Dead celebrities deserve to be mourned and honored respectfully, not used for clickbait on social media.
Although celebrities are already in the limelight, it doesn’t make it right to sensationalize their deaths. People seem to forget that celebrities are still human and videos or photos of their deaths should not be given out like candy.
It has unfortunately become normal for people on social media to search for a video of a celebrity’s death. I don’t understand how people can yearn to watch something so sick and pass it around.
American rapper and singer PnB Rock was shot dead in South Los Angeles on Sept. 12, inside of Roscoe's House of Chicken ‘N Waffles, according to a Sept. 13 article by CNN. The video of PnB Rock on the floor with paramedics around him circulated all over Twitter the night it happened.
It’s disgusting to think about pulling out your phone and pressing record when someone is deceased in a puddle of blood. How is that your first thought when you see a lifeless body?
PnB Rock’s girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang, who was present at the shooting had several conspiracy theories against her. People on social media speculated she set him up to get robbed after posting an Instagram story with the location tagged.
After witnessing her boyfriend die, the last thing I would expect was for people to target her so quickly.
There was no “conspiracy” of her intentionally wanting him to be shot dead, it was an innocent date night that she wanted to share with her followers. It was unbelievable how people wanted to twist this homicide and turn it into a conspiracy.
I can’t even envision how the rapper’s friends and family members felt seeing the video being reposted all over social media.
Can you imagine how you would feel if someone close to you passed away and their dead body was going viral?
Anyone closely associated with Rock should grieve in peace and not be bombarded with the recording whenever they open their phone.
American rapper Takeoff died on Nov. 1, at 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston, according to ABC13, a source for breaking news and weather from Houston. The video of him with a gunshot wound to his head made it to Twitter several hours after his death.
It was heartbreaking to hear his uncle, Quavo, screaming in agony over his body. The pain in his voice can easily be heard and felt through the screen.
Just because someone is famous, it doesn’t mean their passing deserves to be put on display for the world to see.
These celebrities deserve more than this, they deserve to rest in peace just like any other person.
The media knows how to strategically evoke interest by bringing up deaths that happened years ago. Diana, Princess of Wales who died in 1997, was brought up on news outlets constantly when Queen Elizabeth died on Sept. 8.
Princess Diana is an iconic figure who we should let rest and stop exploiting for entertainment. People were bringing up her name more for content rather than actually caring about the troubles she went through with the royal family.
Did media outlets really care about her life and passing, or was she simply used as content filler?
Unfortunately, not only does this happen online, but offline too. Los Angeles County was sued by Vanessa Bryant in August for negligence and invasion of privacy over pictures of her deceased husband and daughter, Kobe and Gigi Bryant, according to an Aug. 25 article by Washington Post.
First responders who were called on scene at the helicopter accident on Jan. 26, 2020, took pictures of the father and daughter and proceeded to show patrons at Baja California Bar & Grill in Norwalk.
Wearing a badge on your chest does not give you the right to use photos of deceased individuals as conversation starters.
There is no excuse to offer such graphic photos to strangers, insinuating that you have something so “exclusive.” Someone else’s pain is not your icebreaker to befriend new people.
In such a digital world, bystanders’ first instinct when witnessing something tragic is to open up their camera and share everything on social media.
Everyone needs to put their phones down and realize that an image or video of someone dead is a significant person to someone else.
