Any deaths of celebrities that oddly affected you?
I'm not talking about people who you were devoted fans of your entire life or you considered your personal hero from when you were a kid.
I'm talking about someone who may have been on the periphery of your interests, or you were just a casual fan, but after they passed, you felt it especially hard for some weird reason?
For me, it's Tom Petty. I didn't really start listening to his music until about 10 years ago, long after most of his best-known songs had been written and played to death. But he was always such a good person to listen to on long road trips, like a travel companion, and he had such a chill, gentle persona about him, that after he died last year, it really got to me. And honestly it still does. Maybe because I found him an oasis of calm in an increasingly crazy world.
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Oh, and John Lennon.
At least they went out on their terms, and put out something pretty great to say goodbye with. I remember being way bummed when I heard as well, I had the album already and was SOOOO hoping they'd tour it, I was gonna go, and then like a couple weeks later it was like 'BAM!'. And no farewell tour.
Had to spin 'Live at The Olympia' instead, lol ... Which is pretty killer, if you've not heard it, very worth checking out. Quite heavy on the IRS-years in the track selection. 
of course i had a few beatles' albums, but mccartney had the big hits so i was more into paul in terms of the post-beatles careers.
but some friends explained to me that paul was sappy and poppy, but john was more cerebral and political and sincere.
so i checked it out and started really getting into it literally just a couple weeks before he was shot.
i remember hearing that he had been shot status unknown, then running upstairs to tell my parents and turning on their tv just as they were announcing that he had actually died. i literally rolled backward and laid flat on the floor, blown away.
and my parents, of course, said, "so who is this person then?"
Everything and everybody changed that November day in 1963, and then again twice in 1968 and nothing has ever been the same since.
What might have been...
For me it would be Cass Elliott (Momma Cass), Jimmie Hendricks, John Lennon, Janis Joplin. So many great ones that are gone, but these had a big impact on me emotionally.
… Petty a lot, so that doesn't answer your question. I also liked a lot of the people mentioned above... The two that came to mind, first, were Elvis Presley and Greta Garbo. I had heard of them, but only really became interested in their work after they died. Their deaths were the lead story on the news and I watched the tributes and thought... well, they were pretty good, much more timeless and less old-fashioned than my opinion at the time they died. Now, I still look at art from people no longer around... but those were two that got my attention.
he was in better than it would have been otherwise. Also Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Prince Philip's uncle and the last Viceroy and first Governor-General of India. Both of those definitely fit your category of "on the periphery of your interests, or you were just a casual fan, but after they passed, you felt it especially hard for some weird reason?"
And when I was a kid, the Big Bopper. Very sad.
What an interesting question, Tommy_Carcetti, and what fascinating answers it has provoked. Thank you! 
