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Celebrity losses in 2016


View Poll Results: Which death has shocked you most in 2016?
David Bowie 32 22.54%
Alan Rickman 25 17.61%
Glenn Frey (The Eagles) 2 1.41%
Terry Wogan 20 14.08%
Harper Lee 1 0.70%
Frank Kelly 0 0%
Tony Warren 0 0%
George Martin 0 0%
Paul Daniels 1 0.70%
Ronnie Corbett 2 1.41%
Denise Robertson 1 0.70%
David Gest 12 8.45%
Victoria Wood 28 19.72%
Prince 23 16.20%
Mohammed Ali 1 0.70%
Caroline Aherne 11 7.75%
Gene Wilder 4 2.82%
Jean Alexander 1 0.70%
Pete Burns 5 3.52%
Leonard Cohen 6 4.23%
Fidel Castro 0 0%
Andrew Sachs 0 0%
Zsa Zsa Gvbor 1 0.70%
Rick Parfitt 5 3.52%
George Michael 57 40.14%
Liz Smith 1 0.70%
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Old 27-12-2016, 01:31
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Sorry if it's slightly morbid, but which deaths have hit you hardest in what is undoubtedly a terrible year for widely-loved people passing on?
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Old 27-12-2016, 01:34
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Rick Parfitt for me. I have been in tears at times, It's only happened to me twice before in the past when a celeb dies. Freddie Mercury and Rik Mayall.
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Old 27-12-2016, 01:41
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Try here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2195336
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Old 27-12-2016, 06:55
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My Sad Cat.
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Old 27-12-2016, 07:02
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Not trying to be obtuse, but Gary Shandling, The Larry Sanders show is probably my favourite comedy ever.
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Old 27-12-2016, 07:07
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Not quite the same thread, is it and, if the moderators think this one is too similar (personally, I don't) they'll act on it.

Going back to this thread, Prince was a massive shock - I cried for days, and I generally don't shed tears over a celebrity death. I was very saddened by Bowie and George Michael but no tears.
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Old 27-12-2016, 07:08
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Should have added a box for 'none of them' I would have ticked that one.
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Old 27-12-2016, 07:39
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George Michael. He was my era.
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Old 27-12-2016, 07:46
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Bowie was a HUGE shock but also Colin Vearncombe of Black fame. He died after a car accident in Ireland. Johan Cruyff was another sad loss that appears to get overlooked now. But actually because of his age George Michael dying was a MASSIVE shock.
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Old 27-12-2016, 08:32
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I can't vote for one in particular, there were quite a few I was genuinely shocked to hear about.

There's been so many this year, I can't remember a year like this.
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Old 27-12-2016, 09:11
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A few shocked me but the saddest I thought was Caroline Aherne.
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Old 27-12-2016, 09:26
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Terry Wogan for me.
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Old 27-12-2016, 09:27
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I can't vote for one in particular, there were quite a few I was genuinely shocked to hear about.

There's been so many this year, I can't remember a year like this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34870598
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Old 27-12-2016, 09:55
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Not trying to be obtuse, but Gary Shandling, The Larry Sanders show is probably my favourite comedy ever.
This is the theme to Garry's show.
The opening theme to Garry's show.
This is the music that you hear
As you watch the credits.
We're almost at the part
Where I will start to whistle
Then we'll watch "It's Garry Shandling's Show"
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Old 27-12-2016, 09:57
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None of the above.
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Old 27-12-2016, 10:01
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It's difficult to compare but Anton Yelchin because of his age and the freak manner of his death would be up there.
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Old 27-12-2016, 11:36
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Has to be George Michael.
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Old 27-12-2016, 13:31
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Yes there was a lot more in 2015, however a lot of them had made no impact on me as I didn't know who they were.
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Old 27-12-2016, 13:44
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A few of them were upsetting but for me it was the death of Victoria Wood that was the most awful

It was so unexpected and I felt some connection with her as she went to my school and was in the year below me (though I didn't know her at the time)

she was so jolly and funny and talented........
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Old 27-12-2016, 13:47
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George Michael
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Old 27-12-2016, 13:54
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This is the theme to Garry's show.
The opening theme to Garry's show.
This is the music that you hear
As you watch the credits.
We're almost at the part
Where I will start to whistle
Then we'll watch "It's Garry Shandling's Show"
I used to love that show !
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Old 27-12-2016, 14:00
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I was shocked by George Michael because of his age but but the one that affected me most was Bowie as I am a huge fan and have been for decades
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Old 27-12-2016, 14:32
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Because they seemed to come out of the blue,

David Bowie

David Gest (Especially after the CBB incident)

George Michael

Prince.
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Old 27-12-2016, 14:47
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Victoria Wood. Since I was little my friends and I would recite excerpts from her shows. She came across as such a genuine and likable person and the thought that we won't be getting anything new from her ever again really upset me at the time. I've never cried at the death of a celebrity before although I came close at the death of Terry Pratchett. But this knocked me for six. Reading the words of those who were close to her made me cry and seeing her work over Christmas has brought me close again and again.
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Old 27-12-2016, 14:57
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George Michael for me
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