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re: Which singer”s death shocked the world more? Or crushed people’s hearts

Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:24 pm to
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:24 pm to
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elvis aaron presley
anyone who was alive in august 1977 knows this is the correct answer


If you didn't witness it you really can't imagine how much his death affected the country. It was everywhere all the time, and it took months to subside.

The world had such a lower information density. His death and Dolly's death remind me of the bicentennial vs the semiquincentennial. The first ones were everywhere all the time, the second pairing, while big, was a murmur compared to a year-long Metallica concert.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:32 pm to
quote:

If you didn't witness it you really can't imagine how much his death affected the country. It was everywhere all the time, and it took months to subside.


I remember my momma crying her eyes out watching his funeral procession on TV. It stuck out to me that the hurst was white. I’d never seen a white hurst before. I thought all of them were black. But that’s the dumb things 7 year olds think.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
41697 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:36 pm to
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Whitney Houston



no
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
77269 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:50 pm to
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Neil Peart's death was heartbreaking when the pandemic was kicking off. That faded quick when Kobe crashed.

John Prine passed during that time, too. He's one that really got me.

Dimebag's death was just so, so shocking. A younger person being murdered like that will always hit different.
Posted by Tyga Woods
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:54 pm to
Biggie

Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:57 pm to
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I think people were sad when MJ died,
There wasn't decades of debates on whether or not MJ was still alive. fricking movies embraced that shite with Elvis. People from all over the world still flock to Graceland every year. Let that sink in.

I was seven when Elvis died, and I remember everything about it when I found out.
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 9:01 pm
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
3343 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:59 pm to
Glad Waylon didn't get on that plane!
Posted by Shorts Guy
BR
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:00 pm to
Elvis, just because of his age. People knew MJ was having some issues. I don’t think people knew as much about Prince’s health struggles. And although he wasn’t old he also wasn’t a young man at 57. Dolly had a full life so is different from the others listed.
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 9:03 pm
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:00 pm to
Elvis.

Barely in his 40s and still in his prime.

He got fat for a short period of time but lost a ton of weight and was ready to go again.

Then he died.
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
15410 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:02 pm to
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Glad Waylon didn't get on that plane!
We would've been robbed of a lot of great music!
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52648 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:10 pm to
Selena
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
28845 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:11 pm to
Elvis at one point weighed close to 330.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
75609 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:17 pm to
quote:

Elvis.

Barely in his 40s and still in his prime.

He got fat for a short period of time but lost a ton of weight and was ready to go again.

Then he died.


What are you talking about? He didn’t lose any weight before he died.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
77224 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:24 pm to
Lennon getting murdered

Dimebag same
Posted by OWLFAN86
Arrogant Dickweed
Member since Jun 2004
199761 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:28 pm to
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Lennon getting murdered



MNF Cossel announced it mom said oh no


my Dad quiped yoko Ono



thats all i got











Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
31575 posts
Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:32 pm to
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It stuck out to me that the hurst was white. I’d never seen a white hurst before.


So close




I hate it when I make a mistake like that.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:32 pm to
Soulja Slim
Posted by Tiger Prawn
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:34 pm to
Chester Bennington
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:35 pm to
Wonder if darth has ever had a hurst doughnut
Posted by Maniac979
The Great State of Texas
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 8/26/26 at 9:36 pm to
John Denver
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