British public recall celebrity deaths that affected them most

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Watch as members of the public discuss the celebrity deaths that deeply affected them, and why certain celebrity deaths leave a lasting impression on people.

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00:00A celebrity's death that impacted me? I think there's been so many. I think David Bowie in 2016,

00:06I thought that was really, that was terrible, especially when he released his final song,

00:12Lazarus, which was really quite emotional. I think probably there is that thing with celebrities

00:18where we think we know them so well, obviously they don't know us. And I imagine for a lot of

00:24people who haven't experienced grief before, having somebody who they admire so much, such

00:27as Liam Payne, dying in such tragic circumstances, surely must be an incredibly difficult experience.

00:33A guy called Lemmy used to, in front of a band called Motorhead, who were very influential rock

00:37bands back in the day when I was growing up. And he was one of these guys where they thought he

00:41was going to live forever. Heavy drinker, heavy smoker, heavy drug user. I'm not condoning any of

00:46that. But he seemed like he was going to go on forever. But he suddenly became ill quite around

00:51the time when my mum was near to the end with cancer. So it's sort of double whammy really.

00:56Victoria Wood. I remember when she died. I was in the office and a friend of mine who was also a big

01:01comedy fan said, have you seen the news? Victoria Wood died. And it was so sudden. And we didn't know

01:06that she was ill. And she was just, she was a massive female comedic influence when I was growing

01:12up. Loved dinner ladies, like loved watching her on TV. So that was a bit of a, that was the, maybe

01:18the only time I felt like a real gut punch. I was in Hales, my mother were decorating. I was helping

01:23out. Back then it was wallpaper stuff. And I remember the news and she just stopped what

01:26she was doing. And that's when I found out that Princess Diana died and started looking into her.

01:30So that's the death that I remember the most really. Yeah. Even though it happened a long time

01:33ago in the nineties, mid nineties. Yeah. Good woman as well. Rest in peace to her.

01:38Princess Diana of my day. She was, she did a lot of charity work. She was really good. She was

01:45loved. She was loved by everybody. And it was just a shock when she passed away.

01:50And it's to this day, it's upsetting just thinking about her, you know.

01:55Yeah. She was a lovely person. Yes. So sad. Yes.

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