Has the news of famous persons death ever made you cry even though you never met them, or a stranger that you knew about but never met? Why did it make you cry?
Has the news of famous persons death ever made you cry even though you never met them, or a stranger that you knew about but never met? Why did it make you cry?
Fairly early on in the COVID days, it got Adam Schlesinger. To this day, it’s the one celebrity death that felt personal to me.
For those who don’t recognize the name, Adam was one half of the songwriting duo in Fountains of Wayne. Who you know best, of course, for “Stacy’s Mom.” God, their songwriting was sublime though. And then Adam did “That Thing You Do”, Ivy, Tinted Windows, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and a ton of other stuff.
Maybe it’s partly the collective trauma of the pandemic, but his death still hurts.