Billy Mays, a pitchman who vouched for products such as Orange Glo, OxiClean and Kaboom died on Sunday in is Tampa, Fla . home at age 50.
Mays is the 4th ‘celebrity’ in the past week to die. Ed Mcmahon died last Monday and Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died on Thursday leaving people to wonder if death comes in threes should we be prepared for two more deaths?
While the previous three deaths were understandably devastating to society, Billy Mays, is a sales person. Yes he did die, that is sad, but he wasn’t a pop culture icon by any means.
Society has placed way to much power in the famous. Whether they are actors, singers, designers or even salesmen we cry when they cry, we scream when they scream and when they die we feel as if they were part of our lives. Yes, in some small way ‘celebrities’ are part of our lives but they are no different from every other person in the country.
Over the last 10 years the word celebrity has been tossed around in the direction of anyone who receives any kind of nation attention for anything. In my opinion a celebrity should be an artist, of any kind, that through talent and determination has earned respect from society. When and why did that all change?
My question is, when does your love of the famous turn into obsession and how can we as American’s become a less vain, materialistic, celebrity worshipping society?
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- Farrah Fawcett
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- Farrah Fawcett
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- Michael Jackson
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- Ed Mcmahon
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- Michael Jackson
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- Billy Mays
