# What celebrity death will affect you the most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116 "2015-05-02T19:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/21 "2015-05-03T00:17:17Z")
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The joy the Beatles’ music has brought me has been life-changing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/22 "2015-05-03T00:31:53Z")
I do apologize that apparently, despite my searching, I did not find my own thread from not that long ago. My bad entirely. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/23 "2015-05-03T01:35:35Z")
Martha Stewart, David Letterman, Bruce Springsteen. I know the world has turned against her but - Oprah. Number One: Ellen DeGeneres. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/24 "2015-05-03T02:09:26Z")
Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Carol Burnett. Valerie Harper. Jon Stewart. Brent Spiner. I remember when Marilyn Monroe died. People responded with absolute disbelief and shock. It was inconceivable that anyone that beautiful should die so young. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/25 "2015-05-03T03:19:27Z")
One unlikely one will be Queen Elizabeth. I’m not a subject but she’s reigned since before I was born so as far as I’m concerned she’s been the Queen forever. It’ll be strange having Charles on the throne. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/26 "2015-05-03T03:27:56Z")
I suspect that I will cry like a baby when Stan Lee dies. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/27 "2015-05-03T04:15:00Z")
Two of my personal Grand Masters are gone, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, and that leaves one more: Harlan Ellison. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/28 "2015-05-03T04:48:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > One unlikely one will be Queen Elizabeth. I’m not a subject but she’s reigned since before I was born so as far as I’m concerned she’s been the Queen forever. It’ll be strange having Charles on the throne. I remember watching her coronation on our little black-and-white TV in 1953. Yes, her death will affect me. And it’ll be really strange to see Charles on their money. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/29 "2015-05-03T05:01:31Z")
I’ll be pretty bummed when Alice Cooper and Alan Parsons go. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/30 "2015-05-03T05:02:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Terry Pratchett already did. Most celebrities are just people to me, but I had met Pterry on several occasions, and he was more than just an author to me. > [@Octarine](#): > > Terry Pratchett used to pretty much be at the top of the list. Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan, too. Leonard Cohen might make me a bit sad. Beyond them, everyone else can pretty much just kick the bucket whenever they want. 😉 > [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Thirded for Pratchett. I never understood before then why people could be so affected by the death of, to them, a near perfect stranger. Now, I have some idea. Unlike **Silenus** I’ve never been even in the same room as Sir Pratchett, nor sent so much as a fan letter. But every time I read one of his books I feel as if I’m having a conversation, albeit a very one sided one. Now the conversation is over. > > C’est la vie, c’est la mort. Time to move on. Sorry. I know you said “will”, but I also had to add to the chorus. I didn’t think that _any_ celeb’s death would affect me, but when Terry Pratchett died - I learned via a thread in this forum - it took a couple of days for me to get over it. I was surprised at how hard it hit me. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/31 "2015-05-03T06:09:40Z")
Not exactly a celebrity in the show biz sense, but…Vin Scully. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/32 "2015-05-03T06:47:58Z")
Stan Lee, Chris Evans, Patrick Stewart, and Raquel Welch. Raquel Welch is such a super mega hot babe! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/33 "2015-05-03T07:07:15Z")
Howard Stern, if he dies before he retires. I would have said Jon Stewart with the same caveat, but it looks like he’ll safely survive into retirement. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/34 "2015-05-03T08:27:01Z")
David Bowie for me too. He’s just always been there around and about in the soundtrack of my life. He’s the only musician I’ve been to see live more than once, and the only one I’ve been bothered to travel to a different country to see live. He’s the only artist I’ve bought the music of on vinyl, CD and digital download _at the time of release_. It’ll be like someone removing a favourite armchair from my living room, if that makes any sense. Also, Michael Caine. Not the greatest actor in the world, and has been in some shocking films, but I used to think he was the coolest man alive (as Harry Palmer). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/35 "2015-05-03T09:17:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > One unlikely one will be Queen Elizabeth. I’m not a subject but she’s reigned since before I was born so as far as I’m concerned she’s been the Queen forever. It’ll be strange having Charles on the throne. > [@panache45](#): > > I remember watching her coronation on our little black-and-white TV in 1953. Yes, her death will affect me. And it’ll be really strange to see Charles on their money. Now that you mention it, holy cow, yes. Her Majesty has been nothing but classy and respectful her whole life. Her passing will be quite emotional for me. ETA: She’s been on my money, both in the UK and Canada, for my entire life. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/36 "2015-05-03T09:33:47Z")
David Bowie and Shatner for me as well. Is it too late for them to sing Christmas songs together? ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/37 "2015-05-03T11:22:02Z")
David Attenborough - who has been a fixture in my life for as long as I’ve owned a television, and brought the world to my lounge room. A minor celebrity perhaps, Clive James, poet, writer, television reviewer, is dying and is doing it in a slow, self-reflective and dignified way that I find I cant look away from. That will be a sad day. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/38 "2015-05-03T11:26:55Z")
Not what I would call a celebrity but it will be Muhammad Ali. He educated my fathers generation and those each side about so much. I think the effect still ripples through generations of family. An extraordinary life. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/39 "2015-05-03T12:16:14Z")
Bobby Orr (childhood hero) David Letterman Neil Young And when the last Beatle dies I’ll probably have to take a week off of work. mmm ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/40 "2015-05-03T14:42:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Will** affect you, folks. **Will**. > > Terry Pratchett and Leonard Nimoy belong to the past, my friends. Tragic, same as Ebert. But who will affect you as much? Sorry. I don’t know at this time. It will depend on who it is, how they die and at what age they die. A murder will be worse than a suicide will be worse than natural causes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116.md?page=3)