Why do celebrity deaths feel like personal loss?

We adore and seek inspiration from celebrities whom we see on the big screen. We may not know them, but celebrities play a large part in many of our lives. Yet, grieving the loss of someone whom you only knew as a fan, or someone who doesn’t even know of your existence can feel very weird and make you feel like something’s wrong with you.

It can feel like you have lost a close friend or an acquaintance but deep down, we know it isn’t the same. After all, we don’t have any memories but some odd photos and films to remember them by. It’s a very different type of grief which we do not know of, but still, we take a while to recover from.