The phenomenon of online video tributes is its own category. But the death of Flowers seems to have really touched a nerve, if the following are any indication. Thank you, reality TV, for taking anthropomorphism into new media.
Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.