Celebrity deaths: Why do they affect us? Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Well this is quite an odd topic to review, but as I was thinking about it, I thought that maybe the heading is true. When a celebrity does die, yes it does effect us in some way. I think you would have to be lying if you didn't say "No, oh my god" when it first flashes up in the newspapers or the news ...  Read the complete review