moneymakers Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Captain Lou Albano Mr. Rodgers Michael Jackson Karla Faye Tucker Edited May 21, 2011 by moneymakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Barbaro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 From a music stand point SRV was devastating to me. I idolized the guy and he had just gotten off drugs and had an awesome album with in step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hunter Thompson Dave Niehaus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Like Gopher, Harmon Killebrew's death has affected me more than I thought it would, probably due to literally everyone saying what a great person he was, aside from his almost unmatched ability to hit incredibly long homers. In no particular order: Ian Curtis, Joy Division singer, whose death announcement I heard live on the radio. Randy California, Spirit guitarist, whose death I didn't even know about until 18 months after it happened. Best guitarist I ever saw. Walter Payton I'm sure there are more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Oh I'll add another, can't believe I forgot to mention him in my initial post... Chick Hearn. I had to pull off to the side of the road - I had just returned to NorCal fro SoCal and had taken the BART up to pick my truck up - and wept a little bit. I watched a TON of basketball (and mainly Laker basketball) growing up and it was almost like he was a grandfather to me since I never met one of mine and my other died when I was 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayItAintSoJoe Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 (edited) Biggie shook me up pretty bad. Tupac as well. Big L, Guru and Easy E. I wasn't a huge fan, but Kurt Cobain hit us pretty hard locally. Obviously MJ. I thought that guy was going to be a spectacle for years and years to come. That next tour was going to be the one we had been waiting for for decades. Your post made me recall how I felt when I heard that Jam Master Jay was killed. I grew up in Detroit in the 80's and RUN DMC were like gods to me. Later in life I felt pretty crappy when I heard that John F. Kennedy Jr. died. His age, the way he died and the whole family history made it all seem pretty tragic. Edited May 21, 2011 by SayItAintSoJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 kurt cobain was definitely a bummer as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I've never been sad about a celebrity dying. Why the heck should I be down about someone dying I didn't know? I guess I'll save it for people I care about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I've never been sad about a celebrity dying. Why the heck should I be down about someone dying I didn't know? I guess I'll save it for people I care about. thank you for the breath of fresh grits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Everyone else has pretty much covered mine: Farley & Hartman stand out for me. I saw my Dad out-and-out cry maybe 2 or 3 times in my life. However, the man couldn't talk about Clemente, without mentioning the way he died, trying to provide humanitarian aid. My Dad would tear up every single time that he mentioned Clemente. He was my Dad's hero, and because of that, I've since read countless books on the man. He was an example of what I wish every athlete could be. My Dad was buried with a Clemente jersey on under his suit. Hopefully, my Dad got to meet his hero in the after-life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Sam Kinison SRV Randy Rhodes John Bonham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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