To not get upset when people I don't know die...

[bibbetybobbetybooo]

Ok - so I've been had a go at by someone because I don't get upset when I read/hear about famous people who have died.

They're not my friends/relatives, so why would/should it upset me?
Yes - I feel very sorry for their family but that's it.
I'm not going to let it affect me.

Is that wrong of me?

I had a discussion with the person who said this to me and asked if they feel the same about some non-famous person dying.
Apparently not as 'they haven't made a difference to the world'

I feel that a death is a death, irrespective of fame...

Goodness knows. But it's scaring the crap out of me! We do need a US constitution expert. There's bound to be one in here somewhere!

I was upset when Diana died, likewise Bowie and Amy Winehouse.

I dont think yabu as grief is personal but there is nothing wrong with feeli g sad if someone you dobt know
dies.

My friend's husband died... i didnt know him at all but i was devastated for her.

Oh yes... the Jo Cox thing was awful... very upsetting.

The death of Jo Cox was awful because she was a young mother who was brutally murdered. It was an attack on democracy as Jo Cox was murdered for her political views.

I was also upset about the death of a Glaswegian shop keeper who was murdered by a Muslim fanatic from Yorkshire just because he wished Christians a happy Easter or was it because the accused believed that his victim had proclaimed himself a prophet. Whatever it was it was the murderer trying to excuse the inexcusable.

Do I care about the deaths of Terry Wogan or David Bowie. They died of natural causes and I didn't know them. Would I be upset at an elderly lady that I don't know in Leicester dying from natural causes?

ReallyTired

Exactly my point. If they weren't famous - would you be upset? Probably not unless it was some dreadful, horrific or early death.

An elderly person dying is very sad but it's normal. Why does the celebrity label give credence to others mourning them in a manner which is a bit extreme? I totally understand feeling a bit sad - but not full on, massively upset (which is what the person having a go at me was annoyed about - they thought I should be very emotional and invested)

I also think it's an insult to their actual friends and family. It's not a grief bandwagon to be jumped on.