But Donna Summer is dead – at age 63 of cancer.
Virtually every radio station that has me on their mailing list sent an urgent “Breaking news!” alert telling me this important story. I can’t figure out why. If she had died in a plane crash or was murdered in a home invasion, maybe – but all that happened today was someone turned off the respirator and she stopped breathing.
Two weeks ago, Adam Yauch, one of the founding members of the Beastie Boys died of cancer at age 47 and got only brief mentions in the news, not a “BREAKING NEWS!!!!” flash. I wonder what the difference is in the significance of the two stories…