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we're used to the deaths of public figures being surrounded by a sense of privacy. at most, we read a headline or see a heavily redacted crime scene photo. but when someone is killed in such a violent manner, it shatters the parasocial illusion of invincibility. the image of a famous person on top of their game contrasts sharply with the sudden, brutal shift to them being reduced to a bleeding sack of lifeless flesh. you're pulled out of the kayfabe of political sophistry and thrust back into base reality.