WHICH FAMOUS ICONS DEATH, WILL AFFECT YOU MORE ?

The day Her Majesty dies I will retire to my bed for the mourning duration. It will be a very big deal to me.

Oprah!!! :-(

None.

I do not care that much about any of the listed. I will shed a few tears when Dolly dies. I consider her the Queen of the South.

I will be distraught when Betty Windsor dies. DISTRAUGHT. But I will also be very very sad when Babs dies. Sad, but less so for Cher. Betty White, I will miss her but no tears.

I still haven't got over Aretha. I doubt I ever will.

Write-in vote for the death of the possessive apostrophe.

The apostrophe didn't die in the topic title. It fell off its perch into Death Valley, caught off-guard by the all-caps.

Yet the OP attempts to make up for it with a superfluous comma.

The ersatz and unpredictable punctuation is like trying to condole DL after Aretha Franklin died by reminding us that Stacey Q still lives.

BILL TAYLOR’s first DL poll!

Yes, the passing of The Queen will be momentous, incomparable. Only Churchill's death in modern times had anything like the impact QE II's departure will have.

Diana's death was a profound shock, and she's absolutely part of history, but not the vast slab of history continuity and influence The Queen represents. In her case the phrase 'the end of an era' will be used to its fullest extent.

Despite what continuities can be maintained, it will be a strange new era indeed.

(Footnote I can't help: I just hope she hangs on till a sane US President is in place to attend her funeral.)

Fuck that dried up old cunt in England who the fuck made it Royal? She is a leech of the highest order.

Babs is the death I dread most, it may even kill me outright.

Elton.

None of the above will warrant anything more than a mild, "That's a shame," response.

F&F R11. There is no cause for that sort of ugliness. Clearly you have no respect for her. Fine.

Just keep it moving. You don't have to comment on everything you read.

It 's between QE2 or Betty White. Don't care much for the other 2.

[quote] Write-in vote for the death of the possessive apostrophe.

I clicked on this thread just to see how many posts it would take for someone to comment on that.

[quote] The apostrophe didn't die in the topic title. It fell off its perch into Death Valley, caught off-guard by the all-caps.

Brilliant.

Neither do you R15, yet here you are. Fuck that old cunt and her stolen millions. She is the worst of the worst.

[quote] Yet the OP attempts to make up for it with a superfluous comma.

How about the turkey-like neck or non-existent bosom?

Cher. The rest can't dance and sing in a leather thong.

[quote] The rest can't dance and sing in a leather thong.

Okay. I will.

I know who I’m placing my money on.

Um, none?

I'll miss all of them, but HM's impending exit will really leave me bereft. She's on of my most admired people, ever, and I look to her as an inspiration.

Her Majesty Elizabeth II Queen of Canada and many other places. For most of my lifetime she's been on our coins, paper money, postage stamps.

All of them equally. I’ll probably cry. I cried at Michael, Whitney, and Robin Quivers’ battle with cancer.

Elton John

Stevie Winder

Stevie Nicks

Lindsey Buckingham

Tom Cruise

Janet Jackson

Stevie Wonder sorry big fingers

I will be very sad when Michael Caine leaves us. I adore him.

Is bereft worse than distraught?

The British Royal Family shouldn’t even exist. Fuck those cunts.

[quote] I'll miss all of them, but HM's impending exit will really leave me bereft. She's on of my most admired people, ever, and I look to her as an inspiration.

Seek help.

The death that would have me totally wrecked would be Hillary. Honestly, if anything were to happen to her I'd just completely lose it.

[quote] Yes, the passing of The Queen will be momentous, incomparable. Only Churchill's death in modern times had anything like the impact QE II's departure will have.

How? She's not a leader and she has an instant replacement. Besides, I've heard that there are many anti-monarchists in the UK who will not give a flying f*ck.

Who are you kidding. The queen's death will be massive politically.

I won't cry, I have no emotional connection to her, but the world will be affected. The commonwealth will probably dissolve for one thing. And the likes of Trump and Putin will invariably say something stupid and scary, not necessarily in that order.

Then out come the leaks. It will cause a national crisis in England, perhaps even leading to the end of the monarchy.

none of them..........the only one that I wish were still with us was Marilyn Monroe

The death of the Queen will disrupt the world economy, so it will have the biggest impact everywhere.

The death of Charles III will disrupt organic farming in Cornwall, so it will have negligible impact elsewhere.

[quote] none of them..........the only one that I wish were still with us was Marilyn Monroe

Yes, I am sure her continuing contributions to world culture at age 92 would be enormous.

[quote] Yes, I am sure her continuing contributions to world culture at age 92 would be enormous.

92 is too young to be mocked by a derivative, homosexual director who had a middle-aged Welshwoman past her prime play a screen legend.

Carol Burnett

Cher is the only one younger than me.

Where's Madge? She's the only 80s music icon left alive.

None of them. I have no ill will towards anyone mentioned in OP's poll, a famous person's death is no more or less important than a non-famous person's death. I have friends who get all worked up over celebrity deaths, just don't understand it.

[quote] I have friends who get all worked up over celebrity deaths, just don't understand it.

R45, are these your friends?

Why R27? Did you know them personally?

R46, ha! No, I'm not acquainted with the Diana screamer, I do have a friend who cried all over my furniture when Patrick Swayze died.

R48, you should have put him in a corner.

R49, it was a "her" and she wouldn't budge!

Now, if or when Datalounge snuffs it, I will go into deep mourning & not go into purple for at least ten years

Road Housexwas the best movie ever! It should have won an Oscar!

Road House was the best movie ever! It should have won an Oscar!

Dolly Parton.

R53, I consider her the Queen of the South.

Bump

How odd when the poll results are the exact opposite of how I feel.

I didn’t used to think I will cry when the Queen died but now I do. Canadian here so slightly more of an awareness or attachment to the idea of the crown. I know it’s silly but it was this thing in the background my whole life. When they would tour my mother would take us. Hard to explain but part of the furniture. The death of Queen will be the end of something permanent if distant in my frame of reference. It will be a sad change. As you get older there are things that go that really remind you you’re really going to go too. This will be one of them.

I will do a Diana scream when Liza kicks it.

I don't think there's anybody left whose death would affect.

The deaths that have affected me were the deaths of RFK, John Lennon, Andy Warhol, Jess Franco, and Lou Reed.

Justin Bieber

R57 I agree, as a fellow Canadian. It will be a real shock when the Queen dies as she has been a constant in our lives for so many decades. I won't be crying but I will be feeling the loss and will be a tad disoriented. Yet, given her robust good health she may well outlive me. ( Having been born in 1948 , I'm the same age as Prince Charles).

Won’t you be excited for new currency and stamps, R61?

Unless one of them put me in their will, it will have no effect whatsoever...

MISS Diana Ross