Dead celebrities

[Lerxst]

Just heard that Pete Postlethwaite [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000592/] died and usually I don't react one way or another to a celebrity dying, but this news was a bit sad. He was just a decent person as well as a good actor.

So here's a thread dedicated to some of our (personal) great celebrities who've died over the years. List the ones you'd actually felt some kind of emotion to when you heard the news.

(Try to link an IMDB profile if you can)

For now I'll start with:
Pete Postlethwaite [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000592/] - Probably best known for "In the Name of the Father" but also starred as the Monk in "Dragonheart" and one of the convicts in "Alien 3". I knew him recently for "The Age of Stupid" documentary... well worth watching too!

Jerry Orbach [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001583/] - Any Law & Order fan knows exactly who he is... Lenny! Lots of smaller roles too, including Lumiere from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".

Lorenzo Music [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615718/] - When the voice of Garfield and Peter Venkman (The Real Ghostbusters cartoon) died, a small part of my childhood also died

Sam Kinneson [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455630/] Really, just died too young. Would have loved to see him age and watch his comedy routine develop over the years.

John Candy [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001006/] - How could you NOT like this guy?! He epitomized "big, lovable oaf" on screen and off. He was probably the first celebrity who's death actually made me feel something.

Dudley Moore [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001545/] - His death mostly got to me since I grew up watching his movies in the 80's and then followed his downhill struggle with his health vs. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

Rue McClanahan [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037735/] - It's a sad day when a "Golden Girls" dies, an even sadder one when a second dies almost 1 year later. I also remember Bea for a really sharp wit and odd sense of humor as well. I mean, c'mon, she had a role on "Malcolm in the Middle"!

 

[Talal Provides]

Everybody in my general age group will always remember where they were when they learned that Kurt Cobain had died.

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

I have to second the feeling on Postlethwaite. I fell in love with him when I watched The Usual Suspects. The sad thing is, I didn't know how to properly pronounce his last name until after he died.

Also, I actually cried when DeForest Kelley and Leslie Nielsen died.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I felt a pang of sadness when Michael Jackson died. I actually cried watching his funeral.
Other ones include Dio and Princess Di (mainly cause mum was in floods of tears and I thought if my mum is crying, I should too)
Heath Ledger's made me sad, he was so young.

 

[Bobic]

Bea Arthur is dead. Wow, didn't know that. Don't particularly care much though.

 

[Lerxst]

I have to second the feeling on Postlethwaite. I fell in love with him when I watched The Usual Suspects. The sad thing is, I didn't know how to properly pronounce his last name until after he died.

Also, I actually cried when DeForest Kelley and Leslie Nielsen died.

Bones! I heard he died about 10 years after the fact... I'm a shameful "Trekkie"

Nielsen was another I debated adding. Watching him in "Airplane!" again recently made me think of it.

Everybody in my general age group will always remember where they were when they learned that Kurt Cobain had died.

Kurt Cobain... nope, couldn't tell you. That was the year I started playing guitar and realized about 3 months in, "Hey! I'm as good as Nirvanna!" and then quickly stopped listening to them ever again. I heard about him maybe a week later in school somewhere.

 

[Cormitt]

I loved Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off. Maybe one of his most enjoyable performances in a career of many many enjoyable performances.

But as for the rest. James Doohan was a bit of a tear jerker for me. Paul Newman was big. Steve McQueen although I was only very young when he died.

 

[antidonkey]

There's only one celebrity that I've felt genuine sadness over their death and that's George Carlin. Damn, that man was funny and made you think at the same time.

 

[Harlemura]

Leslie Nielsen.
My dad showed me Police Squad a while back because he was in it. I remembered seeing him in Airplane and The Naked Gun yonks back and remembered how funny he was.
Then a month after I get to liking him again, he kicks the bucket.

Put a downer on my day to say the least.

EDIT:
Only just noticed Nielsen's mention hiding in another post. Now I feel unoriginal...