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Kevin Conroy died in 2022. I'm not over it.

I did when Mac Miller ODed, actually. Another friend of mine had also ODed somewhat recently and I was a huge fan of Mac's music.

Robin Williams, Norm Macdonald, and if David Attenborough ever dies, that's pretty much all the light gone out of my life.

I didn't cry, but was pretty sad when Mitch Hedberg passed. And earlier, when I learned my childhood fave Harry Chaplin had been gone for a few years.

Nope. I have never cried over a celebrity or a stranger. It's strange to see so many people who have. Isn't that a parasocial connection? The person you cried for never even knew you existed. You're hurting for no good reason.

Mr Rogers. Was like a light went out in the world. Robin Williams came close. Each a symbol of joy and kindness.

Robin Williams, I legit cried for a day and couldn't think or hear his name for a long time without getting upset again.

Still sad that he's gone.

Yes, hardcore for Steve Irwin. His shows taught me what love is, since I never really saw it at home

Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Because or seemed like they still had more to contribute

Was teary all day at work when Terry Pratchett died

My second year of University a guy fell off the roof and didn't make it. Everyone was sent home while they cleaned everything up. That was the first time I cried for someone I didn't know.

When Akira Toriyama died I had to take some time off in the middle of work and go to the bathroom to cry. I think the reasons are obvious if you know who the man was. Here in Latin America Dragon Ball is almost a religion, you see the Z warriors wherever you look. Akira's pen drew the childhood of millions around the world for several generations, it is difficult to find someone here who has not been marked by his work. Even now my heart still crumples a little at the memory of him.

May you rest in peace, Master. As long as your memory lives on, you will remain immortal.

I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride, but something touched me deep inside.

George Carlin was the only one I ever felt attached enough to, to have really felt a sense of loss by his passing.

Kentarou Miura. Berserk is my favorite manga, I discovered it while going through a really tough time, and it helped me a lot. I read it a couple times over and over, and I impatiently waited for new chapters.

A couple years later, Miura-sensei died of heart issues, aged 54. Felt like a slap on the face, after all those jokes about how he was never going to finish Berserk because he was playing too much idol master. I still cry about it from time to time, when I have a bad day.

Rest in peace.

Technoblade.

I’d watched him with my kids for years. He’s an amazing player and a really smart guy. I got my kid a leather bound copy of “The Art of War” because of the Potato Wars. Our shared love of video games, especially Minecraft, kept me involved with them during a pretty bad divorce.

So when they came to me, tears in their eyes, I wept as well. Because he was a connection to my children. And I wept for Technodad, as any other father would.

Congrats on 20 mill, Techno. May you never die.

I cried for Ronnie James Dio I wanted to meet him so hard. Fuck cancer...

I don’t even like his music all that much, but Avicii. Learning of the circumstances- he knew his mental health was not in a place where he could tour. He told his managers. They said “lol, sorry, tix are sold, no backing out now.” He died on the tour.

His music is so hopeful and encouraging and beautiful, it breaks my heart when any of his songs come on.

Not cried, but I felt shaken and sad when Iain Banks died. His writing isn't important to me the way a few other authors are, but I read his stuff at a very specific time in my life. I think his death got me thinking about my own mortality.

I didn't find out about Toren Smith's death until a few years ago. It's sad that he died so young. I felt the same way when Nigel Findley died.

Both of them created worlds that I ran TTRPGs in. I think that makes me feel a weird connection with them. They didn't know that I exist, but I still built on what they gave me, and that makes me feel a kinship (and admiration) for them.

Whitney

No I haven’t

Nah, fuck em rich narcissistic bastards

But if it has to be someone, I'd probably pay respects to Carl Sagan when he died if I was alive then.

No. I didn't know them and have had too many friends and family members die to care that much about a celebrity.