Most beloved living legend?

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

50 years ago, people didn't want to know the dirt on celebrities. Didn't want to know their foibles. Today we have Twitter reports about some player cheating on his wife with the babysitter. Different times. People wanted to imagine John Wayne was the guy he played in movies, Bob Hope was the guy you saw on the tonight show, and Mickey Mantle didn't have a failing anyone knew about. We don't live in that world anymore. For good or for bad.

Such a great point. Celebrities are constantly under our eye these days and TMZ and the rest are salivating for the next story about someone famous slipping up even the tiniest bit. Back in the day people wanted their heroes to measure up to our image of them but it seems like today, everyone is just waiting for that other shoe to drop so we can gather our pitchforks. People, even famous ones, are people, the difference is definitely the heavy doses of media exposure today's celebrities are subject to.