I don’t expect mass mourning for celebrities or entertainers. I also don’t understand it. I don’t get the need to put teddy bears, notes and flowers out for people that I do not know.

myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 7:27 PM

Michael Jackson’s accomplishments separate him from other celebrities. He sold out the 50 date tour he was going to do before he died in five hours (750,000 tickets). Name an entertainer today that can do that (no one). Here’s a bit of a response that someone posted on another web site that sums up to people who don’t understand the impact of Michael Jackson’s death had on people.

“As to mourning celebrities I think for the most part it’s mourning a part of your own life rather than the celebrity themselves. We associate celebrities and celebrity events with parts of our own histories – those of us who remember waiting to see Thriller on TV the first time it aired for example, it was a real event and most of us inextricably link that night, those feelings, to a happier time in our younger lives. Same goes for Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise and on and on. We didn’t know the celebrities, we only knew of media snapshots which is certainly not the same thing so how can we genuinely mourn for them? We are actually mourning what their contributions meant to US.”

RedRobin145 on July 1, 2009 at 11:07 PM