Ouch, Amy.
We, as fans, mourn the person we see because, not only are we losing an actor/actress that we have come to admire, not for the person they pretend to be, but, for the things they do away from the films, like the charitable things many of them do. Bob Hope for one, good actor, good comedian, but, will always be remembered instead for going over in Vietnam to bring any joy he possibly could to those troops when everyone else here shunned them. He loved doing it too. There are so many that give of themselves like this. There are so many that are gone for senseless reasons, drugs, drinking, etc, but, there are those that fight everyday they can against the many diseases we have now and keep going, doing what they love and you can't help but admire anyone, celebrity or not, for fighting everyday to breathe. The ones that are taken from this world for no apparent reason or because they looked at someone wrong. We grieve for them, their families and friends, not just for the person. And of course, the passing of a family member is always going to the ulitmate loss over a celebrity.