For me, first and foremost - Phil Hartman. Sure, a lot of big influence people in my life died before then (Jim Henson, Dean Martin, etc), but that was before I was really truly emotionally effected by the loss. Hartman, on the other hand - well, you know how certain folk say "I know where I was when JFK was shot"? I can tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that Phil Hartman was killed.
Asides from him - Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit. I've been a huge pro wrestling fan for over 20 years now, and those guys were some of my all-time favourites. Each came out of left field (especially Owen) and each one knocked me on my ass (regardless of what Chris Benoit actually did and the fact that he became a murdering scumbag, his in-ring behaviour was beyond reproach).
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Date: 2008-12-08 10:24 am (UTC)Asides from him - Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit. I've been a huge pro wrestling fan for over 20 years now, and those guys were some of my all-time favourites. Each came out of left field (especially Owen) and each one knocked me on my ass (regardless of what Chris Benoit actually did and the fact that he became a murdering scumbag, his in-ring behaviour was beyond reproach).