# When this Celeb dies I will cry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185 "2003-01-27T06:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/61 "2003-01-30T16:57:07Z")
When Dave Matthews, or any members of the DMB, or the DMB itself dies, it will be a sad day. Ranks up with John Lennon, the Beatles breaking up, and the death of J.R. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/62 "2003-01-30T16:59:59Z")
You know, I was just thinkingā€¦ I really donā€™t like this thread. Reading about all these celebrities who I thought had died, or forgot about there deaths is bringing me to tears. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Bill Gaines, even what happened to Christopher Reeves. Goshā€¦ ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/63 "2003-01-30T20:16:47Z")
That segment at the Oscars that shows everybody who died that year makes me lose it every timeā€¦ That said, Iā€™d be really devastated when my childhood/teenage year idols pass away e.g. Harrison Ford Michael J. Fox Matthew Broderick Ralph Macchio because then Iā€™ll feel old and like death will come knocking soon for me, too. (Other than that, Iā€™ll second Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaimanā€¦) ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/64 "2003-01-30T20:33:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by miamouse \* > **Mel Blanc** I liked the tribute poster/ad. An imitation [here](http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~netman/melblanc.html) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/65 "2003-01-30T21:34:55Z")
Amazing how many of us name Phil Hartman, but Iā€™m gonna do it again. Add to my list of ā€œI never wanna see them goā€: Kurt Russell Bruce Campbell ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/66 "2003-01-30T22:00:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Padeye \* > **John Lee Hooker was a milestone for me. He was the last of the old time Mississippi bluesmenā€¦ \** Sorry for the hijack, but John Lee was \*one of \*the last of the majorly famous Mississippi bluesmen. B.B. King is still with us. Plus there are a number of lesser-known bluesmen still playing; check out [Fat Possum Records](http://www.fatpossum.com/) for new stuff from T-Model Ford, R. L. Burnside, Robert Cage, and a bunch of others. Strange, wild, dark music. We now return you to your regularly scheduled morbidity. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Don\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/67 "2003-01-30T22:36:07Z")
Come on nowā€¦what about Willie Nelson? He seems to be in good health now, but heā€™s definitely got some miles on the odometer. And when he goes, hell when he quits touring, the world as we know it will be a different placeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/68 "2003-01-30T22:43:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*Owen Hartā€™s tragic death left me feeling a bit hollow. I wasnā€™t a big fan but the senseless manner in which it happened was just horrendous. \*\* The worst bit was the way the cameras hung around watching because everyone thought the fall was part of his act in entering the ring. Then, suddenly they jerked up to the ceilingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/69 "2003-01-30T22:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*. . . At which Eve settles back to tell everyone about how she saw Lincolnā€™s funeral cortege pass by her house . . . \*\* LOST: One black horse-drawn hearse, one coffin (occupied), six black horses. Last seen Spirngfield IL, 1865. If found, please return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. Small reward. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/70 "2003-01-30T22:51:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*Sorry for the hijack, but John Lee was \*one of \*the last of the majorly famous Mississippi bluesmen. B.B. King is still with us. Plus there are a number of lesser-known bluesmen still playing; check out [Fat Possum Records](http://www.fatpossum.com/) for new stuff from T-Model Ford, R. L. Burnside, Robert Cage, and a bunch of others. Strange, wild, dark music. > > We now return you to your regularly scheduled morbidity. \*\* Hooker wasnā€™t the last of the Mississippi bluesmen, but he was the last of the first-generation bluesmen. Closest thing left now is the Blind Boys of Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/71 "2003-01-30T22:56:33Z")
Donā€™t see much point adding names of my own. Everybody weā€™ve ever seen and liked (or loathed) is in some way a piece of us. When they go, we are lessened because something of the past is gone forever. When Olivia de Havilland dies, the last of the leads of Gone With The Wind will be gone. The Magnificent Seven are now the Magnificent Three, and Bronson is ailing with chronic Alzheimers - as, for that matter, is Ronald Reagan. It isnā€™t a pleasant thing to be reminded that time is passing, is it? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/72 "2003-01-30T23:33:56Z")
Iā€™m not looking forward to John Denverā€™s death. A time of rocky mountain sorrow, itā€™ll be. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/73 "2003-01-31T01:43:28Z")
I was sad when the following died: Princess Diana Walter Payton - Chicago Bears, watched him play football. Freddie Mercury Michael Hutchens Benjamin Orr I will be sad when the following dies: Russell Crowe Tom Hanks Chris Cornell Tina Turner ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/74 "2003-01-31T01:45:07Z")
Forgot one: Layne Staley ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/75 "2003-01-31T01:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*Iā€™m not looking forward to John Denverā€™s death. A time of rocky mountain sorrow, itā€™ll be. \*\* Denver died in 1997. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/76 "2003-01-31T02:02:34Z")
**Gerry Trudeau ā€œWeird Alā€ Yankovic Cecil Adams Lorne Michaels Lord British George Lucas Steven Spielberg Matt Groening **along with any of the voice actors from** The Simpsons** It will also be sad for me when either **Queen Elizabeth** or **Pope John Paul II** dies, not so much because I have great respect for either of them, but because theyā€™ve both been there for as long as I can remember (Iā€™m 29). When they die, it will be as if Iā€™m suddenly a generation older. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/77 "2003-01-31T02:16:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\*Denver died in 1997. Sorry. \*\* _Sigh_ Thatā€™s what I get for leaving out the smileys. 'Course, a smiley would have ruined the line anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/78 "2003-01-31T02:20:45Z")
I _thought_ you might be joshinā€™, but I didnā€™t read any signs of a joke or punning in your message; it seemed pretty straightforward. Consider me whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![tempest2\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@tempest2\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tempest2_2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/79 "2003-01-31T02:35:46Z")
Iā€™m with you Kniz, **Nell Harper** was not one I was expecting to cry for but I sure did. I guess it was because Iā€™ve caught a few re-runs recently. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/80 "2003-01-31T02:41:48Z")
Nitpicking a nitpick of a nitpick: John Lee Hooker was not a first generation bluesman, since the blues goes back to (at least) 1919, when John Lee was all of two years old. BB King is more associated with Memphis than Mississippi, but he was born and raised in MS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185.md?page=5)