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Favorite Pop Icons
A pop icon is a celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era. A number of pop icons are distinguished for having died at a young age. These include James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, River Phoenix, Jean Harlow, Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Bruce Lee, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Marilyn Monroe, among others. Other deceased celebrities cemented their status as pop icons by virtue of their role in captivating the ethos of their era, as is the case with Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy. Many still-living celebrities also attain the status of pop icon; solo recording artists such as Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey,Sting, Annie Lennox, David Bowie and Janet Jackson as well as musical groups such as The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, U2, The Beatles ,The Backstreet Boys and The Who are examples. (source: Wikipedia.org)
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