People I Just Wish Hadn't Died.

   8.7  

Oh Dermot, the inspiration for this entire list. You pushed yourself so hard to make Father Ted season 3 the greatest season of Irish comedy ever and look where it got you, dead.

When I heard about this death, and the subsequent death of the series, I knew there would never be a tv show that made me laugh in the same way Father Ted did. His death must be coming up to some kind of anniversary soon. (Jesus, I just looked it up 28/02/98 I was 13 years old! Curse you time, you consume us all!) Hopefully when it reaches a milestone like 15 years they will make a special just so I can reminisce the good old days, though it will never be the same.

No one on this lists passing is more regretful than Dermot Morgans.

RB6K's rating:

   8.2  

One of the greatest and most famous martial artists to ever live died 12 years before I was born, meaning no martial artist in my life time has ever had the same level of respect and skill, and that all I have been left with is a retrospective look on his works, dated films and often poorly dubbed ones too. I really wish I could of been alive to actually see his films be released, go to the cinema and catch it in its original form before anyone could tell me "this is his nth best film" and even in some ways have the chance to see him train/fight in person.

RB6K's rating:

   7.2  

I was 9 when John Candy died, and to be honest I didn't really watch many films when I was young so I only truly appreciated his work in the past few years. Each time I see one of his films I just think what a damn shame it is that this larger than life individual is gone from the world. A lot of comedians now days could really do with taking a long hard look at themselves and their painfully poor attempts at comedy and admit that it would take a million of them to create as much laughs as one John Candy could.

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   8.4  

Bit of an obvious one this, but what a kick in the teeth. They cast someone who manages to pull out of the bag the most brilliant incarnation of Batman's "The Joker" and he dies before anyone gets to see it. Not only meaning that we will never get a joker that good, but that whoever gets the role next will be forever compared and scrutinized making the whole ordeal seem rather pointless.

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