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It's just a matter of passing interest to me, as well as normal feeling of sadness that someone has died, particularly if they're young. I don't get emotionally affected by it though, and don't understand why people do get so affected by the death of those they don't know personally.... then again I'm in my head not theirs so I suppose I never will understand.
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Obviously it depends on the celebrity. Not all people like all celebrities any more than all people like all music, all films, all books and everything on TV. We each like a tiny subset of those things, so we'll be affected differently by different celebrity deaths.
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no one even mentioned when jack kennedy or marilyn monroe died you just noticed after a while that they hadn't been about for a while...
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Obviously it depends on the celebrity. Not all people like all celebrities any more than all people like all music, all films, all books and everything on TV. We each like a tiny subset of those things, so we'll be affected differently by different celebrity deaths.
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I feel sympathy because most deaths are sad. Even if I didn't really know said person/celebrity, I still feel a degree of sympathy upon hearing about their death.
However, I had to laugh at the people who are outside George Michael's home, drawing hearts and stuff in the dust on the Range Rover parked outside his place - I mean, wtf? I wouldn't even do that over someone I knew/loved, let alone someone I'd never met. It is quite baffling when people go that far. |
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Interest - Yes. Many of these stars passing away hit big in the 1970s - early 1990's. Many of us grew up watching them and therefore they were a part of the recreational part of our lives.
Bother me - No. I didn't know them, they didn't know me and pretty much all of them had their artistic heyday long ago. |
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Last para: I find things like that odd. The weeping and wailing at Diana's funeral procession bewildered me.
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not just at her funeral, Kensington Palace was surrounded by thousands of mourners walking around in a daze for about a week, the mainline train stations have never been so busy
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not just at her funeral, Kensington Palace was surrounded by thousands of mourners walking around in a daze for about a week, the mainline train stations have never been so busy
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That wasn't anything to do with Diana though, it was because i passed my driving test that day.
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That wasn't anything to do with Diana though, it was because i passed my driving test that day.
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Rik Mayall and David Bowie, but apart from those it's only when a supposedly fit person dies who is around my age.
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not just at her funeral, Kensington Palace was surrounded by thousands of mourners walking around in a daze for about a week, the mainline train stations have never been so busy
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What bothers me, mainly on these forums, is the faux outrage when someone makes a perceived flippant comment. If these people were so outraged by such comments, then surely the noble thing to do is ignore it, yet they can't help having a pop, which to me is just as disrespectful as threads detract into arguments rather than be a place to pay respects.
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Only a couple of famous people dying would bother me.
Anyone else, meh, but I appreciate others may want to show their respect, especially genuine fans. Those who partake in grief porn, that's another story. |
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Do celebrity deaths interest/bother you? My Facebook feed is full of people mourning over recent celebs who have 'tragically' died and comments such as "thank goodness this awful year is nearly over" etc... .... I was very shocked about Bowie and Prince and George Michael - but not really that upset at all, beyond general sadness about how young they all were and the loss of such huge talents. I was shocked and upset about Victoria Wood because it was unexpected and I loved her. I was very upset but not particularly shocked about Leonard Cohen because I love him but had been thinking for a while that it might be imminent. I was devastated by Diana back in 1997 because it was such a shock and tragedy and I loved her. She had such charisma and she was so young. But I didn't go into London and do it publicly. Just sat in front of the telly all day and cried a lot |
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I'm sure famous people died before the days of social media but most only would get a few seconds mention on the news or a paragraph or two in the papers.
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Do celebrity deaths interest/bother you?
Not enough to start a thread about.
I do care about them, though. Who doesn't care about the artists, musicians and writers that make our lives worth living? |
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The Diana thing was shocking at the time and an unbelievable display of mass hysteria and stupidity. I found that more disturbing than her death to be honest, which itself was a waste as if she had been wearing a seatbelt, she may have stood a greater chance of survival. A dysfunctional women sadly who met an untimely end.
It was a shame the grief vultures descended afterwards, |
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I know. Parts were just horrendously full of people though, i worked in St James's Park at the time and it was horrific the hoards of sobbing people and the smell of rotting flowers....
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My Facebook feed is full of people mourning over recent celebs who have 'tragically' died and comments such as "thank goodness this awful year is nearly over" etc...
I'm not a heartless or uncaring person at all, but to be honest I just don't get it. Take George Michael for an obvious example: I have nothing against the guy and some of his songs I quite liked. But his death has no impact on me and won't change anything about my life. I never met him, and he never knew I existed. If I had died, George would neither have known or cared (why should he?), so why would I be remotely concerned about his passing? |
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Deserted roads = you passing your test.
![]() I learnt to drive in central london so word spread, when the examiner passed me white smoke went up like for a new pope and there was a mass exodus from the city. The scenes were shown globally on the news for days. |
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Yes, And the mainline train stations never being so busy.
![]() I learnt to drive in central london so word spread, when the examiner passed me white smoke went up like for a new pope and there was a mass exodus from the city.
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The Diana thing was shocking at the time and an unbelievable display of mass hysteria and stupidity. I found that more disturbing than her death to be honest, which itself was a waste as if she had been wearing a seatbelt, she may have stood a greater chance of survival. A dysfunctional women sadly who met an untimely end.
It was a shame the grief vultures descended afterwards, The reaction to Jade Goody's death was another. Complete WTH moment for me. |
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