- Jul 10, 2003
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Everone is saying that 2016 has been the worst year ever for celebrity deaths, but is it simply the result of our 20th/21st century obsession with celebrity.
Certainly the numbers of musicians that were well known grew enormously through the 60s and 70s. There are probably more films, shows and actors now than there have ever been, and the numbers of famous sports stars are huge. Add to this the development of television as a significant form of entertainment together with publishing and the internet (and the celebrity culture asociated with all these).
I suspect that Andy Warhol is being proved right and the number of celebrity deaths is simply going to incease year on year
Certainly the numbers of musicians that were well known grew enormously through the 60s and 70s. There are probably more films, shows and actors now than there have ever been, and the numbers of famous sports stars are huge. Add to this the development of television as a significant form of entertainment together with publishing and the internet (and the celebrity culture asociated with all these).
I suspect that Andy Warhol is being proved right and the number of celebrity deaths is simply going to incease year on year