April 29, 2002
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How do you feel when a celebrity that you are more or less apathetic towards passes away?

I came upon your website on a lark, meaning...I was standing in my kitchen tonight and suddenly I felt a strange sense of either emptiness or serenity while thinking into the future, three years hence.. about 2005. I have a feeling it will be an important year for the entire world. Not an oddball year as was 1997, but a year such as 1945. I then did an internet search on 2005, and found your website.

Thomas, 41
San Fransico
, CA  USA

Wierd. Even if i didnt KNOW them know them or particularly care, i still knew them, who they were.. I guess i feel somewhat sad. Particularly if its a sad case like Laine Staley or Lisa Lopes and not merely old age like Uncle Miltie.

Talia, 24
Wilton
, CT   USA

I would feel more or less apathetic. While I have a standard and generic sympathy for the bereaved family--who are, after all, strangers to me, I also have a resentment that someone would think that this particular death is more important than the hundreds of others happening on that day.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA   USA

More or less apathetic.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

The apathy continues.

Alias Irrelevante

More or less apathetic.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

Whenever I hear someone dies, I always feel sorry for the family.  Almost everyone has someone who'll grieve when they're gone.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS  USA

exactly that way... apathetic.

Maggie, 22
Sandwich
, IL   USA

I usually think quickly "Oh, that person died" and then put it out of my mind.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

Absolutely no differently than when any other person I am apathetic toward passes away.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT    USA

Well...apathetic.

Kyle, 16
OH   USA

I feel a little bad, only because a fellow member of the human race who has contributed at least something is dead. but for the most part I am annoyed because I know that I will have to deal with people talking about his/her death and being upset about it.

Johanna, 18
OK  USA

Your question just provided the answer to your own question...

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

It really doesn't phase me much. A quick thought about the reality of life and death, and possibly the consideration of their impact for good in the world, but usually just a passing thought.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

I am very emotional, and I feel sad when I hear about anyone dying. I think about their friends and family members - the people close to that person who are left behind. I try not to think about it too much, because I know that many, many people die every day, and every death is important and sad for the people left behind. Grief is not less for the family members of an anonymous person than it is for the family members of a celebrity.

Sapphire, 31
Ft. Lauderdale
, FL  USA

It depends on what they contributed. I was sad when Sir Anthony Quinn passed, as he was a wonderful actor. Same with Oliver Reed. I had only just discovered him as an actor, and Mr. Reed had been in over 100 films.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

I feel sorry when anyone passes away, be it a celebrity or not. But, it's a life process and I don't worry about it or dwell upon it.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

Um...apathetic? I'm not sure I get the question. If you don't care, you don't care.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX    USA

Are they legendary? I wasn't a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, but I was upset when he passed away, because the world had lost a legend. In a way, though, he had already passed, his glory days were over, so to say.q

Cancer, 20
NYC
, NY   USA

More or less apathetic.

Firelady, 24
Dallas
, TX   USA

apathetic

Laura, 37
Lowell
, MA   USA

Every time they write that stuff in the news, I wonder how many other thousands of people died that day that aren't being plastered on the front page of every newspaper. Then I remember all the horrible things that are happening, all the really bad reasons why so many people die each day. We care when a celebrity dies of natural causes, but not when some random Joe is killed by starvation or AIDS?

Eric, 20
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

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