For me it was Cheater Bennington. Linkin Park music helped me through some hard times and I know some of the more impactful lyrics came from him and what he experienced.

Knowing he couldn’t take it anymore definitely hit Me hard particularly as someone I looked up to from young age …

Who was yours ?

    • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
      10·
      6 days ago

      Same. He was such a down to earth person. He was incredibly famous, but he didn’t think he was above anyone. He was a truly good person. RIP Robin

    • Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      Fuck. I’ve watched Dead Poets’ Society for the first time maybe a month ago without having had the ending spoiled. Oof. The look on Robin Williams face in the end scene. That torment in his eyes may just have been real and not just acting.

  • morriscox@lemmy.world
    31·
    6 days ago

    Robin Williams, on my birthday. Great guy, a gamer, and knew his way around computers. It might not have hit as hard if it hadn’t been my birthday.

  • iguessimlemming@lemmy.ml
    38·
    6 days ago

    David Bowie. I really mourned him, didn’t expect to feel so strongly about someone I never met. Feel like the world got significantly duller and darker since he took off.

  • Kevo@lemmy.world
    501·
    6 days ago

    Chadwick Boseman. I was 24 when he died. I’m mixed and a huge nerd. He was one of the first times I saw representation like that in a comic book hero in a movie or TV show. T’Challa was a king, and his death came out of nowhere

  • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.netEnglish
    25·
    6 days ago

    Leonard Nimoy. Grew up with a lot of Star Trek. Both him and Keanu Reeves helped me understand that it’s entirely fine to be introverted.

    As I understood it, Nimoy’s death was from lung problems that developed as a result of his smoking habit - even though he had quit smoking many years prior that. It was the catalyst I needed to finally say, “I can’t wait anymore, time may already be up. I need to quit smoking now.” And that was when I finally did quit smoking and make it stick.

    • RecursiveParadox@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      He was so deeply human and drew out the things from others that made them most human. This despite his epic battles with himself.

  • 48954246@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    6 days ago

    John “TotalBiscuit” Bain.

    Hit at a rough time for me and at that point I had been following his content for many years.

    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      Man the loss of TB has been extreme.

      Gaming and technology seemed to orbit him when he was alive.

      Have you found a successor yet?

      I miss The Mailbox and WTF Is…? so much.

      • 48954246@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        Different time of my life so I’m not sure anyone would fit that niche. I was listening to BluePlz live long before the variety content as well.

        I like AngoryTom for the time he gives indi games and rpg content with Mystery Quest but it’s not the same by any means

  • sunbeam60@feddit.uk
    10·
    5 days ago

    I dont know why, but Sean Lock, a U.K. stand-up comedian who was the backbone of a couple of U.K. panel shows. He never spoke about his illness, but lost a lot of weight and then suddenly gone. I still watch and laugh out loud from the many, many laugh out loud moments of his career.