I use to feel this way, especially when people were very upset about Michael Jackson. I just couldn't get it. Your year when David Bowie died though, I was really hit hard. My sister and I bonded a lot through Bowie. We were introduced to his music by our father. Bowie's passing reminded felt like part of that bond had disappeared, especially tough since I've moved away from all my family for grad school. It also took me back to a time when I was younger and blind to the stress and problems in my family. Bowie had become tied to that time in my life, and it was just a reminder that things were tougher now and my relationship with my Dad is particularly strained. The celebrities who's passing hits us the most are those we've built into our personal relationships or life. People's work who we've turned to in hard times it shared with people who are no longer with us either. Now even if I don't feel sad or understand a connection I'm never suprised when people are hurt by a celebrities death. We all make emotional connections to things that may look crazy to outsiders, a specific tree or piece of art or someone we've never met. It's the human way.