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It was announced on December 27th, 2016 that Carrie Fisher had passed away. Whether they loved her work in the Star Wars movies or her talents as a writer, many have mourned and will continue to mourn her passing. Many have celebrated her memory, including our very own Peter Paltridge, who penned a lovely tribute.
Although Carrie and so many other talents have passed away, there are many who hold the opinion that since we’ve never met these celebrities, and were not related to them or friends with them, that’s it’s foolish to mourn their passing. The general idea that these people hold is that we should only mourn the people we know in person.
I don’t know if that’s always something that it would be preferable to do. If you had an abusive home life, trouble at school or pain at work, and you turned to pop culture as a form of escape, you would probably be mourning the passing of the talents who helped...
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