Originally Posted by MaDalton

the problem is that i don't know all the other people that also died. if i knew them i might feel different about them. it also wasn't a sad day for me when Michael Jackson died or that Oxiclean guy - because both don't matter to me.

But in this case I had watched Streets of San Francisco through half my childhood and therefore his life and work mean more to me than just some regular dude.

maybe that clarifies my perspective ;)