Do you have a Mark Haines in your life?

I legitimately grieved when Johnny Cash and Kurt Vonnegut died.

Yes, this man.

@erichw1504 Seriously? My former boss did not mind him being off the air. : )

@mazingerz88 whaaat?! he is the man!

Nope.

I was very sad about Steve Irwin.

@erichw1504 I think the loud piercing voice irritated others more than they got informed.

@mazingerz88 I enjoyed it. Almost as much as I enjoy this commercial.

@erichw1504 Vince only wishes he could be as cool as Billy. this version’s better

This is going to make me look like an idiot, but the honest answer is Anna Nicole Smith. I was crushed when she died. She had this sort of innocent sweetness about her that always drew me to her, and I just adored her. I definitely grieved George Carlin’s death, too.

I am touched when anyone dies. Death is sad.

Dusty Springfield

I cried quite a bit when Sir Edmund Hillary died and when Steve Irwin died, but I had rather personal connections there, where I had actually met both of them, but only briefly, like one does with a brush with fame/hero. I’m sure there’s been others, but those two stand out for me.

@noelleptc VHS, represent!

Frank Zappa bummed me out so did Kurt Vonnegut. 2 great artists who helped shape my creative side.

Michael Jackson, I grew up listening to his amazing songs, and loved him as a person as much as I loved him as an entertainer.

Cobain. I think he was a fucking genius ruined by his disturbing insight on life.

@noelleptc I got a chance to visit the Australian Zoo in the early days. That’s how I ran into him. It was a great set up. What freaked me out completely is that they let snakes go on ‘walk about’... there was this MASSIVE python just hanging out in the middle of the park, by the other snake enclosures. There was a temper-mental cockatoo that was just out of petting reach but my (now ex) husband wouldn’t let that get in his way. He reached up for it and it came down for him to scratch behind the head and then it just stayed there, letting him talk and pet him. One of the keepers walked up to us nearly freaking out saying.. ‘That bird doesn’t let ANYONE touch him!’ to which my husband replied..‘Well, I have a way with birds.’ (cue canned laughter). The keepers were very well informed and the presentations were all great and there was a real feeling of ‘conservation not captivity’ about it. It’s gotten much bigger since I visited in the mid 90’s, I understand. It would be great to go back.

Fred Rogers

@Blueroses Pretty funny about Vince Schlomo advertising the “slap-chop” when he got into that kerfuffle with the hooker in 2009!

Michael Jackson