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Who did you shed a tear for? (1 Viewer)

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I was watching a show about Fred Rogers the other night and remember crying when I heard he had passed away. Besides him,other than family members,I can remember

shedding a tear when I heard about Jim Henson and John Lennon dying. Wondering who you shed a tear for in the past?

 
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Tony Gwynn

Not sure why it hit me so hard, not a big baseball fan and even when I am I root for the Dodgers, but it really hurt.

 
Never ACTUALLY shed a tear for someone dying except my grandfather (Mom's dad), and that was mainly because it was the first time I saw my own Dad cry.  

Closest I would say I came to a celebrity or athlete was Robin Williams - just struck me how tortured a soul he must've been to bring laughter to so many while being so messed up inside.

 
Similar to Fat Nick, I cried when my grandfather on my dad's side died and that was mostly because I saw how devastated my dad was.  I also cried when my best friend died about 6 years ago (33 years old single father of a 12 year old whose mom passed away 5 years prior).

I've cried every time I've put one of my dogs down though.

 
Other than for friends and family, I've never cried over stangers dying- even famous and familiar ones.

 
Putting down dogs, big time.

One celebrity that might surprise you was Richard Nixon, when I saw him crying at his wife Pat's funeral.  Just struck me.

 
I cried when my dog died, because she had suffered for too long. She should've been put down much sooner - she was old and in pain (arthritis and seizures) a lot in the last years of her life. But my mother didn't want to let her go and let her live until she died of natural causes. 

 
Celebs? Robin Williams. Don't know why, for weeks after i'd start bawling at the thought of him, that that remarkable wormhole had closed, that what he had could possibly not be enough. Maybe Kurt Vonnegut - dunno if i cried, but i was miserable for a couple of weeks. Think that might have been the nail in my youth. And Screaming Lord Sutch, of course.

Oddly, did not cry over the death of music peeps i worked with, knew well AND idolized, Lowell George and Robert Palmer.

 
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Going to sound random and maybe a bit lame, but Eddie Harsch, former keys player for the Black Crowes.  Something about them struck a chord with me from the first time I heard "Jealous Again" in 1990, and I'd been to at least 50 shows of theirs.

In late 2016, Rich Robinson formed a new band (Magpie Salute) with former Crowes Marc Ford, Sven Pipien, and Ed Harsch. Was so excited to hear where they were going to take things. Bought tickets to their first NYC performance in January 2017.

In November 2016, Ed passed.  Was so looking forward to seeing him perform with them again, and it was like a gut punch when word came out that he had died. His piano work on "Descending" is incredible, and that became my favorite song in the Crowes catalog, and one I've told me wife needs to played at my funeral. Every time they played it at one of the shows I attended felt like they were playing it for me. 

The first Magpie show rolls around in January 2017, and they start it out with a 7 minute video tribute to Ed. This segues into the piano intro to "Descending", and I can feel myself starting to lose it. At the point where the whole band kicks in, the curtain drops, the varilights all swing up, and it literally felt like I got smacked in the face with emotion. I dropped down into a crouch and just let go. Guy next to me helped me up and put an arm around me while they played. 

Never felt anything like it. And I'm not ashamed. Mostly. 

 
Never cried over the death of anyone I wan't related to or knew personally.

Worst of those was a girl that had babysat for our kids.  She was this brilliant, outgoing, full of life kid that was going to take the world by storm until she met a tree while texting the summer before her senior year.  I was devastated and went to the funeral which was completely packed out with HS kids.  Sat by myself and cried a good bit at that one.

Have two people likely coming up that will hit me hard (my grandmother and grandfather-in-law...both remarkable people on their last hurrahs).

 
Kanil said:
Similar to Fat Nick, I cried when my grandfather on my dad's side died and that was mostly because I saw how devastated my dad was.  I also cried when my best friend died about 6 years ago (33 years old single father of a 12 year old whose mom passed away 5 years prior).

I've cried every time I've put one of my dogs down though.
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Me too...I think two of the hardest 3 cries I've had in the last decade were when one dog and my cat had to be put down.  

 
The one that comes to mind was Chick Hearn.  Was a huge part of my childhood.

Comes to mind only because I recall where I was when I heard and what I did (pulled off the highway).

 
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I also have never cried over anybody that wasn't friends or family. One notable exception was my old boss. They told me he died and I remember being at the airport, crying. He was a good man. 

 
Outside of family, Sandy Hook, Stoneman Douglas definitely had me crying. I don’t think I cried for 9/11 but I was younger and wasn’t too likely to cry about anything. I think I cried when Tom Petty died but that was also right after the Vegas mass shooting. 

 
9/11.  And since then a couple of "our" kids that we've read about on this board.  I'm a dork and know hardly any of you to any extent, but I care.

 
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Going to sound random and maybe a bit lame, but Eddie Harsch, former keys player for the Black Crowes.  Something about them struck a chord with me from the first time I heard "Jealous Again" in 1990, and I'd been to at least 50 shows of theirs.

In late 2016, Rich Robinson formed a new band (Magpie Salute) with former Crowes Marc Ford, Sven Pipien, and Ed Harsch. Was so excited to hear where they were going to take things. Bought tickets to their first NYC performance in January 2017.

In November 2016, Ed passed.  Was so looking forward to seeing him perform with them again, and it was like a gut punch when word came out that he had died. His piano work on "Descending" is incredible, and that became my favorite song in the Crowes catalog, and one I've told me wife needs to played at my funeral. Every time they played it at one of the shows I attended felt like they were playing it for me. 

The first Magpie show rolls around in January 2017, and they start it out with a 7 minute video tribute to Ed. This segues into the piano intro to "Descending", and I can feel myself starting to lose it. At the point where the whole band kicks in, the curtain drops, the varilights all swing up, and it literally felt like I got smacked in the face with emotion. I dropped down into a crouch and just let go. Guy next to me helped me up and put an arm around me while they played. 

Never felt anything like it. And I'm not ashamed. Mostly. 
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I love this band

 
I didn't cry, but when I heard Osama Bin Laden was killed, it was pretty sureal. I had some weird emotions and thought about the 9-11 families and what they were feeling. It just sort of felt like some weird chapter in history was closing, and we were there to see it.

 
World of Outlaws sprint car driver Jason "Ragin Cajun" Johnson. He died a couple of weeks ago in a horrible wreck. 

Every time he won a race he would take his son Jaxx up on top of the wing with him. Seemed a great guy and it kills me that he's just not with us any more. 

 
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9/11.  And since then a couple of "our" kids that we've read about on this board.  I'm a dork and know hardly any of you to any extent, but I care.
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No tears for 9/11 although I was deeply saddened of course. But good call on "our" kids. Definitely then. 

 
Really only for people I know, not celebs or even 9/11  or Sandy Hook. And pets. They are like family.

 
During 9/11 all I was concerned with was trying to get out of the city that day to get home. By time it hit me all when I made it home I was more angry than upset.

 
When I put down my pet. I can shoot deer for dinner like it’s my business but when it’s time to put down a dog or cat we’ve cared for I’m done 

 
Only one I can recall is Princess Diana during her funeral.  My wife was a big Anglophile and she was watching it, so I watched it with her.

 
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