Saddest Deaths of 2017
Chester Charles Bennington (March 20th, 1976 - July 20th, 2017) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known for being the lead singer of Linkin Park. Before he was known for Linkin Park, Bennington was the lead singer of post-grunge act Grey Daze who was heavily inspired by Stone Temple Pilots they released two albums with Chester before his death. Wake Me and No Sun Today, a third album called Amends would be released in 2020 consisting of voice samples from Bennington. After Grey Daze dissolved, Bennington would join Linkin Parkin in 1999 formerly called Hybrid Theory, replacing former vocalist Mark Wakefield, who would go on to become Taproot's producer. Even with Bennington's ...read more. It is the first time the death of a musician I liked personally affected me.
I started listening to Prince a few months before he died. But I started listening to Linkin Park 10 years before Bennington died. That's half my life, I'm 20 now. Plus I know it was suicide from depression, and you can feel that in the music.
Linkin Park was one of the rock group everybody seems to like - back when I was 10, in our school they were THE band. But no one listened to the lyrics (even though most Germans and Austrians speak English most will tune the language out when listening to the music) or cared about the emotion packed in there. It just rocked to us. Later, when I was a teenager bordering on adult, I dig deeper into the music and understood the rough feelings in the music, and loved it even more. One can say, Linkin Park accompanied me from my way from childhood to so-called adulthood (I am not grown up yet and still got lots to learn I'd say). And all that makes me sad. To be ...more
This death still hits me hard... his music just feels and sounds more depressing now. Especially Dead by Sunrise, Linkin Park and Grey Daze. May his roul rest in peace he was a talented man that had a good run. I never got to see him live which is a shame because he had a really good vocal range. His death hit me harder then any death this year. It was like having a close friend die. I still cry when I hear songs like "Leave out All The Rest" or "One More Light".
Don't let OJ's parole overshadow how big Bennington was in the Nu Metal/rock genre. You may not like them much, but you have to admire such great success they achieved in their peak. Now I can't possibly think the band will move on from another singer its over, and Chester will forever stick out for me. Thanks for everything you gave us fans from the beginning to end.
His death will mark a permanent scar on Rock Music but even so he will always be remembered as one of the greatest Rock Singers of all time. He was a legend, a talented angel, a man with a voice of music, a flowering fruit that bloomed in a tree of music. Chester will always be with us in our hearts as much as we've been there for him. RIP Chester
William West Anderson, known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor known primarily for his role as Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film. RIP Gotham's greatest hero and Quahog's mayor. I'm going to be honest: this is the first celebrity death to make me cry. Batman was and still is 1 of my greatest fictional heroes.
It was just so sudden, and the fact that nobody told us he had leukemia made it sadder.
He was 88 years old, though.
But I'll always remember him as the '60s Batman and the mayor in Family Guy.
My favorite Batman the only real one in my opinion has died he will be missed
Christopher John "Chris" Cornell was an American rock musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as former lead vocalist and songwriter for the supergroup Audioslave. His vocal range was C2 to A5, while his highest notes went up to G6. He died on May 17, 2017. In terms of ranking based on sadness I think that Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell should both be above Chuck Berry. I mean his was a great loss as well, but to me his legacy is already set in stone, and I feel like he's given all he can to the world.
Chris and Chester on the other hand still had a career ahead of them, still had shows to play, still had time left that is now tragically gone. They deserved longer.
Terrible thing depression.
I don't really know what to say. He was a huge inspiration to my own personal songwriting. He had a voice that hasn't been replicated. His music was one of the contributing factors to why I love Grunge (and practically the Alternative music genre in general). Rest In Peace Chris. We'll miss ya buddy. Hope you're rocking up there in heaven.
Everyone will really miss this guy. How I wish I got a chance to see you rocking live. I'm a really huge fan of you Chis! I'm with your musiv whener I get tired, sad, happy, troubled & so many ways you connected to my soul that deep. I love you. Wish you still here rocking the world. Your music will forever be with me till my last breathe. Thank you for inspiring me in so many different ways.. Miss you & LOVE YOU ALWAYS.
So sad that another grunge musician committed suicide... At least this is the official cause of his death as of today - suicide by hanging.
His voice was incredible. R.I.P. Chris.
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. He died on 18 March 2017. I seriously didn't know he was still alive. But I'm really sorry to hear that he passed away. R.I.P. Chuck.
Johnny B. Goode is not going anymore, but he still the father of rock and roll. R.I.P Chuck Berry
I'm cryin' manly tears right now for such a great loss. This man was, is, will always be a legend that'll transcend spacetime as future generations remember him as the man who pretty much invented Rock n Roll..
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer. It was so shocking when he died. Tom Petty has always been one of my favorite artists.
Really sad. He died today October 3 and he all ready on the list. R.I.P.
I'm still shocked at the fact now that he's still gone. rest in peace tom
Mary Tyler Moore was an American actress, primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirty-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and, earlier, The Dick Van Dyke Show, in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother.
Sir Roger George Moore KBE (1927-2017) was an English actor. Moore played the British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films such as Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me and Live and Let Die, between 1973 and 1985. Moore worked as a model and made several appearances in minor films and television dramas before finding more substantial roles in the television serials Ivanhoe, The Alaskans and Maverick. Bond. James Bond. Personally, losing one of my favorite bonds was some of the saddest stuff ever.
Really, no words.
Malcolm Mitchell Young was an Australian musician and songwriter, best known as a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter for the hard rock band AC/DC. A sad death. While Chester (never forget) chose to die, this guy just died from dementia. Rock in Peace.
This man is one of the reasons why AC/DC is so great.
Rock in Peace legend
He was a great actor, too bad he died at 61 of surgery complications.
He was part of Titanic, Aliens and others.
Sad to see him die so soon.
R.I.P.
Sir John Vincent Hurt, CBE (January 22, 1940 - January 25, 2017) is an English actor and voice actor whose career has spanned six decades. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". R.I.P. Mr. Hurt. Thank you for being such an amazing actor.
June Lucille Foray was an American voice actress who was best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Lucifer from Disney's Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros. Just got back from watching Animat's tribute podcast to June Foray. To see someone as important to not only some of the most beloved characters in animation we all know and love that she has voiced, but someone important to the medium of animation in contributing to said medium being able to stand out in the eyes of Hollywood is tragic. While I will always remember her most as the voice of Granny from Looney Tunes, whom she has voiced throughout the entirety of her career in literal terms, now me and everyone else shall remember her as the first lady of voice acting and an important figure in animation for her legacy.
She should be higher.
Raymond Louis Heenan, better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, wrestler, and comedian.
My grandmother met Don when she was a teen, right before Toy Story. It's sad to see him gone. I wonder who will voice Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 4?
Dan Castallanetta did a great impression of this guy on The Simpsons. He could work as Mr. Potato Head.
I guess no Toy Story 4.
Toy Story 4 is cancelled.
Yordano Ventura Hernández was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.
On January 22, 2017, Ventura was killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. Ventura died in one of the most horrible ways possible. He sadly died in a car crash. Goodbye Ventura. You will be missed
Kim Jong-hyun (April 8, 1990 – December 18, 2017), better known mononymously as Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, radio host, and author. He was the main vocalist of the South Korean boy band Shinee, and participated in S.M. Entertainment's project group S.M. The Ballad. ...read more. It just happened this morning and I've been crying my eyes out ever since. For me his death affected me the most not only because I am a Kpop fan but because he was so young. Probably the youngest person on this list. R.I.P Kim Jonghyun
Even though haven't listened to your music, still, may you rest in peace Because many people from my country will dearly miss you.
I'm pretty sure Jimi Hendrix is in heaven welcoming him to the 27 club. I don't like K-pop, but RIP.
He was the lead singer of the K-Pop group SHINee.
Tony Rosato (1954-2017) was an Italian-Canadian actor and voice actor who has appeared in television and movies in both Canada and the United States. He is most known for being the original voice actor for Luigi. Without him, the YouTube Poop probably wouldn't be the same.
"That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario! "