Has a famous celebrity ever died and you had NO IDEA who they were???

I remember when Stevie Ray Vaughn died... I had never heard of Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I also had never heard of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez before she died... scratch that, I never heard of her till the movie came out...


I am saddened by Natasha Richardson's death... It seems particularly cruel that Liam Neeson whom I have always admired will now face every St Patricks Day with a veil of loss and Vanessa Redgrave whom I have also always admired is suffering what no mother should have to...

But I can't be the only person who simply can't place this actress. I looked up her IMDB page and while I had seen a few of her films I have no idea who she is even after seeing her picture.


Again I grieve for the loss of a wife a daughter a mother... but I also grieve for those others that are not famous who die too young... And I find it amazing that everyone knew who she was besides me.

not everyone.

I did not know who she was either.

I lived in Dallas when SRV died, and in Austin when Selena died, so they were big in the places I lived. I knew Richardson more by name than by role, but I liked her in "The Parent Trap," which I watched with my kids.

There are rockers or actors who die and I have no idea who they were. Sometimes I learn who they were, if enough people seem moved by them. Other times I don't. No reason to invite grief--we've all got as much as we can handle lined up down the road as it is. On the other hand, I'm not going to belittle someone's pain or depression just because they weren't important to me.

As for the Parent Trap, which I also enjoyed ,was she the wife or the new girlfriend in that?

I was worried that I sounded callous, so I was trying to soften it up. Sorry if it sounded like I was commenting on you.

She was the mother the girls were trying to reunite with the father.

Just takes a day to lose someone.

I'm pretty clueless about that sort of stuff, though I confess to the human trait of gossip indulgence. And I do feel bad for people's losses.

But I am familiar with those who I just found out she was related to.

And I see pictures and do not recognize her from anything. :shrug:

I had no idea who she was.

was in a movie I saw a many years ago about the Holocaust. Something about singing to stay alive. I wish I could remember the name of it. I've never forgotten it, and it was a very touching, yet heartbreaking movie.

I'm off to Google now ...

Edit: The movie was "Playing for Time"

in the movie "Nell" with Liam Neeson and Jodi Foster. She played Dr Paula Olsen. This is where Liam and Natasha met I think.

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but their romance started in that movie.

I remember when she was in the remake of Cabaret. She was a star and I will miss her.

And, I tend to remember the names of good actors and beautiful women.

What? Too soon?

And, which two women did it help?

I would say that #1 is Jennifer Lopez.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120094/

And woman #2 was Selena herself. Her death was stupid and tragic, but if it instantly made her recognizable to people who never would have bothered to hear about her otherwise.

shows how exciting my social life was at the time.

Sabrado Gigante, I think the show is, on KMEX in Los Angeles, though it originates in Mexico City.

All in Spanish, which I don't speak.

I saw her perform and thought: Gorgeous, major voice, and killer stage presence and charisma, that transmitted without being able to understand the words.

which makes the tragedy all the more so.

Sorry that she died but, who is she?

Also, welcome to DU.

played a role of a woman who's daughter dies. I found that especially sad that now both of them must experience this in real life.

My heart goes out to Liam, Vanessa, and the rest of that extended family now grieving.

Her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, has a rich history too. It's such a freak accident and so very sad.

But, so do many other regular everyday people endure such tragedies. And they never get any notice. Not that they'd want it. Nor does it take away from the famous ones.

How incredibly sad.

splashed all over the news like that. I wonder what it must be like to know that, everywhere you go, almost everyone knows your sad news. On one hand, the outpouring of sympathy must be wonderful. But on the other hand it must be very difficult to have photogs in your face when you just want to be left alone to grieve, and to see images of yourself walking in and out of the hospital on the news and in the papers.

My dad died December 13th, 10 years ago. That Christmas, my husband and I were driving out to the burbs to celebrate with his side of the family. I knew that everyone on my husband's side would've heard that my dad died but may not have known all the details. As we drove, I remember not being able to decide which would be worse: being forced to retell the story over and over to each family member who asked, or having them ignore the topic in an effort to spare my feelings. Knowing I was going into a room where 30 people knew what was going on (but weren't directly involved) was very hard. Imagine that multiplied by thousands. :(

But now that I know that she's Liam Neeson's wife and Vanessa Redgrave's daughter, wow. :cry:

the person i kept thinking of was MIRANDA Richardson...Then the other day I saw the photos, and I'm thinking "When did Miranda Richardson get plastic surgery?"

so then i'm running to imdb.com, and film snob that i am, i'd sad to say i haven't even seen any of Natasha's films...

I confused the two as well.

I have seen a few of her films as I stated above and simply couldn't put a face to to the name.

and then after watching the second Batman, I asked my friend, "who's that guy who played The Joker?"

:wow:

she made a big deal of my not knowing. :eyes:

I had seen him in several roles without realizing it, as he is such a chameleon.

no idea at all never even heard the name-

Not anything against her music, because apparently she was quite talented, but I honestly never heard of her before she died. But she was huge, huge, huge in the Cuban community here in South Florida. All of Little Havana was literally in mourning. 200,000 people went to her funeral. And I never heard of her in my life before that.

I had heard of the band, but doubt I have ever heard them play, at least not enough to recognise their music, and I had no idea who he was.

I was more familiar with Ms Richardson's husband and her mother - I don't recall seeing her performances.

Seems like avery sad way to go, and my understanding is they are very great family people, and that is sad.

mark

He died, I heard of his death, and then had his first great hit, "Dock of the Bay", and I later became a huge fan of one of the most important figures in '60s soul music.

:wow: You must be young! :)

when he died.

Don't feel bad many people didn't know him either.

I saw "A Handmaid's Tale" many years ago

It's the movie that I associate with her the most

I think it's horrible that a 45 year old wife and mother died from something as silly as bumping her head on a ski trip, but I guess I've never seen any of her movies.

;)

:rofl:

:shrug:


Aannd... ... ... scene!

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I had no idea who he was - I thought Nirvana's music sucked pondwater.

Anna Nicole Smith was.

Ironically, we were in the same Spanish class in junior high. Never knew that she became famous, though, until after she was gone. And like you, I'd seen movies with Natasha Richardson (I even recommend the book The Handmaid's Tale to students because of the movie), but had no idea who she was. Tough loss for the family, though.

One being the movieremake of the twins with Lindsay Lohan at summer camp and sees another girl just like her who lives in England. (Haley Mills was in the first movie).

So it happens.

He died on my 8th birthday. At the time, I'd heard the name, but never really knew the music or what he did. Of course, that fall, every kid at school had an "Elvis-- The King Forever" t-shirt, so pretty soon everybody knew who he was.

(Better yet-- it was usually the Vegas-era Elvis that was on the t-shirts-- not the rebel 1950s Elvis).

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This is the silliest question ever.