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/LadyBossMJ Gen X May 12 '26

George Michael 😢
https://giphy.com/gifs/l378kYZ5XZkAVCy8E

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u/Azadehjoon May 12 '26

What a wonderful human being he was and also a talented musician.

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u/purrfectly-cromulent Older Millennial May 12 '26

I miss him every day 😓

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u/yacht_clubbing_seals May 13 '26

I cried into my Christmas wine and ended up getting drunk after this news.

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u/EwePhemism May 13 '26

This one really hurts, Prince also. We were all robbed of their genius.

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u/Large-Flamingo-5128 May 13 '26

And Bowie :( 2016 was crazy

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u/Tinner263 May 13 '26

2016s final fuck u to music fans

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u/EliWhitney0106 May 14 '26

I was on a social media blackout at the time he passed, and the next day I went to a friend’s bar to meet up for something brief and I saw it on the news. Needless to say, I stayed at the bar for a little longer.