Who is the first famous person you remember dying during your life? Mine is Princess Diana.
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JFK
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I'm pretty old. I think it was Abe Lincoln;)
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I think mine is princess Diana, too. I remember that day really well.
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JFK too.
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The first celeb I can clearly remember dying would be John Wayne. I'm sure there were others, but that would be the first time I cared as a lil kid.
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I remember hearing on the radio when John Lennon was shot and killed.
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princess Diana too, and Aaliyah
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Johnny Cash and Pope John Paul II.
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Elvis Presley.
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Elvis. He permanently left the building.
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Diana, then Aaliyah. Both were so sad
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Kurt Cobain
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I was about 6 at the time of both first was MLK then Bobby Kennedy a couple months later.
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JFK
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JFK
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JFK. I was in first grade and remember watching the burial on TV....but I don't remember the famous image of his son giving a military salute while the hearse passed on front of him.
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The first one that I can think of is JFK but I'm sure that I must have heard about somebody else famous passing away during the almost 17 years that I had been alive hitherto. Ah OK, now I remember hearing about Clark Gable's passing in November, 1960. I might have heard about James Dean's death in September, 1955 but I can't honestly say that I have any memory of hearing about it then.
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Elvis.
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I remember people talking about Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy (both in 1968) when they were killed, but the first death that really made an impression on me was Judy Garland (1969). I couldn't believe "Dorothy" from the Wizard of Oz was dead.
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I'm not as old as gtravels, but I do remember hearing about James Dean in 1955. If I have to go like he did, juicing myself in a Porsche would be a class act. He took method acting to the extreme when he checked out.
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Marilyn Monroe. 1962. I think there were others earlier, but they don't come to mind so easily.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Selena..
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I remembered Martin Luther King, somewhat. I was around 7 or 8 years old.
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Elvis Presley. I was 12 at th time.
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Catfish Hunter (NY Yankee Catcher)
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G'day Hdsquaver, Thank you for your question. Harry S. Truman or Lyndon B. Johnson. They both died in early 1973. Regards
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Pope Pius XII - I was in grade school at the time and someone told me about it in the hall at school. I attended Catholic school; I guess that was pretty obvious.
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i dont remember a famous person, but i do remember the twin towers...and i was 5 @ the time. do u remember???
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I remember my Grandmother watching the funeral procession for Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Probably Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1969. I remember his funeral on TV when I was a kid.
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Robert Kennedy
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Kurt Cobain.
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Pope John Paul 1, John Lennon or John Belushi.
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Humphrey Bogart Died January 14, 1957 (aged 57)
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Elvis
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Most likely there were others. But the first that came to mind was J.F.K.
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JFK was the first time that anyone that famous had been assassinated. I vaguely remember Marilyn Monroe being found dead before that..but JFK really sticks in my mind. It really was the end of Camelot.
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Albert Einstein, though I really wasn't old enough to know who he was. I just remember the talk. Also, Joseph Stalin, though he would probably fall under "infamous" rather than famous. Both died in 1953. I was in first grade.
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I don't recall a my time line. Who ever went first Jerry Garcia, Diana, or Kurt Cobain. Also here is a funny nut slightly tasteless clip from The Onion http://www.theonion.com/content/video/horrific_120_car_pileup_a_sad
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heath ledger T_T
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richard nixon. full house wasnt on that night:P
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Princess Diana and Ronald Reagan.
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Princess Di, and now that I'm older I can truly appreciate how beautiful she really was.
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JFK when I was only a few years old - I remember the pain and sadness that came over my parents and siblings though I did not understand at the time.
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John lennon was the famous person. I remember many, and many made me sad, but Lennon was like part of my history, my memories. Not counting he was a musical genius and is still missed by millions:(
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i would have to agree with u that mine would be princess dianna
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aligha not sure ow to spell her name
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I'm not very old but I can remember being upset as a child that John Belushi from Saturday Night Live passed away. I have a thing for comedy.
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I first remember the assassination of JFK, when I was 14. Everything else after that seemed rather insignificant until the +/- 3,000 that were lost on 9/11. I think those are now the most famous to have died in my lifetime.
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JFK I was in school and it came over the PA. Everyone was shocked and some cried and we went home early.
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The only death that's stuck with me so far was Heath Ledger.
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Vaguely remember Elvis dying, was pretty young then, and John Lennon. Most famous deaths that I was really old enough to understand though, was when the space shuttle Challenger blew up and 7 astronauts died.
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President John F. Kennedy.
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Probably John F. Kennedy
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for me i guess it must have been princess grace of monoco, which would have been 1983
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marvin gaye
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Steve Irwin..first that comes to mind :(
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KURT COBAIN
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Mine is River Phoenix
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i'm sure it was lohn lennon!
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Kurt Cobain. I was a huge fan of Nirvana. I remembered when we found out in school that he had died, a girl in my classroom was crying and very upset at his death.
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My Aunt I was 5 years old and someone lifted me up to see her in her casket...I thought that she was asleep.
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Indira Gandhi.
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martin luther king jr and then robert kennedy i remember news coverage of the rioting
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President Kennedy
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Bernie Mac (actor)
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Winston Churchill
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Joe Stalin
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God are you young! I think mine was Marilyn Monroe.
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Natalie Wood or Grace Kelley. I think Natalie Wood died first.
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The most famous one I can remember, JFK. Then, Walt Disney.
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Yup i think mine was Diana aswell.
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two i remember was elvis and john wayne. Was on the train when I saw the headlines the duke bit the dust. My day was kind of sad after that.. Fox700
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JFK
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I remember being incredibly shocked when Freddie Prinze died. I was only about 13 or 14 at the time.
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John F Kennedy.
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John Lennon...
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Selena
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Elvis Presley.
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The late great Sidney Vicious.
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Princess Diana died 2 weeks after my dad died. I felt so sorry for William and Harry to be going through the loss of a parent as I was. My given name is also Diana. To answer your question, President Kennedy is the first famous person and was Our President, that I remember dying; Caroline and John-John being the same ages as my younger brother, Johnnie and I.
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Kurt Cobain.
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Elvis was the first that i remember but John Lennon hit me hard.Di's death was a big shock.
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John F Kennedy - I was only 7 at the time so I didn't really understand what was going on, but I knew that somebody important had been killed.
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mine is probs princess diana too
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Robert Kennedy. I believe I was in grade 4. I'm in Canada and from what I remember it seemed to be a real big deal up this way.
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I'd say Elvis, but he's still alive. Saw him at the Cluckin' Chicken in Kalamazoo yesterday. Working the fries and drive-up window.
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JFK, Elvis Presley, Princess Diana
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Rosa Park.
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Marilyn Monroe
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John F. Kennedy. I was two or three back then. It was my very first memory... I remember my mother crying.
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Roald Dahl. He was my favourite writer as a child and I was still into his books at the age of 12 when he died. I got to meet him at a book signing once, he was pretty old then. I was really devastated that there would be no more childrens books written by him.
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John F. Kennedy
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The first person I remember is Kurt Cobain. I was in the 5th grade...
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Let me see if I can manage to say this in a manner that does not make me appear to be some cold hearted uncaring bitch..During my life I am certain that many famous people have died, but, they were not important to me..they were famous..let the world mourn for the famous..I spent my time mourning the average.. I feel for anyone that faces a loss..but to grieve someone simply for celebrity..is pretty pointless..the average person..the one giving to the world around them..without need for the limelight..I mourn for them :)
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Mr. Rogers
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JFK...it was a serious time for adults.
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Ike. His death was forever talked about for weeks.
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