The Cruelest and Saddest Deaths In Movies/Music?

[MortSahlFan]

There are many, but I’ll start with the most obvious – John Lennon

[Nava]

You mean real ones, or in movies/music? For the first, any overdose; for the second, just open any dramatic opera.

[MortSahlFan]

@Nava

You mean real ones, or in movies/music? For the first, any overdose; for the second, just open any dramatic opera.

Yes, real ones.

[What_Exit]

Bambi’s Mom? Assuming you first saw it as a kid.

Captain Miller from Saving Private Ryan. “James, earn this… earn it.”

Spock “Wrath of Khan” though lessened as he got better in the next movie.

ETA: OK, nevermind.

John Lennon’s is the one that affected me the most.

[MortSahlFan]

Jaco Pastorious being beaten to death by a bouncer after he snuck back into the venue Carlos Santana was playing.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@MortSahlFan

Jaco Pastorious being beaten to death by a bouncer after he snuck back into the venue Carlos Santana was playing.

That’s not what happened. I know because I grew up in South Florida, was a massive fan of his and knew the bar in question.

ETA:

Pastorius developed a self-destructive habit of provoking bar fights and allowing himself to be beaten up.[5] After sneaking onstage at a Carlos Santana concert on September 11, 1987 and being ejected from the premises, he made his way to the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida.[19] After reportedly kicking in a glass door, having been refused entrance to the club, he was in a violent confrontation with Luc Havan, the club’s manager who was a martial arts expert.[20] Pastorius was hospitalized for multiple facial fractures and injuries to his right eye and left arm, and fell into a coma.[21] There were encouraging signs that he would come out of the coma and recover, but they soon faded. A brain hemorrhage a few days later led to brain death. He was taken off life support and died on September 21, 1987 at the age of 35 at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.[19]

Luc Havan faced a charge of second-degree murder. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty-two months in prison and five years’ probation. After serving four months in prison, he was paroled for good behavior.[22]

Jaco Pastorius

[PatrickLondon]

Quite a few in classical music:

Dinu Lipatti

Ginette Neveu

David Munrow

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

and of course both Mozart and Schubert died far too young.

[madsircool]

The baby ape from Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Glenn Miller’s death/disappearance was big way back when.

[Chefguy]

James Dean, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson, all from transportation mishaps.

[saucywench]

And SRV.

[Trancephalic]

Judith Barsi, who voiced Ducky in the first Land Before Time:

Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 – July 25, 1988) was an American child actress of the 1980s. Barsi began her career in television, making appearances in commercials and television series as well as in the films Jaws: The Revenge, The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven, providing the voices for animated characters in the latter two. She and her mother, Maria, were killed in July 1988 as a result of a double murder–suicide perpetrated in their home by her father, József Barsi.

Judith Barsi

[Crafter_Man]

Virginia Rappe.

[RealityChuck]

In music, the death of Duane Allman affected me most (next to Lennon).

Vivian Stanshall, mostly because of the circumstances: his apartment burnt down because he was smoking in bed.

[mbh]

Vic Morrow and the two kids on The Twilight Zone set.

[MortSahlFan]

John Bonham
Bob Marley
Keith Moon

[Buck_Godot]

Known primarily for his TV work but since he did do movies I’m going to put in a word for Jim Henson.

[Go_Arachnid_Laser_1]

Jeff Buckley.

@Wikipedia

In 1997, Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on the album, to be titled My Sweetheart the Drunk, recording many four-track demos while also playing weekly solo shows at a local venue. On May 29, 1997, while awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim, fully clothed, in the Mississippi River when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat; his body was found on June 4.

I do believe he had a few more incredible albums in him.

[jaycat]

@Chefguy

James Dean, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson, all from transportation mishaps.

And Otis Redding.

[mbh]

Just saw this on the news: Kylie Rae Harris

Sheriff: Kylie Rae Harris caused fatal crash that killed her and 16-year-old...

investigators believe Harris caused Wednesday’s crash and that speed appeared to be a contributing factor when she clipped the back of another vehicle, sending her into oncoming traffic. She then crashed head-on into an SUV driven by the teenage Cruz.

The sheriff said Pedro Cruz, a Taos County Firefighter/EMT, responded to the scene and found his daughter dead at the scene.