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When mourning a public figure reveals private regrets

My partner thinks I am having an inappropriate emotional response to the actress's death but she represented every dream I gave up

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes we grieve celebrities not for who they were but for who they reminded us we might have been before life demanded compromise.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Collective grief — mourning public figures and tragedies?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.