Reaction to his death

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I am actually devastated by his death right now. I never met the man but he seemed so kind and his smile was so pure. You can tell by his smile and his eyes that he knew no malice. I could never watch The Green Mile before because I liked him way too much to see him die the way he did and now he is really gone and I will probably never see that film ever again! It is really sad.

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It has made me cry too, its made me feel as a few films remind me of a few very bad and horrible places I was in my life and some of his films have always made me cheer up or be able to face life!! This is why Im upset, and will never apologise for it even with the trolls online atm. So there.





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Besides Michael Jackson; I can't remember a time where a celebrity's death has caused such an outpour of emotion in the past few years....

Heath Ledger, Whitney Houston, Elizabeth Taylor, Bea Arthur, Ernest Borgnine, Phyllis Diller, Teena Marie, Rick James, James Brown, Sherman Hemsley, Andy Griffith, Donna Summer, Ted Kennedy (celebrity of sorts) and many more.

Except as much as their deaths broke my heart--Elizabeth Taylor, Bea Arthur, and Ernest Borgnine as your example, were much older, so although incredibly sad, not as much of a shock. They were in their 70s-80s-90s. Heath Ledger was terrible, a shock and tragedy, especially because he was so young, unbelievably talented (my favorite roles of his to that point would have been Brokeback Mountain and Monsters Ball), had so much to live for especially his little girl, and had a sad,accidental overdose. But I personally never looked at him and saw an inherent "sweetness" in him, if I can use that term. Whitney was just a mess, and as sad as it was, was it a completely unexpected? No, I don't think so. There was something about Michael Clarke Duncan, that high wattage smile, a kindness that appealed to so many people, a niceness, that made you melt, something in his demeanor, that many, many people who have never even met him are reacting to. And for those that knew him, he was obviously very much loved by all.

I just read in his NYTimes obituary that he truly enjoyed his fame and that "He was known to offer $5 to strangers on the street who could tell him what his full name was.". Well, I'm sure he gave it to strangers or homeless people and more, whether they knew who he was or not. He just seemed like such a good guy. Ernest Borgnine was also a good guy...he had a joy of life and happiness that just came through. Someone always with a smile on his face, who enjoyed his life, enjoyed his fame, and was a good person. I think Michael Clarke Duncan was like that. Everybody that met him seemed to have loved him. And boy, I would have felt immortal if I had him watching over me as a bodyguard. At 54 he was still young, and could have had so many good years ahead of him. His heart just couldn't take it. He must have been so sick since July, poor thing. I have only seen two films of his. Armegeddon, and The Green Mile. He will always be John Coffey to me. Probably one of the greatest characters ever written, and I don't think I could ever imagine anyone else playing that role. I think of him watching the musical on the screen with such unbridled joy before he was executed, the only moment of happiness Coffey ever had in his life, and it makes me sob. I personally feel his loss very deeply, and I've never met him. If there are horrible stories about him I do not want to hear them. I would rather remember him with his kindness in his heart and his and smile, and sweetness on his face.

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bridgetjones12002, very well written post.

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I agree. I have never seen The Green Mile because I never wanted to see him die, so I will always just remember him for Armageddon.

That smile was the thing. It was infectious. You can't help but like a guy with a smile like that. The world is a darker, lonelier place without his smile.