I think it could be because he was a young man with a great career and his whole life ahead of him, who died while doing something that is watched and enjoyed by millions of people around the world.
And that it reminds people that it could happen to anyone at any point in time. It also made the papers 'cus it happened during a very public situation.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 9:52, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

he's not dead, Gonz.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 10:01, Reply)

Oh, ok, I haven't read anything about it.
I was talking to my doctor friend about it and it really shook her up, she's seen dozens of people die but this one who shes never meet, really hit her hard.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 10:03, Reply)

I think most of what I said still counts though.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 10:04, Reply)

indeed

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 10:06, Reply)

Thinking about it, imagine if everyone who died was equal in importance, from Princes Diana to random old people to starving africans.
I think I read somewhere that 150k people die a day, donno where I got that figure from, but imagine how big the papers would have to be.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Mar 2012, 10:02, Reply)