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Sad, but hn relevant?

• krylon 8y ago
  I think so, yes. Music, more than any other form of art has the potential to touch so many people. Also, there have been news items about the deaths of other great musicians on HN before, so there is ample precedent.
• taytus 8y ago
  That's for the community to decide.
  • krapp 8y ago
    Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. (...) If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. There's no interesting new phenomenon to discuss with celebrity deaths. Unless Aretha Franklin wrote some software of note or otherwise influenced tech or hacker culture in some significant way, then this is obviously off topic.
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• coderdude 8y ago
  Anything that hackers care about. Aretha Franklin is big time hacker news.
• splatzone 8y ago
  why not? hn thrives on variety, and aretha was such a beautiful and influential performer, I'm sure people here will have thoughtful things to share about her
• drcode 8y ago
  Is it news of interest to hackers? I say yes.