Why are we losing so many fantastic people

Rest in Peace Alan Rickman, and thank you for making my childhood awesome.

Wow, that's so sad. It's so heartbreaking that, for all our advancements and technology, a cure still eludes us.

It's so sad. He was a brilliant actor who always did a great job with his roles - partilcularly in Harry Potter, but also in comedy and other areas. He'll be sorely missed.

Kids at school used to make fun of me for having an "old man crush" on him. He was just so fucking brilliant. Fuck.

First David Bowie, now Alan Rickman? This whole issue with cancer is really getting out of hand! Can we just invent cancer-cell-eating nanomachines already?

I never really got around to watching the Harry Potter movies, but that's okay. He'll always be Hans Gruber, the Metatron, the Sheriff of Nottingham and Alexander Dane (and therefore, Doctor Lazarus) to me.

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! Whyyyyyyyyy??????????????? He was a good actor and I will always remember him for Harry Potter!

He'll always be Colonel Brandon to me. I loved his voice - it always melted my innards. :lovestruc

I remember him best from Dogma and Harry Potter. He really had something that translated to HOT. Someone here made a Sims 2 version of him that was stunning. Maybe it's time to put him in my game.

Bye bye, AR and thanks for your work!

Celine Dion's husband, Rene Angelil has passed away this morning, also from cancer.

Is it horrible that I don't really care? I used to love his portrayal of Snape. But when I read the news of his death, I tend to think "everyone dies eventually" instead of feeling sad.

Of course, if I knew him personally I'd feel real sad, we always feel bad when someone we love or like dies. But I never really knew him, so...

It's sad really. I just read earlier today that he also played Gruber in the Die Hard movie from the high rise. I didn't quite get that, good costume and makeup I guess.

Probably a lot of people feel sad because they feel like they got to know him, through his work.

I have personally only seen one Harry Potter so I don't feel like I got to know him through his work so much (though I do remember him in Die Hard when I was a little kid). I just always feel sad when I hear of people dying of cancer or any medical condition because I have medical phobia and carcinophobia. I think holy crap, that poor person had to go through that kind of unimaginable horror. I have several relatives that also died of cancer (an uncle just a month ago, a grandma, and grandpa), a cousin survived cancer, my dad had it, but didn't die of it, and my uncle is currently battling it. It's really, truly, extremely horrible, emotionally, mentally, and physically. Horror movies and creepypastas, that shit isn't scary, cancer is a true horror. I'm already terrified myself, because, well, genetics.

I feel like I should donate some $$$ to the cause. Need to figure out which organization is best.

Yep...that's him as the Metatron, all right! "Anyone who isn't dead or from another plane of existence would do well to cover their ears right about now." :lovestruc

"Hello, it's me, Alan Rickman. Remember that turtle joke for the party. He he he."
-Family Guy
RIP, I guess.

rip Alan We already lost lemmy

Sir Terry Wogan now