Has there ever been a celebrity who died and you didn't even know who they were in the first place?

[milestogo]

For me it was Jerry Garcia.


I kid you not.

[pfitz59]

1. Millions of folk had no idea who Charlie Kirk was

and didn't give a hoot.

[Harker]

2. The older I get, the more common it is.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

10. I was just thinking the same thing, Harker

And I no longer recognize HALF at least of the young couples and fancy ladies who go to ANY of the award shows.

[Harker]

21. And I thought I'd always be hip.

[Haggard Celine]

3. Charlie Kirk

I might have heard the name, not sure. But I had no idea who he was or why his death was significant.

[milestogo]

4. Me neither.

And I'm pretty sure his death was totally insignificant.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I consider myself pop-culturally unaware

If it happened in the last 20 years, I've probably not any awareness. I can't identify most pop music. I know I've heard them, but no idea who wrote/sang it. Sports? lost touch. TV? No TV for 17 years. Haven't missed a sitcom.

But I do remember Monk, American Experience, Roadshow.

Jerry Garcia? I thought he was the ice cream guy.

[True Dough]

13. I believe the "ice cream guy"

is Cherry Garcia (by Ben and Jerry's).

[WestMichRad]

6. Lots.

I’m blissfully unaware of a great deal of pop culture. And I don’t regret it at all.

[BluesRunTheGame]

7. How could you "not know" who Jerry Garcia was?

That’s mind boggling.

They even named an ice cream flavor after the guy!

[milestogo]

8. I was familiar with the ice cream.

I just assumed that the guy was named after the ice cream

[Skittles]

9. I never understood the popularity of The Grateful Dead

but yeah I had "heard" of him

[Maninacan]

11. Sports figures

Golfers, coaches. football. I never followed any of it. I am familiar with most musicians 60s to 80s.

[milestogo]

12. The night John Lennon was shot I waited up for my roommate

to come home so I could tell her. Her response: "He was one of the Beatles, wasn't he?"

This made it a compound trauma.

[True Dough]

14. I think the right thing to do in that situation

is Let it Be.

[milestogo]

15. ...

[True Dough]

17. HELP!

We Can Work It Out!

[JoseBalow]

18. Too soon

[3catwoman3]

16. I had a subscription to People magazine for many years. I stopped it...

...when I realized I had no idea who most of the people in it were.

[Marthe48]

19. Every day, my friend, every day

[u4ic]

20. I have no idea who's got their 15 minutes of fame

Don't follow celebrities and sports figures. Never heard of Charlie Kirk before he died as well.

[mwmisses4289]

22. Pretty much any celebrity after about 1990.

Like the...Karshians? Kardassians (aren't they an alien race on Star Trek)? The only celebrities I am currently aware of right now are the voice actors and singers of Kpop Demon Hunters, and only because that has become one of my favorite movies.