I’ve wondered that myself. Somehow I can’t seem to bring myself to care about celebrities that have died, even if I liked their work.
In my case, when Stephen King dies, I know for a fact that for years after his death, new books from him will still mysteriously be coming out, anyways…
I mean, when some homeless guy cuts his own throat with a broken beer bottle, does anyone care? Not unless he was family or a friend, and in my eyes, I don’t see why it should be different with celebrities. Then again feelings dictate, just my own mind.
If I get sad when people who I don’t know perish, it’s when death came unjustly, through some atrocity, like a war that killed a bunch of kids and shit.
So why do people care. It’s easy to see why, plenty of good answers here, I just can’t relate to this.