But today, when the whole family and I were in Costco shopping for my birthday picnic things for this Friday, surprisingly, it didn't come as a surprise when my sister told me that music giant Whitney Houston has mysteriously died. I thought it was just one of April's random rumours, like when she told me that Julie Andrews had died except that about six months later, Tooth Fairy comes out in the movies.
Just like how Michael Jackson's and Amy Winehouse's death honestly didn't come as a shock or a surprise to me at all, I felt the exact same way about Whitney's. Being an avid reader of celebrity gossip magazines, I've already read about how all Michael, Amy and Whitney have been either going a little cuckoo or really ill right before their deaths. Which probably explains my apathetic view towards Whitney's death today.
But I will admit. I was a little bit sad. Because she did have good songs, and she was one of those true musical artists who epitomised the meaning of a good vocalist. Before she got on the drugs, you gotta admit, she was really good.
However, I'm not really phased about her death that much in comparison to everyone on Facebook and Twitter. Like, seriously. All the trending topics in Australia today, right now, are about Whitney Houston! Except for this random one about respecting Cody Simpson's sister. She's not dead, is she? Haha.
Which brings me to the main point of this post (took me a while, didn't it? Lol) When I checked the trend about Cody Simpson's sister, half the people on there were like 'Let's respect her another day! Another legend has died!' Okay, firstly, I'm pretty sure Cody's sister isn't dead. She was Tweeting, haha. It's the comments that people were making that I found sad and just upright stupid. Hypothetically, let's just say she died. I think comments like that are so disrespectful.
Hundreds of thousands of people die everyday all over the world. 99% of them not considered as "legends" at all. With comments like 'Let's respect someone as legendary as the famous Whitney Houston first before someone who's not relevant in the world!', I think it's sad how the world cares more about a famous person dying than all the other people who's died in this world. May they be more tragic than Whitney's death or not, I think that death is death and no matter how it happened, the ending of someone's life will always be tragic. Whether they're considered "legendary" or not, or whether they're "relevant to the world" or not. People who make comments like 'The world doesn't care because no one knows you' is so painfully ignorant to hear for me. And it's even more ironic because the people making these comments aren't even famous or "legends", and it'll be funny if someone uber-famous like Justin Bieber died the same day as them and said the same ignorant, disrespectful words they've said to people less "relevant to the world" than Whitney Houston is.
Don't get me wrong, all condolences to Whitney's family and friends from me. It is a sad thing, her death, due to another loss of life. But I'm not picking favourites. Most people in the world do great and extraordinary things at points in their life, and it's only the attention and fame that makes the difference, and I don't think fame or being well-known among your peers necessarily determines whether you're a legend or not. Just the fact that someone has lost their life means that there's at least one person grieving for it, and I reckon the fact that that's happening itself is already proof enough that it shouldn't even matter whether someone's famous or not, and we shouldn't put too much attention on these kinds of people dying since everyone else's death is just as important. If you disagree, I guess it just puts to prove that you're one of those people who choose to go along with the shallow ways of the world. Just because everyone's doing it, doesn't mean it's right.
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