Bereavement Science Researcher Offers Insights on Parasocial Grief – Grieving That May Come After the Death of a Public Figure

Many people are surprised by the intensity of their response when a well-known person dies, and their feelings of sadness may last longer than they expect. In fact, that sadness and grief can be intense, and preliminary research suggests that grief after the death of a public figure looks very similar to grief over our personal relationships and can have comparable levels of intensity. 

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