Celebrity deaths: Why do they affect us?

I think the reason why celebrity death affects us is simply down to the fact we are used to seeing them in the public eye, we read about them, hear people talking about them and with many celebs now choosing to live their lives on camera, it seems strange when they are not there any more. It doesn't affect me in a way that a family members death would affect me, but as for instance Jade Goodys illness and death was so publisised we knew from the start she had one hell of a battle on her hands..... sadly of course one battle she couldn't win. She was in the press nearly everyday, she helped so many girls and women who would have never have gone for *that* test ...  Read the complete review

They don't affect me at all....I know that possibly sounds harsh, but they don't affect me. Lets think of the people who have died recently in the media, the main two I can think of are Jade Goody and Michael Jackson, now Jade Goody when she was alive, I couldn't stand her, I hated her, if she was on TV I would turn it off, if she was in a magazine I'd flick past the article, I didn't like her, I thought she was a thick imbosile who really should have learned to keep her mouth shut if she had something to say which might offend...! Now when I read (which I couldn't do anything but seeing as it was everywhere...) that she had cancer, I felt very ...  Read the complete review

When I saw this topic it made me stop and think. Now before I start I must confess I don't really buy into the whole celebrity circus but I AM sometimes moved by peoples individual stories. I am "lucky" enough to know a quite few people in the public eye but then again I know lots of people that are not. The point is that there are not that many differences between them. True, some(but by no means all)of the famous ones have more money but death is a great leveler. As the saying goes there are no pockets in a shroud. Why is the death of someone in the public eye somehow more important then? Truth is I don't believe it is. The main difference is ...  Read the complete review

I've always been confused by the way in which celebrity deaths affect me. I have been very fortunate in that I have not lost anyone who I was close to, but when I get upset at someone dying who I didn't even know, it makes me abit nervous about how I would actually feel about someone I genuinely loved dying. We put celebrities on a pedestal, whether we intend to or not, that is what happens. And it is almost as if you don't expect bad things to happen to celebrities as they are in some kind of safe bubble or something, immune from the everyday troubles that us mere mortals have to contend with. Of course this isn't true, but it's very easy to forget that bad ...  Read the complete review

First of all I will surprise you with the news that Corporal Jones from Dads Army is not dead. Yes, Clive Dunn lives happily in Portugal with his family and is of sound mind. I couldn't believe it when I read it. He was 91 last week. He looked 91 in Dads Army, a show made in the mid 1970s! But as and when he departs us he will quickly be forgotten, he is just too old to matter sadly. The burst of Dads Army reruns in tribute will be buried by the fact we are still regularly running Dads Army reruns. As great a show that was and he pivotal to once you get old in the celebrity world no one remembers you, Paul Newman's parting earning a couple of showings of the Sting on ...  Read the complete review