“...as millions mourned the forty-year old rock star in candlelight vigils around the world.”...
YEah, yeah. That was late in the year of 1980....So what? Probably millions did indeed “mourne” upon the news while billions would later learn of it in some way or another.
What’s worse is that some kids and young adults don’t know the difference between The Beatles and the Apollo 11 astronauts. Not to mention all the other astronauts...
I was only pointing to the wide spread (malign ) influence of these guys.