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RedheadwGlasses wrote:

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NO, I'm not sad about them because I never heard of them, let alone didn't listen to their music in my teen years. I've read about Whitney off and one for, what, 2-3 decades now. apples and oranges.

Mister Tonka wrote:

<quoted text>But you didn't know Whitney any more than you knew the non-celebrities. You admittedly don't own any of her music, so to me, that means you were a casual fan at best. When I have that kind of "relationaship" with someone, their passing means nothing to me. I understand your reaction to Freddie Mercury. You were a big fan. I get that.

PEllen wrote:

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I figured only Mimi, or maybe Race would get it. I am missing the Kevin Costner reference though

Mister Tonka wrote:

<quoted text> You're actually sad? Really? I'm indifferent. Death happens all around us every day. Read the paper. Turn on the news. Lots of non-famous people die all the time. Do reports of those deaths make you sad too? If they do, then at least you're consistent.
I understand when someone is sad because someone they were really into dies, but I just don't get it at all when a singer they hardly ever listened to dies and it affects them in any way.

Mister Tonka wrote:

<quoted text>You're actually sad? Really? I'm indifferent. Death happens all around us every day. Read the paper. Turn on the news. Lots of non-famous people die all the time. Do reports of those deaths make you sad too? If they do, then at least you're consistent.

I understand when someone is sad because someone they were really into dies, but I just don't get it at all when a singer they hardly ever listened to dies and it affects them in any way.

RedheadwGlasses wrote:

I won't shed a tear over her passing, but I'm sad nonetheless. And as much as she and Bobby screwed up their kid, I'm glad they had only one to screw up.

Jess in NJ wrote:

<quoted text>Maybe I'm an exception, but I prefer to hear stories about regular people over stories about celebrities. I do care about other people.

Sam I Am wrote:

Whitney didn't affect people?

Matilda77 wrote:

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Mmm...he's got four or five more.

Judged:

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Jess in NJ wrote:

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I have an obituary saved of someone I never met and have no relationship to. It is about an ordinary person who led a full life and was loved by her family, though she didn't do anything that would have been considered exceptional or newsworthy to strangers. I save it because it is a reminder to me that the little things in life are most important, family comes first and this "ordinary" woman who I never met touched my heart.
Similarly, a high school student around here recently died of cancer. I had never met or heard of him before his death, but reading about how his generous spirit and love of life made me wish that I had known him and made me sad about his untimely passing. I'll try to find his info.
Maybe I'm an exception, but I prefer to hear stories about regular people over stories about celebrities. I do care about other people.

Mister Tonka wrote:

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Did you actually READ anything I said?
I'm mainly talking about people who DON'T listen to Whitney Houston all of a sudden acting like they were some big fan and acting like this loss stings them personally. Sure, Whitney was popular when you were in high school/college/20's/whenever, but if you have not listened to her in years and your only exposure to her is seeing her drugged out picture on the cover of the National Enquirer while in the grocery checkout line, I can't connect the dots to you being all ate up about her dying.
As others have said, the taleted Whitney died long ago. There's no less great music forthcoming from her now that she's dead than there would have been were she still alive.

Sam I Am wrote:

BTW Red, I have had Save Me in my head ALLLLL morning, specifically the melody for the "I'm naked and I'm far from home" part. I'm actually going back and forth between that and Joshua Radin's version of Sesame Street's Sunny Days from Scrubs.

Sublime1 wrote:

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Yeah, I don't get it, either. To be frank, she's been more or less a hasbeen for many years. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's sad to see most anyone die, but I feel way more terrible for the children and St. Jude or the make a wish foundation who dies far too young or an adult, who wasn't so self destructive, who dies too young.
Not only did this woman ruin her own life, but from what I've read she was very poor role model and also ruined her child's life. That's pretty unforgivable.
For all practice purposes, for many years, she was nothing more than a drug addicted loser, who had an exceptionally good voice. She's a lot like the some of the sports athlete's we hear about, i.e. but for the fact that they can hit a ball far, throw hard and accurately, catch a pass, or run fast, they aren't exactly someone people should aspire to be. There are also millions of people who are drug addicted losers, who live on the street and no one mourns them when they pass, simply because they weren't blessed to have been born with a good voice, which is all the more reason to not raise her up, IMO, i.e. she had a talent that most people could only dream of having and she squandered it.
Upon passing, I think there are far more people more deserving of attention than her.

RedheadwGlasses wrote:

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Very cool!
I've had Gotye ("Somebody that I used to know") in my head for like two weeks. My friend who treated me to sushi on Saturday (birthday lunch) gave me their CD as a gift. "Here, YOU listen and see if they have other songs i want to hear" is how he phrased it.

Aisle Sitter wrote:

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since michael jackson, when a celeb dies of addiction, i'm hearing more about how the celeb died a creation of their own making - that they became such a personality that no one could say no to them. and if someoen did, they'd go find someone else who would get them the hookers & blow (or wahtever) that they wanted.