re: #213 HappyWarrior
The first death I really remember this being a thing was with Princess Diana then Reagan perhaps and then Pope John Paul II.
I was in a garage band in high school and one of the first stupid songs I wrote that thankfully never saw the light of day was “Die Lady Di.” I was so sick of the tabloid exposure. It was going to be a shock song. And then, of course, she died. I felt so dumb.