# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/81 "2015-05-05T05:21:11Z")
Queen Elizabeth II. When the books are opened on her reign, we may all be astounded. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/82 "2015-05-05T06:15:06Z")
Someone mentioned Elvis, saying the King will never die. Another king I will miss is Richard Petty, old number 43. And if I may add another race driver–Sir Stirling Moss. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/83 "2015-05-05T22:57:25Z")
Betty White will hit me really hard. Rod Stewart. I have loved his music forever. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/84 "2015-05-05T23:51:01Z")
Weirdly, **Ted Turner**. He was such an outsized figure in my youth, owning the Braves and Hawks and TBS, and then starting up CNN. The world will seem a duller place without him. Among musicians, I’d say **Bob Dylan** , **Merle Haggard** , and **Jerry Lee Lewis**. **Jimmy Carter**. **David Letterman**. Among actors in their twilight years, **Dustin Hoffman** and **Robert Duvall**. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/85 "2015-05-06T00:02:35Z")
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend. I felt such a connection to him growing up, and I’ll be totally depressed when he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/86 "2015-05-06T00:12:17Z")
I can picture a warm grin that doubles as a wry smirk of invincibility, and I doubt I’ll be able to do that after the death of Sean Connery. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/87 "2015-05-06T00:14:12Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I can picture a warm grin that doubles as a wry smirk of invincibility, and I doubt I’ll be able to do that after the death of Sean Connery. Good one, and that makes me think of **Michael Caine**. They were so great together in **The Man Who Would Be King**. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/88 "2015-05-06T01:29:10Z")
Jane Goodall. Aliens could land on Earth and announce that they’re going to wipe out _H. sapiens_ for being useless, mindless pathogens destroying this planet’s unique biodiversity, and I feel like as long as we can point to Jane Goodall as a counterexample, we get a reprieve. I will probably cry when Bill Nye snuffs it. ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/89 "2015-05-06T03:12:28Z")
Definitely, Betty White. Also, Julie Andrews and Stephen Sondheim. And in spite of everything, Bill Cosby. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/90 "2015-05-06T03:54:52Z")
The ones I don’t expect…like Nigel Terry recently. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/91 "2015-05-06T19:22:02Z")
I couldn’t think of any until today. Even though he hasn’t appeared in anything over a decade and he’s 81 years-old now, when I hear **Gene Wilder** has passed it will be a sad day. ---
**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 6, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/92 "2015-05-06T19:54:10Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I couldn’t think of any until today. > Even though he hasn’t appeared in anything over a decade and he’s 81 years-old now, when I hear **Gene Wilder** has passed it will be a sad day. Oh, wow, yeah. ☹ Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was my first favorite movie, and it’s still easily in my top five. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/93 "2015-05-06T22:20:34Z")
The one that will make me the absolute most happy is OJ Simpson. The ones I will cry themost over are Paul & Ringo, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen (you thought New Jersey went bonkers when Whitney died? You ain’t seen nothing yet). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/94 "2015-05-06T23:44:22Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Even though he hasn’t appeared in anything over a decade and he’s 81 years-old now, when I hear **Gene Wilder** has passed it will be a sad day. He’ll always be Leo Bloom to me. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/95 "2015-05-07T18:05:39Z")
**Jackie Chan**. Such a life-loving personality and arguably the greatest stunt and martial arts ambassador ever. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/96 "2015-05-07T18:44:07Z")
Certainly some of the musicians who’s work I’ve enjoyed so much over the years; Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Billy Gibbons. Actors I’ve identified with, Robert Duval, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Robert DeNiro, Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, Sam Elliott, Kirk Douglas. Then there’s Letterman, Mohammed Ali, Roger Staubach, Nolan Ryan, Morley Safer… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/97 "2015-05-08T09:27:50Z")
Don Rickles. The man is a national treasure. How he lived this long–today is his birthday–is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/98 "2015-05-08T15:29:18Z")
**Dame Judy Dench** passing will be difficult. When she’s being ‘hard’, ‘aloof’ or ‘exasperated’ with Bond’s antics she’s like my mum (although a bit older). She sounds like my mum, got the same cheeky glint in her eye, same mannerisms, same accent. When I see her playing M I want to give her a big hug 😕 And Muhammed Ali is the biggest celebrity on the planet! And the nicest (me and my mum met him when I was a kid, what a patient and massive fella). He’s been ill for a long time, though, so his passing wouldn’t be as bad as Eastward who’s always been a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/99 "2015-05-16T06:30:34Z")
Sorry about the late post. When I was reading this thread I could think of many celebrities that I would miss but I couln’t think of one that would actually affect me but tonight I realized who that would be for me. The answer is Tom Lehrer. I have been entertained by him, I have learned from him. He has already affected me more than someone I haven’t met should. I learned something from him tonight. I learned what he meant by the “take us to your lieder” joke so again, entertained, amused and educated 50 years after he wrote the song. Not bad Mr. Lehrer. Not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116/100 "2015-05-18T18:27:03Z")
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