The passing of which famous person will hit you really hard?

However, Mick (even though a few years older) is MY contemporary. His music has been a constant throughout my entire life. When he goes, I think I may be in a deep funk for a long while.

happycat wrote:

However, Mick (even though a few years older) is MY contemporary. His music has been a constant throughout my entire life. When he goes, I think I may be in a deep funk for a long while.

And just what makes you think you will outlive Mick? Sorry, missy, but that old boy will still be around long after you are gone.

One day he might be walking by a cemetery and stop to adjust his walker and his eyes will fall on a tombstone marked "happycat"

Mick will rub his chin thoughtfully and say, "happycat! What kind of bloody name is that?"

And then he will take a few more steps and his heart will explode. He will stagger backwards, clutching his heart as he does so, and fall to the ground, dead, and collapse near the grave of happycat.

What irony. What friggin irony.

I have been through the deaths of so many people, both famous, and not so famous. I don't think that the death of anyone who is not a part of my intimate circle would throw me. I consider A2K part of that circle. I was very upset over the deaths of some members. But movie stars????

Ragman, that's a long list....and a lot of hurtin' you got coming.

I have to agree about a couple of them though:
Travolta, Clapton and Grace Slick.

especially Travolta

but someone famous that's been a constant in your life - that you use to sort of gauge your own age....if you get my drift. A "Portrait of Dorian Grey" kinda thing.