Celebrities you will actually mourn

[Sabby]

People die. Celebrities are people. There for, celebrities die. And they make huge news. A lot of the time, you really do not care. You didn't like their roles or their music, you found them to be insufferable or entitled spoilt shits off camera, and with everyone talking about them like they were bright stars in a dim sky, you get annoyed. But what are ya guna do, disrespect the dead in a time of mourning and look like a total asshole.

Who are some famous people you will genuinely miss when they go, and some that will actually deserve the fond feelings? For me, Judith Shienlin, or 'Judge Judy'.

[Syauglan]

Judge Judy, eh?  :-)

Personally it would be easier to try to think of who I wouldn't miss, when it comes to musicians, authors and comedians. Other celebrities...not so much. For example, I like many actors and actresses for how they've played various characters but its not as if those characters die when the players do. *shrugs*

[Oniya]

I'm not sure anyone will recognize the ones I would miss.  ._.

[Nico]

Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand.

[Hemingway]

Clint Eastwood.

[Sel Nar]

Lance Henriksen, Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, and Clint Eastwood.

[AmericanAngel]

NYUH! ;_;
The one that will make me cry rivers if they die would be
Billie Joe Armstron, Frank Edwin Wright III (Tre Cool), and last but not least Michael Ryan Pritchard (Mike Dirnt)
they have been my inspiration for art and music! ;O;
<3 i love them so much but never been to a concert since i lived in Central America
i recently moved in to Miami, Florida

[Funguy81]

With me it was WWE wrestler Eddie Guerrero. I grew up watching him wrestle.

Micheal Jackson mainly because i remember him before we went off to the deep end. I find it funny that everyone hated him up until the moment he died, then they remember all the good things he did in the past. Then again its a sign how good he is. people remember most of what they want to remember after death. I bet if kanye west died, they would remember him most for jumping on stage.

[Shjade]

None.

I don't know them. They're celebrities. I might be disappointed to hear about it if, say, Dakota Fanning died suddenly when she's still so young, but that'd pass in a few minutes. No mourning.

[Wyrd]

 

None.

I don't know them. They're celebrities. I might be disappointed to hear about it if, say, Dakota Fanning died suddenly when she's still so young, but that'd pass in a few minutes. No mourning.

Bless your heart.



Anyway. I'm gonna miss Sir Christopher Lee. Great man

[TheGlyphstone]

Do Terry Pratchett and BILLY MAYS count as celebrities?

[Inkidu]

I'm not sure anyone will recognize the ones I would miss.  ._.

Aw...
I don't know though, it is the internet.

Personally I'm probably going to miss:

Bruce Willis
Morgan Freeman
Jack Nicholson
Robert Downy Jr.
Steven L. Kent
Jim Butcher
Hugo Weaving

[Malefique]

I'm already missing Johnny Depp, he never drops by my kid's school, damn him...  But I really will miss Tom Waits, Bill Bailey, Mr Depp (who gave a lot of boodle to the hospital that saved not only his daughter, but also my niece, and has made the decades of a lot of kids), Bruce Campbell and David Attenborough. 

[Jag]

Mickey Rooney and Dick van Dyke.

[CmdrRenegade]

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Tom Petty.  Others have already been named.

[LilySnape]

Alan Rickman is one of my favorite actors of all time, and I'll be very, very sad when he passes on.  Also, Maggie Smith (McGonogal in Harry Potter/Ladies in Lavender).  She is currently battling cancer, and has been for a while.  She's such a brilliant actor and person. ):

Also Richard Dreyfuss, Colin Firth, Ian McKellan and Nathaniel Parker.

[Slaven]

Yeah, Johnny Depp would be the main one I would miss..I still horribly miss Heath Ledger though. I loved all of his moves. <3

[LilySnape]

Oh, and Hugh Grant! Forgot him.  Seems all my favorite actors are British.  Oh well. ( :

[Missy]

Agreed Johny Depp's passing will be a sad one, especially since it will be the end of the awesomeness which is Captain! Jack! Sparrow! (he's so epic he get's an exclamation point after each part of his name!)

John Oliver too however

"yes you have, yes you have new york, you have seen your dad's penis"

[Slaven]

Oh, Neil Patrick Harris! I will mourn the day that man dies. I start laughing every time I even see him!

[Dotley]

Moby. Hayao Miyazaki. David Bowie. Neil Patrick Harris. Morgan Freeman. Hideaki Anno. Kevin Spacey. Aishwarya Rai.

And Gong Li, oh I will miss her. She is my favorite actor.

[Brandon]

The only one I can really think of that I was kind of broken up about was George Carlin. As to any current ones, I cant really think of any off the top of my head.

Maybe Lady GaGa? I dont listen to her music much but despite being a little weird a lot of the time I think shes a genuinely good person who cares about her fans, not just the money she gets. More then likely it'll be like a "oh man, thats too bad" moment then full on mourning

[pandaandthelion]

Hmmm
My list would be

Debbie Reynolds
Angela Lansbury
Betty White
Matthew Bellamy (lead singer of Muse)
Charles Trippy (Internet Celebrity)
Alli Trippy (Internet Celebrity)
Jared Padalecki
Jensen Ackles
Michael Shanks
Richard Dean Anderson
Amanda Tapping
Amy lee (lead singer Of Evanescence)

[Izzie Aditi]

Yeah, Johnny Depp would be the main one I would miss..I still horribly miss Heath Ledger though. I loved all of his moves. <3

+1. Though not miss-miss as in crying and whatnot, I don't really know them after all. Ledger's death did make me feel all *meh* all day *sulks*

[Capone]

I've actually thought about this a lot, to the point that I can't even remember all the names of celebrities I'll miss for their art.

I know Christopher Hitchens, though not quite a celebrity, is currently battling cancer. I was exposed to him in a documentary called Collision, where he and Pastor Douglas Wilson went on tour having debates on whether God/Christianity was good for the world. The man is intelligent, and unlike guys like Richard Dawkins, he's not an asshole. He's currently battling cancer, which is, to me, a sad sad thing.

The day Ridley Scott and Martin Scorcese kick the bucket will be a sad day indeed. It feels like there aren't many directors that pioneer like they did, and Welles and Hitchcock before them. At least, not in the same ratio as back in the day.

I'm going to want to cry when Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Mark Hamill kick the bucket (Hell, that Mark Hamill isn't doing The Joker anymore is reason enough to cry).

[Oniya]

I will miss George Takei.  In the past couple months, alone, he has made me laugh, cry, and think more than most of the people I know in real life. 

[Shjade]

He forced you to do those things?

That oppressive bastard!

[Oniya]

He forced you to do those things?

That oppressive bastard!

I'm so glad I installed that 'Humor-detection' add-on for Firefox. 

[Callie Del Noire]

I'm going to want to cry when Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Mark Hamill kick the bucket (Hell, that Mark Hamill isn't doing The Joker anymore is reason enough to cry).

I remind myself that he isn't dead and that he might always have a change of heart. His voices is stuck in my head on how the joker sounds now.

[Chris Brady]

None.

I don't know them. They're celebrities. I might be disappointed to hear about it if, say, Dakota Fanning died suddenly when she's still so young, but that'd pass in a few minutes. No mourning.

This.  they are people.  People I don't know personally.  I might miss their work, but them personally?  No.

[olive]

Hmm, I will miss Robert De Niro, Robert Duval, Elton John, Tom Petty, Adam West, William Shatner, and probably at least a dozen more. Will I cry? Nope. I cried all my star-struck tears for John Lennon when I was 17 years old.

Well at least, I'll try not to cry.

[Capone]

This.  they are people.  People I don't know personally.  I might miss their work, but them personally?  No.

Being the sort of schmuck that listens to Director Commentaries and watches Making-Of's, some of these people are actually really cool.

I'd say I'd pretty much miss the entire cast of Chuck, but by time they all start kicking the bucket I'll be ready to meet 'em in the afterlife.

I will miss George Takei.  In the past couple months, alone, he has made me laugh, cry, and think more than most of the people I know in real life. 

Ah, I forgot him. He's got a great sense of humor and personality as well.

[Shjade]

Missing someone != mourning them.

[Capone]

True point. I can't really say whether I'd mourn someone or not until they'd actually have died, though. Just like I can't really say I'd die for someone unless the time comes for me to make that decision (my niece being the only person I can definitively answer "yes" with).

[Shjade]

Wait. If you can't say you'd die for someone unless you had to make that decision, and you can definitely say "yes" you would die for your niece, how are you still alive? Since you answered yes for your niece, you evidently came to a point of needing to make that decision and, given your answer is yes, chose to die for her. But you're not dead. >.>

[Capone]

Stop pointing out my lack of logic while rambling!

I should have back-tracked and deleted and corrected. But, thus far, my niece is the only person I know for a fact I would die for. I'd like to believe I'd push a member of my family out of the way of an oncoming mac truck, but that's an impulsive thing that, well, I don't know if I would do it. Maybe I would! Maybe I'm really a son of a bitch that's just that selfish.

[Oniya]

Missing someone != mourning them.

Would holding a memorial viewing of ST:TOS movies with friends and breaking open the bottle of 'Romulan Ale' that's been aging in my cupboards count?

[Shjade]

That sounds more like celebrating a life than mourning. The wake without the grieving, as it were.

[Capone]

Would holding a memorial viewing of ST:TOS movies with friends and breaking open the bottle of 'Romulan Ale' that's been aging in my cupboards count?

If it's for George Takei, I might have to just make a reel of all his appearances on television. From the bad ass reveal on Heroes to him on Scrubs. Hell, even his brief appearance on Two and a Half Men. George Takei's awesomeness just grows so far beyond Star Trek.

I feel the same way with Mark Hamill. When he dies, I may have to watch a bunch of Batman cartoons, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, fast-forward to Cock Knocker from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and his very own mockumentary Comic Book: The Movie. I know the guy for so much more than just playing Luke Skywalker.

[Crazy]

Yes,  it is a travesty that he isn't playing the Joker anymore,  but Hamill's greatness will live on as he has redefined the character much like Cesar and Jack -  but the character seems to evolve as much as he changes.

I would also like to reiterate the Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese comment, because those were exactly my thoughts upon reading the thread title.

Also,  Dakota Fanning would be a heartbreaker,  though I would find solace in the idea of Forever Young.

The death of Ronald Reagan brought more than just mantears,  I was inspired to write a song which I hope to someday perform for Nancy.

I hate to mention, but I found the death of Tourette's Guy to be a great loss to the internet community.

I fear that someday the universe will have to cope with the loss of Stephan Hawking.