Poll: Celebrity Deaths...who really cares?

[Breadroller]

It may have already been said, but people feel sad whenever a person who had some sort of impact in their lives died. If Michael Jackson's music influenced you throughout your childhood and adolescence, as is the case with my mother and her siblings, you may feel saddened that he who entertained you and created things that you loved has passed.

For myself, I am indifferent about Gary Coleman. I was saddened that George Carlin died though. Means he won't be doing anymore stand up comedy.

 

[Chogg Van Helsing]

humanity sucks, KILL ALL HUMANS! lol

 

[Jedoro]

Strangers die on a daily basis, and I'm not going to mourn one just because he or she was an entertainer. Hell, for me it's never too soon to make a joke about a dead celebrity. Right when I heard Michael Jackson was dead, I cracked a joke about the little boys being safe now.

 

[mexicola]

I would care if, for example, my favourite musician died. As for these random death news I couldn't care less.

 

[Nifty]

I cared when Jade Goody died. Hell it made my day.

 

[Your Nightmare]

I don't get upset, but it does kinda suck if they were legends of some sort that were involved in some awesome films.

I was pretty upset (not crying, but still) to hear about 'The Revs' death. Or any musician that I like for that matter, like Paul Grey

 

[RicoADF]

So as you all no doubt have heard at some point today "Gary Coleman died".*SNIP*

Who?

To the main question at hand, I'm sad if an actor I liked dies (usually because of the character they played is lost). Eg: James Doohan ("Scotty" in Star Trek), Andreas Katsulas (G'kar in Babylon 5) and Richard Biggs (Dr Steven Franklin in Babylon 5). I was sad when I heard about those losses, because of the loss of the character, its like seeing your favoriate character die in a movie. But yeah in general the media over hypes the worse celebrities.

 

[RangerSERE]

I love that some of the people being completely childish about this, are the same people who post about their attraction to fictional characters in video games...its the same concept!

God you people really are children sometimes.

 

[PopperThingi]

When a musician that I like dies, that's sad (See Ronnie James Dio). It means no more of the music I like, It means that I'll never see him live and obviously, the guy is dead, thats sad. Somehow it means less to me with other kinds of celebrities. Though you should remember, those are people that effected the lives of many somehow, sometimes even more than their relatives. So yeah, its natural to be sad.

 

[PurpleSky]

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tl;dr


I cried when Pavarotti died.Why?Because I asociated him with Christmas,and would listen to his concerts with the whole family.

 

[UberLemonBoy]

they died feel sad
dont go ape shit

 

[Neikun]

Not saddened, just sorry for it. If someone appreciates the work of a celebrity, should they not be allowed to feel bad for the loss without being called insincere?

 

[Rachel317]

I don't get sad about it...but I think that it must seem "cool" to certain people to jump on the mainstream bandwagon and feel "devastated" when a celebrity, who they neither knew personally nor gave a damn about, dies.

It's always a horrible thing when someone dies, but it's a fact of life. I feel sorry for the family of that particular deceased, but I wouldn't go so far as to say I personally was upset.

It's like when Michael Jackson died and everyone was so distressed. Why? You like his music, sure, but he's also a suspected paedophile. Regardless of whether he was or wasn't, if someone suspected of paedophilia lived in the neighbourhood of any of the people who were "saddened" by it, they'd give them hell! Why is it that a public figure is more of a loss to society than anyone else? It's total bullcrap.

I don't mean to say that people shouldn't feel kinda bummed for a bit, but when normal citizens attend the funerals or "mourn" and "grieve" for someone they didn't know...that seems to verge on the excessive. It sucked when Brittany Murphy died (of the recent celebrity deaths, hers is the one I was most bummed about), but the people who truly have the right to grieve for her are her family and friends, not just people who saw her movies.

Sorry for that little rant, but I agree with BlindMessiah that it's annoying. It's just a bit over the top, these days.

 

[USSR]

If someone does a good job, do you tend to not care for them or think a little highly of them?
If they are a good actor, do you tend to not do anything or applaud them?

If someone dies whom you've applauded before and you think highly of, would you be sad at their funeral?

Some people get sad when their favorite or well liked person dies. Not hard to comprehend. Get over it.

 

[dragonslayer32]

i wouldnt say that i was gutted or anything, but i was sad when rev, dio and paul grey died. they were all great musicians.

 

[omega 616]

Celebrities are no better than an average person, and it angers me that people weep for them just because they're rich and have seen them on the magic picture box.

Most of the time celebrities only contribute shitty songs or movies, and there are people doing more important things than that who go ungrieved.

This is pretty much my opinion.

It seems just 'cos they have seen them, they are somehow emotionally attached to them. There is going to be alot of Alice Cooper looking girls, with streaky orange faces when Pairs Hilton dies and all she did was get laid on tape, do menial tasks around America and look for a best friend.

 

[Andalusa]

It all depends which celebrity dies. If it's one I've never heard of, or one I don't really like then I'll feel bad, but I won't cry or go on about it all the time. If it's one I have heard of and do like, then I'll feel a bit worse about it, generally because all the people that fall into this category is a musician and their death means no more music.

 

[Nikajo]

Depends if I give a shit about the celebrity really. Yeah I suppose it's sad when anybody dies but lets face it, it happens a lot. I've got enough to worry about with family members dropping like flies so it's kinda hard to care about celebrities that mean nothing to me.