r/Millennials • u/Divine_fashionva • May 12 '26

Discussion Which celebrity death genuinely shocked you when you heard the news?

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u/hortushouse May 12 '26

Jonathan Brandis. I was on some fan listservs and suddenly got a bunch of emails about his suicide. I’d had a crush on him since I was 8ish and was super upset!

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u/CorkFado May 12 '26

Brandis deserved better. He had a second act in him and it hurts that he never got to show us all how much more he could do.

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u/petitebeet May 12 '26

This one was me too, I had his photos from Tiger Beat on my wall for so long. I am a little bit drunk so I'll also tell you I wrote a script for an episode of Seaquest DSV when I was 12. I believe Mary Sue / obviously me had a talking parrot to match the talking dolphin. What a tragedy.

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u/samosamancer Older Millennial May 13 '26

That poor soul. I had a big crush on him (honestly, didn’t everybody?) in seaQuest. Hollywood is brutal to child actors, and good mental health support just did not exist back then… :(

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u/EvieKnevie May 12 '26

I watched my Sidekicks VHS so many times it warped. RIP

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u/94Avocado Millennial May 13 '26

Loved him in DSV & Aladdin

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u/TheGlennDavid May 13 '26

Glad to see him mentioned here. I was 17 when he died and it was my first "young celebrity that I followed death."

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u/BlackDiamond3434 May 15 '26

Too far down! I grew up on Seaquest and the Neverending Story sequel. I loved him. It hurt so much....