I’m trying to think...Is this the worst celebrity death of our lifetime?
I mean, big name people have died over the last 25-40 years but the way this happened makes it worse.
I’m trying to think of someone this big dying in a sudden way that hurt so many...Prince maybe? Michael Jackson?
Tony Gwynn and Seau weren’t at Kobe’s level if I were to think of athletes.
Len Bias? Not known enough.
I was trying to think about this too. If you were born after 1980, like myself, this has to be the biggest stars death we have lived through, who was a star when we could appreciate their talents. I mean, Johnny Unitas, Ted Williams, Ali, those guys were not our generation.
Even Michael Jackson...Thriller came out in 1982. All the creepy stuff aside, he is of the previous generation to me, being born in 84'. Prince, I think Purple Rain was 1984, but was bigger, earlier. Born in 84' I consider myself a 90s "kid" because I was between 5 and 15 in the 1990s. Prince and Jackson aren't artists of the 90s, IMO.
Kobe is on the Peyton Manning, Ken Griffey Jr. level of greatness in their field which is higher than those in their respective fields such as Tupac, Biggie, Cobain, Amy Winehouse. Bigger than Tony Gwynn. Bigger than Paul Walker, Heath Ledger.