Ryan Dunn, from Jackass :(

I'll miss him.

Tasteless:

This is terrible! He was so young...his poor family. Drinking and driving....sigh.

He was a great member of the Jackass team, very likable....I'll miss him too.

Dunn's Done. Got to go with brevity (like Iz Was back in '98).

I'm not a fan of Jackass and don't know who this is, but must say "Jackass star killed doing something stupid" is not going to go into my shocking headlines files.

An since, in the process of doing something stupid, he managed to kill someone else (who at least was in on the stupidity for being in the car and not a complete innocent bystander), I can't get too moved to feign empathy.

I'm not feigning empathy. I met Ryan a few years ago, and while not really close, I would still say this is really a bummer.

But it was something that's so mundanely stupid.

And, for the record, there is no evidence as yet that he was drunk at the time of the crash. There's a photo of him a couple hours before with a drink in his hand, that's all. Not that it would be terribly surprising if the evidence does eventually confirm the speculation, but it is firmly in the speculation department for the time being.

Celebrity + Porsche + 3 a.m. + single car wreck = Duh!

Just in case, did not mean to imply that anybody else's empathy is feigned. Just that mine would be.

I'd only read a couple stories but they said it was the people with him who said he'd had a fair amount to drink before leaving (three shots, three beers). If that turns out to be incorrect then that reason for not feeling empathy will be gone. But I don't have much issue with playing the odds on alcohol having been involved in a fatal solo car crash on the way home from a bar at closing time.

But if I were a more public figure like Roger Ebert I'd probably pretend to hold off on jumping to conclusions.

I am very disappointed that Ebert would tweet something like that. Especially since the guy had only been dead for hours. I always liked Ebert but am very disgusted by him at the moment.

When I saw the headline I was expecting it to be one of the other stars. Ryan always seemed like the mellow one. I feel for his family and friends at this sad time.

Looks like the odds were born out. At least he didn't kill any completely innocent bystanders on his way out.