# People who are "gutted" when an elderly celebrity dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684 "2023-01-23T23:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684/8 "2023-01-24T00:49:28Z")
This thread was on somewhat the same subject, although it doesn’t focus on specifically elderly celebrities: > [@Are you affected by celebrity deaths? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-affected-by-celebrity-deaths-why-or-why-not/847049): > > Over in the Game Room, and throughout the media, folk are expressing their dismay over Kobe Bryant’s recent death. As is often the case in such situations, I wonder at the display of emotion. I am certainly open to criticism that I lack sufficient compassion, humanity, etc. But would people be willing to explain why they are personally upset when a celebrity dies? NOTE: I’m not criticizing anyone’s reaction, or suggesting they ought to react differently. I honestly do not understand. I gue… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684)._