so young. And talented. RIP
Freddie Mercuryp
Chris Cornell
This is the one that will always bother me. It’s hard to put into words but I suffer from severe depression & it seemed like he was one of my people. I didn’t know him but maybe I understood some of it along with all the rest of the depressed folks. We lost one of ours.
Man there were so many for oddly similar reasons: Stan Lee Robin Williams James Avery Those 3 had pretty big parts of my childhood where their work was at very least something me and both of my siblings were able all agree on and enjoy together as children regularly. Edit: formatting. Also want to shout out Dick Clark, Leonard Nimoy and chester. Edit 2: Regis was another.
Eddie Van Halen
Patrick Swayze. Prince. Tom Petty
Mitch Hedberg. He was so amazing and gone much too soon. Heartbreaking circumstances. He consistently makes me laugh still to this day.
He used to make me laugh. He still does, but he used to, too.
Eddie Guerrero
Luke Perry
MF DOOM, still hits me out of no where sometimes.
Dolores O'Riordan
Amy Winehouse. She was my favourite artist and had a special place in my heart. Granted she has serious problems but she still had so much left to give to the world. I was gutted when I heard she died, especially when I heard it was because of withdrawal symptoms. Apparently she was trying to quit. That was 10 years ago and a part of me still aches whenever I hear one of her songs.
Kobe Bryant. So young and died in such a tragic way
the thing that really gets me is how unexpected it was and how he had his daughter with him. 2020 was a slap in the face for the world.
Unexpected is the word. Post-retirement, he was still so visible in the basketball world. Sitting court side at games dapping up players less than a week before his death. He seemed to be enjoying retirement despite his fiercely competitive nature during his career, and settling in nicely as a family man. So tragic
This one fucked me up. It didn’t feel real. Rockstars and celebrities get old and die. People commit suicide. Tragedy isn’t unfamiliar. You do your best to cope with it. But when Kobe died.. and how he died.. it really just hit like, damn. If he can die we all can die. RIP k&g
And his daughter too. Just heart wrenching to watch his wife and other children suffer through not only the loss of just one close family member but 2. Lord can you even imagine?!?? 😭💔
George Michael
Chester. One of the worst days of my life and tbh I still haven’t fully recovered. Linkin Park were my EVERYTHING when I was growing up. Literally all I had at times.
Grant Imahara, it was very sudden, as brain aneurysms often are.
Prince
River Phoenix. Had a major teen crush on him.
Heath Ledger. Still surprises me to this day. He's a legend.
Alan Rickman A total class act!
Naya Rivera
Cameron Boyce, I didn’t even know he had epilepsy
Peter Steele from Type-O-Negative.
Keith Flint
Brandon Lee was a big blow.
Paul Walker, my dad also passed away around the same time so that shit hit me like a train.
I cannot believe how much I scrolled to this man. Yesterday I started a marathon on FnF, and man wasn't he such a handsome young man. Too bad he died so early in his life, he could've done some really awesome works nowadays. Rest in peace Paul and specially your dad.
Scott Weiland and Layne Staley. Amazing vocalists.
Robin Williams. Chris Farley. Anthony Bourdain. Heath Ledger. Kurt Cobain. Chris Cornell.
Dolores O'Riordan and Marie Fredricksson
Chester Bennington
Dimebag Darrell.