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I know this is hyperbole, but if he really is dead, it feels like a HUGE thing, like 9-11 big.

Posted by Subversive Jun 25 '09, 15:29

I realize it's not (and this is not intended to trivialize those who died that day at all), but part of me feels the same as it did on that day, like the world has sort of been changed forever.

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I was going to disagree but then my friend called me crying. Maybe near-elvis big. -- nm - kare Jun 25, 15:37 1
- count how many of your facebook status messages reference it. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:39
wow. just wow. -- nm - Guy Jun 25, 15:34 2
- Go on... -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:35 1
  - this is just one of those days that makes me realize how completely opposite i am from the majority of ST - Guy Jun 25, 15:50
Maybe if he died in 1984, it would have been world changing. Not today - Mr. Havens Jun 25, 15:34 4
- You never really lose the "former biggest star in the world" tag. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 15:37
- that's true, but i think you are underestimating what is to come. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:34 2
  - Oh, I have no doubt there will be massive and well-deserved mourning. He was a uniquely talented individual - Mr. Havens Jun 25, 15:35
  - I think he might be bigger outside the US than in. -- nm - the liioulu with whatever Jun 25, 15:35
I don't think so, or it won't be a Princess Diana thing...If he would have died 10-12 years ago, yeah it would have been monumental - amoxy Jun 25, 15:31 3
- We'll see Diana type coverage. I don't get why he warrants it, but he'll get it. - TWuG Jun 25, 15:33 1
  - Well, that's a whole different conversation. But if Tom and Katie's baby deserves front page news, then the death of a star of this magnitude is HUGE. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:35
- Maybe, maybe... I think he was basically the biggest star in the history of the modern world. - Subversive Jun 25, 15:33
Maybe if it happened 20-25 years ago. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 15:31 1
- Agree...his relevance hasn't held up like a Muhammad Ali -- nm - Stewie Jun 25, 15:34
True. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 15:30
This will be felt worldwide. Like in loosi Africa worldwide. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:30
the next week is going to be *INSANE* -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:30 5
- If it is true, I feel sorta bad for those close to Farrah. I have a feeling her death will the the footnote. - kelly Jun 25, 15:31 3
  - Maybe they'll be relieved. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 15:34 1
    - Well, not relieved. But personally, I'd hate to see a friend's death on the cover of every magazine in the country -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 15:36
  - well, comparitively their careers are on entirely different scales. - Andie Jun 25, 15:33
- it will be a thriller! -- nm - marcel Jun 25, 15:31

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I know this is hyperbole, but if he really is dead, it feels like a HUGE thing, like 9-11 big.

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