The typical media frenzy surrounding celebrity death ensued.

On reflection, there's nothing new either about public preoccupation with sudden celebrity deaths.

A second celebrity death on the ski slopes provided another nearly all-consuming story for the nation's all-news cable channels yesterday.

For the tabloids, no celebrity death is ever final.

Similarly, celebrity deaths produce their share of tears but seldom the feeling that the world has been fundamentally altered.

Hoaxes about the death of a celebrity increase in frequency when genuine celebrity deaths occur.

Are you enthralled by stories of celebrity deaths?

Anniversary news (anniversaries of major events or celebrity deaths)

Stella works at the Starion, a dinner theater were celebrity deaths are re-enacted.

Recent celebrity deaths: James Coburn, actor, age 74, of a heart attack.