Whitney Houston's death made me feel as though one of my loved ones died.

I did not find John Lennon's death and was very small when Freddie died .

Amy Winehouse , I think , young and talented , she is not yet fully realized its potential ... a great loss to music. yes, she was destructive lifestyle, but only 27 years old ! ! usually at this age the body has unlimited resources to rebuild.

Michael Jackson , at the time of his death he had long ago released his best songs and videos , and showed the world his best dance moves , but he is so legendary, it is difficult to realize his mortality. not a man, but an entire mythology.

MJ, probably. I had been a fan of his when I was younger and he had been just a very important figure to me. However, I felt that with his death a lot of the questions that were left open about him would never really have to be dealt with again. So it was also a relief in a sense. I wouldn't say it was that easy for me to be a fan of his at the age of 13-14 and have to read about all the child molestation stuff constantly in the press. It was "cathartic, I guess.

Mind you, I like to dance in clubs and I still do some of those moves I learned by imitating MJ when I was younger.

whitesockedfunk said:

Teena Marie, not only because I love her so much and she was almost too talented, but mostly because it was totally unexpected

I chatted with her on twitter a week and a half b4 her SUDDEN DEATH! I still get choked up. She was my all time favorite female singer...

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Fab of Milli Vanilli....girl, you know it's true!

j/k, ya'll know who's death did it

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Teena, Luther & Roger. Still struggling with those.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

JamFanHot said:

Teena, Luther & Roger. Still struggling with those.

Will never forget that desperate message (email "pinged" at me over my shoulder that Christmas):

"R.I.P. Teena Marie - Jam, Confirm"

ALthough he died two years before I was born: Jimi Hendrix for me. I just can't stop thinking of all the possibilities there would have been, and the collaborations he could have done.

BobGeorge909 said:

I feel bad cuz I can't think of one.

mj and biggie for me

Whitney Houston and Donna Summer. They are both of my 2 favorites and to lose both of them within 90 days of each other I was totally done for and still am.

Mark Sandman, leader of the band Morphine. Adrian Borland of the band The Sound.

Freddie Mercury, Luther, Robert Palmer, Bob Marley.

mca

i cried. i couldn't believe i cried. i grew up on the beastie boys, and met them a couple of times. he was a sweet man.

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Marvin Gaye...and MJ.....

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Marvin's was particularly strange, because it happened on April 1rst, and I just kept thinking that everybody was playing a bad April Fool's joke....

But I still remember where I was when both were announced.....

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BobGeorge909 said:

BobGeorge909 said:

I feel bad cuz I can't think of one.

U know....I'm lying.

Amy winehouse.

Mostly bcuz I didn't see it coming. I was dealing with and knee deep in my own addiction issues and was projecting my denial most likely.

It hit me tho and really got me thinking about shit. We were of similar age...dug her voice and musical style. I don't think I cried but her demise has lingered very thickly with me.

Marvin Gaye's death was the first celebrity death that caught my attention. I was a child who was introduced to his music by my parents and he was riding high on success in the early 80's and then like that he was gone. That began my awareness of celebrity deaths and being really sad by how he passed.

MJ was definitely a moment when time stood still. Earlier that day Farrah Fawcett had passed, and I remember thinking how will it be when someone big from the 80's passes away. I just remember being in shock the rest of the day and just transfixed on internet, texting friends, and watching the news.

Oh I did cry after hearing that Davy Jones had passed because that totally came out of nowhere hearing about it on the national news. He was one of my chlidhood crushes and I loved The Monkees.

MJ

Aaliyah

The Notorious B.I.G.

Teena Marie

Amy Winehouse

2pac

Whitney Houston

James Brown

Kurt Cobain

I was friends with Mia Zapata when she was killed. That kind of blows everything else out of the water.

I guess John Lennon's shooting, when I ws 12, had a big effect on me, as it did on a lot of people. It was the first major celebrity death, of someone I admired and who was still hard at work, and under such awful circumstances.

Shawy89 said:

From Jimi Hendrix to John Lennon, to Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye among others, which death you've experienced and had so much effect on you?

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The death of Michael Jackson, without question. THAT shocking moment motivated me to start taking conspiracy research more seriously.

The death of Teena Marie affected me pretty hard. The moment I received the news about her passing, I basically sat in front of my computer, went straight to YouTube and watch a classic episode of Video Soul with Teena's live performance of If I Were Your Bell and I cried for a long 20 minutes.

Freddie Mercury in 1991 was a big shock to me,

And Prince's death in 1993.... (long live the new power generation).....

peedub said:

TonyVanDam said:

Shawy89 said:

From Jimi Hendrix to John Lennon, to Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye among others, which death you've experienced and had so much effect on you?

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The death of Michael Jackson, without question. THAT shocking moment motivated me to start taking conspiracy research more seriously.

The death of Teena Marie affected me pretty hard. The moment I received the news about her passing, I basically sat in front of my computer, went straight to YouTube and watch a classic episode of Video Soul with Teena's live performance of If I Were Your Bell and I cried for a long 20 minutes.

Ephraim Lewis indeed...

Stuart Adamson (Big Country) also..

Both suicide I believe?

But most of all: Luther Vandross, worlds best voice ever!!

I find it hard to listen to his music since his death.

Also MJ off course although I wasn't really that surprised...

Oh, and Marvin but only later; in 1984 I was only vaguely aware of him which changed later... (2nd best voice ever...)

Some that come to mind are the unexpected deaths like Michael Hutchence (INXS vocalist), Laura Branigan and Teena Marie.

As much as I loved Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse, I was not shocked so much, but certainly saddened.

Lady Tee and Minnie. Minnie had already passed by the time I had discovered her in 1980. I saw her beautiful face on the "Minnie" album from 1979 in the record store and was instantly in love. I didn't even know what she sounded like! Took it home, played it and thought I had blown my speakers, not knowing that she had whistle register! Ever since, I've had her framed in some form in my space. I'm 50 now, so me 'n Miss Minnie done come a long way 2gether in spirit. R.I.P., my sweet, soulful songbirdz. xoxoxo!