How about what's on everyone's mind. Michael Jackson.
Now when i found out about this I was grabbing a local paper before work and was shocked he'd died. However that was my only thought of it. Travelling to work with the electrician, every radio station seemed to be mourning his death, and had handfuls of fans mourning, ringing in and treating the death of a celebrity with the same importance of the death of their own mother!
Now what's worse is he wasn't quite the Bono type celeb that is trying to do something good for charity and people in need (which is a smart tactic to boost profile and reputation and make money).
He was a very strange man, claiming to have a skin disease (although some claim it was himself bleaching his own skin), and claiming to have been sleeping in an oxygen tent amongst other things. And of course the court cases accusing him of paedophilia never really helped.
But he had a sad life being abused by his father and people using him which perhaps explains his personality and why he used music as his expression.
But it comes back to this question. Why do we have to treat the death of a musician making money by doing something he enjoys doing, but then has a troubled personal life as a day of mourning when there are people dying everyday who have devoted their life to helping others and die without recognition?
Oh and when will the first fan say he's not really dead, he's working in a shop with Elvis Presley?
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