celebs who didn't get proper media coverage when they died.

Farah Fawcett.

In the US, Federico Fellini's death was overshadowed by the death of River Phoenix.

Elizabeth that lady who was close to Michael Jackson. I can't think of her name

Bertolucci and and John Singleton.

Bob Denver. I seem to recall there was something major going on in the news at the time he died, so his passing was sort of glossed over. And that's not to suggest that he deserved some big fanfare, just saying I don't think it got a lot of coverage.

Dina Merrill, Michael Parks (Then Came Bronson) and Wayne Maunder (Custer, Porky's) didn't even rate a mention on TMZ.

Elizabeth Olsen died, R3?

Bob Hope’s death at 100 didn’t get nearly as much attention than had he died 20 years earlier.

Although she wasn't ignored, or even overshadowed by someone more "important," I was still a bit surprised by the meager coverage of Doris Day's death. I mean, she was 97 - quite an accomplishment in itself - and still much admired. I thought she would have been talked about more and for a longer period of time.

Lauren Bacall (overshadowed by Robin Williams)

Rose Marie.

Erin Moran

I'd say the coverage Shirley Temple's death received was fair. She was certainly an important figure in Hollywood history, but she was eighty-five, and the height of her career had ended seventy years earlier.

I didn't even know Doris Day was dead! I

I was surprised after Shirley Temple died that her beautiful blue diamond ring didn't sell at auction on it's first try, not even for the value of the rare blue diamond, let alone the provenance.

Burt Reynolds. An unknown raper died and gen Zers cared more about him than the legend that is Burt.

Burt was quite popular and certainly a crowd-pleaser, but "legend" seems to be pushing it.

Oprah

Everyone who's died since Trump took office. People used to die and get a whole evening of coverage.

Stevie Nicks got zero coverage

[quote]Stevie Nicks got zero coverage

LOL - I actually thought "Stevie Nicks died?" and had to check.

Dick Cheney.

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds were the last to get the proper coverage.

r19

Shirley Temple was such a legend and her death should have been covered more. At least as much as that freakshow Elizabeth Taylor got.

Country singer Earl Thomas Conley. He owned the charts during the Seventies-Eighties, a bazillion Number One hits, including a duet with Emmylou Harris. He was dead for two weeks before I heard a word about it, and I pride myself on keeping reasonably well-informed. What a world.

Agree about Shirley Temple and, especially, Doris Day.

Shirley Temple had a career after films working for the U.N. or UNICEF.

They never found Bob Denvers' head.

Just a thought.

Uh, Bob Denver died in a hospital R28. How could his head go missing?

Amanda Peterson

Shirley Temple was a big ol' Republican. Richard Nixon appointed her to the U.N. General Assembly, and Gerald Ford appointed her ambassador to Ghana. She also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.

Anna Nicole

Mortimer Orsatti

r31, she was a very mild Republican, even by the standards back then. Today she'd be called a pinko liberal by Hannity.

Reginald Van Black

Carlotta Romero

Grace Foster

BRITTANY MURPHY

Brad Renfro

Mother Teresa’s death would have received more media coverage had she not died the day before Princess Diana’s funeral.

Michael Clarke Duncan. His death really upset me. I felt like he shouldn't have died.

R40 Mother Theresa was awful

R40 Mother Theresa was awful

This kid. He was everywhere in the early 90s.

Dorothy McGuire who died September 13, 2001.

Dorothy McGuire who died September 13, 2001.

R40 You are disgusting!

I didn't know any of the Golden Girls had passed.

Well, they had hot asses R48 but they couldn’t live forever.

Poor Estelle Getty at R48. Why did they make her wear such awful wigs? The wig budget for that series must have been $1.98.

Aldous Huxley, author of more than fifty books, including "Brave New World," had the misfortune of dying on November 22, 1963, the day JFK was shot.

Needless to say, his passing was not much noted.

[quote]Michael Clarke Duncan. His death really upset me. I felt like he shouldn't have died.

He didn't die; he escaped.

R46 Remember how during the Oscars in 2002 the In Memoriam segment omitted Dorothy McGuire (over 50 films, Oscar nomination) but included Aaliyah (2 movies)? "There's not enough room for everyone!" is the annual excuse, but it's an indication that the Oscars seem hell-bent on destroying themselves by chasing an elusive "younger market."

Speaking of Dorothys, Dorothy Malone, who died a couple of years ago, was also omitted, and she was an Oscar winner, not just a nominee. To omit any Oscar winner during the Academy's in memoriam segment is inexcusable. However, the year she was snubbed, the Academy did include a lawyer and a publicist the public had neither heard of nor cared about.

I guess on some level it's a thankless task to be in charge of that. But the ruination of the Oscars is television--its demands do not lend itself to an enjoyable award ceremony. The should self-finance it and show it on pay-per-view, no commercials and the bean counters at the networks would have no say. Stop trying to make this show attractive to young people. They don't care, move on.

Those Oscar in memoriams were so much more fun when people in the auditorium were allowed to clap during that segment. It was obvious from the clap-o-meter that no one gave a fuck about those obscure lawyers, talent seekers etc.

All celebrities get too much media coverage when they die.

The OG Blonde Bombshell Mae West. From what I've heard from other celebrities like Divine her death in 1980 went largely unnoticed.

Not me!

Lol r60!

I feel like the only death that got a lot of attention in the last 5 years was Aretha Franklin. There have been a few tragic deaths that got lots of media coverage, like Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle and Xxxtentacion, but Aretha's was the only major non-tragic death. Before Aretha, you have to go all the way back to Prince to find an artist's death that was such an event. I was surprised that Donna Summer's death wasn't a bigger deal within the gay community. I think the Trump presidency has been sucking up all the oxygen for the past 4 years and everything else has been flying under the radar.

I still can't believe that Doris Day's death wasn't a much bigger deal. I also thought that Liz Taylor's death would be a bigger deal. I guess that unless an actor is still active in movies that the public stops caring about them. I bet that Maggie Smith's death will be a bigger event that both of those icons because she's still appearing in movies. Also, younger generations know her from the Harry Potter movies.

I remember Elizabeth Taylor's death being a pretty big deal. Obviously not as huge as Michael Jacksons but hopefully we never see a circus like that ever again.

[Quote] I was surprised that Donna Summer's death wasn't a bigger deal within the gay community.

We weren't.

R40 I watched some of Mother T's funeral broadcast live on CNN. It was the wee hours here in the northeast so I'm sure it didn't have a big audience. It was a beautiful ceremony.

Guess the number of posts in Elizabeth Taylor's death thread at DL?

I remember thinking how pathetic Aretha seemed with that whole "Queen" business with the Beyonce/Tina Turner performance at the Grammys. But in hindsight, I think Aretha was right to work that "Queen [of Soul]" title to her dying day. Despite only very intermittent (sizeable) chart success since the mid 80s, Aretha maintained a status within popular culture that not many did. It's easy to put that down to talent or the quality of her classic work, but I don't think it's just that. It's marketing. Keeping the brand alive. Patti LaBelle is another example. Though she hasn't got much of a hit catalogue, LaBelle has marketed herself in different ways - sitcom guest shots, talk show appearances, guesting with younger singers on TV shows, her own line of pies etc.

In show business, you have to keep paying your dues. People have to be reminded of classics.

People were a little squicked out by the sexualization of toddler Shirley Temple by the time she died.

[quote]Grace Foster

Nobody cared about that bitch.

R39 I was surprised that Renfo wasn't in the "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars after he died. They've had much less famous people.

George michael. If you blinked you won't have noticed he died. American media rarely discussed his career in great lengths. After a few days the media kind of moved on completely except for the autopsy report months later.

I remember when a celebrity used to die, their imdb message board would blow up. There would be some trolls, but also lots of fans of the celeb or their work coming together in a way I haven't seen since. It's sad that sites are trying to shut down message boards now.

[quote] An unknown raper died

Well, someone who rapes women doesn't usually get a lot of media coverage when/if they die, unless they're frying in the chair.

R24, I didn’t see Shirley Temple in the forefront to battle to against AIDS. I didn’t see Shirley Temple support AIDS patients and their rights for dignity and care. Did Shirley Temple leave $300 million dollars to AIDS causes? Was she an advocate for the LGBT community?

Elizabeth Taylor was a humanitarian, a brave, compassionate woman who cared about the LGBT community, the underdogs, the sick and dying.

Shirley Temple was a conservative Republican. She didn’t give damn about the AIDS crisis and LGBT rights. She followed to GOP line until she crooked in 2014.

I wasn't alive when she died, but People Magazine kind of snubbed Elizabeth Montgomery. She got a nice tribute but lost out on the cover story to Keanu Reeves.

[quote]I wasn't alive when she died, but People Magazine kind of snubbed Elizabeth Montgomery. She got a nice tribute but lost out on the cover story to Keanu Reeves.

Keanu no doubt had a new movie to promote. People magazine is a Hollywood publicist's best friend. Does your closeted client have a new beard under contract? Come on down. People will give the lovebirds the cover.

It's all about keeping yourself in the public eye. Mary Pickford and Doris Day were the biggest female box-office stars of all time, yet no one seemed to care when they died. Both women had become recluses for decades and the public moved on without them. Younger generations didn't even know their names.

Compare that to the beloved Betty White, who was never more than a B-list TV actress and game show regular. Yet everybody knows who she is because of TV reruns and her consistent media presence over the last few decades. Her death will be a bigger event than Pickford, Day and Taylor combined.

Agreed, R77. Betty White has remained in the public eye.

R74, Elizabeth Taylor was first and foremost a famrwhore and pedophile enabler. Her friendship with Michael Jackson is what she is most remembered for.

Defiantly Farrah Fawcett.

[quote]Compare that to the beloved Betty White, who was never more than a B-list TV actress and game show regular.

Betty White has won eight Emmy Awards. Her TV credits include memorable roles in two classic sitcoms, and a couple of sitcoms of her own that she headlined back in the '50s. I would hardly call her a B-list TV actress.

Infamous choreographer Jerome Robbins. My god he was a complete dick! And for what it was worth the absence of interest in his death some might say was karma.

David Susskind! That mutherfucker died the exact same day as his nemesis, And Warhol.

A reminder how irrelevant everyone’s life is. Whether you are remembered temporarily is random chance. The chances of being remembered beyond family is 1 in billions - and even then it’s fading remembrance. Pursuing fame is a stupid goal.

Bonnie Franklin

It's a crime Johnny Cash's death was overshadowed by John Ritter's death. Jack fucking Tripper was more important than The Man in Black? Cash was a legend, Ritter was a bad sitcom actor.

R86: I was in Hollywood at the time, and you wouldn't believe the number of tributes John Ritter's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame had.

Dietrich. If she had died in the 1970s she would have gotten huge coverage. But she long outlived her fame.

Mariah Carey's waistline.

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Natalie Cole.

You would think that anyone who won an Oscar would automatically be on the "In Memoriam" segment after their death. In fact that should be the qualification to be on their list. Not some agent or publicist.

Nell Carter

R86, the death of Don Knotts was reported above that of the great photographer/filmmaker Gordon Parks...in the NEW YORK TIMES!

Glenn Frey

Oddly, Penny Marshall got an amazing amount of coverage. I got really into her the last few years of her life, after her book came out. She really got a proper send-off in the media.

Lee Remick's death was overshadowed by Michael Landon's death.

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When Madonna's career officially died with Madame X, there wasn't a single obituary out there.

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Me...

Verne Troyer

Sammy Davis Jr's death was overshadowed by Jim Henson's unexpected passing.

Gregory Hinges. I think he may have died from complications of Aids.

Who the fuck is Gregory Hinges?

Jim Henson's passing seemed to be Kermit's passing. It was so sad.

Why can't you just say death and dead? Are you all Catholics?

Sandy Dennis

[quote]Gregory Hinges. I think he may have died from complications of Aids.

[quote]Who the fuck is Gregory Hinges?

Let me guess: Gregory Hines? He was straight. He died of liver cancer. His older brother, Maurice, with whom he used to perform, is gay and is still alive.

R107, I just didn't want to use 'death' twice in the same sentence.

I don't remember Lana Turner's death being much more than a blip. Not even Larry King acknowledged it at the time. Didn't you think her death should have been a much bigger deal?

Barry Crimmins. Unsung fucking hero of childrens rights and great comedian.

[quote] I don't remember Lana Turner's death being much more than a blip. Not even Larry King acknowledged it at the time. Didn't you think her death should have been a much bigger deal?

She got at least as much publicity as the deaths of Burl Ives and Phil Harris.

Deanna Durbin

Farrah Fawcett

Aaron Hernandez

R115, huh? She got tons of media coverage, all of it glowing, all of it about how beautiful she was and how she was hot on Charlie's Angels.

Michael Jackson died that day R117 and he got all the attention. As a matter of fact Larry King's show was going to be about Farrah's life and death until the story broke about Jackson and he made his show about Jackson. Initially they talked about her, but after Jackson being rushed to the hospital all the news was about him and the uncertainty of his condition.

Except that singer who died the same day overshadowed her.

Ahhh, you're right. Oh well, I don't miss either of them.

John Denver was sadly overshadowed by both Diana and Mother Theresa.

Benji

Grumpy Cat

^^^^ It was JOHN Denvers' head that was never found.

My mistake earlier.

R107 posted this just to call yourself an atheist

Slightly off-topic, but will anyone even GAF when Pope Benedict XVI carks it? He's 92. Everyone's forgotten him. (I was only reminded of his existence because I saw an image of Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars.)

Nipsey Hustle? But no one mentions Nipsey Russell!

Eartha Kitt

[quote]I don't remember Lana Turner's death being much more than a blip. Not even Larry King acknowledged it at the time. Didn't you think her death should have been a much bigger deal?

She died when the OJ trial was in full swing, the news was practically nothing but OJ. A lot of other stories got underreported.