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Re: NBR Poll: Celebrity Deaths
52 Books in 2014??
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I HATE (like, hate) that it is now impossible to refer to "shades of gray" without that book being the first thing everyone thinks of. Gross.
52 Books in 2014??
My sweet babies:
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I was really sad when Dan Wheldon (Indycar driver) died. But a lot of that was because he was a younger guy leaving behind a young wife and two very young kids and he died in a very sudden and violent way which I watched happen on live tv (car crash in Las Vegas). And a big part of that was watching the reactions of others (like the other drivers and the reporters) because they were still on air after they announced it. I'm one of those people who cries if I see someone else cry so that didn't help.
I was sad when LeRoi Moore from Dave Matthews Band died (but not crying sad) and I remember being sad when Diana died but I was like 12 or something and adored her.
Otherwise no, they don't really impact me much.
eta b/c I keep thinking - I think with Diana part of what impacted me the most was thinking about William and Harry because they were so close to my age and they looked so sad and I just felt horrible for them.
And I think with Dan a big part of why it hit me so hard is because the Indycar community is relatively small and there's so much interaction between the drivers and fans (either at races, events, online, etc) that you really start to feel like you *know* them - so it makes it more real.
"Live like there's no midnight."
I cried quite a bit when Princess Diana died. I cried when Michael Jackson died because, crazy as he was, his music was a part of my childhood.
Im a pretty emotional person in general- the first time i hit a squirrel, i pulled over and sobbed for a half hour. So death- even the death of someone I don't know- is a very hard thing. Especially if it was a suicide or overdose , I can't wrap my head around the senselessness of it.
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Princess Diana was super sad for me.
Shockingly sad: Heath, Michael Hutchence (INXS) and Raul Julia <-- random, I know but I adored him!
I'm sure there are others but those are the ones off the top of my head.
Add me to train Heath.
I sniffled when I heard that his current co-workers at the time would pass around his IPOD after his death. They said he was known for having crazy musical tastes, and it comforted them. TISSUES!
There were some celebrity deaths when I was young that were upsetting - River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain come to mind - but I wonder how much of that was just being a teenager. I did have a close friend who died in high school, and my reaction was completely different.
It's very sad, just as anyone's death is sad, but I'm not overly affected by someone I didn't know just because they were famous.