# A simple memorial, 10 years later

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035 "2019-06-25T14:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035/1 "2019-06-25T14:48:29Z")

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You’ve probably already heard all the hoopla about it being 10 years since Michael Jackson died.

Whenever I hear someone lamenting his death, all I can do is feel sorry for poor Farrah Fawcett, who died a few hours earlier that day, but who many people have forgotten all about in the Michael Jackson furor, may he also rest in peace.

So, here, for what it’s worth, is one person who hasn’t forgotten that Farrah died that day, too.

P.S.: No, I wasn’t a particularly big Farrah fan. I preferred Jaclyn and later Cheryl.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035/2 "2019-06-25T16:10:19Z")

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When people lament his death, I feel sorry for the kids Michael Jackson abused.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035/3 "2019-06-25T16:10:40Z")

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It’s not a great episode, but _South Park_’s “Dead Celebrities” serves as a handy reminder of the numerous famous people who died in the summer of 2009 and were overshadowed by Jackson.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035/4 "2019-06-25T19:05:32Z")

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Haven’t personally heard a single hoop.  
When I think of overshadowed deaths, I think of Groucho Marx–who died three days after Elvis.

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035/5 "2019-06-25T20:04:16Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Whenever I hear someone lamenting his death, all I can do is feel sorry for poor Farrah Fawcett, who died a few hours earlier that day, but who many people have forgotten all about in the Michael Jackson furor, may he also rest in peace.
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> So, here, for what it’s worth, is one person who hasn’t forgotten that Farrah died that day, too.
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> P.S.: No, I wasn’t a particularly big Farrah fan. I preferred Jaclyn and later Cheryl.

:dubious: If all you can think of to mention in an OP ostensibly to memorialize Fawcett is a semi-disparaging reference to one well-known TV role that she played for three years of a half-century career, it seems as though your real point is to suggest that people **shouldn’t** be memorializing Jackson.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-memorial-10-years-later/836035/6 "2019-06-25T20:28:27Z")

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C.S Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died the same day as JFK, but do you hear them complain?

Now maybe if I had had either MJ or Farrah in the Death Pool I would remember their death days better, but as it is, I can’t say I am sorrier for Farrah than I would be if Michael hadn’t upstaged her.

Who deserves more sympathy? I say let Lee Majors and Bubbles fight it out between them.

Regards,  
Shodan