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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey
Can only really pick two, the deaths of the two big hitters in 2016. Those are the only ones where 1) I was bothered and 2) I was alive at the time.
Lennon's death must have been unbelievable at the time.
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It was. Even now, I'm not over it. That was a bigger and tragic moment for me than 9/11 was. It was my ultimate 'where were you' moment. In my case it was watching Monday Night Football when the local station had a scawl on the screen saying that ex- Beattie (he misspelled Beatle) had been shot. Ten minutes later Cosell came on with the announcement he was dead on arrival.
So that was number one for me too.
2. Kurt Cobain's suicide (I don't think he was mentioned yet)
3. Bon Jovi (on a lighter note- he and Eddie Van Halen could have been brothers).
4. Van Halen's Jump (mainly because it inspired my stupid cousin to jump off peoples' cars at the time)
5. Sinead O' Connor's love affair (not!) with the Pope.