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59. This is for real: Elvis Presley
He died on my 8th birthday. At the time, I'd heard the name, but never really knew the music or what he did. Of course, that fall, every kid at school had an "Elvis-- The King Forever" t-shirt, so pretty soon everybody knew who he was.

(Better yet-- it was usually the Vegas-era Elvis that was on the t-shirts-- not the rebel 1950s Elvis).
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  -Has a famous celebrity ever died and you had NO IDEA who they were??? Lost in CT  Mar-18-09 11:07 PM   #0 
  - " find it amazing that everyone knew who she was besides me."  Genevieve   Mar-18-09 11:11 PM   #1 
  - me either  Kali   Mar-18-09 11:15 PM   #2 
  - Me either. nt  Mojorabbit   Mar-19-09 09:12 PM   #43 
  - me neither  pokerfan   Mar-19-09 09:25 PM   #45 
  - Yeah, but I knew who each of those three were.  jobycom   Mar-18-09 11:15 PM   #3 
  - I tried to take great care not to make the post belittiling...  Lost in CT   Mar-18-09 11:17 PM   #6 
  - I didn't mean you at all.  jobycom   Mar-18-09 11:24 PM   #10 
  - I didn't know she was Vanessa Redgraves daughter. So very sad and tragic.  Lil Missy   Mar-18-09 11:24 PM   #12 
     - I hadn't realized that, either. nt  jobycom   Mar-18-09 11:25 PM   #13 
  - I guess she's more well known on Broadway and the West End than for her movies  begin_within   Mar-18-09 11:16 PM   #4 
  - the vast majority of any celebrity news is like that for me  Kali   Mar-18-09 11:17 PM   #5 
  - I think I had heard her name, but didn't know who she was.  Kat45   Mar-18-09 11:18 PM   #7 
  - I had no idea who she was either.  MrSlayer   Mar-18-09 11:19 PM   #8 
  - I had no idea who she was.  emilyg   Mar-18-09 11:23 PM   #9 
  - Yes - I've never hread of Natasha Richardson until yesterday. Seriously.  Rabrrrrrr   Mar-18-09 11:24 PM   #11 
  - I didn't till I saw her pictures. And her mother, Vanessa Redgrave,  Lil Missy   Mar-18-09 11:38 PM   #15 
  - I had to really think and then I realized that she played  auntAgonist   Mar-18-09 11:27 PM   #14 
  - They'd actually met earlier, in 1984  LisaM   Mar-20-09 12:54 PM   #62 
  - I knew who she was, but I watch a lot of movies.  MilesColtrane   Mar-18-09 11:41 PM   #16 
  - Incidentally, Selena's death was the best thing that ever happened to two women's careers  Orrex   Mar-19-09 12:02 AM   #17 
  - Why do you say that?  Lil Missy   Mar-19-09 01:26 AM   #18 
     - I don't know about woman #2 but...  jeff30997   Mar-19-09 01:33 AM   #19 
        - Correct  Orrex   Mar-19-09 08:05 AM   #28 
        - I actually knew who Selena was from channel-surfing on Saturday nights  kwassa   Mar-19-09 10:32 AM   #40 
        - I agree with Lopez but I think Selena had a chance to break through sans tradgedy...  Lost in CT   Mar-19-09 09:03 PM   #41 
  - I don't know who Natasha is  Genoveseboy   Mar-19-09 01:34 AM   #20 
  - Read the thread, and Google.  Lil Missy   Mar-19-09 01:45 AM   #21 
  - I smelled it on you.  Lil Missy   Mar-19-09 09:13 PM   #44 
  - Liam Neeson played a widower in "Love, Actually" and I just read that Vanessa Redgrave just  grace0418   Mar-19-09 02:23 AM   #22 
  - I finally saw "Love, Actually" just last week...  Rhythm   Mar-19-09 02:39 AM   #23 
  - Liam Neeson has a rich film history. I didn't know they were married.  Lil Missy   Mar-19-09 02:39 AM   #24 
     - Agreed. But sometimes I wonder what it must be like to have your personal tragedy  grace0418   Mar-19-09 08:52 AM   #30 
  - I didn't know who she was either.  Withywindle   Mar-19-09 03:03 AM   #25 
  - i'm embarrassed to say for the first few days this story broke  Blue_Tires   Mar-19-09 07:48 AM   #26 
  - You weren't alone  SoxFan   Mar-19-09 09:07 AM   #31 
  - I confused them as well and for some reason Milla Jovovich popped into my head.  Lost in CT   Mar-19-09 09:16 AM   #34 
  - Heath Ledger  CreekDog   Mar-19-09 08:05 AM   #27 
  - same here.  kwassa   Mar-19-09 09:25 AM   #36 
     - third  Rambis   Mar-19-09 09:35 AM   #37 
  - Celia Cruz  Tommy_Carcetti   Mar-19-09 08:45 AM   #29 
  - I have no clue who she was... nt.  Strong Atheist   Mar-19-09 09:08 AM   #32 
  - Lux Interior of the Cramps, who died a few weeks ago.  old mark   Mar-19-09 09:12 AM   #33 
  - Otis Redding  kwassa   Mar-19-09 09:24 AM   #35 
  - Yes: Freddie Mercury.  WinkyDink   Mar-19-09 09:49 AM   #38 
  - !  Mad_Dem_X   Mar-20-09 01:42 PM   #63 
  - Believe it or not..but I didn't know who John Lennon was  Roon   Mar-19-09 09:55 AM   #39 
  - Ha, ha....youngun !!  Sequoia   Mar-20-09 11:30 AM   #57 
  - I knew who she was  MrScorpio   Mar-19-09 09:10 PM   #42 
  - I honestly had never heard of her before two days ago  Sebastian Doyle   Mar-19-09 09:27 PM   #46 
  - Selena - I had never heard of her until her manager kill her  Liberal_in_LA   Mar-19-09 09:28 PM   #47 
  - Frequently. If celebrity knowledge was a sport, I wouldn't even qualify for the Special Olympics  petronius   Mar-19-09 09:31 PM   #48 
  - Nice post, Barack.  Iggo   Mar-19-09 10:24 PM   #50 
  - Who?  petronius   Mar-19-09 10:41 PM   #51 
     - Bravo!  Iggo   Mar-19-09 10:42 PM   #52 
  - I'm telling.... nt  Lost in CT   Mar-20-09 11:26 AM   #55 
  - Kurt Cobain  jakefrep   Mar-19-09 10:01 PM   #49 
  - I didn't know who...  friedgreentomatoes   Mar-19-09 11:05 PM   #53 
  - I actually went to school with Selena  Nevernose   Mar-19-09 11:12 PM   #54 
  - I didn't know who she was either until I saw the movie list.  Sequoia   Mar-20-09 11:29 AM   #56 
  - My parents grew up in the 1960s but didn't know who Jerry Garcia was until he died.  Tommy_Carcetti   Mar-20-09 11:32 AM   #58 
  - This is for real: Elvis Presley  no name no slogan   Mar-20-09 11:40 AM   #59 
  - Gianni Versace, back in 1997.  DinahMoeHum   Mar-20-09 11:53 AM   #60 
  - No. I am intimately familiar with every celebrity who ever lived.  PeaceNikki   Mar-20-09 12:44 PM   #61 
 

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