Is Kobe's death the saddest sports death story, ever?

[matt819]

43. True, but

I can remember where I was when Diana died and when Elvis died, etc. you can add any number of others: John Lennon, buddy Holly, Janes Dean, Marilyn Monroe. As sad as celebrity deaths are, for any number of reasons, they really don’t mark the end of an era. The music didn’t die, Racing didn’t stop, movies are still made. The Elvis “era” had already passed when he died. Sure, humans like to find patterns and we sometimes - often? - go out of our way to find them. But, also as humans, we need to recognize these events for what they are and not attach uncalled for significance beyond the very real impact on a personal level and a sense of loss for what might have been.