[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Beyond a general human sense that you're sad a life has been lost, do you think we mere mortals are entitled to share the grief when a celebrity we don't actually know, but "love", passes?

I've been really into Queen lately (nothing to do with the recent re-release, there's a bit of synchronicity!), and while Queen and Freddie have basically been constants in my life (both parents love them) I don't feel his loss because I "wasn't there" when it happened, but I was for David Bowie ... :cry: Tiffany in CBB was basically my actual reaction

But as I never met Bowie or even saw him in concert, shouldn't it be the same as any other death of a stranger?

…yes, we have a right because what we’re feeling is an emotion and emotions aren’t really something that ‘rights’ apply to unless we ourselves apply them…for instance, I did meet David Bowie and his music had been and is a part of my life in so many ways…so many songs that I’ve connected with at different points in life and felt…yeah, this song has understanding of me at this moment in time…isn’t that what music does and makes us feel…?…so knowing him or having met him is not what it’s about, it’s about a connection through music …I was devastated when he died, but I also realise that his music is a legacy that will never be lost…with actors, like Robin Williams for instance…I’d never met him but I also felt that impact because his movies/his characters/his comedy/his infectious joy is something that I felt very touched by also at points in my life…so these people become a ‘part of us also’…maybe not in our everyday life but they all have a part in our hearts and our emotions and with a sudden unexpected death for instance…it can truly stun…and we have a right to feel whatever impact it’s made with us…