In the wake of Liam Payne’s tragic death, we ask Birmingham locals if there’s a particular celebrity death that deeply affected them. How do such losses change the way people view celebrities and their work? Why do certain celebrity deaths leave a lasting impression, even when fans didn’t know them personally?
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00:00Oh, a celebrity death that impacted me? I think there's been so many. I think David
00:08Bowie in 2016, I thought that was really, that was terrible, especially when he released
00:14his final song, Lazarus, which was really quite emotional. I think probably there is
00:20that thing with celebrities where we think we know them so well, obviously they don't
00:24know us. And I imagine for a lot of people who haven't experienced grief before, having
00:29somebody who they admire so much, such as Liam Payne, dying in such tragic circumstances,
00:33surely must be an incredibly difficult experience. People who've experienced grief before, maybe
00:38not so much. Yeah, I think it brings a lot of attention
00:43to mental health issues and potential drug addiction issues. There's a lot of buzz about
00:47that for a period of time, but then no funding seems to be put into mental health and drug
00:53addiction services. So it just sort of, there's a bit of a buzz around it with the public,
00:57but nothing is done until the next.