Celebrity death that’s affected you the most ? (lemmy.world)

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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 ?

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[-] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Initially I was upset when I heard about John Peel passing away because I listened to him so much - possibly more his Home Truths show on Radio 4 than the Peel Sessions for which he was better known. Listening to him talk to regular people about their lives was a regular feature of my Saturday mornings.

Later I learned about his sexual abuse of teenagers and now don't care about him at all.

this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2026

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