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When artists express personal feelings (it's what artists do, although there are, of course, many who appropriate the term without really having a legitimate claim to it), they may be felt by others to become closer to them than they really are. In the ideal scenario, great art also expresses more or less universal truths and goodness, which makes it even more likely that people will feel very connected to it and see it as of great personal significance. It's natural for people to feel grateful to the artist who produced the work, even if an artist's intention may be for it to stand on its own merits.
Oliver Schick
Symantics.
What difference does it make when George Michael dies than anyone else? Why are people notably upset about the death of this stranger. It's weird as fuck.