Who was the first death of a celebrity you followed/cared about? Probably Thurman Munson, who died in Aug 79, a month after my grandfather; I was 7. I remember when Elvis & Bing Crosby died in Aug 77, John Wayne in June 79, but didn't care about their work then.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1300142562037166085 …
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I remember Pope Paul VI & Pope John Paul I dying in Aug & Sept 78, but they weren't the same kind of celebrity.
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You outlined memories similar to my own. Duke/Bing/PVI big but expected; JP1 a shock for us RCs. But the Thurman Munson news was an earthquake, as he was still young. Not a US celebrity, but I’d add the Mountbatten bombing. My guess is that’s how the new Crown season will start.
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Mountbatten lingers on the edge of my consciousness.
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