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re: When was the last Celebrity death as big as Kobe?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:53 pm to diddlydawg7
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:53 pm to diddlydawg7
You have to ask yourself how recognizable was he? I could take 100 people in my neighborhood. 50 will know both Steve Jobs and Kobe. All 100 will know Kobe. Robin William's death was awful, but he had lived a full life. And youth were not aware of him like Gen X and Boomers were.
Kurt Kobain affected a nation of 14 to 30 year olds. My parents and your parents and grandparents didn't get it. Plus, he wanted to die.
2Pac was huge, but media was a turtle then.
Michael Jackson...say what you want about his legacy, but to a lot of people, it was tainted. Kobe may have cheated on his wife. But he didn't have relations with young boys.
My answer? I do not know. But the reaction from this nation is very strong. Only Jordan and Tiger and Lebron would get a bigger reaction of mourn in the athletic community.
Kurt Kobain affected a nation of 14 to 30 year olds. My parents and your parents and grandparents didn't get it. Plus, he wanted to die.
2Pac was huge, but media was a turtle then.
Michael Jackson...say what you want about his legacy, but to a lot of people, it was tainted. Kobe may have cheated on his wife. But he didn't have relations with young boys.
My answer? I do not know. But the reaction from this nation is very strong. Only Jordan and Tiger and Lebron would get a bigger reaction of mourn in the athletic community.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 5:55 pm
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:57 pm to PiscesTiger
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Michael Jackson...say what you want about his legacy, but to a lot of people, it was tainted. Kobe may have cheated on his wife. But he didn't have relations with young boys.
Again OP didn’t ask who was mourned more. Unless that’s what you take “bigger” to mean. I think MJ was quite a bit more popular globally. Unlike some other music stars, he was quite popular for a long time as is his music.
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