Which Celebrity or Athletes passing shocked/saddened you?

When a well known celebrity dies suddenly in a helicopter crash, that is going to be a big deal. Especially one where a lot of folks watched/followed him since he was a teenager.

From a skinny teen to a grown man with a wife and kids...that's over 20 years of his life and I'm not even a Laker fan.

Agreed. The sudden shock of such a horrible way to die, with 8 other lives involved, is what is making folks that did not even like Kobe, upset at this tragedy.

Plus, seeing a 400 lb. Shaq, crying his eyes out with tears rolling down his face, on the TNT special, then DWade crying, Barkley crying, LaBron crying as he got off the team plane......geeeez, it is contagious. It is a very sad loss of kids lives & mom & dads lives.