This one is a collector's gem. A lot of people in the UK know who it is immediately, but to the rest of the world, it's the picture that best sums up the feeling of being overwhelmed by emotion. The crying old man is used a lot when your favorite character dies on a television show, your favorite sports player leaves your team, or any other occasion on which you need to express your tears. What could possibly be sadder than an old man crying?
The meme has been everywhere forever, but it comes from an episode of the BBC show 'Doctor Who,' first broadcast in 2009. The actor is Bernard Cribbins, who's waving a solemn goodbye to the Doctor, knowing full well that he's seeing him for the very last time. Cribbins was a children's entertainer during the 1970s and 1980s in his home country, and so when he cries, so does everybody who grew up watching him.