Mass or celebrity deaths not my area, but if you want to unpack the psychodynamic /transference angle you may recall Vic Seidler wrote "Remembering Diana" and "Remembering 9/11"? There's the pets-death literature too. And, of course, @deathandculture.bsky.social for all things celebrity death

Really looking forward to seeing where you go with this work! Have been reflecting on the wider normative infrastructure of the "talk-about-dying" movement for a while, although in healthcare and adjacent spaces. So much critical work to be done in this space...