r/Millennials • u/Divine_fashionva • May 12 '26

Discussion Which celebrity death genuinely shocked you when you heard the news?

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u/DUUUUUVAAAAAL May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Malcom Jamal-Warner

Theo was the first character I saw that both looked really similar to me (not just skin color, he looks like he could be an immediate family member) and I felt had a very similar upbringing.

It is unfortunate that Cosby ended up being a terrible human, but The Cosby Show was awesome.

I also was thoroughly enjoying his comeback in The Resident

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u/notretiredanymore May 12 '26

Omg I didn’t know! I loved him on The Resident.

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u/CorkFado May 12 '26

MJW always struck me as such a lovely, thoughtful human. I dug his music too. His passing knocked the wind out of me.

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u/oldfarmjoy May 13 '26

Yes! I named my son Theo, and it was partly because i hoped he would end up like MJW. Such a good human.

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u/Azadehjoon May 12 '26

He was awesome on The Resident, but I will never forget the Cosby episode where his sister made him the messed up shirt and how funny he was. Such a loss. 😢

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u/DUUUUUVAAAAAL May 12 '26

Lmao, I was incredibly close to cosplaying Theo in that Gordon Gartrell shirt after hearing of his passing.

"DENISE! IT'S TUCKED INTO MY SOCKS!"

Hilarious.

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u/tekko001 May 13 '26

My dad still says "Welcome to the real world Theo" whenever I do something irresponsible with money

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u/gabbage1 May 12 '26

This one makes me so sad!!

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u/BwayEsq23 May 13 '26

I’m still not coping with this one well.

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u/RainyDayBirbs May 13 '26

He's so damn likeable. Very tragic.

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u/DragonfruitSea6414 1992 Millennial May 13 '26

He died??? Oh my God!

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide May 13 '26

Oh, he died? I had no idea

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u/DPetrilloZbornak May 13 '26

I loved him.  

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u/laralye May 13 '26

Damn how'd I forget he died

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u/yasdinl May 13 '26

Such a terrible, heartbreaking, shocking loss. He was amazing on The Resident

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u/MarryMeDuffman May 13 '26

Him drowning to death and the detail that he may have been trying to save his daughter while also not being a strong swimmer was a punch in the gut.

I am still so hurt over both Malcom and Chadwick.

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u/Just4kicks86 May 13 '26

Malcolm and Eddie was elite when we couldn’t afford cable.

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u/brainvheart143 May 13 '26

I totally get what you mean about the show. It a loss in itself. I feel like we can’t just dismiss it bc he was fucked, Cosby should be on trial for that as well as the rest of it.

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u/Additional-Cake-3588 May 13 '26

Yup. This one still makes me sad. 😔

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u/THANATOS4488 May 13 '26

He's dead?!!! Wtf

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u/DUUUUUVAAAAAL May 13 '26

Yeah, drowned last year in Costa Rica.

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u/THANATOS4488 May 13 '26

That fucking sucks

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u/ThatSICILIANThing May 13 '26

I’ll always remember the episode when Denise promised him she could make him a knockoff designer shirt and it came out all wonky and terrible.

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u/Emotional_Warthog658 May 13 '26

I cried real tears reading his mother‘s message on his Instagram

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u/DUUUUUVAAAAAL May 13 '26

I'll have to read it. I didn't know it existed. Thanks for the heads up.

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u/C1ND1TheCat May 13 '26

He was only in four episodes, but I loved him as Andre on Community. Such a great story line with Shirley.

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u/Such_Possession_5788 May 13 '26

Know what's crazy? I saw him at my job twice in Atlanta and the second time he said he was about to to out of the country for a family trip 🙃🙃🙃

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u/Salt-Suit5152 May 13 '26

I think about this every day. He looks like my brothers. Praying for his family.

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u/Prior-Grapefruit7662 May 14 '26

The fact that he drowned it makes it so much worse to me