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I do feel awfully selfish, grieving for a stranger this way. But, like many here (hi Jars!) I've loved watching him since way back when and felt such gratification when he blew up all over the place.
It's really not my place to grieve, but he did his job well enough that I do.
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Yeah, selfish, that's what I feel (hi ita!). I can't imagine what his family must be going through.
Damn, first Brad Renfro and now Heath Ledger? It's just not right, losing young talent, young lives, like this.
Oh my god, that's awful.
I do feel awfully selfish, grieving for a stranger this way. But, like many here (hi Jars!) I've loved watching him since way back when and felt such gratification when he blew up all over the place.
Yes, this.
I'd imagine those Why So Serious? posters will come down pretty sharpish.
Yup. I loved him in ROAR, too. I was a sucker for that sort of show.
I think celebrity grieving is a difficult topic. Of course it's strange and offputting for the family to have a whole whack of people grieving that don't know him at all. But with artists, they put so much of themselves out there for us to consume, I think it's natural for us to feel the loss.
It's perfectly all right to grieve.
It's really not my place to grieve, but he did his job well enough that I do.
Yes, this.
I'm really upset too and sadden. He was so talented and he was one of the actors that I liked to read about it.
If it is suicide,that's what it sounded like they were hinting at, I hope people don't say cruel things. Sometimes they do, saying oh he was selfish or how could he. Which isn't really cruel, but. I'm so sad for him and Michelle Williams and his little girl.
I think celebrity grieving is a difficult topic. Of course it's strange and offputting for the family to have a whole whack of people grieving that don't know him at all. But with artists, they put so much of themselves out there for us to consume, I think it's natural for us to feel the loss.
Yeah, I was thinking, you know, people die all the time, in worse ways, even younger, and we don't really feel the hit. But with artists...well, you put it very well, thanks.