Michael Jackson - The GOAT. My introduction to music
Aaliyah - complete shock, and she was so young. Had a crush on her. Only a few years older than me.
Whitney Houston - my first celebrity crush
2pac - favorite rapper, top rapper in the game at the time being killed in his prime? That isn't supposed to happen. Not to mention, this dude was an actor. Just an incredible loss of potential.
Bernie Mac - Chicago homie, just saw him a couple years prior to his death at a book signing
Walter Payton - THE Chicago sports icon before MJ.
I still haven't quite processed Prince's death. Like MJ and Whitney, he was one of THE icons of the 80s I remembered growing up.