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For as long as there have been celebrities, fans have mourned their deaths as a personal loss.
Read on for a look at some heartbreaking final posts celebrities made right before their deaths.
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Toward the end of his life, Springer wasn’t too proud of his legacy.
He appeared on the “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast and had some harsh words for himself.
“I just apologize,” he said, chuckling.
“I’m so sorry.
What have I done?
I’ve ruined the culture.
He died a few months later, in April 2023.The Guardianreported that the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
“It’s a false vanity, to be remembered, you know?”
Springer said on an earlier appearance on the “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast.
“You want to be remembered by your kids and your grandparents because you were in their life.
He was only 17.
Understandably, O’Connor took the news hard.
She followed it up with a heartbreakingtweetabout her loss, sharing a photo of herself and her son hugging.
He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul.
We were one soul in two halves.
He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally.
I am lost in the bardo without him.”
O’Connor died nine days after that tweet.
After a show in Florida, Saget took toInstagramto express his gratitude for the way his tour was going.
“Really nice audience.
Happened last night in Orlando last night at the Hard Rock Live too,” he wrote.
“Very appreciative and fun audiences.”
Saget went on to reflect, “I’m back in comedy like I was when I was 26.
I guess I’m finding my new voice and loving every moment of it.
… Goin' everywhere until I get the special shot.
And then probably keep going cause I’m addicted to this s***.
The post is especially heartbreaking in retrospect because Saget died less than 24 hours later.
“I will really greatly miss his friendship and the laughs and the hugs,” she said.
That suspicion was later borne out by an investigation, according to autopsy results.
He concluded, “Happy Birthday @zeldawilliams Love you!”
The year before he died, Nimoytweeted, “I quit smoking 30 yrs ago.
Grandpa says, quit now!!”
“A life is like a garden,” hewrote.
“Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.
“I can’t remember the last time a celeb death hit me so hard.”
“He was such a big part of my childhood.”
True to form, Bryant was gracious about his record being broken.
He shouted out the younger player onTwitter, writing, “Continuing to move the game forward @KingJames.
Much respect my brother #33644.”
Unfortunately, that would prove to be Bryant’s last tweet.
Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, paid tribute to her husband and daughter onInstagrama few days after the accident.
I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so deeply loved.
We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives.
I wish they were here with us forever.”
Unfortunately, we lost them both in the space of two days over the holidays in 2016.
A few days later, on Christmas, Reynolds tweeted that her daughter was in stable condition.
She promised to provide updates in case something changed,writing, “For all her fans & friends.
I thank you for your prayers & good wishes.”
Unfortunately, it would prove to be Reynolds' final tweet.
According toPeople, Fisher died on December 27.
It’s rough on your body.”
That story was posted on the night of September 6.
On the afternoon of the 7, news broke that Miller had been found dead.
Considering his cause of death, fans noticed how eerie the Instagram story videos seemed.
I think, How did that happen?”
White lived an entire decade more after she wrote those words.
On December 28, 2021, Betty White celebrated her upcoming 100th birthday on social media.
In a since-deletedtweet, she wrote, “My 100th birthday …
I cannot believe it is coming up, and People Magazine is celebrating with me.”
She didn’t ultimately live to see her 100th birthday, dying three days after posting the now-ironic tweet.
Rivera’s body was found six days later, according toCNN.
Sheriff Bill Ayub told the outlet that she died saving her son from the same fate.
Fans congregated in the replies to the post, expressing their shock and sadness.
Bennington wrote, “You have inspired me in many ways you could never have known …
I can’t imagine a world without you in it.
I pray you find peace in the next life.”
He captioned the photo simply, “Me and my peeps.”
In 2019, one fanwrote, “It is impossible not to miss you.”
“I grew up in gang culture,” he said.
“We dealt with death, with murder.
Considering what would happen just moments later, it’s a heartbreaking sentiment.
Her publicist toldThe New York Timesshe died from congestive heart failure.
star’s final reflections on her life.
The glamorous star finally concluded, “Every breath you take today should be with someone else in mind.
I love you.”
Bobbi Kristina Brown felt alone without her mother, Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston died in February 2012.
“Let’s start this career up&&moving OUT to TO YOU ALLLL quick shall we !
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she wrote, including a bunch of music-related emojis.
That would turn out to be Brown’s final tweet, aside from a few retweets.
She was found unresponsive in a bathtub two days later, just like her mother had been.
