why do people get upset when celebrities over 60 die?

[misfortuneteller]

I mean it's one thing to get upset if your grandparent dies but getting upset over an old celebrity dying? I think it's because people these days can't accept death. I bet people in the 1970s could see a 20 something celebrity die and not bat an eyelid.

 

[Ghost of the dead horse]

We have come accustomed to them. Some of them are dear to us

 

[Merced]

"Why do people get upset when people die?" Because its death and average life expectancy is currently 75.

 

[misfortuneteller]

"Why do people get upset when people die?"

I specifically said celebrities.

 

[Lia_kat]

Some of them are dear to us

This. Some of them have been in movies we love (tied with memories) or are/were musicians who inspired us.. Or for other reasons.. It does not have to be a family member for their death to be upsetting.

 

[magpie]

I mean it's one thing to get upset if your grandparent dies but getting upset over an old celebrity dying? I think it's because people these days can't accept death. I bet people in the 1970s could see a 20 something celebrity die and not bat an eyelid.

Because celebrities are a large part of a lot of people's lives. People feel like they know celebrities and there's a sort of proxy-closeness that comes with being emotionally connected to someone's perceived personality and their work. People become attached to celebrities because the way people view them is as a reflector of themself. People pin their ideal idea of personality traits onto their fave. Celebrities are the recipients of tons of projection. Also, a lot of celebrities are in the arts and therefore must bare their souls on a daily basis as part of their job. People see that soul or emotion or humanity and feel like it reflects and represents their own journey, which is powerful.

 

[Merced]

I specifically said celebrities.

Celebrities are people?

 

[Norrsken]

What is empathy for $200.

 

[ceecee]

60 isn't old.

 

[misfortuneteller]

60 isn't old.

you just can't be surprised if someone that age has died.

 

[Purplemoon]

you just can't be surprised if someone that age has died.

Maybe it's just me, but 60 does not seem all that old. At least not in developed countries, anyways.

 

[ceecee]

you just can't be surprised if someone that age has died.

I'm not at all surprised when a celebrity of any age dies. I'm only saying that 60 isn't old.

 

[OrangeAppled]

They feel a personal connection with that person via their art and/or their image.
I don't personally get upset, but I can understand why other people do.

Or maybe it's like when your favorite lipstick is discontinued & then you run out

 

[Litsnob]

I don't understand why people get upset when any celebrity dies. Not that a death isn't sad for the loved ones and that I don't feel sympathy but I just don't get celebrity worship and thinking that we know that person enough to be so sad about their death. I don't get this idea that we actually know these people or that they mean anything to us personally.