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re: Robin Williams Is the Most Significant Celebrity Death Since Who?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:32 pm to redstick13
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:32 pm to redstick13
quote:I'm just old enough to remember that
No death can trump Elvis though. He was the the king of everything, including celebrity death.
I think it was a true turning point for coverage of celeb death, and celebrity in general. Most of the media did not realize how significant he was to so many people. Cronkite infamously did not even lead off the CBS Evening News with the story. CBS would remember 3 years later, and led with the death of John Lennon.
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Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:35 pm to Kafka
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I'm just old enough to remember that
I think it was a true turning point for coverage of celeb death, and celebrity in general. Most of the media did not realize how significant he was to so many people. Cronkite infamously did not even lead off the CBS Evening News with the story. CBS would remember 3 years later, and led with the death of John Lennon.
Same here. I was very young but I remember all the females in my family crying like someone they knew had just died. It was really huge. Lennon was huge but it didn't affect people on a personal level like Elvis did.
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