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Originally Posted by Misterpants
Kurt Cobain was a gut punch, as he was the most important figure in that eras music which was the first genre that shaped my musical tastes. That said, Chris Farley passing was way sadder to me from the loss of greatness point of view. I instantly felt robbed of so many good times watching his comedic genius. That coupled with how sweet a guy he was and how tragic his spiral was affected me so much more. I can binge watch Farley movies and clips endlessly and never get bored. My family regularly quotes his line from the pepper boy sketch at dinner time.
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Totally agreed, he was the best. I read his book -
The Chris Farley Show, written by his brother - which is chalk full of interviews with his closest friends and SNL cast mates, some of the stories are so funny, but it's also very tragic. Apparently he used to call them late at night and glumly ask if he's even funny, which they found shocking. They'd be like "Chris, you're the funniest guy on the show!" Clearly beyond the deep substance abuse issues, he seems to have suffered from depression.
Also, he really wanted to do more serious/mainstream roles. I guess for Beverly Hills Ninja, he trained very hard at martial arts, he wanted it to look good. When he first saw the movie, he cried at how goofy it came off. With Shrek and other projects, he was SO CLOSE to achieving that more mainstream stardom he wanted so bad, it's crushing he couldn't hold on to see it.