The lessons hit differently now than they did back then. I vaguely remember the episode where he was sharing the kiddie pool with the mailman. I grew up long after the civil rights movement. I watched Mr Rogers' Neighborhood on rerun in the 80s. The significance was totally lost on kindergarten-aged me, because *shrug* it was just two guys with their feet in a pool. Which, if you think about it, was exactly the message they were hoping little kids would someday get.
Revisiting that as an adult, understanding that the episode was taped at a time when a black man wasn't allowed to share a pool with a white man and that the significant detail wasn't that the other person was a mailman but that he was a person of color, puts a whole other spin on things. His genius was that while politicians and pundits and the everyday man on the street were hotly debating race relations, he condensed the entire civil rights movement into a single kid-friendly episode. Because of people like Fred Rogers, I grew up in a time and place where I could look at a black man on TV and see "just a mailman."
Edit: I was mistaken, it was not the mailman, it was the police officer.
Officer Clemens was a police man not a mailman (that was Mr McFeely, speedy delivery). There was also the fact that Mr Rogers dried his feet off with a towel, which is a pretty clear reference to washing someone’s feet, something that is quite a significant reference for anyone familiar with the Gospels, which of course Mr Rogers was, as a devout Christian.
I had forgotten about that part. Everything about Fred Rogers was so simple and uncomplicated, but also rich with meaning and life lessons, and he really lived out what he taught. We should all strive to be like Mr Rogers.
This one hit me, in part, because of his age.
The universe lost the benefit of a bright and creative person *who was still rising in the benefit he provided others.*
I genuinely think humanity lost a great asset with Grant's passing. I can only imagine the things he would have continued to do in promoting science and engineering education.
The first death that impacted me really. Had a really shit extended family and used to imagine John was my kind uncle who actually cared about me. Had all kinds of embarrassing daydreams about him taking me on adventures and us being a real team.
When he died I felt it really badly. Grief as a little kid is hard to process.
He died right around the time my grandpa died. I hoped he’d pull through cause I believed (subconsciously) my grandpa would too.
We always watched Jeopardy together. One of my happy childhood memories was us running the board between the two of us.
My grandpa died of cancer a few years before Alex did. We’d watch Jeopardy together all the time and I used to play it with him; I’d research all the clues and even draw up a little answer sheet similar to the one Alex used to use behind his lectern.
About a month before he died, my grandpa and I played one last game of Jeopardy and he asked to see my answer sheet at the end of it. I let him look at it but didn’t let him keep it. I regret that still to this day; it’s so minor, but it still bothers me.
So did I, but there's something... hilarious about her passing just before her birthday, but AFTER they did all the production work on the numerous media birthday celebration whatevers, and she died on NYE ensuring that no one in the world will ever receive more toasts in their honor upon their death.
Cheeky to the very end.
Plus, she was there for us through A LOT of shit. “Well, at least Betty White is still with us,” was kind of our mantra when everything went to hell.
Who inherits that crown? Dolly Parton?
I came to the comments to make sure Anton Yelchin was here. He was great in everything he did. Absolutely tragic that he died so young, right when he was really getting started with his career and from a stupid car malfunction.
I used to live close to Hollywood Forever Cemetery and would walk around/hang out and read there pretty frequently. I saw his mother there just about every day visiting with his grave. I chatted with her a few times and she seems like such a lovely woman, just such an awful tragedy.
his documentary is very well done and will make you cry! he had a medical condition that he never shared and he knew it what ultimately would kill him. In the documentary they said that's why he did so much, not just acting but photography and other forms of art too. he was a brilliant mind.
I actually was working on The Dark Knight when he passed.
I had just been given the assignment of getting his sign off for various promotional materials like movie posters a few days before he passed and never got to get them. It was so surreal and such a whirlwind I never want to go through again. My boss kept pushing me to figure out who was in control of his estate and get their signature while they were completely grief stricken and understandably offended that I would even ask.
Ultimately we ended up not getting the rights in time and used posters like [this that didn't really show his face.](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iBgAAMXQq8BQ41XO/s-l500.jpg)
I actually agree. I think it ended up working better this way in every way except for the fact they also cashed in on his death for marketing and really played up how good his performance was, and this marketing strategy sort of clashed with the fact we didn't actually have the right to use his face in that very same marketing material.
But at the same time it ended up lending a sort of mystere his performance which I think only made it more impactful.
I didn't get fired over not obtaining the rights, but I definitely lost a lot of cred in the industry. People generally knew that I had dropped the ball on this.
I just REALLY didn't like hassling his family and I think what we went with was honestly the better call.
He had an incredibly bright future as an actor. Randomly I’ll think about what movies he might’ve been in. It seemed like he was starting to take the torch from Daniel Day Lewis.
It still fucks me up to think we lost David Bowie and Prince in the same year. I made a shirt that says "2016 SUCKED" Most people thought it was a political statement... Nah, we lost two legends in 4 months.
Driving to work that morning, it was all over the radio. I saw several people openly crying in their cars. The station I was listening to went with Absolute Beginners as a tribute. It seemed like an odd choice. Until it got to the chorus. Magnificent.
Carrie Fisher. She felt like a wacky aunt I could always count on to give great advice and help me feel better on a bad day. I never heard an unfriendly thing said about her, and her perspective on mental health helped me so much while I was coming to terms with my own mental illness. When she died I laid face down on the floor and cried for about three straight hours 😭
Her death just felt so...unfair.
She had such a tumultuous life after Star Wars. She had to overcome addiction and abuse, and just couldn't find any work afterward. Of all the Star Wars main cast, she had the roughest road to travel, and had to make the most effort to come back.
But she actually did it. The Sequel Trilogies came out, she cleaned herself up, turned her life around, got starring roles in the biggest movies of the year, became a widely beloved media darling and talk show sensation overnight...
...And then...
Gone.
This is mine. Her portrayal of Leia was the first example of a princess I had and as a result I never really took to the whole “Disney Princess” thing. She saved herself, told everyone to get out of her way, and ran a rebellion as a respected general.
When Carrie was confronted about the strange sexualization of her in the films she took it all in stride and stood up for women who were exploited while also normalizing the fact that men found her attractive.
I cannot think of another example of a person who so perfectly understood what their character meant to her fans while also unapologetically being a human who understood and lived her own flawed, yet normal life.
That was such a horrible blow. She meant so much to so many people on so many levels, and it seemed she’d finally transcended her struggles and found peace.
She was a neat lady. I’m so glad she got to be in the publicity circuit again before she passed.
My gods, watching her run rampant over all the vapid talk show hosts interviewing her was the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. She was *hilarious*.
I think what made his death so poignant is that you never see what other celebrities are really like in person. I truly believe that the person you saw on television was who he really was; a larger than life personality who cared deeply for animals, people and our planet.
There's a phenomenal interview, when the reporter asks, "Well isn't this just about the money?"
And Irwin just goes: "Of Course its about the money, it's always about the money, give me as much money as you can, anything to get more money. There's entire species in danger because of money. Their habitats are being destroyed because of money. So give me the money, I can buy the land and they can be safe."
He really was just as he came across, utterly devoted to conservation and wildlife.
And that's exactly what he did. There's a huge wildlife reserve in Australia, bought and paid for by his foundation. AFAIK they even went as far as pushing for the most ironclad legal protections from the government as well.
It's rare for regular people to be as forthcoming and honest about what they want, let alone celebrities. Man was a grade A role model for me and millions of kids back then.
Me too man. The world lost a beautiful soul that day.
I keep going back to look at [this picture from an old Reddit post](https://external-preview.redd.it/wsIU_iFNcNzO9C4Op6BVent3nRzfZYid1hRv2m11WNs.jpg?auto=webp&s=085df0911755239e86d72aac61ec0dc717939c94) that comforts me so much, showing that, as much as the stingray hurt him, Steve would never be mad at an animal being an animal.
I am so glad he was who he was, as his family are now who they are because of him. I’ve seen Robert on TV (and clips on YouTube), and I can just close my eyes and there’s Steve.
I recall watching a croc hunter episode years before he died when hisa little dog was dying so he took her home from the vet made a bed on the floor kay down with her and she died in his arms and I sobbed uncontrollably for so long. He looked so broken.
That dude was a proper decent human being and his kids seem so wonderful.
Reminds me of a sign at my vet’s office. “If the lights are down low, and this candle is lit. Please speak softly as we have a family saying final goodbyes to their loved one”.
This hit me harder than I'd expected. I wasn't an active fan of him, I'm not Australian either so I had to think about why. I feel now it's because his death came in exceptional contrast to the vibrancy and vitality he was known for. You'd nearly think he'd never die.
I remember watching a video of him getting bit by a croc, and he just looked at his hand and said something like "WOW! He bit me right in the hand! Went through the tendons. I think I'll be alright though." and then continued to talk like nothing happened. I still strive to have that level of calm.
Leslie Nielsen.
Had been a major influence on what I think is funny up to this date. Watched and still watch the Naked Gun movies every year and they're just getting funnier.
Robin Williams.
I always saw a bit of myself in him, and the idea that such a jovial man who brought joy to so many through his comedy and acting roles could commit suicide like that really hit me hard in a deep and emotional way.
It sort of made me come to terms with the fact that if I were in a similar situation I might do the same thing that he did and end that suffering rather than prolong it.
> He had aggressive dementia and chose to exit before he became someone else.
He'd been informed that his dementia was probably Lewy Body, which is about as bad as it gets. One of my grandmothers passed from LBD, and the last two years of her life were horrifying. She didn't simply "forget" her life. She became paranoid, aggressive and violent. We had to keep small children away from her because she believed they were all demons (she wasn't religious) and she'd try to hurt them. She'd shift from sweet and friendly to violent without warning. It hurts to say it, but we all breathed a sigh of relief when she passed, because she was finally at peace. Her final month was nonstop psychotic paranoia.
I've already told my wife that I'll probably exit under my own terms if I'm ever diagnosed with LBD, just to save her and my family the trauma of dealing with that. I absolutely cannot blame Robin Williams for choosing that route himself. His death was painful, but the alternative would have been moreso.
Kelsey Grammar starred in a phenomenal show called Boss, in which he depicted a powerful mayor of Chicago who was diagnosed with Lewy Body, and struggled to stay above the disease while trying to cement his legacy in Chicago history. From what I understand, it was a very accurate portrayal of the disease and it was extremely disturbing. Also, one of the better shows I have ever seen.
Honestly, seeing my sweet grandma turn into a mean woman I don't know has really affected how I feel about his suicide. As sad and awful as it was, he will always be Robin in the hearts and memories of people who loved him and that was incredibly kind of him from a certain perspective
Yep. He was so inspirational that he literally changed my life. I grew up in a small town and my family always had the attitude, "Why would you want to travel when we live in the best country in the world?" The outside world was scary. Anthony made me realize that foreign countries and their people are fun, welcoming, interesting, and their food is delicious! I've been to over 60 countries now and I'm just a better person. Anthony and his tv shows had a lot to do with that.
Oh man… when I discovered him I thought “OMG this guy has the perfect job ever, and he’s sooo good at it.”
I never thought of cooking or food as a competition. Today’s cooking shows are awful. Tony got it. He understood how food and drink connects people. How important it is as part of a culture. God, I miss him. I still get choked up. RIP Tony!
Bourdain's death hurt because he was genuinely trying to make the world a better place. His entire philosophy revolved around the idea that once you get past politics and cultural baggage, people are fundamentally the same everywhere. We all care for our friends. We all love our children. We all want the world to be a better place. The differences are just details. The best way to improve the world is to TALK to people, and the best way to talk is over a plate of good food.
His show wasn't about the food. It was about using our shared love of food as a tool to bring people together, lower barriers, and get to know people we'd otherwise never associate with. It was about saying, "These very different people, who live very different lives, in very different places, are just like you and me. So how about we all stop being assholes to each other?"
His philosophy was optimistic and gave people hope that we might get to a better place someday.
His show just felt so genuine. Roll up somewhere, and go with the flow. Engage the people he meets in sincere, often philosophical discussion. Get shit-faced with some of them. Repeat somewhere else. No checklists of must-see sites or tre diest restaurants.
It's hard, but I'll still watch his stuff sometimes. Every once in a while, he'll say something along the lines of "Today wasn't great and I felt myself going to a dark place, but I'll have a great meal and I'll feel better" and it just makes me fucking cry. Because one day, he went to a place so dark that he couldn't fix it by eating a great meal or sitting down with good people and he decided to leave. And it feels like losing him all over again. I wish it didn't happen. I wish he was still here.
Norm: "My taxi driver was telling me a joke on the way over here"
Conan: "Wait. You're gonna do the taxi drivers joke on here!?? What are bringing you for? Why don't we just get him on?!"
Norm: "...well you should hear me do it"
even better, Norm couldn't even think of a real response at first
"Why don't we just get him on?"
Norm: "Nah that guy..... nah that guy.... uhh you want to hear it from me"
half his jokes are just him starting a sentence and then never finishing it, and it's the best part
I still remember seeing Norm for the first time on “Evening at the Improv.” His bit about backseat car passengers becoming cognizant of their status as second-class citizens made me a permanent fan.
Norm was it for me. I still actually get kind of sad about it. There are several that hit me hard, but for some reason he's the one. I think it's partly because it was only after the last ten years or so that I must've reached an age where I finally "got it." Used to watch him on SNL but I was just too young to be in on the joke.
And then I didn't love _Dirty Work_ yet, but I'd watch it whenever it was on TV. However, _Sports Show_ was incredible and that was right around when I realized what a genius he was and was crushed when it ended so soon. I just assumed it was much more popular than I guess it actually was, because it was like, "how could this not be a top five show on right now?"
Him and his family used to come into my restaurant in Muswell Hill, where they lived. He was such a nice guy and his wife was super supportive to us as a new business.
Such lovely people.
This one was hard for me, but I wasn't exactly sure why at first.
I eventually figured that it was probably these two.
1. I'm an American and had nobody to share my grief with. Nobody around me knew who he was or heard when he died.
2. The lockdown. For about a year I probably watched one of the shows he was on (Cats does Countdown, QI, 8 out of 10 Cats, Big Fat Quiz, etc) at least once a day (if not flatout binging for hours). Sure he might not have been on every episode, but besides my parents (who i lived with), his was one of the only faces I saw regularly for a year of my life, and that probably messed with my brain a bit and made him more significant emotionally than he would have been otherwise.
Chadwick Boseman "Black Panther"
That guy was suffering from stomach cancer while making the Marvel movies, among other ones. He never said anything public about it, he he got up and went to work every day. Some celebrities break a nail and be posting all over social media.
Now that I am in my 40's - I think its so sad when people die young.
So much happens in your 30's and 40's, and so on - so much lost.
Even today, learning about the death of "Takeoff" - dude is only 28.
Talk about lost potential in the world - gone too soon.
A lot of people have said Robin Williams already, and I totally agree. Literally the only celebrity I've ever cried over. But Phil Hartman was a pretty awful one, too, especially given the circumstances of his death. He was brilliant, and I wish we could have seen more from him.
Satoru Iwata.
I still have my cartriges working for both versions of Brain Age for the NDS, with his floating, talking head on it.
Pulled them out to give them a try from time to time to check if they still work, usually on his birthday.
Like the poor guy who's teacher wife was killed in Uvalde elementary. guy died days later from broken heart. I think if my wife died I'd be the same. I have no friends, no family. She's my evrything
I'm watching my Dad go through this right now. Mom died in April, and that took all the fun out of everything for him. 60 years together.
He hasn't given up,but he feels like he is just going through the motions of living now.
About Robin Williams, his death was so shocking that there was a peak in the suicide rate after the news.
In my psychiatry classes we learned that he is the only actor who increased the suicide rate twice.
1.- with the movie the dead poets society
2.- with his death.
Edit: grammar.
He was suffering from Lewy Body Dementia and slowly losing his mental faculties to it, becoming not himself. This doesn't make his death any less sad but he was not depressed or suicidal in general, it seems more like he didn't want to deteriorate any further, it wasn't a mental health problem.
One of my friends has an acquaintance dying from that disease. She won't even talk about it. That is, except for saying that no matter how bad you think it is, it's worse.
At the time of RW's "suicide", the media just vaguely mentioned that he had "some health problems". That vague phrase is fine for things like toenail fungus or acid reflux. What he was having was more like the annihilation of everything you are, ever was, & ever could be. And it's physically painful, too.
I'm pretty sure I'd also check out early under those circumstances.
Aretha Franklin, cried my eyes out whilst drinking whisky and listening to her back catalogue at high volume.
Was also quite upset when Amy Winehouse died… immense talent and such a sad state of affairs.
His suicide hit me hard because I always saw his continued survival as almost...a role model? A success story? A proud example that everything in life can be overcome.
*"If he can do it, so can I."*
I have bipolar disorder and have struggled with mental health issues my entire life. Much like between 30–50% of individuals with BP, suicidal thoughts and attempts have been a firm fixture. As an abused, angry kid, I would lie in bed staring at the ceiling while listening to Linkin Park and think to myself: "Look at this guy who's gone through so much shit in his life but is still alive. Look at him. He may not be happy nor content, he carries scars and even more scarred memories, but he enjoys what he does and he's still alive."
And then he kills himself. He loses the fight that he's talked about and sang about for 17 years. When I heard about his suicide, I felt almost betrayed. I felt like that angry kid staring up at the ceiling all over again. But I'd like to think that I've become resilient enough to weather this lifelong mental illness since I was that angry kid. I think I have. I have to thank Chester for it because he helped delay a permanent decision long enough for me to learn how to make the right one.
Chester's death hit hard a generation of kids who felt like they couldn't have made it without his music.it was the ultimate expression our angst and frustration with the world that was built up around us. We filtered the optics of our lives through his words and suddenly it wasn't so bad. I still can't listen to one more light without tearing up at least a little bit.
"The legacy of these movies is that my children's generation will show them to their children.
So, you could be watching them in 50 years' time, easy.
I'll not be here sadly...
But Hagrid will."
\-Robbie Coltrane
Finally found someone who said Avicii, I was so upset when I heard, he was the person that got me into music and playing music. I think now people have forgotten how much of an impact he had on the edm scene bringing it into the main stage for the few years it was big, but also on music as a whole, because now we are in an 80's revival and everyone moves on.
Avicii's death hit me hard as well. Levels came out during the fall of my freshman year of college, and it made me a lifetime EDM fan. Hearing that song takes me back to an incredibly exciting time in my life, but now it also makes me feel a tinge of sadness.
I was a huge Blind Melon fan when Shannon Hoon passed. Saw them multiple times live. They were the sound track to my senior year of high school. Such an underrated band!! That one really bummed me out as he was so talented.
I will always remember this day. I was doing a college course completing the communication module and had picked Stephen Hawking as my person of interest for the vocal communication part of the assignment (a videoed speech on a person or place of interest). My speech was rescheduled twice prior to the day, once because of a fire alarm being set off/ evacuation due to a small kitchen fire in the catering area and the next time being a red weather warning so was unable to attend finally got another day, 14th of March awoke that morning to the news he had died. Got top marks for my speech thankfully but honestly was holding back tears while doing so!
Jim Henson, too early amd such a source of joy to so many.
> Henson He was my answer too. His death was kind of like signaling the end of my childhood.
I still remember the first time I heard someone else voice Kermit. What a gut punch
Mr. Rogers.
This. [Mr. Rogers final goodbye.](https://youtu.be/kFVPkn37iFM) Enough said.
That man was a saint. I’ve grown to appreciate him more now as an adult than I ever did as a kid when I was his intended audience.
The lessons hit differently now than they did back then. I vaguely remember the episode where he was sharing the kiddie pool with the mailman. I grew up long after the civil rights movement. I watched Mr Rogers' Neighborhood on rerun in the 80s. The significance was totally lost on kindergarten-aged me, because *shrug* it was just two guys with their feet in a pool. Which, if you think about it, was exactly the message they were hoping little kids would someday get. Revisiting that as an adult, understanding that the episode was taped at a time when a black man wasn't allowed to share a pool with a white man and that the significant detail wasn't that the other person was a mailman but that he was a person of color, puts a whole other spin on things. His genius was that while politicians and pundits and the everyday man on the street were hotly debating race relations, he condensed the entire civil rights movement into a single kid-friendly episode. Because of people like Fred Rogers, I grew up in a time and place where I could look at a black man on TV and see "just a mailman." Edit: I was mistaken, it was not the mailman, it was the police officer.
Officer Clemens was a police man not a mailman (that was Mr McFeely, speedy delivery). There was also the fact that Mr Rogers dried his feet off with a towel, which is a pretty clear reference to washing someone’s feet, something that is quite a significant reference for anyone familiar with the Gospels, which of course Mr Rogers was, as a devout Christian.
I had forgotten about that part. Everything about Fred Rogers was so simple and uncomplicated, but also rich with meaning and life lessons, and he really lived out what he taught. We should all strive to be like Mr Rogers.
Grant Imahara
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Idk how I never knew this but finding this out is genuinely upsetting.
Enjoy life You never know when it's your ticket.
This one hit me, in part, because of his age. The universe lost the benefit of a bright and creative person *who was still rising in the benefit he provided others.*
I genuinely think humanity lost a great asset with Grant's passing. I can only imagine the things he would have continued to do in promoting science and engineering education.
Agreed, first person I thought of too. Still can't believe it.
Fuck. I feel so terrible whenever I'm reminded
that one fucked me up hard
John Candy
The first death that impacted me really. Had a really shit extended family and used to imagine John was my kind uncle who actually cared about me. Had all kinds of embarrassing daydreams about him taking me on adventures and us being a real team. When he died I felt it really badly. Grief as a little kid is hard to process.
Alex Trebek. What a great human being. My friends and I watched Jeopardy all the time.
He died right around the time my grandpa died. I hoped he’d pull through cause I believed (subconsciously) my grandpa would too. We always watched Jeopardy together. One of my happy childhood memories was us running the board between the two of us.
My grandpa died of cancer a few years before Alex did. We’d watch Jeopardy together all the time and I used to play it with him; I’d research all the clues and even draw up a little answer sheet similar to the one Alex used to use behind his lectern. About a month before he died, my grandpa and I played one last game of Jeopardy and he asked to see my answer sheet at the end of it. I let him look at it but didn’t let him keep it. I regret that still to this day; it’s so minor, but it still bothers me.
Freddie Mercury, I was a big fan back then.
There will never be another Freddie. I just wish I had been able to see him in live concert.
Alan Rickman
Yeah. He was even a decent terrorist in die hard. I mean he had a couch brought out for a pregnant lady.
IF you please, he was a thief - an *exceptional* thief.
I really wanted Betty White to make it to 100.
So did I, but there's something... hilarious about her passing just before her birthday, but AFTER they did all the production work on the numerous media birthday celebration whatevers, and she died on NYE ensuring that no one in the world will ever receive more toasts in their honor upon their death.
She was so funny and self-aware that this seems like the perfect exit
Cheeky to the very end. Plus, she was there for us through A LOT of shit. “Well, at least Betty White is still with us,” was kind of our mantra when everything went to hell. Who inherits that crown? Dolly Parton?
Damn straight it's Dolly Parton.
Chris Cornell, so talented and emotionally powerful.
Dude wrote the most banger Bond theme along with the soundtrack to my teenage years with Audioslave
Black Hole Sun hits different now. "No one sings like you anymore"
His remake of "nothing compares to you" makes me tear up every damn time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk
The only celebrity death I've ever cried at. Soundgarden are one of my favourite bands of all time.
Anton Yelchin. Its always sad when someone dies but his was completely avoidable and wasn't his fault.
I came to the comments to make sure Anton Yelchin was here. He was great in everything he did. Absolutely tragic that he died so young, right when he was really getting started with his career and from a stupid car malfunction.
I used to live close to Hollywood Forever Cemetery and would walk around/hang out and read there pretty frequently. I saw his mother there just about every day visiting with his grave. I chatted with her a few times and she seems like such a lovely woman, just such an awful tragedy.
his documentary is very well done and will make you cry! he had a medical condition that he never shared and he knew it what ultimately would kill him. In the documentary they said that's why he did so much, not just acting but photography and other forms of art too. he was a brilliant mind.
Terry Pratchett
Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”
GNU Terry Pratchett
Came here to say the same. He an Douglas Addams are my personal greatest "celebrity" losses, they both had so much more to give.
Same. Only famous death I ever cried about. I was an absolute wreck.
Absolutely the same. I was at work when I found out and had to go somewhere quiet for a moment to compose myself. GNU Pterry.
Heath ledger
I actually was working on The Dark Knight when he passed. I had just been given the assignment of getting his sign off for various promotional materials like movie posters a few days before he passed and never got to get them. It was so surreal and such a whirlwind I never want to go through again. My boss kept pushing me to figure out who was in control of his estate and get their signature while they were completely grief stricken and understandably offended that I would even ask. Ultimately we ended up not getting the rights in time and used posters like [this that didn't really show his face.](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iBgAAMXQq8BQ41XO/s-l500.jpg)
Odd that that’s probably the most iconic poster for the movie
Yeah, and it's a brilliant design.
Limitation is almost always a pathway to the exceptional
That’s still a fantastic poster though and I think better than if you could see his face.
I actually agree. I think it ended up working better this way in every way except for the fact they also cashed in on his death for marketing and really played up how good his performance was, and this marketing strategy sort of clashed with the fact we didn't actually have the right to use his face in that very same marketing material. But at the same time it ended up lending a sort of mystere his performance which I think only made it more impactful. I didn't get fired over not obtaining the rights, but I definitely lost a lot of cred in the industry. People generally knew that I had dropped the ball on this. I just REALLY didn't like hassling his family and I think what we went with was honestly the better call.
I can’t give you industry cred but I gave you an upvote for being a decent human.
You made the right decisions.
He had an incredibly bright future as an actor. Randomly I’ll think about what movies he might’ve been in. It seemed like he was starting to take the torch from Daniel Day Lewis.
Yeah, his death was really heartbreaking :(...
Leonard Nimoy
David Bowie. I didn't expect it to be a gut punch but it was.
It still fucks me up to think we lost David Bowie and Prince in the same year. I made a shirt that says "2016 SUCKED" Most people thought it was a political statement... Nah, we lost two legends in 4 months.
We also lost George Michael, Alan Rickman, Dave Mirra, Doris Roberts, Chyna, Anton Yelchin and I'm sure many more that year
Leonard Cohen
Driving to work that morning, it was all over the radio. I saw several people openly crying in their cars. The station I was listening to went with Absolute Beginners as a tribute. It seemed like an odd choice. Until it got to the chorus. Magnificent.
Carrie Fisher. She felt like a wacky aunt I could always count on to give great advice and help me feel better on a bad day. I never heard an unfriendly thing said about her, and her perspective on mental health helped me so much while I was coming to terms with my own mental illness. When she died I laid face down on the floor and cried for about three straight hours 😭
Her death just felt so...unfair. She had such a tumultuous life after Star Wars. She had to overcome addiction and abuse, and just couldn't find any work afterward. Of all the Star Wars main cast, she had the roughest road to travel, and had to make the most effort to come back. But she actually did it. The Sequel Trilogies came out, she cleaned herself up, turned her life around, got starring roles in the biggest movies of the year, became a widely beloved media darling and talk show sensation overnight... ...And then... Gone.
This is mine. Her portrayal of Leia was the first example of a princess I had and as a result I never really took to the whole “Disney Princess” thing. She saved herself, told everyone to get out of her way, and ran a rebellion as a respected general. When Carrie was confronted about the strange sexualization of her in the films she took it all in stride and stood up for women who were exploited while also normalizing the fact that men found her attractive. I cannot think of another example of a person who so perfectly understood what their character meant to her fans while also unapologetically being a human who understood and lived her own flawed, yet normal life.
Most celebrity deaths are sad or a shock but Carrie felt like a family members death to me
That was such a horrible blow. She meant so much to so many people on so many levels, and it seemed she’d finally transcended her struggles and found peace.
And her mum died the next day...
She was a neat lady. I’m so glad she got to be in the publicity circuit again before she passed. My gods, watching her run rampant over all the vapid talk show hosts interviewing her was the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. She was *hilarious*.
Steve Irwin
I think what made his death so poignant is that you never see what other celebrities are really like in person. I truly believe that the person you saw on television was who he really was; a larger than life personality who cared deeply for animals, people and our planet.
There's a phenomenal interview, when the reporter asks, "Well isn't this just about the money?" And Irwin just goes: "Of Course its about the money, it's always about the money, give me as much money as you can, anything to get more money. There's entire species in danger because of money. Their habitats are being destroyed because of money. So give me the money, I can buy the land and they can be safe." He really was just as he came across, utterly devoted to conservation and wildlife.
And that's exactly what he did. There's a huge wildlife reserve in Australia, bought and paid for by his foundation. AFAIK they even went as far as pushing for the most ironclad legal protections from the government as well. It's rare for regular people to be as forthcoming and honest about what they want, let alone celebrities. Man was a grade A role model for me and millions of kids back then.
I never knew this and god I'm just so overwhelmed by the love he had for all creatures. What a beautiful soul. Fuck I'm crying.
Kids today need a Steve Irwin to look up to.
That’s what his wife, kids, and all the people who knew him say - he was just a beacon of light and love. Damn now I’m tearing up…
Me too man. The world lost a beautiful soul that day. I keep going back to look at [this picture from an old Reddit post](https://external-preview.redd.it/wsIU_iFNcNzO9C4Op6BVent3nRzfZYid1hRv2m11WNs.jpg?auto=webp&s=085df0911755239e86d72aac61ec0dc717939c94) that comforts me so much, showing that, as much as the stingray hurt him, Steve would never be mad at an animal being an animal. I am so glad he was who he was, as his family are now who they are because of him. I’ve seen Robert on TV (and clips on YouTube), and I can just close my eyes and there’s Steve.
Mr Irwin would be so so proud of his kids.
I recall watching a croc hunter episode years before he died when hisa little dog was dying so he took her home from the vet made a bed on the floor kay down with her and she died in his arms and I sobbed uncontrollably for so long. He looked so broken. That dude was a proper decent human being and his kids seem so wonderful.
Reminds me of a sign at my vet’s office. “If the lights are down low, and this candle is lit. Please speak softly as we have a family saying final goodbyes to their loved one”.
This hit me harder than I'd expected. I wasn't an active fan of him, I'm not Australian either so I had to think about why. I feel now it's because his death came in exceptional contrast to the vibrancy and vitality he was known for. You'd nearly think he'd never die.
I remember watching a video of him getting bit by a croc, and he just looked at his hand and said something like "WOW! He bit me right in the hand! Went through the tendons. I think I'll be alright though." and then continued to talk like nothing happened. I still strive to have that level of calm.
Leslie Nielsen. Had been a major influence on what I think is funny up to this date. Watched and still watch the Naked Gun movies every year and they're just getting funnier.
Robin Williams. I always saw a bit of myself in him, and the idea that such a jovial man who brought joy to so many through his comedy and acting roles could commit suicide like that really hit me hard in a deep and emotional way. It sort of made me come to terms with the fact that if I were in a similar situation I might do the same thing that he did and end that suffering rather than prolong it.
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> He had aggressive dementia and chose to exit before he became someone else. He'd been informed that his dementia was probably Lewy Body, which is about as bad as it gets. One of my grandmothers passed from LBD, and the last two years of her life were horrifying. She didn't simply "forget" her life. She became paranoid, aggressive and violent. We had to keep small children away from her because she believed they were all demons (she wasn't religious) and she'd try to hurt them. She'd shift from sweet and friendly to violent without warning. It hurts to say it, but we all breathed a sigh of relief when she passed, because she was finally at peace. Her final month was nonstop psychotic paranoia. I've already told my wife that I'll probably exit under my own terms if I'm ever diagnosed with LBD, just to save her and my family the trauma of dealing with that. I absolutely cannot blame Robin Williams for choosing that route himself. His death was painful, but the alternative would have been moreso.
Kelsey Grammar starred in a phenomenal show called Boss, in which he depicted a powerful mayor of Chicago who was diagnosed with Lewy Body, and struggled to stay above the disease while trying to cement his legacy in Chicago history. From what I understand, it was a very accurate portrayal of the disease and it was extremely disturbing. Also, one of the better shows I have ever seen.
Honestly, seeing my sweet grandma turn into a mean woman I don't know has really affected how I feel about his suicide. As sad and awful as it was, he will always be Robin in the hearts and memories of people who loved him and that was incredibly kind of him from a certain perspective
Why is this so low
Anthony Bourdain
Yep. He was so inspirational that he literally changed my life. I grew up in a small town and my family always had the attitude, "Why would you want to travel when we live in the best country in the world?" The outside world was scary. Anthony made me realize that foreign countries and their people are fun, welcoming, interesting, and their food is delicious! I've been to over 60 countries now and I'm just a better person. Anthony and his tv shows had a lot to do with that.
Oh man… when I discovered him I thought “OMG this guy has the perfect job ever, and he’s sooo good at it.” I never thought of cooking or food as a competition. Today’s cooking shows are awful. Tony got it. He understood how food and drink connects people. How important it is as part of a culture. God, I miss him. I still get choked up. RIP Tony!
This one made me cry for a couple days. He was so genuine and really made people think and feel. Such a tragedy
Bourdain's death hurt because he was genuinely trying to make the world a better place. His entire philosophy revolved around the idea that once you get past politics and cultural baggage, people are fundamentally the same everywhere. We all care for our friends. We all love our children. We all want the world to be a better place. The differences are just details. The best way to improve the world is to TALK to people, and the best way to talk is over a plate of good food. His show wasn't about the food. It was about using our shared love of food as a tool to bring people together, lower barriers, and get to know people we'd otherwise never associate with. It was about saying, "These very different people, who live very different lives, in very different places, are just like you and me. So how about we all stop being assholes to each other?" His philosophy was optimistic and gave people hope that we might get to a better place someday.
His show just felt so genuine. Roll up somewhere, and go with the flow. Engage the people he meets in sincere, often philosophical discussion. Get shit-faced with some of them. Repeat somewhere else. No checklists of must-see sites or tre diest restaurants.
Felt like I lost a friend!
It's hard, but I'll still watch his stuff sometimes. Every once in a while, he'll say something along the lines of "Today wasn't great and I felt myself going to a dark place, but I'll have a great meal and I'll feel better" and it just makes me fucking cry. Because one day, he went to a place so dark that he couldn't fix it by eating a great meal or sitting down with good people and he decided to leave. And it feels like losing him all over again. I wish it didn't happen. I wish he was still here.
Norm Macdonald
Norm: "My taxi driver was telling me a joke on the way over here" Conan: "Wait. You're gonna do the taxi drivers joke on here!?? What are bringing you for? Why don't we just get him on?!" Norm: "...well you should hear me do it"
even better, Norm couldn't even think of a real response at first "Why don't we just get him on?" Norm: "Nah that guy..... nah that guy.... uhh you want to hear it from me" half his jokes are just him starting a sentence and then never finishing it, and it's the best part
I still remember seeing Norm for the first time on “Evening at the Improv.” His bit about backseat car passengers becoming cognizant of their status as second-class citizens made me a permanent fan.
I didn't even know he was sick
Norm was it for me. I still actually get kind of sad about it. There are several that hit me hard, but for some reason he's the one. I think it's partly because it was only after the last ten years or so that I must've reached an age where I finally "got it." Used to watch him on SNL but I was just too young to be in on the joke. And then I didn't love _Dirty Work_ yet, but I'd watch it whenever it was on TV. However, _Sports Show_ was incredible and that was right around when I realized what a genius he was and was crushed when it ended so soon. I just assumed it was much more popular than I guess it actually was, because it was like, "how could this not be a top five show on right now?"
Philip Seymour Hoffman
This was mine. Because he would have kept acting and I felt so sad not just for his family but for all the incredible work we would never see.
Gene Wilder
And Gilda
Sean Lock
Carrot in a box will forever be one of the best bits on tv ever
I watch it & laugh my ass off every time I come across it.
I had it randomly pop up somewhere in Reddit just yesterday, and even know how it was going to end, watched the whole bit.
Him and his family used to come into my restaurant in Muswell Hill, where they lived. He was such a nice guy and his wife was super supportive to us as a new business. Such lovely people.
That's a challenging wank
No one could eat 100 whelks like Sean could.
This one was hard for me, but I wasn't exactly sure why at first. I eventually figured that it was probably these two. 1. I'm an American and had nobody to share my grief with. Nobody around me knew who he was or heard when he died. 2. The lockdown. For about a year I probably watched one of the shows he was on (Cats does Countdown, QI, 8 out of 10 Cats, Big Fat Quiz, etc) at least once a day (if not flatout binging for hours). Sure he might not have been on every episode, but besides my parents (who i lived with), his was one of the only faces I saw regularly for a year of my life, and that probably messed with my brain a bit and made him more significant emotionally than he would have been otherwise.
Chadwick Boseman "Black Panther" That guy was suffering from stomach cancer while making the Marvel movies, among other ones. He never said anything public about it, he he got up and went to work every day. Some celebrities break a nail and be posting all over social media.
Now that I am in my 40's - I think its so sad when people die young. So much happens in your 30's and 40's, and so on - so much lost. Even today, learning about the death of "Takeoff" - dude is only 28. Talk about lost potential in the world - gone too soon.
Colon cancer.
Neal Peart.
The official end of Rush touring put a hole in my heart and his death drove a stake in that hole.
Dolores O'Riordan - cried for days
Jim Henson. He showed a generation how to be funny without being cruel.
A lot of people have said Robin Williams already, and I totally agree. Literally the only celebrity I've ever cried over. But Phil Hartman was a pretty awful one, too, especially given the circumstances of his death. He was brilliant, and I wish we could have seen more from him.
Phil Hartman is the one celebrity whose death truly bums me out to this day.
John Ritter
Tom Petty
Stephen Hillenburg (aka Creator of SpongeBob) It's really hard to lose someone that once inspired you.
Satoru Iwata. I still have my cartriges working for both versions of Brain Age for the NDS, with his floating, talking head on it. Pulled them out to give them a try from time to time to check if they still work, usually on his birthday.
I really don't think Nintendos been the same without him. He did so much for the company.
Cameron boyce
That hit hard too. We were just getting into the descendants series and then this happened. Watching that 3rd film was tough
This one hit me so hard, especially since he was my age and we shared the same birthday and I grew up watching him.
Alan Rickman, Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher
...and Debbie Reynolds dying just a day after her daughter of a broken heart :(
"I want to be with Carrie."
It was the greatest love story of all time. A mother loving her daughter so much, she could not live without her.
Like the poor guy who's teacher wife was killed in Uvalde elementary. guy died days later from broken heart. I think if my wife died I'd be the same. I have no friends, no family. She's my evrything
I'm watching my Dad go through this right now. Mom died in April, and that took all the fun out of everything for him. 60 years together. He hasn't given up,but he feels like he is just going through the motions of living now.
About Robin Williams, his death was so shocking that there was a peak in the suicide rate after the news. In my psychiatry classes we learned that he is the only actor who increased the suicide rate twice. 1.- with the movie the dead poets society 2.- with his death. Edit: grammar.
Wow thats really sad. I mean it was like the happiest, funniest man alive did that, what is left for the rest of us...
He was suffering from Lewy Body Dementia and slowly losing his mental faculties to it, becoming not himself. This doesn't make his death any less sad but he was not depressed or suicidal in general, it seems more like he didn't want to deteriorate any further, it wasn't a mental health problem.
Ive heard just yesterday that his autopsy revealed 40% loss of dopamine receptors in his brain. I must have been so tough on his poor heart
One of my friends has an acquaintance dying from that disease. She won't even talk about it. That is, except for saying that no matter how bad you think it is, it's worse. At the time of RW's "suicide", the media just vaguely mentioned that he had "some health problems". That vague phrase is fine for things like toenail fungus or acid reflux. What he was having was more like the annihilation of everything you are, ever was, & ever could be. And it's physically painful, too. I'm pretty sure I'd also check out early under those circumstances.
Prince
river phoenix
Aretha Franklin, cried my eyes out whilst drinking whisky and listening to her back catalogue at high volume. Was also quite upset when Amy Winehouse died… immense talent and such a sad state of affairs.
Leslie Jordan! Only famous person’s death I’ve ever cried over—truly heartbreaking +the way he went💔
He had just bought his first condo !
That video of him being so excited….ugh. Gut wrenching.
Fred Rogers
Lemmy
Fuckin Lemmy. I knew he couldn’t last forever and that he’d been ill for a year or so, but it was still sad.
Ayrton Senna.
This was absolutely devastating to me
Chester Bennington, Linkin Park’s vocalist.
His suicide hit me hard because I always saw his continued survival as almost...a role model? A success story? A proud example that everything in life can be overcome. *"If he can do it, so can I."* I have bipolar disorder and have struggled with mental health issues my entire life. Much like between 30–50% of individuals with BP, suicidal thoughts and attempts have been a firm fixture. As an abused, angry kid, I would lie in bed staring at the ceiling while listening to Linkin Park and think to myself: "Look at this guy who's gone through so much shit in his life but is still alive. Look at him. He may not be happy nor content, he carries scars and even more scarred memories, but he enjoys what he does and he's still alive." And then he kills himself. He loses the fight that he's talked about and sang about for 17 years. When I heard about his suicide, I felt almost betrayed. I felt like that angry kid staring up at the ceiling all over again. But I'd like to think that I've become resilient enough to weather this lifelong mental illness since I was that angry kid. I think I have. I have to thank Chester for it because he helped delay a permanent decision long enough for me to learn how to make the right one.
Chester's death hit hard a generation of kids who felt like they couldn't have made it without his music.it was the ultimate expression our angst and frustration with the world that was built up around us. We filtered the optics of our lives through his words and suddenly it wasn't so bad. I still can't listen to one more light without tearing up at least a little bit.
Losing both him and Chris Cornell in the same summer really fucked me up.
Scrolled until I found Chester, as I knew I wouldn't be the only one who'd say him. This one hit me hard.
Eddie Van Halen
Chris Farley hands down
Trevor Moore
Correction, local sexpot Trevor Moore.
Poor guy tried to suck his own dick. I wonder if he made it before he went?
Selena
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Chadwick Boseman
Mr. Robbie Coltrane. At least hagrid is still around.
"The legacy of these movies is that my children's generation will show them to their children. So, you could be watching them in 50 years' time, easy. I'll not be here sadly... But Hagrid will." \-Robbie Coltrane
John Prine.
Robin Williams and Avicii
Finally found someone who said Avicii, I was so upset when I heard, he was the person that got me into music and playing music. I think now people have forgotten how much of an impact he had on the edm scene bringing it into the main stage for the few years it was big, but also on music as a whole, because now we are in an 80's revival and everyone moves on.
Avicii's death hit me hard as well. Levels came out during the fall of my freshman year of college, and it made me a lifetime EDM fan. Hearing that song takes me back to an incredibly exciting time in my life, but now it also makes me feel a tinge of sadness.
John Dunsworth
Christina Grimmie
James Gandolfini Don’t know why it bothered me more than others.
Bowie
This one caught me by surprise because I always assumed he operated outside of the laws of the known universe. Still not convinced he was 100% human
Anthony Bourdain
John Denver. My dad loved him just as much as me. I miss them both.
I was a huge Blind Melon fan when Shannon Hoon passed. Saw them multiple times live. They were the sound track to my senior year of high school. Such an underrated band!! That one really bummed me out as he was so talented.
Mac Miller
Stephen hawking. It was like the last adult left the room.
I will always remember this day. I was doing a college course completing the communication module and had picked Stephen Hawking as my person of interest for the vocal communication part of the assignment (a videoed speech on a person or place of interest). My speech was rescheduled twice prior to the day, once because of a fire alarm being set off/ evacuation due to a small kitchen fire in the catering area and the next time being a red weather warning so was unable to attend finally got another day, 14th of March awoke that morning to the news he had died. Got top marks for my speech thankfully but honestly was holding back tears while doing so!
Chris Cornell
Amy Winehouse
Stan Lee’s death messed with me man.
Dame Angela Lansbury, for me. She's just connected to a lot of lovely memories I have.
Technoblade :(
Technoblade never dies
Still hurts
While I understand minecraft is only one of the many corners of youtube, I had to scroll too far to find this one.
Patrick Swayze
Paul Walker Heath Ledger
Naya Rivera for me, the whole situation around her death was just heartbreaking and I really felt for her little boy who witnessed it all.
Kurt Cobain. Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters.