Who when they die, will make you cry

[Matronadena]

I've faced death more than a few times...grandparents, a lover who died on my lap, and a few friends....not once has a tear been shed...And I do mean that these people were close..My grandfather was chieftain of our clan, the one who taught me to fight, to think for myself, to be rational rather than panic...to see life in a " thats just how it is sorta way"...he was a father figure to me more than anything, and I his prized grandchild, and heiress....

but again, we have a " thats how life rolls" mentality...and there was also a...I don't know if I would call it a cultural, but more tribal belief that...letting a death tear you apart, sendin you int sadness, and depressions was considered selfish..

the idea was...that most of those emotions and responses were based on how that person made you, and you alone feel, and you mourn the loss of your own self ...not the person themselves, and what they accomplished as a whole... so rather than be sad, one should be joyful that someone is completing the life cycle, and potentially gets to learn more about life in the moments of death, than anyone ever could living...

though I admit thats MUCH MUCH easier when it's natural causes...The lover's death I mentioned was a girlfriend I had in Uni, who was given an incorrect prescription that caused cardiac arrest while she was sleeping with her head on my lap while watching movies...

again though, no tears..


now...were something to happen to my children, I doubt I could hold anything back.. more so if I knew it was something I could have sacrificed my life to protect them from, and failed...

 

[shwnbob]

Johnny Depp

 

[Anarchy In Detroit]

Two of my heroes did die. George Carlin and Hunter S. Thompson.

But Carlin was the biggest. I don't think crying is ever a good reaction to death though. It happens and sadness doesn't speak to the memory of those who died nor does it bring them back.

I hoist a drink to the dead like some gnarly Viking.

 

[Paperplanes79]

Dame Judy Dench

 

[Laura.]

George Carlin (...)
Bill Murray (...)

I agree :<

Dan Aykroid, Rick Moranis or Leslie Nielsen would be </3

(such a happy thread)

 

[Cpt Morgan]

I won't cry probably but I'll be upset when Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, Corey Taylor, and David Draiman die.

 

[Skreeee]

None, because I don't care about them beyond the work they released. Personally, celebrities have never meant a damn thing to me.

Anyone I personally know or care about will probably get a few tears, but otherwise, screw them.

 

[Skeleon]

Huh.
I don't really cry unless my contact lense is in backwards.

But I guess I'd be very bummed if Peter Falk or Hugh Laurie died.

 

[WickedSkin]

No I lack empathy.

 

[humanizer]

I think the point about people dying is that those you will cry for most are those that die unexpectedly, and you will not have had time to prepare for. People have been upset about MJ, despite his troubles, because it was so unexpected for a man apparently fit and healthy and relatively young.

There are lots of people I might cry if they suddenly died but the thing is I wouldn't even think of them right now. River Phoenix was the first one I can think of that I actually did, celebrity-wise.

Fit and healthy? he had more in common with a barbie than with a human. the man was 90% plastic. but if any of the Metallica members died (not including if they were like 80) I would be very sad and I am also gonna be sad when ozzy kicks the bucket (again).

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I would not cry for any famous person, but I may come close for Stephen Hawking.

 

[Andaxay]

I don't know if I'd cry (probably, seeing as I'm a very emotional being), but when Richard Hammond had his accident in '06, I was terrified to turn the news on the next morning in case he hadn't made it. I'd be gutted if he went, he's still young and so full of life, and one of the most down-to-earth celebrities that walk the earth.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Terry Pratchett.

Carlin's already dead, but those I'll mourn when when they do pass include:
The Rest of the Monty Python Cast (RIP Grahme)
Robin Williams
Mel Brooks
Neil Gaiman
The cast from the first few years of SNL (the best years)

 

[Haydyn]

Jimmy Page
Robert Plant
John Hennigan
Adam Copeland
Bret Hart

 

[Omikron009]

I don't think I'll ever cry over someone I don't even know, but I do remember being in a shit mood when George Carlin "passed away".

I dropped my food when I heard he died. I still ate it though. I like doughnuts, what can I say?

 

[Smiles]

None of the people I know are worth crying for, I would only shed tears at the passing of my little sister. If she were to die, the world would mourn, and I would make them feel my pain at losing. None would be safe.

 

[FlameOfArnor]

David Jason
either of the chuckle brothers
The Rest of the Monty Python Cast (RIP Grahme)
Mel Brooks
Rowan Atkinson
Edit: Ian Mckellen

 

[Ace of Spades]

No one.
Then again, I wouldn't cry if my mother died.
I just don't do crying.

Please tell me that you'd have some sort of negative reaction if your mother died.