As this is the age of internet news reporting, nothing sells more than reports about celebrity deaths and sex scandals hence it is no surprise that limits of inelegance have reached new echelons in news reporting. News publications have a history of going out of way to gratify celebrity fans with spiced-up hearsay stories and monetize the tragedies and scandals. Regretfully, the media has not even spared the tragic truth like the demise of Paul Walker. Celebrity deaths and the wishy-washy side of reporting turn the whole news scenario into a reprehensible fiasco.

To achieve celebrity status is a tough task and to manage that standing is even tougher than that. The show biz industry is full of stories that reflect the awful price that celebrities pay for their status i.e. loss of privacy. When a favourite star dies unexpectedly, fans are thrown into a whirlwind of astonishment, apprehension, and inherent inquisitiveness. To quench the readers' thirst for knowing the truth media cooks up stories and result is negative reporting. Not all Hollywood celebrities have such a long term notoriety linked with their ephemeral but some of them had it all. Let us have look at the Hollywood’s mysterious and scandalous deaths that have been real page turners in the news history:

  • While other celebrity deaths in the history of Hollywood have slipped by the kerb, the death of the an aspiring actress Elizabeth Short in 1940 called as Black Dahlia continues to captivate readers even today. After her awful death media at that time was filled with all the sensational sories and rumour about the cause of death. The reporting scenario remains the same even today with the dawn of internet era.
  • “Adventures of Superman” star George Reeves suicide
  • Murder of William Desmond Taylor in 1920
  • Paul Bern and Jean Harlow tragedy after just two months of marriage
  • Thelma Todd called as “The Ice Cream Blonde” death in 1933
  • Paul Walker death in a car crash on November, 30, 2013

The entertainment business is full of stories about celebrity deaths and the list could go on in ad infinitum. While a family mourns the loss of their loved ones, news publications try their level best to come up with a new angle to weave an intriguing story about celebrity death. The insipid side of reporting hurt the emotions of family friends and fans of late stars further add to their grief. The media industry should keep this in mind while reporting celebrity deaths.