NFT: famous people we miss... gone too soon

Many of our most respected physicists now believe we're likely in a multiverse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse).

The short explanation: we're in just one of an infinite number of parallel universes, where these icons of culture you're listing may be very alive and well, and you might instead have been the one who passed. There's no way to really test for this to confirm it (which is sort of the point of science), so it's all just theoretical, but it always blows my mind.

John Lennon
George Harrison
Joe Strummer

Lennon was tragic ... The Beatles definitely would have gotten back together for their Anthology project.. if not sooner

The Clash would have gotten back together for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He was an amazing talent that few could touch.

is a really good call. Put Otis Redding in there too.

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caught everybody by surprise. That guy made a lot of great stuff in his career, would have loved to see more.

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Phil Hartman

Old Dirty Bastard.

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Who knows the numbers he could have put up and how many more games in a row he could have played.

Freddie Mercury maybe because I just saw Bohemian Rhapsody.

Hard to say if Queen would still be putting out new music though.

In comment 14207113 SHO'NUFF said:

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keep it in their pants... live by the sword, die by the sword. And suicide, those people literally did it to themselves. Also, if you lived a long, full life and died naturally, you don't count either. So this would include: Kurt Cobain Eazy-E Robin Williams Brittany Murphy Heath Ledger River Phoenix Tupac and Biggie George Bush Sr. Stan Lee Michael Jackson and a few others listed already. Disclaimer: I love Eazy Muthafuckin E... Love Robin Williams... nicest man you'll ever meet. Guys that didn't "deserve" it, and I'm including people who had certain health issues, but probably didn't realize it until too late: Phil Hartman Owen Hart James Gandolfini Eli Manning's Hall of Fame chances Chris Farley Bruce Lee, from the official report... allergic reaction JFK Paul Walker One could argue JFK and Walker put themselves in that position, but unlike Tupac and Biggie, they weren't doing things that warranted retaliation. The POTUS, as a title and symbol, is always under fire (no pun intended) so JFK shouldn't count.

If you don't count drug abusers, take Chris Farley off your list.

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Simply because he would likely be the President right now instead of that other guy.

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in this capacity I feel obliged to mention Shannon Hoon. Every bit as talented as those guys, and Blind Melon can legitimately be called the most underrated band of that era. If you only know No Rain do yourself a favor and dig into their (unfortunately very limited) catalog.

Good post and a great band.

Soup is a masterpiece, beginning to end, IMO.

In comment 14207113 SHO'NUFF said:

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keep it in their pants... live by the sword, die by the sword. And suicide, those people literally did it to themselves. Also, if you lived a long, full life and died naturally, you don't count either. So this would include: Kurt Cobain Eazy-E Robin Williams Brittany Murphy Heath Ledger River Phoenix Tupac and Biggie George Bush Sr. Stan Lee Michael Jackson and a few others listed already.

The OP was about famous people you miss. You're incapable of missing those listed above because they did X or Y?

That's a little odd.

Sean Taylor and Derrick Thomas come to mind

Freddie Mercury
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Ronnie Van Zandt
John Candy
Chester Bennington

In comment 14207257 GMAN4LIFE said:

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Washington died at 67. That's very old for his time.

In comment 14207508 santacruzom said:

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In comment 14207113 SHO'NUFF said: Quote: keep it in their pants... live by the sword, die by the sword. And suicide, those people literally did it to themselves. Also, if you lived a long, full life and died naturally, you don't count either. So this would include: Kurt Cobain Eazy-E Robin Williams Brittany Murphy Heath Ledger River Phoenix Tupac and Biggie George Bush Sr. Stan Lee Michael Jackson and a few others listed already. The OP was about famous people you miss. You're incapable of missing those listed above because they did X or Y? That's a little odd.

No, I don't miss them because they controlled their own destiny and decided to check out early. Regretfully, they are no longer with us, but I don't "miss" them. I didn't know any of them personally.

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If you don't count drug abusers, take Chris Farley off your list.

Drugs did him in? I thought he was just fat.

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In comment 14207257 GMAN4LIFE said: Quote: . Washington died at 67. That's very old for his time.

GW was most-likely killed by his doctors. He basically had a sore/inflamed throat (probably strep or mono) and his doctors decided that blood-letting was the best treatment. They reportedly drained many pints of his blood right before he died.

I'm personally really curious about what kind of roles, say, Heath Ledger and Phillip Seymour Hoffman would find themselves in these days, and regret that I'll never know. This regret is not tempered by the circumstanced behind their death.

I loved "Alias Smith and Jones" and I second John Lennon and Bobby Darin.

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In comment 14207738 SHO'NUFF said:

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In comment 14207508 santacruzom said: Quote: In comment 14207113 SHO'NUFF said: Quote: keep it in their pants... live by the sword, die by the sword. And suicide, those people literally did it to themselves. Also, if you lived a long, full life and died naturally, you don't count either. So this would include: Kurt Cobain Eazy-E Robin Williams Brittany Murphy Heath Ledger River Phoenix Tupac and Biggie George Bush Sr. Stan Lee Michael Jackson and a few others listed already. The OP was about famous people you miss. You're incapable of missing those listed above because they did X or Y? That's a little odd. No, I don't miss them because they controlled their own destiny and decided to check out early. Regretfully, they are no longer with us, but I don't "miss" them. I didn't know any of them personally.

So, you don't miss them because they "controlled their own destiny", or you don't miss them because you didn't know them personally, which is it?

What is this notion of "counts" or "doesn't count"? Counts for what exactly? I'm incredibly confused by your list and I really don't think you should have 2 separate lists. Everyone "controls their own destiny" in some way. BTW, Chris Farley died of an overdose of cocaine and morphine, so that's one inconsistency. Also, Phil Hartman remained married to an insane person who had long-standing issues with drugs and alcohol and ultimately murdered him, so in a way wasn't he also controlling his own fate? Gandolfini died of a heart attack which you could argue could have been avoided by making healthier lifestyle choices, so did he he not "control his own fate"? Also, the reasons for Tupac and Biggie's shootings are still unknown, and many believe Biggie in particular was likely killed due to the incorrect assertion that he was responsible for Tupac's death, so I don't see how you could say either of their deaths were their fault or part of them "controlling their destiny". Same thing with Eazy-E... he died of AIDS. Your post seems to blame him for "not being able to keep it in his pants" but the reality is that any person who has ever had unprotected sex with anyone (including you) has technically put themselves at risk of getting AIDS and it truly does come down to just having bad luck a lot of times. Wilt Chamberlain had sex with thousands of women and never contracted HIV, was he attempting to "check out early" by being so sexually promiscuous? I think it's disrespectful and shortsighted to judge one group of people as having "controlled their own fate" or "chose to check out early" while depicting the other group of people as just victims or innocent bystanders... especially considering, like you said, you have never met any of them.

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died. Way too young at 63. Also, Tom Petty. He was a great musician!

1) Elvis Presley
2) Jerry Garcia
3) Pigpen
4) Bowie
5) Bruce Lee

In comment 14207742 SHO'NUFF said:

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In comment 14207428 Mr. Bungle said: Quote: If you don't count drug abusers, take Chris Farley off your list. Drugs did him in? I thought he was just fat.

How is dying from drugs and being fat different? Gandolfini and Farley both died from their lifestyles.

Scott Weiland
Kurt Cobain
Freddie Mercury
Jose Fernandez
Junior Seau

The ones that have affected me most are Morrison, Joplin & Hendrix. All died at 27 and I believe within the same year.

In comment 14207452 elisha2014 said:

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Simply because he would likely be the President right now instead of that other guy.

He would have gone far in politics. And every woman would have voted for him. He was a great looking dude.

I don't miss any famous people.

However, I really think the world could use George Carlin right now.

He had a way of crossing all political, social, socioeconomic, racial, etc. boundaries and making a lot of sense