Mourning the Death of Luke Perry and Other Celebs? It’s Normal
Last week unfortunately, 90’s 90210 heart throb and Riverdale star Luke Perry passed away. From endless social media posts and articles to spread the news of this, it was made obvious that we are all heavily impacted by the life and death of celebrities, particularly those from our childhood. Previously on 2SER we’ve looked at the impact of the passing of Aretha Franklin, however we wanted to dig deeper and really find out why were are so affected by celebrities and what goes on in their lives.
To help us do so, we were joined today by Pop Culture Expert from the University of Melbourne, Dr Lauren Rawsthorne.