Deaths

[Lucias_Clay]

Which public figures death affected you most?
I am almost 44yrs. old and have seen a lot deaths, the one that affected me most was John Lennon What this says about me and my prioritys I cant really say it is just the way it is.

[randyrhoads1981]

Well my sign says it all. Although i was only 8 years old when Rhoads was killed in 1982 it still affects me everday. And you really wouldnt understand fully unless ya play and like his material. Now most that doesnt know much about him and just see that he played with Ozzy Osbourne will proably just think to themselves that it was "Another drugged up rock guitarist that died because of drugs" Well Randy didnt do drugs. On some time off before the next show the bus driver took him and the bands hairdresser up for a joyride in a small plane and they crashed. He was just 25 years old and when you play it affects you because how senseless that was and what he could do today 20 years later.

[VCmute]

I think I would have to say Princess Diana, only because she was just
getting back on her feet and it would of been interesting to see how she would of done.

[steveo]

As much as I try to keep myself detached from public figures it doesn't always happen.

Lennon was a downer because it was a few hours before my birthday and at 40, who in my age group didn't groove on his music. Add to that he was assasinated for no apparent reason outside of who he was which was no reason at all. Just another reason why I hated the cultural wasteland of the eighties.

Freddie Mercury, not only because because I was a instant Queen fan beginning with the day I bought Night at the Opera in 1976 which taught me that rock music extends far beyond the boundries of the genre itself, but because Freddie died for the reasons he'll be remembered by and and not the impact he made. Remember Live-Aid? 18 months of non practice and Freddie struts out and steals the show. That's how I remember him.

Owen Hart...although most people couldn't care less about professional wrestling I remember Owen as a kid selling programs to me on friday nights before the matches and then to see him become such a great worker in the ring and one of the most respected guys behind the curtain then he dies the most senseless death of all.

[Steve]

I really don't know which one effected me the most, but the murder of John Lennon shocked me. I grew up with the Beatles and Lennon was a kind of hero for me. Kind of a troubled soul, very talented, doing the best he could to get along. Then murdered for no real reason. Such a shame.

Someone once said, "If you want to know John, listen to his music."

I still "Imagine all the people, sharing all the world."

[Mark Miller]

I am probably showing my age but the death or deaths that effected me the most were in the 60's. The Kennedy's and Martin Luther King, just showed me that anyone could be killed, for all the wrong reasons. Very sad time in US.
Mark:o

[John0904]

Hope I am not out of place by saying that I can't think of any public figure affecting me.

But I can think of an event though. September 11, 2001.

:( :( :( :(

[yawningdog]

I can't say that celebs dying really affect me at all, but since this is such a fascinating thread, I'll tip my hand.

When Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed, I was in a funk for a couple of days. I really did dig his style, and he was just beginning to really find his groove.

[kenja]

I was six years old when JFK was murdered. The only other death I can recall shocking me was John Lennon's.

[Eutychus]

I kinda hate to mention this one, because his zenith came before I began grade school, but it was a real shock when Elvis died. He was such an icon and, like so many, so young.

As a long time trumpet player, it was a sad time when Louis Armstrong died. He was truly unique, extremely gifted, and represented the US well everywhere he went.

Robert Kennedy's death was crushing. I felt that he was the best candidate to hold the office of President at the time.

J. Edgar Hoover. (No comment.)
Robert Frost
Ernest Hemingway (I was young, but he was a legend)
Dan Blocker (Hoss on "Bonanza")
Dwight Eisenhower
Winston Churchill

BTW, have you ever been in one of those morbid moods and spent time cruising around Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com) ? :eek: