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In reply to the discussion: Which celebrity deaths hit you hardest? [View all]LeftInTX
(34,007 posts)90. I was broke and working at a shitty job.  Didn't have TV or anything.
        Driving to work, they mentioned, "In memory of the late John Lennon", but they didn't say anything else. I was like, "What??" I pulled into work and listened to my radio for a few more minutes, hoping for a newscast or something. But I had to get inside. The people I worked with were super mean. I asked a few people: "Did John Lennon die??". No one said a single thing. I bought a paper on the way home and that's how I found out.
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        Yes!!!  This might be the biggest one in this thread.  It certainly was the most shocking.  
        LeftInTX
        Dec 2024
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        Same, even though I didn't know his music until 12 years after he passed!
        Elessar Zappa
        Dec 2024
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        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
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        Your list and Anthoney Bourdain. I've read a book or two, but I can't watch shows yet.
        marble falls
        Dec 2024
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        Bollywood superstar diva, Sridevi.  Drowned in a bathtub.  No drugs.  No fowl play.  
        LeftInTX
        Dec 2024
        #74