Why is it the media get in such a tiswas when a celebrity, such as Kylie Minogue, is diagnosed with cancer or some other disease?
People of Miss Minogue's standing can spend endless fortunes on private treatment. The rest of us have to endure second-rate NHS treatment in drafty, dilapidated MRSA-ridden hospitals.
I speak from experience as my own mother died from cancer.
Kylie Minogue is just a performer of dull, repetitive, unmemorable pop songs. A PJ Harvey or Courtney Love, she ain't.
It is about time the Press and TV got real about such people.
I expect that if David Beckham died in a car crash, some elements in the media would treat it like the crucifixion of Christ.
-David Broughton, St Leonards
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