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Jan 28, 2020
3:28:54am

gwalker All-American

There are a lot of people who couldn’t care less about sports. Take that into

consideration and I’d say Robin Williams dying probably had a bigger impact.

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gwalker

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Author

Time

Most shocking (early) death since...?

Pedant

1/27/20 11:56pm

Robin Williams

Soupie

1/28/20 12:00am

Wasn’t he in his 60s though?

dtownCoug

1/28/20 9:35am

Ummm.......No. Aug of 2014.

Soupie

1/28/20 9:44am

I meant his age. He had lived most of his life already.

dtownCoug

1/28/20 9:46am

Just googled. He was 67 years old. That’s not all that tragic.

dtownCoug

1/28/20 9:47am

I'll remember that when I get to be 67. Didn't realize there was an expiration date.

Soupie

1/28/20 10:05am

Put it this way. My dad is around that age.

dtownCoug

1/28/20 10:16am

Prince, Scott Kline, Adam Yauch, Chester Bennington, Phife

snowbird

1/28/20 12:04am

Cobain? Elvis? JFK? MLK? Diana? MJackson, Marilyn Monroe ... it’s up there

buckeyecougarguy

1/28/20 12:15am

I don't think suicides and ODs are as shocking as accidental deaths like Kobe's.

1/28/20 7:08am

I think it’s more likely that Kobe would die in an accident then taking his own

buckeyecougarguy

1/28/20 8:13am

Chris Farley. Maybe Heath Ledger.

1/28/20 12:20am

Agree with you - Diana. He was bigger than RW, Whitney H., Heath

Mrs Featerbottom

1/28/20 2:14am

There are a lot of people who couldn’t care less about sports. Take that into

gwalker

1/28/20 3:28am

Actually, there are more NBA fans in China than

PhilPete

1/28/20 5:17am

My MIL doesn't care at all about sports and was crying when she found out.

1/28/20 7:10am

Recency bias. I agree with Soupie, it's Robin Williams.

fbguru

1/28/20 6:35am

Feel the real recency bias is trying to say the mourning people are facing right now is bigger than the mourning faced

Soupie

1/28/20 9:32am

Paul walker was pretty shocking, not as shocking but I think he up there wirh

1/28/20 6:51am

John Denver

Blue Golfer

1/28/20 8:03am

He wasn't playing anymore so not as big as Clemente. Has to be someone who had

jvquarterback

1/28/20 10:05am

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