Societal Intake of Death

This week, death was an overbearing force in pop culture. Which is odd, because death is around us constantly, but no one thinks about its true effect on society until a famous person dies. It's an all too alarming situation that's the only way we can cope with tragedy, though. If we give significance to every person that dies, how do we move on with our lives? It's cold and callous to view one death as more or less important than the other. But it's a reality in the world we live in. We live not to mourn, but to accomplish, I suppose. This is probably an obvious sentiment to everyone reading this.