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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
You don't even need to read a whole book. Lots of articles on the subject.
Christopher Hitchens did a whole program on the hysteria over Diana's death.
Diana, the Mourning After |
How is that really different from most deaths, just on a grander scale due to notoriety? Do we not still have elaborate rituals for death and mourning? People mourn celebrities because they feel they've in some way touched their lives and are therefore connected to them. I didn't really care about Fisher's death because she didn't really have any kind of profound influence on me or my life. Prince and Bowie, on the other hand, were two people whose work I really enjoyed and I was bummed they weren't going to be putting out anymore work.