I wasn't a fan then...I wish I were...When I found out (it took me about 2 years!) I was shocked that he passed away not that long ago. I always thought that Ringo had died (when I wasn't a Beatles fan)...but he is still alive...lol!
I really broke down, when I first heard, that George passed away. I also cryed and was thinking of him all the time. It was very hard, but ALL THINGS MUST PASS AWAY.
Quoted from queenbluemeanie, posted August 7, 2004, 2:01pm at here
Who was really upset, when they found out he died?
To be totally honest: I didn't think much of it, cause two of my friends (who were in their early 20s) died a few days earlier in a car crash, and that made such a huge impression on me that everything else seemed relatively unimportant...
Frankly, I was not that blown away when George went...John was the first and the worst. Being assassinated is not the same of a known long and lingering illness when you're much later in life. Not to say there was no sense of loss, but John's was such an uncalled for shock, and a real slap to people my age about their own mortality, that none of the other's deaths will ever have as much meaning for me.