# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/101 "2003-06-17T06:45:57Z")
Jim Carrey; I don’t even like most of his movies, but he seems like a man who went from nothing to stardom. He might make mistakes in life, and he might have a lot of mental ups and downs that the man has a hard time dealing with; but I think he really tries to please all. I’m inspired by the guy. He used to live out of a trailer!! He really tries to do his job, and that is to entertain. Doesn’t always work, but he’s said to be a perfectionist with his films, so at least he makes the effort to make a quality product. I think he should have been nominated for an Oscar after ‘The Truman Show’. I hope he gets his hands on one day before he passes. It’s just inspiring to see a man go from very little to finding his calling in life. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/102 "2003-06-17T08:06:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ninevah \* > \*\* > But I know I’ll be very sad when any of the members of **Crowded House** and **Split Enz** go. Fine musicians. \*\* but…but… Neil can’t die! ☹ Oh that will be the end of me, I tell you. The only celebrity death that really made me sad (other than Henson) was Michael Hutchence. I wasn’t a huge INXS fan, but to me it definatly seemed like the end of an era. For some reason I remember it perfectly: I was listening to the radio and 'Sucide Blonde" came on. I really don’t care for that song so I changed the station. That station was playing “The One Thing”. hmm. That’s odd. When I tuned in to a third station, which was also playing an INXS song, I just knew. They only do that when someone dies. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/103 "2003-06-17T08:29:07Z")
I’ve decided that of all future celebrity deaths, the one I am most NOT looking forward to is **Ronnie James Dio**. I mean, I’m not nearly as affected by death as most people. But already, I can tell, this one’s gonna be tough. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/104 "2003-06-17T23:04:16Z")
shirley maclaine. i love you, shirley! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/105 "2003-06-17T23:40:14Z")
Since I don’t see him mentioned here (and apologies if I missed an entry), I’d like to say how broken up I’ll be when Richard Pryor goes. He is a groundbreaking comedian, and some of his routines walked a thin line between comedy and heartache. A lot of today’s comedians stand on his shoulders when they put together their routines. I have a thing for Shakespearean actors, so when Derek Jacobi or Ian McKellen go, it will be a bad day. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/106 "2003-06-18T00:22:34Z")
I don’t remember crying over any celebrity deaths, but I was very upset when **Jim Hensen** died. I was also majorly put-out by the death of **Graham Chapman** of Monty Python fame, but he’d been fighting cancer for a while, so that was somewhat expected. The death that threw me for the biggest loop, however, was last year’s sudden death of Cardinal pitcher **Darryl Kile**. He was fine one day, with the team at the ballpark, the next day they found him dead in hotel room. Died in his sleep from heart failure at only 33 or 34 years old. His death stunned me. He was my age, he took good care of himself, there were no signs this would happen. And while his death itself didn’t move me to tears, watching his 5 year old son Kannon throw out the first pitch at a home game here in St Louis and the tribute to Kile they had for him brought me to tears. Other deaths I’ll be sad about are Cardinal’s great **Stan Musial** and the remaining members of Monty Python, especially **John Cleese**. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/107 "2003-06-18T01:39:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handsomeharry \* > \*\*shirley maclaine. > i love you, shirley! \*\* There’s no point in crying when Shirley Maclaine dies. She’ll be right back. I can’t believe that it’s gone this far and nobody has said Linda Lavin. ---
**Author:** ![Zydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Zydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zydoll)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/108 "2003-06-18T04:27:46Z")
Like Sampiro said, even though Kurt Vonnegut doesn’t write anymore, having someone as wonderful as him in this world is comforting- I am extremely unsentimental/unemotional, but when he goes…damn. I’ll be a mess. Heck, I was even horridly depressed for a long time after he said he would never write again. ---
**Author:** ![HazyBaby33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HazyBaby33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazyBaby33)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/109 "2003-06-18T04:31:45Z")
If Sir Ian McKellen died, I would be sooo upset. But i think he’s still got quite a few miles left on him, so I think I’m good for now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/110 "2003-06-18T05:17:55Z")
Yeah, I’d probably have to add Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/111 "2003-06-19T01:18:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pugluvr \* > \*\*I have a thing for Shakespearean actors, so when Derek Jacobi or Ian McKellen go, it will be a bad day. \*\* Ironic story almost worthy of a play in itself: when they were first starting out in RADA together, Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi were madly in love with each other. Unfortunately, neither was openly gay at the time and neither was sure enough that the other was gay to make a move. They moved on to other loves and didn’t learn it until much later on. (I don’t think they ever hooked up; I know Sir Ian likes much younger lads [I’m not talking illegal, but 20-somethings] and I haven’t a clue what Jacobi’s romantic situation is.) The source for this, incidentally, was Ian McKellen on "INSIDE THE ACTOR’S STUDIO. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/112 "2003-06-19T02:49:26Z")
Hey, how about that. And I didn’t even know Jacobi was gay. (Although I did know about Sir Ian, which a surprising number of people don’t seem to.) ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/113 "2003-06-19T05:06:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sampiro \* > \*\*The source for this, incidentally, was Ian McKellen on "INSIDE THE ACTOR’S STUDIO. \*\* I remember that, too! They’re both gentlemen of exquisite taste, apparently. 😉 (And I too will weep bitterly when either of them goes. Same for Ian Holm.) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/114 "2003-06-19T06:09:14Z")
I’m truly shocked that I’m the only (so far) person to mention the death of **Frank Zappa** - I had recently discovered his music, and it shook me. I never cared for **Phil Hartman** all that much, but I was moved by his death. I’ll be truly mourning when **Tom Waits, Paul McCartney, any member of AC/DC or Zeppelin, Kurt Vonnegut, Nolan Ryan, or Matt Groening** dies. hrh ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/115 "2003-06-19T17:46:59Z")
Celeb deaths that made me pause: River Phoenix Jim Henson George Harrison Joe Strummer Princess Diana Mother Theresa Roy Orbison Michael Hutchence Krzysztof Kieslowski Celeb deaths that will most likely move me to tears: Cate Blanchett Julianne Moore Tori Amos kd lang Paul McCartney Judi Dench David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![Sikander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Sikander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sikander)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/116 "2003-06-20T00:26:18Z")
I haven’t (been able to) shed a tear over any death for seven years and counting… there have been several, both family and close friends - so I doubt a celebrity passing is likely to make me cry. I seriously miss it, it’s at the point now I doubt I’ll be able to cry over my own parents when the time comes. ☹ On the day of Diana’s funeral I happened to be in London, and soaked in the very heavy atmosphere surrounding that, but couldn’t weep over it. Audrey Hepburn, Ayrton Senna and Stanley Kubrick all moved me as well… can’t think of a single one that would really break me down into tears though. ---
**Author:** ![Eggerhaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Eggerhaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggerhaus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185/117 "2003-06-20T03:17:44Z")
I’ve been a HUGE Dylan freak since I was twelve. 33 years of listening to His Bobness for at least an hour a day, every day. When he dies I just don’t know what I’ll do…but, hell, he’s still rockin’ at 62! Life without Bob Dylan. As Mrs. Eggerhaus points out, “No accounting for taste…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celeb-dies-i-will-cry/151185.md?page=5)