how will you feel if we lose Patrick Swayze this year?

[dot.hawkes]

I can hardly comprehend it, it's so sad, he must be in the depths, he's such an icon in my house : (

[dot.hawkes]

we as in the human race, are you exempt?

[rabbitygirl]

Some celebs deaths mean little and others seem to make you feel a personal loss. It depends not just on whether you are a strong fan, but also that they may be a similar age and you have followed their lives thru their work.

I will feel sad too dot when his time comes.

[afcjan]

everyone has family no knowledge, and surely its sad when anyone is so ill famous or not

[joggerjayne]

It would be awful.

[afcjan]

yes I do understand what u mean.

but at times like that surely its better to say nothing and keep your thoughts to yourself.

[sara3]

it's sad when anyone dies early, but I'd be more upset if it was someone I knew.. even a "friend" on here that I'd never met.

[afcjan]

I quite like him so it would be sad

[afcjan]

thats a very honest point Bez.

[dot.hawkes]

my daughter is upset that he is ill, she will be quite emotional if he does lose his fight with the illness,

[trish432]

It`s very sad for Patrick and his family. I`ve never really been a fan, but the potters wheel scene from Ghost always sticks in my mind.
Must agree though, it won`t really affect me much, I`ve had members of my family die really young, my niece died of cancer when she was twenty nine, so I won`t be losing any sleep over a stranger

[bdol4886346]

My sentiments entirely, I don`t think his family would give a toss if they heard that I was on my way out.

[Nannyjillx2]

Say ahh shame when I read it in the paper and then move on

[rabbitygirl]

The feelings we have after someone dies differ enormously, depending on the person lost. There have been fans who are inconsolable at a star's death. But it's rare and is not, of course, a loss comparable to that of a family member.

We don't control these feelings. We can feel anything from a sigh of remembrance to devastating grief at a death. There is nothing wrong or strange in feeling sad at the loss of an admired and familiar actor/celeb who was in our life only via a screen.