Quote Originally Posted by Organ Morgan. View Post
No. The cult of celebrityism has been manufactured. It's one aspect of the bread and circuses we're subjected to.

A good example of how effective it is are the RIP threads that pop up here quite regularly. One was yesterday for Kirk Douglas.
Do agree celebrities is manufactured in the modern social media and reality TV era ,however wasn't Kirks passing more to do with ones childhood memories of the cinema and TV , where for many it was a first ,even magical times too some who didn't have much. .