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Name the deaths over the years that have shocked you/affected you the most.

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Steve Irwin

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Stephen Robert Irwin (February 22, 1962 " September 4, 2006)

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Princess Diana

Top Five Percent
Diana, Princess of Wales: 1961-1997

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4.  

John Lennon

...Imagine there's no killing....it's easy to do...

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19  votes
5.  

Columbine

There were school shootings before Columbine, but there was just something so archetypal and "pre-millennial apocalypse" about the... [show more]

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19  votes
6.  

Anna Nicole Smith

Passed away suddenly on 2-8-2007

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15  votes
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8.  

River Phoenix, actor. So young, so talented.

Stand By Me, Mosquito Coast, Running on Empty

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10.  

Heath Ledger

Way too young. We'll miss you man!

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10  votes
11.  

James Brown

I mean. I know he was old and all. But I kind of thought he was going to live forever.

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10  votes
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John Ritter

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10  votes
13.  

Brandon Lee

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10  votes
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John F. Kennedy

The end of Camelot. Usher in the 60's revolution. No one alive at the time could rate nay other death as more shocking. Thisi si the ultimate.

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9  votes
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The deaths of 9/11/01

The death's of the victims and those that ran into the building to give assistance.

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Mitch Hedburg (February 24, 1968 - March 29, 2005)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Hedburg#Death Saw this guy live in D.C. before his Comedy Central special. So funny. Comic g... [show more]

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9  votes
17.  

Jeff Buckley

Drowned? No, you're pulling my leg.

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8  votes
18.  

Dale Earnhardt Sr.

I know many people probably aren't NASCAR fans, but he was more or less the Michael Jordan or NASCAR in some people's eyes

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7  votes
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My Dad

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7  votes
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John Peel

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7  votes
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. (7/16/1999)

I was a big admirer, so this one thru me for a loop.

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7  votes
22.  

Jim Henson

I was pretty young 10 I think, but I remember being very upset for a long time. I guess I'm still sad about it.

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7  votes
23.  

Douglas Adams

He died way too soon. Plus he was a good environmental activist, and an eloquent atheist. I cried when he died.

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6  votes
24.  

Jerry Garcia

I remember exactly where I was when a total stranger (also wearing a tie-dye) came up and told me about Jerry's death.

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6  votes
25.  

Christopher Reeve

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6  votes
26.  

Bradley Nowell

I'm not the biggest Sublime fan in the world, but I really wanted him to LIVE!

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4  votes
27.  

George Harrison

I remember being woken up by my mom before school and her telling me he had died...It was a bummer day at school.

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4  votes
28.  

Elliott Smith

Few people could write a melody like he could.

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3  votes
29.  

Mark Sandman

Now that it's fall/winter, and therefore the season for Morphine, I would just like to say that I still mourn for Sandman. He was a genius.

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Patsy Cline

Probably the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Such a tragic and untimely loss (plane crash) at only 30 years old, but she will ALWAYS be remembered.

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This topic was started by Mickz Mickz has 14,417 Grupie Points on November 16th, 2006. 140 grupies have voted on one or more of the 48 answers.

Tags: death, deaths, history

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