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Post by sherriebythesea on Feb 16, 2022 1:34:43 GMT
I'm aging myself but I can only remember crying when Jimmy Stewart died
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Post by crabtree on Feb 16, 2022 16:02:33 GMT
Yes, Victoria Wood and Dame Diana Rigg for me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2022 18:09:37 GMT
Such a pity Victoria never lived to get her Damehood.
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Post by bimse on Feb 17, 2022 18:24:17 GMT
I didn't cry, but was definitely shocked and very saddened when Victoria Wood died. I did cry when John Inman died though. I'd worked a fantastic panto run with him way back in 2002/3 and he was such a wonderful man - a fantastic performer, and so friendly off-stage. I was shocked at the death of Victoria Wood, and very sad indeed when John Inman died , I’ve heard he was very good to work with. Similarly the pantomime dame Jack Tripp (no apologies for mentioning him again), yet another consummate performer, like John Inman , a true professional and a true gentleman. I think for me it’s not just the end of an era, but I have such happy memories of these performers . Edita Gruberova (opera singer) and Cesaria Evora (singer from Cape Verde) are two others who I had a real sense of grief for,
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Post by anita on Feb 18, 2022 10:18:21 GMT
Never cried but sad when Eric Morecambe died.
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Post by daisy24601 on Feb 19, 2022 1:02:06 GMT
Yes recently, Meat Loaf. I listened to his music and tears came, more than once. My dad played him a lot when I was growing up so he's always been in my consciousness, it felt odd he's no longer with us.
Also, I didn't cry but Stephen Gately was a sad one. My first record was Boyzone and he was my favourite. Far too young at 33.
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 19, 2022 16:00:23 GMT
I was upset about the deaths of John Lennon, Victoria Wood and Richard Briers (although I never met Richard Briers I felt that I knew him as he had been around for so long and had a bloke next door persona). I was also upset about the death of Tim Brooke-Taylor. Although he was 80 when he died, as Victoria Coren-Mitchell said: many live well into their 80s and beyond these days and it's sad to think of all of those jokes he would have made that we are missing out on.
The only celebrity I remember crying over when I was young and there was a ventriloquist called Dennis Spicer, who was killed in a car crash. I remember watching him on TV perform at the Royal Variety Performance in November 1964 and my grandma and I were roaring with laughter. Exactly two weeks later he was dead. I think it was my first awareness of how cruel and arbitary life can be sometimes.
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Post by Forrest on Feb 20, 2022 14:16:55 GMT
Not theatre related, but... Mark Hollis. I'd always hoped our paths would cross somehow, as crazy as that sounds. His untimely death crushed that dream.
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Feb 21, 2022 18:56:14 GMT
Gerry Anderson got to me as I adored Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Cpt Scarlet as a young 'un.
One that made me genuinely tear up though was Andrew Sachs. As Fawlty Towers is my all time favourite show, losing Manuel absolutely broke me.
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Post by mistressjojo on Feb 22, 2022 8:40:33 GMT
George Michael. It was just out of the blue, and at Christmas which is already an emotional time.
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Post by saveferris on Feb 22, 2022 13:39:09 GMT
Heath Ledger really got to me. I remember I was about to turn my TV off to watch one of his movies when the BBC announcer went "This programme was filmed before the death of actor Heath Ledger". I was completely shocked, and barely slept that night.
And I didn't cry at this death, but Mark Speight dying definitely moved me. I like to draw realism and while he was mostly known for his cartoons, on SMart he once did a segment on drawing from real life, and it stuck with me ever since.
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Post by danb on Feb 22, 2022 16:01:15 GMT
River Phoenix & Kurt Cobain.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2022 16:42:52 GMT
The only celebrity I remember crying over when I was young and there was a ventriloquist called Dennis Spicer, who was killed in a car crash. I remember watching him on TV perform at the Royal Variety Performance in November 1964 and my grandma and I were roaring with laughter. Exactly two weeks later he was dead. I think it was my first awareness of how cruel and arbitary life can be sometimes. The clip his Royal Variety performance is on YouTube. If anyone searches his name with Royal Variety Show wait until the end as there is a great surprise featuring someone who found fame in a galaxy far, far away.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 4, 2022 17:49:47 GMT
Shane Warne was a shocker
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Post by joem on Mar 4, 2022 18:35:30 GMT
I hate "celeb" culture but I do understand that people you've never met can have a huge influence in your life through their inspiration: writers, actors, musicians, visual artists etc...
In my case I would have to say David Bowie, Woolly Wolstenholme (probably a bit obscure here but the waste of his passing was particularly sad) and, of course, Leonard Cohen. Huge influence on me since I became a committed fan in the eighties. Regretted the passing of many others but these three were the ones who opened the waterworks.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 19:11:57 GMT
Shane Warne was a shocker Although he was England's tormentor in Chief for many years, he was an amazing cricketer and it is out of the blue.
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Post by Jon on Mar 4, 2022 19:34:58 GMT
Although I didn't cry, I was shocked when I read about Jamal Edwards's passing and feeling terribly sad for poor Brenda Edwards.
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Post by jojo on Mar 4, 2022 20:15:28 GMT
I've become more emotional about celebrity deaths as I get older. Perhaps my cold stone heart is softening, but I think it's that I can relate more to them, or at least those left behind.
I was still quite young when Diana died, and while I felt bad for her kids, but if anything I was annoyed at what seemed to be a world had gone mad, especially the ones having a go at the Queen for staying at Balmoral (where Diana's kids were too) instead of being in London to show respect or whatever.
Fast forward to Prince Philip's death, which shouldn't be nearly as sad, but I felt it more. It wasn't really Philip I was sad about, but despite being very different, it made me think about one of my grandpa's (he walked about with his hands behind his back), and then I started to think about all of the lockdown deaths. His death and subsequent funeral became a lightening rod for my feelings on that.
The nature of modern media makes it easier to immerse yourself in whatever details are available about the celebrity's death, and you can very quickly access news and video footage of them doing all of the things that made people love them. When I was young most dead celebs seemed old anyway, and I could forget about it as soon as the news moved onto the weather.
These days I can well up at at the deaths of a celebrity I don't care for much if I think about their family or even the sadness fans who didn't know them either.
George Michael's death is the one that still gets me. I still listen to his music, and it's so emotive. I've always loved him, but I've come to appreciate the depth of his lyrics more as I age, and it sometimes catches me off guard that he isn't with us any more.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 4, 2022 22:41:51 GMT
Although I didn't cry, I was shocked when I read about Jamal Edwards's passing and feeling terribly sad for poor Brenda Edwards. Was he her son?
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Post by theatreian on Mar 4, 2022 22:50:11 GMT
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Post by highonahill on Mar 5, 2022 10:37:31 GMT
Obviously Sondheim - I had to hide in the bathroom as my theatre-tolerant husband wouldn't have understood.
But also Paul Ritter's death really got to me. Such a talented and versatile actor.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 22:02:07 GMT
Obviously Sondheim - I had to hide in the bathroom as my theatre-tolerant husband wouldn't have understood. But also Paul Ritter's death really got to me. Such a talented and versatile actor. We just started watching Chernobyl again. He really was so very good in this. Lovely bit of squirrel.
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Post by misspiggy1979 on Mar 6, 2022 12:55:38 GMT
Meat loaf. He was my first ever album I brought. Also victoria wood. We saw her live many many moons ago....
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Post by Bickers on Mar 7, 2022 10:25:35 GMT
Most recently, Barry Cryer. Such a huge influence on my silly sense of humour, and, by all accounts, a really lovely and generous chap. I'm so glad I got to see him on stage, both as his own show and as part of the ISIHAC team. I like to think he'd have been amused at me crying publicly in a bathroom shop which is where I was when it came on the news.
The first person I ever cried about was Dusty Springfield, I'd loved her music since I first heard her when I was around 5 years old. It was 2 days after my 17th birthday, I was alone in the house, I'd turned on the radio and it was on the 5pm news, and I just sat at the dining table and cried.
Other mentions go to Terry Pratchett, Victoria Wood, Kirsty MacColl, Tim-Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy, and Adam Schlesinger (songwriter with Fountains of Wayne, but had written for film, TV and the Tony's too).
I guess I'm quite soppy.
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 8, 2022 8:28:25 GMT
I didn't cry but was very upset when I heard about Lynda Baron. Auntie Mabel and Pippin flying in their spotty plane in Come Outside were a huge part of my childhood
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