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

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  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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    A man only dies when he is forgotten.

    Technoblade never dies.

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    • semi_hemi_demigod@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

      Technoblade.

      I’d watched him with my kids for years. He’s an amazing player and a really smart guy. I got my kid a leather bound copy of “The Art of War” because of the Potato Wars. Our shared love of video games, especially Minecraft, kept me involved with them during a pretty bad divorce.

      So when they came to me, tears in their eyes, I wept as well. Because he was a connection to my children. And I wept for Technodad, as any other father would.

      Congrats on 20 mill, Techno. May you never die.

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      even just remembering this makes me cry again without fail

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      • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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        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.

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        • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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

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          • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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

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            • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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              Chester Bennington made me sad.

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              • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                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.

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                • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                  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.

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                  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                    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.

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                    • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                      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.

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                        Mr Rogers. Was like a light went out in the world.
                        Robin Williams came close. Each a symbol of joy and kindness.

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                        Robin Williams was my first big celebrity cry.

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                          Was teary all day at work when Terry Pratchett died

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                          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.

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                          • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                            Kevin Conroy died in 2022. I'm not over it.

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                              The day the music died.

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                              Oh, my, my, this here Anakin guy, may be Vader some day later, now he's just a small fry. He left his home and- shit, wrong song.

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                              • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                                I'm not even really sure why but for some reason, Alan Rickman hit me pretty hard.

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                                  Yeah.
                                  While I rarely work on the road these days I am a critical care paramedic by trade.

                                  ....and tbh, I did cry about some patients.
                                  ....the old nana who accidentally set herself ablaze a day before Christmas.
                                  ... The young lad who died a very gruesome death despite the efforts of over 50 rescuers.
                                  ... The 1 year old who died because the psychotic dad had stuffed his crib with blankets. (And dad was "clear" in the head when we arrived....imagine the pain he felt)
                                  ... And over the same dad when he hanged himself 6 months later.

                                  There are a few more,worse ones, that I don't want to think back to

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                                  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                                    I was watching American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden the other day and the details about 9/11 really got me emotional. The suddenness and intensity of the attack, the efforts of first responders and government agencies, and the heroism of the passengers of flight 93 affected me very deeply.

                                    I remember seeing another video once of firefighters hearing the sound of people jumping from the towers and crashing into the roof of the building they were in. Absolutely unimaginable how that day must have felt to the people that were there...

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                                    • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                                      Freddie Mercury.

                                      Diana Spencer.

                                      Robin Williams.

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                                      • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

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                                        That toddler that got shot in a road rage incident a while back. I broke down when I read that the child said "Mommy, my tummy hurts" before he died. I think it hit me so hard because I have a little brother who was around that age at the time.

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                                        • sneezycat@sopuli.xyzS [email protected]

                                          Kentarou Miura. Berserk is my favorite manga, I discovered it while going through a really tough time, and it helped me a lot. I read it a couple times over and over, and I impatiently waited for new chapters.

                                          A couple years later, Miura-sensei died of heart issues, aged 54. Felt like a slap on the face, after all those jokes about how he was never going to finish Berserk because he was playing too much idol master. I still cry about it from time to time, when I have a bad day.

                                          Rest in peace.

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                                          luckily a close friend of his has taken up the mantle, and they have a team of artists that miura trained to replicate his art style.

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