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Celebrity Elegy
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A song or poem mourning the death—and often celebrating the accomplishments—of a deceased celebrity. The person often died under tragic circumstances, including murder, drug overdose, car/plane accident, or an incurable disease. Often results from Short-Lived, Big Impact. The elegy may portray the person as Too Good for This Sinful Earth and may be invoked by Dead Artists Are Better. To qualify, the person must be well-known beyond their family and friends. They must be famous enough, either in-universe or in Real Life, that people knew of them before the elegy was written. Sub-Trope of a Grief Song and In Memoriam. May overlap with Celebrity Song. Compare to a Biopic, which is a movie or play about a celebrity (though they could be either living and deceased when the movie was made), and an Epic Poem, which may celebrate deceased celebrities (like Achilles and Hector in The Iliad) but is much longer than a typical poem or song. Compare also to Celebrity Breakup Songs, which are about the end of celebrity relationships rather than their lives. Examples |
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All Dogs Go to Heaven: "Love Survives" by Irene Cara and Freddie Jackson was dedicated to the memory of child actress Judith Barsi, who along with her mother Maria, was killed by her father Josef 18 months before the movie's release. | |
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There have also been several songs honoring Elvis Presley: "The King is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell. "King's Call" by Phil Lynott, the lead singer for Thin Lizzy. "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles. "Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams, which he downright called "my 'Candle in the Wind'", and as the music video shows, borrows from True Romance, where a character spoke with Elvis's spirit. "American Roulette" by Robbie Robertson is about Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and James Dean, and an attack on American celebrity culture that voraciously chews people up and spits them out. |
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"Flying for Me" by John Denver about the victims of the Challenger space shuttle explosion on January 28, 1986. | |
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Parks and Recreation: "5,000 Candles in the Wind (Bye Bye Li'l Sebastian)" is an Affectionate Parody written by Andy Dwyer about Pawnee's greatest celebrity: a pony. | |
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Big Red Machine's "Hutch" is a tribute to Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who killed himself in 2018. The singer mourns him and the things he could have said to him before his passing. | |
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"St. James" by Avenged Sevenfold is (subtly) about mourning their late drummer, Jimmy Sullivan. | |
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"From the Stars" by Red Vox is about lead singer Vinny's reaction to Bowie's death. | |
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"Shiny" from Moana is a Pastiche of David Bowie and was intended in part to honor the recently deceased singer. | |
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"Candle in the Wind" by Elton John. Later re-written and re-recorded as "Candle in the Wind 1997" to be about Lady Diana after her death. | |
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In The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror, the poet Jonathan Quicksilver writes a poem mourning the untimely death of James Dean. | |
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"See You Again" by Charlie Puth was re-purposed as this for the Furious 7 soundtrack and dedicated to Paul Walker following his death, with Wiz Khalifa providing new lyrics. | |
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In the Books of Samuel of The Bible, David writes a song mourning the battle deaths of King Saul and Jonathan, his best friend. | |
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Vince Gill began writing "Go Rest High on That Mountain" as a tribute to Keith Whitley. | |
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Ted Nugent weighed in with "Fred Bear", about bow manufacturer and bowhunting promoter Fred Bear (also a personal friend). | |
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"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans, with 112 as featured artists (sampling "Every Breath You Take" by The Police), is about The Notorious B.I.G.. | |
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Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen" was partially written about Lennon's death. | |
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"Tom's Song" by The Handsome Shadows is about Tom Petty, and the song's lyrics feature Title Drops of some of Petty's songs. | |
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"50,000" by Sting is about all the beloved musicians who passed away in 2015 and 2016, particularly David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Lemmy, and Prince. | |
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"Tears of a Clown", by Iron Maiden, is about the then-recent suicide of Robin Williams. | |
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky is a tribute to the paintings of artist Viktor Hartmann, a friend of the composer, who had passed away the previous year. | |
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"Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams, which he downright called "my 'Candle in the Wind'", and as the music video shows, borrows from True Romance, where a character spoke with Elvis's spirit. | |
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