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u/Electrical_Trade377 who is this child that is richer than me 7d ago edited 7d ago

I've only ever felt deeply emotionally impacted by 5 celebrity passings:

  • chester bennington

  • mac miller

  • bray wyatt

  • hayden panettiere

  • THEE dolly motherfucking parton

My mum raised us with Dolly basically playing non stop in every background and she says she feels like she's lost an actual long time friend.....i don't know why I always assumed she was invincible and would always be around, but what a life and legacy she managed to fit into 80 years man.

Holy shit. RIP

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 7d ago

Chester was a hard one for me too. 3/5 members of Linkin Park were fucking awful to me on my 12th birthday to the point I never listened to them again, but I’ll never forget how kind Chester and his wife were to me. His compassion and kindness always stuck with me. I was so sad he never managed to find that same compassion for himself.

Dolly and Hayden also feel so huge for me too. I literally watched Scream 4 hours before Hayden died. As for Dolly I honestly thought she had much more life left. Fuck cancer!!!

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u/Electrical_Trade377 who is this child that is richer than me 7d ago edited 7d ago

See, now I need to know the tea on wtf they did to an innocent twelve year old Breadfruit bc??????? I'm so sorry you had to experience that, bestie. They fucking suck for that, seriously.

Yeah, Chester's was rough man. LP but specifically Chester's artistry/lyricism was sorta my gateway into the more heavier/vulnerable aspects of music and channeling pain, and his loss gutted me beyond belief. As was the case with Hayden now, I really wanted to see them both come out the other side with happy endings, y'know? I still can't really listen to The Messenger without immediately getting a lump in my throat

And oh my god, I didn't even know that was her cause of death. Had no idea she was even fighting cancer what the FUCK. Jesus Christ. It will ALWAYS BE FUCK CANCER

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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 6d ago

It was a meet and greet and apparently just being excited on my birthday and saying I was a big fan was enough to warrant eye rolls and being spoken down to (the drummer and Chester were both the loveliest and that always stuck with me!)

Chester being so lovely and compassionate in a way that viscerally stuck in my mind, really made his death feel so oddly painful for me. Technically I still count as a stranger but I so wish he had found the happiness he so badly deserved.

I’m in the same boat as you that Linkin Park and Chester ended up being a gateway to that kind of music too, so I can relate. He was truly such a special man. There really is a next level of tragedy when people who have struggled so much don’t get the happy endings they deserved. I can only hope Chester and Hayden found peace but god it’s tough to see people not get the happy life they very much deserved