Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
The DU Lounge
In reply to the discussion: Which celebrity deaths hit you hardest? [View all]happybird
(5,375 posts)29. David Bowie
I had always liked him, but was not a superfan or anything like that. I was shocked by my reaction to his passing. Full-on mourning, random crying jags, and all the traditional stages of grief. It was weird and it lasted for months.
A few years ago I realized a lot of the grief was actually for my Grandma and Grandpa, who had passed away within months of each other, about a year before Bowie died. I was in a bad place, psychologically, at the time and had been in denial about them being gone.
I still cant watch the Blackstar and Lazarus videos with crying.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
3 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
99 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Yes!!! This might be the biggest one in this thread. It certainly was the most shocking.
LeftInTX
Dec 2024
#76
Same, even though I didn't know his music until 12 years after he passed!
Elessar Zappa
Dec 2024
#22
None. I don't know any of them personally. Friends and family as well as the innocent from war, crime,
Wonder Why
Dec 2024
#33
I wouldn't hve thought of politicians for this particular question, but - oh, yeah. Serious loss!
electric_blue68
Dec 2024
#70
John Lennon in 1980, Roberto Clemente in 1972 and Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd in 2006
ArnoldLayne
Dec 2024
#44
I was listening to one of our big NYC rock stations when the news broke....
electric_blue68
Dec 2024
#89
They would not speak to me period! If you said Hi to them, they would not look at you.
LeftInTX
Dec 2024
#97
Your list and Anthoney Bourdain. I've read a book or two, but I can't watch shows yet.
marble falls
Dec 2024
#73
Bollywood superstar diva, Sridevi. Drowned in a bathtub. No drugs. No fowl play.
LeftInTX
Dec 2024
#74