Alan Rickman, giant of British film and theatre, dies at 69

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I think you both may have misunderstood me. I love Alan Rickman's work too and am seriously sad he's gone - I was so confused for all of Thursday as it just wasn't sinking in that he'd actually died and I wouldn't be seeing him in films anymore.

But as Jen said Bowie was an icon in a way that Rickman wasn't and I'm not saying people would have been less sad or cared less, I'm saying he wouldn't have had nearly as much media coverage from the BBC and newspapers had Bowie not died a couple of days before. That has nothing to do with social media and how the public as a whole react.

Many celebrities get headline news. If soap stars can get headline news then Rickman getting so much media coverage has nothing to do with Bowie. If anything, Bowies death would have buried Rickmans death in the "in other news" sections.

[Empired]

Many celebrities get headline news. If soap stars can get headline news then Rickman getting so much media coverage has nothing to do with Bowie. If anything, Bowies death would have buried Rickmans death in the "in other news" sections.

Fair enough I guess we'll never know.