The big screen and the small screen... together at last! Hurrah!
Topic locked

Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:57 pm

_lexxia wrote:I cried when Michael Cuccione of the fake boyband 2ge+her died. I used to be way obsessed with him :oops:


Awwww, yes, my cousin loved them very much too. :(

Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:51 am

Haven't cried yet but I imagine I will someday if someone I really like dies at a bad time in my life or something.

Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:43 pm

I cried after I heard after Diana, Princess of Wales death from a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel that is in Paris France.

I cried for a week after heard that Owen Hart had died from a fall at 1999 Over The Edge PPV when a stunt that had him be lowered to the ring went wrong, I was watching that PPV live on TV at the time as well as a fan of his.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart wrote:
Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri on May 23, 1999, during the WWF's Over the Edge PPV event.
He was being lowered into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a match with The Godfather. He was scheduled to win the Intercontinental Title that night. In keeping with the Blazer's buffoonish character, Owen was to be lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would release himself from the safety harness and then fall flat on his face. Though he had performed the stunt before, Owen was worried about performing the stunt at Kemper Arena due to the height involved (Owen had a fear of heights). However, Owen performed a practice stunt earlier in the day, the stunt went forward on the show as scheduled. His wife Martha suggests that, by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape on, Owen triggered an early release and fell 78 feet (24 m) into the ring, smashing his chest on a ring turnbuckle. Viewers at home did not see the incident or its aftermath, as the WWF was transmitting a promotional video package for the match, and only showed the audience while Owen was being worked on by medical personnel inside the ring.

Owen was transported to the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where he was pronounced dead on arrival (he actually died about six minutes after the fall, while still lying in the ring). The cause was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt chest trauma. He was 34 years old. The WWF chose to continue the event despite the tragedy, which drew a great deal of criticism over the following weeks.

The next night on Monday Night Raw in St. Louis, Missouri, a two-hour televised tribute was broadcast (see RAW is Owen), in which WWF wrestlers and officials paid tribute to Hart. The Over the Edge event name was retired.

In the weeks that followed, much attention focused on the harness Owen used that night, especially on the "quick release" trigger and safety latches. When someone is lowered from the rafters in a harness, there are backup latches that must be latched for safety purposes. These backups may take some time to unlatch, which would have made Owen's stunt difficult to perform smoothly. Therefore, it was apparently decided that it was more important not to have the safety backups, because it would be easier for Owen to unlatch himself. In addition to not having safety backups, the harness Owen used was designed for sailboats and required only six pounds of weight to trigger the quick release mechanism; Owen weighed about 225 pounds. An out-of-court settlement between Owen Hart's family and the WWF has prevented the release of any information about the harness. The WWF, however, decided to ban stunts of a similar nature from this point on to avoid a similar tragedy from occurring.

Owen left a widow, Martha, and two children, Oje Edward and Athena. Martha Hart settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the WWF for approximately $18 million, and used the funds to establish the Owen Hart Foundation. Martha wrote a book about Owen's life in 2002 called Broken Harts.

[/quote]

Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:41 pm

thelilbear wrote:I don't believe I have, although it was very sad when John Ritter died.


Same here, I was really sad when he died. I had only seen him on 8 Simple Rules, but still.

But I've never cried when a celebrity has died.

Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:57 am

To early.

Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:59 am

Never cried, but I was sad when I heard Johnny Cash died.
And Captain Jack (he did a bunch of Dance Dance Revolution songs). :C

Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:39 am

No, I haven't cried over a celeb's death.... yet.

Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:18 am

I haven't ever cried due to a persons death. I would probably only cry if someone very close to me died. Either that or i would remain mute for a long time, unable to digest it.

Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:33 am

Never cried due to a celebrity's death, though I was also sad when John Ritter died.

Several people whom I've come across only once or twice have died, and I cried whenever I heard, even if I barely knew them. But they were all around my age and didn't go in the nicest way, and I cry easily anyways.

Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:00 pm

I haven't really cried for one. I get sad, but it's not like I'm going to shoot myself over it or anything. I was sad when Mitch Hedburg died. He was funny. :/

Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:54 am

A few times, but the ones I remember most are Princess Diana and Frank Sinatra.

Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:53 pm

Sugarinii wrote:Never cried due to a celebrity's death, though I was also sad when John Ritter died.


Yeah, that one was hard to believe. It's hard to watch the old episodes of 8 Simple Rules now. It's creepy.

Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:22 pm

xxShannon wrote:I haven't really cried for one. I get sad, but it's not like I'm going to shoot myself over it or anything. I was sad when Mitch Hedburg died. He was funny. :/



Oh, oh, me too!! I found out when I read TIme magazine or something and they had a blurb about it. It was very sad. I guess he fell victim to the curse of 27 (I've found there's something about that age and people dying of unnatural causes, Kurt Cobain, Mitch Hedburg, Jonathan Brandis, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin...)

Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:16 am

Hmm nope. I don't place my happiness value on their lives... unless they do good for the world.
Topic locked