Published: July 10, 2009 10:10 pm      

Other View: Is it the fans or the stars?

Much has already been written and spoken about the recent deaths of four people known more for their celebrity than their talent.

And it is without doubt that millions more words will be written and spoken about Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Billy Mays in the months and years to come.

It would be easy to dismiss their careers as superficial, but perhaps their fame tells us more about ourselves than about them ...

Four celebrities. Were they worthy of their fame?

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Either way, we were more than willing to bestow it upon them.

Daily Star (Oneonta, N.Y.)