Friday, June 26, 2009
Mourning Celebrities
It's fascinating to see how the world mourns the passing of big celebrities in such a communal way. Last night Facebook was all abuzz with people talking about the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. It's nice to see our humanity shine through even though, realistically, not every human being is shedding tears or necessarily thinking about a given celebrity's death for more than a short time. It's just comforting when so many people take a moment to pause and reflect on the person's career, sucesses, struggles, impact on pop culture, or whatever personal connections an individual might have had with a famous icon who lived so much of their life in the limelight.
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A celebrity's death is interesting, too, because it reflects so clearly the passing of time for all of us. When I think of Farrah--I remember being a little kid, living in a house my parents moved out of decades ago, watching "Charlie's Angels." With Michael, I hear his music and I'm back in the '80s, listening to "Beat It" on the radio and marveling over his creative MTV videos. So, in some ways, their deaths put a little cap on my memories and--in that sense--it becomes a personal loss.
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