Certainly, a tragic death is more beneficial to one's public image than any other kind. For example, observe the equation we can derive from the death of Diana Spencer:
| |
Public
Perception
Before |
|
Event |
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Public
Perception
After |
| |
 |
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Princess |
+ |
tragic death |
= |
near-saint |
Now compare that with what we learned from the passing of Mother Teresa:
| Near-saint |
+ |
regular death |
= |
Still just a
near-saint |
 |
Not too much of a jump for the late sister! Public-image wise, she might have been benefitted more from a high-speed train wreck thirty years ago than succumbing to boring old natural causes in 1997.
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