Which departed Celeb do you miss the most?

prowla · November 2018

ICBM said:

Carl Sagan

There are literally billions and billions of stars...

Grunfeld · November 2018

Sagan's a good choice. He died too young. I came to him late so don't "miss" him; he did his work with this:

The Demon Haunted World tipped me from one world view to another. (This is not trivial!!) He was already dead when I read it. That's why I don't miss him. But what a great book.

The one I miss:

Leonard Cohen.

He did his best stuff in the 60s. And again in the 70s. And 80s. And... this wonderful old geezer was doing powerful, thoughtful, deep stuff right to the end. I miss him. He could have lived to 104 and still been good.

jellyroll · November 2018

Eric Morecombe.

shoodurs · November 2018

Bruce Lee, Gary Moore, Elvis, George Michael, Gene Wilder, Rik Mayall, Robin Williams, Laurel & Hardy.

Fishboy7 · November 2018

Stephen Hawking or Cheggers

beed84 · December 2018

Rik Mayall by a country mile. And Dimebag too. They lived for what they did and both had so much more to give

littlegreenman · December 2018

Zappa and Holdsworth. Only musical "celebrities" I felt anything about their passing.

More recently though, I was a bit upset about Paul Sherwen. The voice of the Tour de France on Channel 4 for my generation with Phil Liggett

thermionic · December 2018

Always a shock when an ex-athlete dies relatively young from heart failure. RIP Paul.

mudslide73 · December 2018

Paul and Phil Liggett's 89 tour commentary is up there with Kenneth Wolstenholme's "they think it's all over". RIP Paul.

fob · December 2018

Oscar Peterson - A truly immense talent and I challenge you to find an interview where he doesn't come across as a really great guy.

Richard Beckinsale - A few nominations for Big Ron but I think Beckinsale was a staggering talent. I can't imagine Porridge or Rising Damp would have had the humanity they had with a different actor in his place.

Gary Mason - I knew Gary a little (an acquaintance really) but he was always one of the friendliest people you could hope to meet. Ready with a smile and a quip and very down to earth.

youngsc · December 2018

Gary Moore - saw him play 3 times but that was nowhere near enough!

Axe_meister · December 2018

Although I love Hendrix/Freddie/SRV I wonder if they were around today would they are their music be thought of as being as great as it was (or as we think it is today).
Hendrix I could see turning his back on the whole Rock star thing, learning Jazz and disappearing up his own arse just playing obscure Jazz clubs with his back catalog being forgotten.
Queen may have become even more of an end of pier band than they are today.
SRV may have become as predictable as Clapton is today.

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