What is happening? All these recent, unexpected celebrity deaths. Of course death is natural, and some of you are probably thinking, they’re just celebrities, who cares? I think it’s the suddenness of their deaths – and the fact that they were young and shouldn’t have died so unexpectedly – that makes it all the more shocking to us.
Take Heath Ledger’s death, for example. He was an incredible actor – I’ve loved his acting ever since I first saw him in “A Knight’s Tale” – and for him to die just as he was reaching a pinnacle in his career, what with “Brokeback Mountain” and of course, “Dark Knight,” was just so shocking. And very sad, because he left behind a daughter who will never know him (and have only the faintest memories of who her father was) and the world lost all the amazing movies that could have been made had he lived. Look at how amazing he was as the joker in the “Dark Knight” (it wasn’t just hype; he really was that good). I remember seeing the headlines as they broke online, and thinking to myself in disbelief, no way, they can’t be talking about Heath Ledger. It was just unreal.
Bernie Mac passed away just last week too, and his death totally took me by surprise too. Who dies of pneumonia in this day and age? It’s just sad because I expected to keep hearing wisecracks and politically incorrect comments and see more Ocean’s movies from him. It’s like George Clooney said, “The world just got a little less funny” with his passing.
And then the death that sparked this blog – Lee Un (Lee Eon). He died in a motorcycle accident early in the morning on August 21 in Korea and was killed almost immediately. I saw a story about his death on Soompi and I was pretty shocked by this one too. He was so young; he was only 27 years old and his career was just starting to take off. It’s such a waste. He was a Coffee Prince from “1st Shop of Coffee Prince,” one of my very favorite K-dramas, and he was so funny and endearing. RIP :(
OMG! Did I read it right? Lee Un? Oh god, I can’t believe it! I so love him in Coffee Prince! OMG! Damn, he will be so missed. RIP, Lee Un.
Really, ‘08 is a tragic year (Oops, I jinxed it). I never seen so many deaths of important people/celebrities in a year either. It’s really scaring me, this whole year. I’m not one to be superstitious of death, but…
It’s crazy; when I first heard about Bernie Mac’s death, I was so stupid to think of it as a joke in the first place. -_-
I, too, was sad about Heath Ledger’s passing. He was a great up and coming actor. I haven’t seen Dark Knight yet, but I’ve heard nothing but good things.
Ugh, i was just thinking the same thing :( I thought it was some kind of prank or something about Bernie Mac’s death. I saw someone mention it on Twitter so at first i didnt pay it any mind. But then, when i went to login to yahoo mail-there it was again. i almost cried :( Even thought their celebs, their humans too!
Have you ever noticed that most celebrity deaths always happen in threes? While it is very sad no matter who dies, it does seem to hold true…
Here in the US, I think a lot of people are still reeling from Heath, Bernie and Isaac Hayes (think Chef from South Park).