I didn't watch it. Was he a great performer and groundbreaker for a lot of milestones, yes? Did he impact my life? Not so much. I'm 21, so I guess he wasn't so much of huge part of my generation as he was my parents. To be quite honest, I am fairly tired of hearing about it. Not to be insensitive to the situation for his family and friends (because I understand that this has affected them tremendously), but I believe this nation has a myriad of other things that are far more important which we should be focusing our attention on at this point.