Heath Ledger dead :(

[Marilyn. 340]

great minds think alike

Mourning is in the simplest sense synonymous with grief over the death of someone. (Wiki) So whether it is the death of a movie star, a president, or even the 82 year old stenographer in the obit section of the paper....if the news of that death fills you with grief you are mourning. As it is a highly personal feeling, I don't think anyone can say whether it is right, correct, or valid. As ...FEELIN said, "to each his own."

-P

Yes, to each his own. But we can still debate on the internet

I am not filled with grief over his passing.. I just feel sad ...

i have other things to be filled with grief about..

[SteveLaura 0]

He seemed like a nice bloke who doted on his daughter, ergo it's sad.

Were I to know more about the now infamous 82 year old stenographer and her life, there's a good chance I would feel some sadness at her death also.

It doesn't seem like a tricky concept to me.

LOL, I know! I just made her up! RIP Gertrude.

Gertrude, we hardly knew you.

[jundp 191]

Well when Princess Diana died I cried. And I watched the funeral on TV, like I watched her wedding....

Does that make me a loony?

[Krikit 1,164]

People tend to mourn those they have a connection to. I mourned my husband's death but it doesn't mean I gave his life more meaning than others. Every life is valuable.

Your husband is different in that the two of you had a direct emotional bond. What I'm talking about is mourning one total stranger but not another.

Ahh, but you missed my point, which was in the first sentence. If people have a connection to someone, or something, they mourn the loss. This person was not a total stranger to others.

RIP Gertrude. You were very dear to us.

[almaty 19]

RIP Gertrude. You were very dear to us.

Edited January 25, 2008 by almaty

[Fandango 1,439]

Oh Gerty! You were the quickest stenographer in the courthouse.

We miss you!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Well when Princess Diana died I cried. And I watched the funeral on TV, like I watched her wedding....

Does that make me a loony?

pretty much. What did you do when Mother Teresa died the next week?

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

pretty much. What did you do when Mother Teresa died the next week?

Touche.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I didn't much care about Diana - I thought her public persona was rather overstated. But the media circus over her death and subsequent funeral (down to the Elton John solo) was cringeworthy - IMO.

When the Queen Mum died we went to a pub in Amsterdam. It wasn't much on my mind.

[Krikit 1,164]

People tend to mourn those they have a connection to.

pretty much. What did you do when Mother Teresa died the next week?

Touche.

*sound of winds whistling over heads*

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Well when Princess Diana died I cried. And I watched the funeral on TV, like I watched her wedding....

Does that make me a loony?

pretty much. What did you do when Mother Teresa died the next week?

imo mother teresa was a greater loss.

[tom&tata 2]

Well when Princess Diana died I cried. And I watched the funeral on TV, like I watched her wedding....

Does that make me a loony?

pretty much. What did you do when Mother Teresa died the next week?

imo mother teresa was a greater loss.

Did you cry?

[almaty 19]

i did not .. i save my tears for those close to me ...

[Sinergy 3]

wow, now we are not allowed to discuss his death without being critisized!!!

how bout, if you dont like the subject of the thread, you dont come into it? I know i have that common sense as i pass up the threads i know im not going to want to be a part of. Or degrade ppl over.

Yes, Ambien has been linked to many deaths, and seems Heath was taking alot of it as he was unable to sleep at all

Edited January 25, 2008 by Ionescu

[derekkj 0]

Well when Princess Diana died I cried. And I watched the funeral on TV, like I watched her wedding....

Does that make me a loony?

pretty much. What did you do when Mother Teresa died the next week?

imo mother teresa was a greater loss.

Perhaps, but like Heath, Diana died before her time and left young children. Mother Teresa lived a full life and died when she was 87. I was sad when both women died, but somehow Diana's death touched me more because it was tragic and unexpected.