Sad how grief can cloud the mind. Stephen Spielberg to
Entertainment Weekly on Michael Jackson:Just as there will never be another Fred Astaire or Chuck Berry or Elvis Presley, there will never be anyone comparable to Michael Jackson.
Err, Mr Spielberg ... you've rather undermined that "not comparable" bit by ... you know, that thing you did in the first clause of the sentence.
(And no, it's not (much) like Diana. Thankfully. A decade of consistent responding to forwarded electronic missives with patient explanations and links to Snopes has reduced my incoming stream of silliness to a mere trickle, but it's turned in to a torrent in the last 24 hours. Poor-taste jokes about Diana were few and far between in the initial stages. On the other hand, Diana did not have an extensive back catalogue to overwhelm broadcast media.)