[Nepeta]

He was a pop star with an exaggerated notion of his own importance. I was 30 at the time, and I have no idea where I was or where I heard the news, because the lives of pop stars...just don't approach the importance of presidential murders, Space Shuttle losses, or airliners flown into skyscrapers.

I wish the 60s and all of those who gave birth to those festering times would recede into well-deserved obscurity.

[SamAdams76]

He was a pop star with an exaggerated notion of his own importance.

Yes, I think I made mention of that a few times in this thread so I catch your drift. Still, the murder was a pretty significant news event when it happened and as it occurred at a transitional point in my life, I saw fit to make a thread out of it.

Oddly enough, my children see the Michael Jackson death as a significant news event in their lives even though I barely took notice of it - this despite the fact that Michael Jackson is more of my generation than theirs...