LOL... multi-tasking at the moment.

I don't think it is more important than the average persons death. Certainly not to me! I think the reason for so much discussion is just the shock of it. I think it is natural to comment to another, "hey did you hear...." We do that in daily life when we know someone just died and we bump into a common friend.

I don't expect my life story to be on television when I die. Only the people whose lives I've touched would be interested in it. The celebrity has touched more lives then I have so more people would want to reminisce their history then they would my history.

Very well put :D I think that pretty well sums up this discussion. ImDavid had a very valid point about over reaction involving the deaths of celebrities. But it really does boil down to how many people in your life you effected. While their life or death is no different from our own the media and their profession permits them the ability to reach out to a greater audience. A greater audience in life...a greater audience in death. Makes sense :)

Oh yeah and David I in no way disagree that someone who will be there for you and be that shoulder to cry on is less important then a celebrity. I can't speak for everyone but I would think that most people would agree that a celebrities death means far less then say a best friends passing. I was simply stating why some people may still get emotional and/or talk about it a considerable amount. Good topic man :D

Thank you.

I would like to add that we grieve much harder when a loved one dies then we do when a celebrity dies. So...just because we are remembering a celebrity, it doesn't mean that we are grieving like we do when a loved one dies. They are not comparable.

Fans helps support a celebrity they like, but they clearly do not make a celebrity a celebrity, they wouldn't be one if people didn't appreciate their work.

I don't know what some of you are getting all bent out of shape about. No, we don't mourn him the same way we might someone very close to us, but we remember them when they die.. We can't very well mourn everyone that dies, after all hundreds of people die daily, there would be no time in the day for anthing else. So I think some of you guys are making more of this than there is.

It is kinda odd how we do things as humans. I highly doubt I remember the times of deaths and what I was doing for people I know that have died.

But...I can tell you people who touched me deeply as politicians, entertainers,or what have ya...I can tell you.

JFK, I was sitting in school when it came across the loud speaker and the teacher turned on the tv and we watched it all day. We did nothing else. Almost all of the kids and our teacher cried. I remember the hurt I felt. The sadness of the entire day.

I was washing dishes when Bobby died.

I had just drove out of my driveway to leave for work when on the radio came a news bulletin; Elvis had died. My foot fell off the foot feed and the car came to a rolling stop. I cried. He was an icon in my life. So much of my growing up was based on his movies and music.(didnt hurt that he was so hot either)

There are others

But, I will always remember what I was doing when Farrah died. I was about to take my break at work. I knew she was going to die that day..it was a feeling. I had anticipated hearing it before I left for work.

I had just come home from work and let my dogs out and turned on the tv...when latebreaking news came on the Michael Jackson had just been confirmend dead. It was around 3 or so.

I will always remember how the sh!t started before he was even cold.

There are those that touched our lives in big ways that will always have an affect on where we were, what we thought, felt, and lived. To say that they were just celebrities and what not...isnt correct for some of us. I grew up watching little Michael grow up with me doing what so many other kids only wished they could do with admiration and awe they became his talent, his music, his words. He had that ability to make one feel what he wrote. To think.

I for one will miss him sorely. I had been anticipating his return. I so wanted to hear him make music again. He touched so many for so long that his passing will be rembered for a long long time. His life..his musical dream will forever be shown in almost all the music and dance we will feel and see. He was responsible for many more like him being who they are now.

Kat

I watched him grow up with me too.

((death does make us think about life, doesn't it))

yes

I agree

kewl

och't we couldn't care less about his death just dish us the scandal thats what it's ALWAYS about juicy scandal!

Speak for yourself, my dear

nope i'm speaking for the millions who just can't get enuf scandal on anyone. juicy sells.