What celebrity death will hit you hardest? (FUTURE TENSE)

[Dr. Strange]

I'm talking about the person who, if you wake up tomorrow morning and find out this celebrity has died, would shake you up to your very core.

For me, it would be Lorne Greene.

[arbusto_baboso]

1. Ummm......

Lorne Greene died years ago.

:hide:

[Dr. Strange]

3. Dude, that's not funny.

[Rosie1223]

4. Sorry, but it's true

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001296/bio

:hug:

[Dr. Strange]

6. What the hell?

Why was I never told?

And who the fuck is answering my fan letters to him??!

I gotta go lie down.

[arbusto_baboso]

14. Abe Vigoda has been answering the letters.

Abe gets his kicks from that, since everyone already assumes that HE is dead.

[kentauros]

19. LOL!

Yes, I truly "laughed out loud" at that one! Thanks :D

[BuelahWitch]

46. He better not be answering Bea Arthur's

Cause now she can be sure God gets him for that!

[BuelahWitch]

45. It must be that fucking Pernell Roberts

Just because he's the only Cartwright left doesn't mean he can forge his Daddy's signature!
First he steals Trapper John from Wayne Rogers and now this! What a rat bastard he is!

[Symarip]

2. Dr. Strange

[Dr. Strange]

7. Well, I'm not dead.

But a little piece of me just died: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8881371#8881377

[siligut]

15. +1

I would be:cry:

[lost-in-nj]

5. Abe Vigoda

cos then we couldn't check on his status anymore.....


lost

[Dr. Strange]

9. Why not?

It would just read, "Abe Vigoda is still dead."

[madinmaryland]

17. Abe Vigoda was alive just yesterday.

:wtf:

[ohiosmith]

8. The guy that sang on the first season of American Idol but didn't win.

I can't imagine life without him.

[TZ]

10. Elvis!

He lives I tell you !

[arbusto_baboso]

11. And he needs boats.

[Dr. Strange]

13. Yeah, but was he really People's 1998 sexiest male athlete of the year?

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2009/6/25/924614/the-best-elvis-grbac-story-youll

[Ikonoklast]

12. My own, if I was a celebrity.

Strangers I have never met shuffling off this mortal coil have little or no effect on my day-to-day existence.

The body of work they left behind, will still be there. The good they did in life will still be there, as will the bad.

I don't *get* the celebrity worship deal.

[petronius]

16. There are half a dozen RW hacks whose deaths would devastate me right now

Mainly because I don't currently have any champagne chilling in the fridge...

[jobycom]

18. Erik Estrada. I just...

:cry:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. when kennedy dies i will be very upset

[Jade Fox]

37. Yes, that will be a tough one.....

and I doubt it will be too far off now.

The last of the Kennedy brothers.

[KamaAina]

21. She isn't a celebrity, yet

:loveya:

(and she'll likely outlive me anyway)

[bookworm65t]

22. Walter Cronkite

it has been reported for the past few days that he is very ill and may not survive this illness. When he goes, it will be more depressing that any other recent celebrity deaths.

[lost-in-nj]

23. ok really the SHAMWOW guy

really

or not

lost

[704wipes]

24. Nick Nolte

Because he will look even worse than this...



although if he wears that shirt to the funeral

[Pool Hall Ace]

33. I disagree

I believe he will look slightly better once expired. :hi:

[Duer 157099]

25. Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep and Elton John

Those will hit me hard I think.

OMG I just thought of some worse ones: Jon Stewart, or Dave Letterman.

Thanks, I needed something new to worry about

[Lorax7844]

27. Those are my two, Letterman and Stewart, I will be heartbroken

for both. I grew up with Letterman, he taught me to hate GE at am early age. GE SUX! I have been a fan of Jon since the moment I laid eyes on him. The Jon Stewart Show, his HBO spot for young comics, Mtv, I have just always loved him.

My whole house will be in mourning for both. Jon Stewart is the first celebrity my sons ever knew the name of, thanks to Elmopaloosa, but still I made me proud.

[Kutjara]

26. Santa. n/t

[csziggy]

28. Weird Al Yankovic because he always makes me laugh and I will miss that

Of course, he is younger than me so will likely outlast me.

But since George Carlin is gone, I need a place to go for a guaranteed laugh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R32aFmxL9HY

[quakerboy]

29. 2Pac

When he really dies for real, that will be a sad day in this world.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

30. the one drunk-driving down my street

at 65mph when I am stumbling around half-drunk looking for my lost shoe

[TrogL]

31. Keith Emerson

Emerson Lake and Palmer

I've met him and shaken his hand. Heard him play live twice.

[RebelOne]

32. Stephen King and Dean Koontz.

What a tragedy never to read another of their books.

[Franzia]

34. None. They're all gonna die.

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. William Shatner, David Gilmour, Philip Glass, the guys in Rush, Robert Wilson,

[JitterbugPerfume]

36. Bob Dylan

[EndersDame]

38. William Shatner, Leornard Nimoy

[Tikki]

39. Vin Scully...a celebrity in our home...

The Tikkis

[sasquatch]

40. Athlete not a celebrity: Korey Stringer

:(

[Flaxbee]

41. Honestly, it'll be B.B. King, Willie Nelson...

Meryl Streep, Robert Redford.

I'll be sad when Jimmy Carter dies, and Ted Kennedy.

[Maccagirl]

42. Michael J Fox

n/t

[Zavulon]

43. To hit me hard, it would have to be a sudden death of someone I like.

Michael Jackson's death was sudden, but I was not a fan, so his had no effect on me.

If someone like Sandra Bullock suddenly died, that would hit me like a ton of bricks.

[graywarrior]

44. Bob

Ringo
Alan
Patti

[busybl]

47. Mel Brooks

[cwydro]

48. Helen Thomas.

I think she's great.

[BlueIris]

49. I'm not looking forward to saying good bye to Senator Kennedy. nt

[Mojambo]

50. There's not one. n/t

[Shell Beau]

51. Probably many I grew up watching on tv.

Laugh all you want people, but if Jennifer Aniston, Will Smith, Jerry Seinfeld were to die, I'd really hate it. All of the sitcoms they did were at different aspects of my teenage years. Seinfeld and Friends went on a little into my 20's I believe. I suck with dates and years. But I never missed Fresh Prince, Friends, or Seinfeld. Each week I made sure to see them. So, they were in my living room, so to speak, weekly. I only picked certain people from those shows, but if anyone died on those shows, it would get me.

[elshiva]

52. Anthony Stewart Head. I hope he has a lot more years ahead of him, though.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

53. Liz Taylor

and not because way back in 1964, my mom would sigh and look at me and ask me why couldn't I be like National Velvet, but because it will be such a passing of an era, of old hollywood. I don't think there are too many of from that studio age left.

[NNadir]

54. I can't imagine. I'm still getting over losing Eric Dolphy.

Of course, Eric Dolphy was a person who mattered.

[Odin2005]

55. James Taylor.

I grew up listening to his music and I was even named after him (my first name is Taylor and my middle name is James). One of the best folksy pop singers out there.

ACK, now I got a "Fire and Rain" earworm suck in my brain...

[dana_b]

56. Pete Townshend

[nutsnberries]

57. Neil Young

i can't even bear the thought of that.

[av8rdave]

67. Same here...

That will be a sad day!

[bridgit]

58. Baby, Lorne Green Died: September 11, 1987

But my husband almost crashed into him in the Hollywood hills...he was white haired, smoking a white Meerschaum pipe while he was driving his white Citroën; he also almost ran over Martin Landau on Sunset Blvd, now...This really is no big deal when you think about it; cause when you hang out in LA (husband born & raised there) you're likelihood of running over someone famous is greatly improved :)

[Bryan]

59. Kirk Douglas

93, and virtually the last surviving major star of his era. I don't look forward to that day.

[likesmountains 52]

60. Bob Dylan..

[BuelahWitch]

61. I will feel pretty bad to see Donny go, if I outlive him

He represents alot of good memories.

[Systematic Chaos]

62. Any members of the following bands:

Yes (Jon Anderson has been sick and Chris Squire is not looking very good lately -- if he gains much more weight he'll end up bigger than me)
King Crimson
Gentle Giant
Rush
Renaissance
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Dream Theater (although these guys are closer to my own age so they're not as likely to go before me)
Genesis (especially Hackett and Banks)
Kansas

Also guys like Allan Holdsworth and Terry Bozzio. Basically any of the great prog rock musicians from back in the 70s heyday.

[mrbill]

63. uncle walter, fidel ..........

n/t

[WinkyDink]

69. Leaders of nations aren't "celebrities". They are more substantial than that.

Even Grace Kelly transcended her earlier "celebrityhood".

[Deja Q]

64. I may be a trekkie, but I know of and/or have met actors/musicians whose deaths would sting more

Tom Baker
Colin Baker
Brian Blessed
Ed O'Neill (very talented guy, but will be remembered for only one role :( )
Nichelle Nichols (great autobiography, BTW)
Fred Schneider
Keith Wilson
Nile Rodgers
Paul Darrow
Quincy Jones
Sir Roger Moore
Sir Elton John

So shoot me for having grown up with British media, which is why my IQ is 40 points higher than normal people. :P

[Pharlo]

65. While deaths of celebrities don't actually affect my day to day

existence, it's more the loss of what they represent...

For me, Ms Tina Turner. A true survivor. Took a bad situation, said "The hell with this, regardless of the cost!" and moved on....

[Heidi]

66. Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan.

:(

[WinkyDink]

68. WITHOUT QUESTION: Elizabeth (NOT "Liz"!) Taylor. Next = Sir Paul.

[ArnoldLayne]

70. Roger Waters or Peter Gabriel

[Moondog]

71. Is it too late to say Billy Mays? Well, yeah, I guess it is.

[dgibby]

72. Judy Collins

Love her music and her books.

[MADem]

73. My own--I'm famous in my family. And Lorne Greene has been dead for years.

He died in 1987. You're a bit late.

[Mad_Dem_X]

74. Paul McCartney, Stephen King

On the younger side: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gale Harold (my two current crushes).