Have you ever cried over a celebrity or complete strangers death, why?

[embed_me@programming.dev]

So I started to listen to the Beatles in the 2010s without really knowing anything about them. After I was through most of their discography I read that Lennon was assassinated, and my heart sank.

Yer blues is my go-to song when I'm really down

[cb900f_bodhi@lemmynsfw.com]

Anthony Bourdain. Still have a hard time watching his shows. Haven't yet watched the last season of Parts Unknown

[rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com]

This is one of mine. So glad I was able to see him perform! Very unexpected.

[curiousfur@lemmy.world]

Steve Irwin was my first, but Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington back to back definitely got me hard. I choked up when LP played numb with nobody at the mic during their remembrence concert

[xploit@lemmy.world]

Alan Turing, they did him him real fucking dirty for way too fucking long

[freedomadvocate@lemmy.net.au]

No, but the closest I've ever gotten to it was Steve Irwin. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times and he was just the most genuine, caring guy you could ever meet. His entire being was dedicated to making the world a better place.

[sleepybear@lemmy.world]

Robin Williams and Steve Irwin hit me the hardest for sure

[chert@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

The two that come to mind are George Harrison and Tom Magliozzi.

[owlboi@lemm.ee]

A man only dies when he is forgotten.

Technoblade never dies.

[owlboi@lemm.ee]

even just remembering this makes me cry again without fail

[sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works]

David Bowie. He was such a cultural touchstone that influenced so much artistry on top of being a brilliant artist himself. I lived in New York City when he died and the stoop of his apartment turned into a makeshift memorial with countless people contributing objects that held significance to their relationship with him. I was so overwhelmed to see it that I cried.

[alexisfr@jlai.lu]

Totalbiscuit / John Bain. He died twice, physically in 2018 then most of his legacy in the following years.

[ivanafterall@lemmy.world]

Robin Williams, Norm Macdonald, and if David Attenborough ever dies, that's pretty much all the light gone out of my life.

[tikiporch@lemmy.world]

Chester Bennington made me sad.

[sp00kyb00k@lemmy.world]

Grant Imahara. I don't have to explain myself with this one.
He made me childhood and his absolute inventiveness, curiousity and enthousiasm just was so terrific.

[venus_ziegenfalle@feddit.org]

Yeah the first time was in 2009 after the German goalie Robert Enke had committed suicide. That one hit me mostly because of his wife. She made a very emotional public statement right after.

Second time, also 2009 a month after the first, was Brittany Murphy. Just came out of nowhere and she was still so young.

Then again in 2021 when Sean Lock passed. Still not fully over it if I'm being honest. That man is irreplaceable.

Edit: I forgor but just remembered another one. Carrie Fisher in 2016. Idk why her in parcicular but it was untimely and I always liked her.

[t_berium@lemmy.world]

When Carrie Fisher died, I was very sad and for the next week I found myself rolling back a few tears every now and then.
I was a SW fan from a young age and she was always like the sister I never had.

[analognotdigital@lemmy.wtf]

Robin Williams.

That man was a staple of my childhood, and him passing felt like the final nail in the coffin to where my childhood ended.

[oceansoap@lemmy.world]

Robin Williams was my first big celebrity cry.

[howler@lemmy.zip]

I knew he was gone when I started reading his books, and still I wept for hours when the realisation fully hit me.

Through Discworld I really felt that he was, somehow, in a way, my friend. And then I finished all the books, remembered he was gone and I mourned him like a dear friend.