Kurt Cobain and Christopher Wallace (aka: Biggie Smallz, Notorious B.I.G, Biggie)
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dkgambler — 13 years ago(July 17, 2012 11:37 PM)
George Carlin - Did his last HBO special at age 70 a few months before he died, still at the top of his game
Richard Pryor - Right behind Carlin in my list, my heart aches for him when I see him in the crappy 80s movies he was in (Superman III, The Toy, etc) but his Live in Concert movie is legendary. Stand up comedy is dead without Carlin and Pryor, hell now he have guys apologizing for their acts. it's pathetic.
Phil Hartman - an example of no good deed goes unpunished, I'm convinced he could have hired an attorney, divorced his drug-abusing wife and gotten full custody of his kids, but he wanted to help her and keep his family together. Quite a punishment.
John Candy - I go back to his SCTV days and characters like Johnny LaRue and the Fishin' Musician.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - A helicopter pilot, on a rainy night, in an area with which he was unfamiliar, apparently couldn't be bothered to determine his minimum safe altitude before moving forward. I beep hate that guy, it makes me beep angry to this day. Gross negligence. -
lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 09:16 PM)
this is a great post. it really strikes a chord with people emotionally and people really care for actors and so they really care when they die, so that's why this is a great and interesting and compelling, and intriguing post. and then right after I thought this is a great and entertaining and interesting and fun post I saw that there are 10 thread sections for this post. wow, this really got people talking.
for me it will always be John Candy. no one, no one in any entertainment field or sports field or any other field will ever impact me, affect me, disturb me, or sadden me as much as when John Candy passed away. it was so devastating, impossible to believe and downright sad as Hell. it didn't make any sense. he was only like 46 years old then. so him dying so young seemed criminal and immoral and so wrong and so evil. it seemed wrong and immoral, first and foremost and most importantly because he was so young. second most importantly it was the fact that that robbed all the people who loved him of any more great movies or tv shows or tv show bits and that was one of the reasons why it hurt so bad.
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candrew088 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 09:02 PM)
It's sad when they go when they probably had a lot more to offer.Ritter is near the top of my list, Heath Ledger. Rod Serling also comes to mind. Steve McQueen.
One person who I don't believe was mentioned was Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered 10 years ago this month. I think she was just coming into her own as an actress/director when she was killed.