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Originally posted by the G-man:
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Originally posted by Mr. Nobody:
When the previous three died, they were, artistically, at the top of their game, and much respect outside the mainstream, and never full accepted by the mainstream. Spears was never accepted by the underground, has been nothing but a joke since her first album, and has never been artistically at the top of anything, except maybe whoring
True (though I'd argue that Morrison was actually a downward slide at the time of his death), but death can be a real career booster...

Look at the musical career of Linda McCartney. During her lifetime was was, at best, a joke of a singer and, at worst, reviled as one of the women who broke up the Beatles. After she died, everyone loved her.
What about Aaliyah? I mean, she was successful and had hits and everything, but after she died all of a sudden black people were saying "she was our Princess Di". Did she get that kind of adulation before her death? Or did Tupac and Notorious B.I.G.?