It's the same with some artists, they become great, come in the media then quit... years you don't hear a word about them till they die, I find that very morbid that media are only interested when poeple die. Or are very ill.
I have never thought about it, but you are exactly right. Death is all the news covers it seems. Our news stories spend hours analyzing stories like Terri Schiavo and the Pope. Really sad actually.