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[Cockles & Whelks]

So Sir Clive died today. End of a pioneer. https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sir-...-the-zx-spectrum-dies.1618709/#post-264619799

Whose death are you dreading as ending a chapter of memories in your life?

Personally I'm shocked hes still going, but OG Doctor Who Tom Baker for me. Every happy memory I have from early 70s to the early 80s have a corresponding Dr Who memory.








Bonus modern scene. How I cried tears at the end of this. Best love letter to a show ever. I don't think there's ever been a better scene written that turns sadness and despair into joy. (The actress Liz Sladen is the same lady as the Tom scene above).

 

[T8SC]

Sean Connery's passing was the one I didn't want to happen.

It's followed by:

 

[Quasicat]

The last show I watched on network televisions was Boston Legal. It’s by far one of my favorite shows with James Spader and William Shatner making it perfect. When they go, it will be a rough day that’s for sure.

 

[Days like these...]

Sean Connery's passing was the one I didn't want to happen.

It's followed by:

He dead?

 

[Ailynn]

Chester Bennington's death hurt deeply for me.

It'll be hard for me when Jonathan Davis passes on, too. Both of them have struggled greatly through life, and some of their lyrics really helped me growing up.

 

[Star-Lord]

Heath Ledger, Robin Williams and Chester Bennington all fucking destroyed me. Robin Williams, in, particular, as his films helped me through some tough times.

I’ll be devo’d when David Attenborough dies.

 

[Scotty W]

Shigeru Miyamoto

 

[IDKFA]

Prince.

A true musical artist who actually wrote and produced his own music. What a legend.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Anthony Bourdain did it for me. I remember growing up watching his stuff. The guy was fun and spent many weekends just hanging at home and watching him strut about the world and monologue.


To have a guy with so much and who had come back from so much commit suicide? Hearing that he died like that just made me tear up. It was a sad end to a great guy.

 

[AV]

Alan Rickman was a big one. Scott from Stone Temple Pilots although that was hardly shocking and at least I got to see him perform first.

 

[DeafTourette]

Michael Jackson
Robin Williams
Whitney Houston
Chadwick Boseman

 

[Nobody_Important]

Stan Lee was another now that I think about it. Though not as much as Bourdain. Stan had a great life and lived long enough to see the character he helped create grow to be worldwide successes both on the page and on the big screen.

 

[Bullet Club]

Rik Mayall, Randy Savage, George Michael.

Dreading lots. Probably members of Duran Duran the most. Hopefully it's a long while away.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

I'll be a proper mess when Bob Mortimer leaves us He's the funniest celebrity I've seen in my entire life.

 

[jason10mm]

This one hurt immensely. I remember hearing about it while in the cafeteria in college.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Off the top of my head, Michael Jackson, Don Rickles, Kobe Bryant, and Norm Macdonald.

 

[Superkewl]

Think the only times I cried at celebrity deaths were John Candy and Robin Williams.

 

[bender]

Earl Simmons. He was a really conflicted person. He's the only rapper I've ever heard that I completely believed every word that came out of his mouth. I'm not even sure how to describe this but even though he had a laundry list of bad things he had done, I think there was a good person inside him but he could never find the way. You could always hear the pain in his voice too. I know it sounds weird, but I always dreamt of meeting him and I just wanted to give him a hug.

 

[DeafTourette]

Earl Simmons. He was a really conflicted person. He's the only rapper I've ever heard that I completely believed every word that came out of his mouth. I'm not even sure how to describe this but even though he had a laundry list of bad things he had done, I think there was a good person inside him but he could never find the way. You could always hear the pain in his voice too. I know it sounds weird, but I always dreamt of meeting him and I just wanted to give him a hug.

*Sending you a hug, bruv*

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I'll be a proper mess when Bob Mortimer leaves us He's the funniest celebrity I've seen in my entire life.

Paul and Bob Go Fishing is one of the best things on tv.

 

[Prison Mike]

Kurt cobain
Rick myall
David bowie

 

[BouncyFrag]

Bernard Cribbins
S-tier Dr Who companion

 

[farmerboy]

Probably Steven Tyler. Yeah, his eventual death will do me in.

 

[mekes]

2 stand out more than others to me. An odd coupling but singularly understandable.

Biggie and Leslie Nielsen. Big left right near the ascension to his prime. Leslie Nielsen had always made me laugh through my childhood.

Bowie too. Bowie hit differently. I got into Bowie super late. I leave whole genres untouched until I see a specific recommendation that catches my attention. It was actually GAF hype for Black Star that got me into Bowie a few months before his death. It was very strange to suddenly like somebody and then. That's that.

 

[Yoboman]

Man clearly 2020 was so fucked up I never even heard about Sean Connery dying

Those who go too young get me. Heath Ledger, James Gandolfini and Robin Williams were big shocks. Even Paul Walker although I had no particular affinity to his movies but he was way too young. And Norm MacDonald this week was out of nowhere

Im dreading Russell Crowe (really needs to sort out his weight and health for his age). Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Jack Nicholson aren't spring chickens anymore and all pushing into their 80s. Clint Eastwood is 91 but still seems healthy as an ox and making movies. We will have some big losses over the next decade or so

In better new Bill Cosby is mid 80s as well

 

[Prison Mike]

Paul and Bob Go Fishing is one of the best things on tv.

Bob is a treasure love him falling over

 

[Ballthyrm]

John Williams : Every time I read his name on an article, I think, Please don't be dead.
Hayao Miyazaki : He will certainly die drawing another movie, followed by a State funeral by Japan.

 

[Artoris]

Stephen King

John Cleese

 

[jufonuk]

Kieth Flint was sad
Iwata was sad upsetting also.
Robin Williams as the guy was a legend. Really kind human.

 

[Star-Lord]

I forgot to mention the legend that is Michael Caine. The guy is a British icon, and will be missed by all if/when his time comes.

 

[jason10mm]

Stephen King

King has already been dead to me for years. I loved the guy as a kid, my mom and I would read all his stuff. But then after his accident he wasn't quite the same and now he is a total social media douche.

 

[Old Retro]

Part of gen X's childhood died when Eddie Van halen died. That was a tough one.

Will definately shed tears when MJ goes to that big basketball court in the sky.

 

[SidViscous]

Robin Williams was a sad day for me, grew up really admiring his work.

I think in terms of celebs who have yet to die, probably any of the remaining Monty Python crew, especially Michael Palin who's books I've been reading for decades; he feels like one of the family despite only having met him once.

 

[Classicrockfan]

Ezel from friday AJ Johnson died today RIP.

 

[RJMacready73]

I think i can speak on behalf of the UK and say when Sir David Attenborough passes, we better get a fucking week of mourning and a state funeral.

To add, i could give a fuck about celebs dying but Keith Flint was a toast raiser, i've seen the Prodigy so many times throughout the years it was genuinely sad to hear he had taken his own life, the only other celeb that actually nearly got a tear from this aul cunt was hearing Freddie Mercury had passed, that put a genuine lump in my throat when i heard it over the radio.

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

I’ve got at thing for 007 so both Roger Moore and Sean Connery got me honorable mention Carrie Fisher.

 

[QuantumZebra]

Sean Connery's passing was the one I didn't want to happen.

It's followed by:

That's a good list. I'd add Sigourney Weaver, Kate Beckinsale, Helen Hunt, all my heartthrobs from the 80s / 90s.

Funny story I always loved - my mom dated James Cameron back in the 70s when he was a photographer in Malibu (he hadn't released that first weird film he did with the Xeno title). She thought he was arrogant (naturally) and ended up moving to Miami. I always joked with her that James Cameron could have been my dad, but she'd always say "Yeah but then you wouldn't be you!".

 

[The Pleasure]

Harold Ramis. Never got his ghostbusters 3 and got Answer the call. Fucking tragedy.

 

[Marvel]

Eddie Guerrero
Rik Mayall
Sean Lock

No tears but severely bummed me out.

 

[Amory]

Norm, recently

Mitch Hedberg
Anthony Bourdain
Ryan Davis from giant bomb

I don't really think about celebrity deaths before they happen...too much other shit to worry about. It'll be weird when athletes I watched as a kid start to die but we still have a while yet for those.

 

[catvonpee]

I balled my eyes out when Mr. Rodgers died. They had a picture of his shoes on the front page of the news paper that day

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I haven't cried over a celebrity death ever but Norms passing really got me down this week. He was one of those "chicken soup" kind of deals for me that always helped me feel better when I was down. There have been others whose passing got me down. Bowie. Piper. Ramis.Nimoy.
Arnolds passing will probably kick me in the nuts.

The big one for me is James Hetfield. I've loved Metallica for 25 years at this point and they were a huge part of my life as a late teen to early twenty-something.

 

[Kenpachii]

Problem with celebrity deaths is that u grow up with those people and they became your inspiration in some way or the other. Then suddenly when the death happens u realize your imaginary high bar of life shit the brick and it impacts you massively as the perfect person u tried to become also is just a human at the end.

This is why with Robin Williams a guy that always puts a smile on you and was a great actor with high morals and feels like a friendly dad figure as he's always nice to kids suddenly kills himself it hits you hard.

 

[Artoris]

Think the only times I cried at celebrity deaths were John Candy and Robin Williams.

Not Telly Savalas

 

[Pagusas]

I'll be very very sad the day Julie Andrews goes.

 

[Pagusas]

Bernard Cribbins
S-tier Dr Who companion

and THAT is why the 10th Doctor is the best of them all. Gives me shivers watching that. I hope we never lose david tennant

 

[John Marston]

I remember a friend hiding in a bathtub at a party high on shrooms crying about the death of Jim Morrison. We laughed at him while pelting him with Cheetos.

I also cried over Freddie Mercury's death (at another party) while severely intoxicated.

My girlfriend at the time said something like "What did you expect? The guy did ass to mouths with men, women, animals & furniture".

We later separated over creative differences.

 

[BigBooper]

I don't tie myself to celebrities that much. Maybe Bob Newhart.

 

[Patrick S.]

Carrie Fisher's death broke me for a while.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Shed a tear when Kentaro Miura died. Otherwise I can‘t remember ever doing so and am also not sure I ever will again.